The Washington times., 1922-06-22
COSMETICS
BEAT DIRT,
he AVE rs
No Fear Of Dreadful conss-
qusnoes"' for Girl With LIP
stick and Lotions.
By JULIA MCCARTHY.


NEW YORK, June 22.-To
grow old gracefully seems to be
the hope Of many forward looking
young women today. ;.
No gentle collapse after forty
for them. No lavender and old
lace, either. That shade is suit
able only for lingerie. they will
tell You patronizingly. and old
lace will gather mould waiting for
wearers. =, g.
n2 Private Stock.
Every self.respecting girl, we
hear, Is laying away a pripate stock
Of lipsticks, face lotions, false eye.
lashes and assorted powders and
rouges against the day when such
things shall be prohibited. Aud
Just let the Izzy Elnstein Of that
beriod try to make a raid on the
precious stuff! "
Oh. now these manv moons. my
sisters. they have been telling us OF
the dreadful things, that will hap
pen to our faces il we do not mend
our ways. Our Door pores will he
right down in the gutter. in a man
ner, Of speaking, IL we keep up .ou.'
addiction to the fearful nabit-foral.
ing cosmetics.
But tomorrow we dye"-these
are the stirring words hurled at
the censor on the eve Of battle, anI
let 2ataer what dark skies will,
we care not while thers is waxed
floor rnder out feet.
Not so very long aRo a reputable
physician and authority on iermra-
tology. DR.. william Lathrop Low.
scared as to death by getting right
up at the convention OF the Ho.
neopatl ie Medical Society to say:
We practising physicians cannot
fail to view with alarm the in
creasdng use Of cosmetics by our
young girls, not only OF the genus
f1apper. but others of supposedly
good taste. Many girl has al
ready ruined her complexion by
these things, and we tremb,e to
think of what MARY of the growing
generation will look like when they
reach the stage OF feminity called
fair, fat and forty. Unless they
adopt the wells of their Asiatic sis.
ters they are liable to be .desig.
mated as frightful fat and forty"
Fdghtful at Forty. J
FriEhtful at forty--a nice fate for
the fapper and her older sister. Yet
something tells US that the much
criticized dansel Of today will be 50
hardy at forty that IL would take a
wrecking company TO bring on a
weatherproof complexion
: The reticule is dead--with it's
smelling salts and carnphor. Long
ty. fhe va nitv easel
! Our bold sentiment is echoed-or
perhaps II was inspired-by Or. LIE.
Roy Stoddard. who has rallied to the
defense of the girl with the powder
filled pores. DR.. Stoddard has be.
como widely known. both here and
abroad for his work in plastic sur.
gerry, first applying his knowledge to
restore soldiers' mutilated faces, and
later to the practical uses Of lifting
age right out of the old faces by a
simple operation. There IL little
about q face that could escape him.
Powder was very bad twenty.
i've years ago" he began, but 1t
IL all right today"
II mean" he expiained. "that as
o matter Of morals-not hygiene.
The woman who used powder long
ago was talked about; and the one
who painted her face was ostra.
cized. Ess7-'
whs Forssaw Vanity Box'
"Who could have foreseen the
vanity box Of today" he asked.
The idea that powder clogs the
pores IL an old one that persists.
Surrey, IL Il better to have fine
power IN ons's pores than dirt.
Cold creams, powders. and rouses,
in moderation OF .course, do more
20 preserve the skin than TO in.
There 10 only one way to clog
the, pores In a dangerous way: That
n 10 varrish the body so as to "a.
ciude at least two.thirds of II, 20
prevent the pores from carrying
out their, throwing-off processes.
That brings "toxaemia.' death from
poisoninR.
"Bvt. IL would be impossible to
kin or even seriously injure. ones
self by arnishins ones face,
It's all question of ethics.
Times change. In hotel rooms nov
there ID talcum power for men 3