The Washington herald., 1922-09-27
1923 Eyebrows

and skinny eyebrow was last sighted
rushing madly down Fifth avenue in
company with an abbreviated skirt.
headed. 1t Is rumored. for the ware
house where feminine foibles are
mothballed and stored away for a
possible future revival or TO be for
gotten entirely. Hot in pursuit was
the ankle length skirt and a pair OF
brows looking more like natures
own design than they have been
seen in many a moon.
One accusation they can not make
against us wimmin Is a half-hearted-
ness about anything we attempt.
when We commit beauty sins. they
are not venial. When we reform. we
reform all over. as illustrated by the
accompanying change Of the eyebrow
depth with the new skirt length.
| II you appear on the street now
with long skirt and a hairline brow
you are going to be embarrassed to
death, that's all. Nope. the eyebrows
must be visible lambrequins for the
windows of the soul.
Pruned But Not PIucked.
I went the rounds Of the Plaza, the
Ritz, Sherry's and upper Fifth and
Park avenues studying faces to sub
| stantiate my story OF the departed
shade Oine) and II stands substan-
tiated by the ultra smart and beauti-
full. Also, I visited several beauty
parlors with smart clientele where
found no evidence that massacre had
been done there OF late to full grown
| healthy brows.
Some OF the observed brows did not
look as though they had been put on
a reducing diet at all. Fairly weight.
lily they emerged from beneath shaded
hat brims. Pruned. yes! But not
plucked.
| 1t is reasonable 20 believe that
eyebrows had on their initiation
some place in the scheme Of beauty
Quite a place-when you think s,
over, because you cannot consider
them necessary TO health or OF use
to any of the fve senses. so they
must have been intended as g
purely decorative touch. I suppos,
when the first face was made there
seemed to be something missing
after the eyes and the nose and tn,
mouth and cheeks and chin were al
set up-and so the eyebrows were
thought of. At any rate, there the,
are-providing a dash of character
IL not yanked out by the roots with
tweezers. and am effectively sym.
metrical line to the face.
1923 Lines Graceful.
I am thankful for the long skirt
IL it brought back the eyebrow al
natural. 1t may be just coinciden
tai that they came back together
after doing a long term In tn,
aforesaid storage place. For II my
memory serves me right, they went
out together to make way for tbs
short skirt and denuded brow.
Certainly the 1928 edition Of the
woman beautiful Is a delightfY
thing to have around the home. with
her alluringly graceful lines and tn.
old time rein to the Imagination
she provides. 1t follows, too. her
dancing is going to be a more
Pleasing sight for a sensitive eye
on account of the restricted skirt
width and length. One might be
led to believe from all Of the signs
Of beauty and fashion appearing or
the horizon that the pendulum
has swung a revival OF the old.
fashioned girl in all her feminine
glory.
Tweeze Out n Few at q Time.
Eut whether the skirt goes down
to caress your ankles or not tn,
eyebrows should be coaxed to ma
turity, for such is the beauty die
tum for 1923. There's no reason
why you cannot have your own ad
vanced showing, however. II yoy
have two full sets Of hair follicles
eyebrowing profusely, you may ste,
right up on the stage and bow your
own thanks. II they need pruning
stay behind for a minute until thai
is done. For, of course, no 1872.
model will have her brow resemblin ne
a garden run to seed. She may ga
out her tweezers and deftly extract
the weeds by the roots. There is /;
smartly defined line Of eyebrow
even though they be marked. TIL,
outlying follicles may shoot ou'
hairs which. allowed to run RAM
pant. give the same ungroomed loot
as stray wisps of hair falling owe,
the ears.
For these I recommend the use OF
tweezers. not the razor, even though
1t be of diminutive and feminin,
gender. Tweeze out but a few al
a time. Painful? Now, what's 9
little pain between eyebrows and ,
lady? 1t won't be like a gentle
massage, to be sure, but I nevs,
heard Of any ono who needed al
epitaph after this operation.
Maintaining Improved Line.
If there are stray hairs. notice.
ably heavy between the eyes the,
should be tweezed out. or perma
uently removed by electrolysis, a.
they impart sinister look to tn,
face. The electrolysis is recon.
mended as well for the hairs that
have broken loose from the ranks
and appear above or below or to
the right and left of the regular col.
umn. II done efficiently they should
not return. No such guarantee car
be given with the tweezers.
II the eyebrows have grown
shapeless, instead of presenting &
fine arch. and one is ambitious fol
just the correct thing. I should rec.
ommend having the work. of reshap.
Ing them done by a competent ait
and then utilizing some care in
maintaining that improved line.
You would be tremendously sur