The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22

ariers I'm the beauty parlor. From
bebind the white curtains drawn
ahout the little rooms that hid from
rapk outsiders the beauty secrets be-
Inc revealed within came the low
sopnd Of many feminine voices. The
gentle rubbing In OF cold creams the
deft manipulation of comb and cur
ung iron, the treatment OF hair that
must be sinRed or shampooed Is con-
duclye 10 conversation. And be-
tween patron and beauty parlor
worker there are many exchanges
Of confidence.
The apparent theme pertains TO
facial and scalp problems. But back
ofE all is the subject that is re-
ar&,sible for the maintenance of
be3sty parlors, that was responsible
for their establishment ia the first
Mace, that sends 1t It's patrons
man. An the worlds stage. and
the beauty parlor Is behind the
scenes--thc property room for the
actresses in IT, The idea was the
little lady's who cloverly worked
Her name Is Miss j.. Rubens.
Everybody Docs II.
"A beauty parlor--it * like be-
nina lllt HAtlltN WI Ailf Hthkfs Silt
said. Everybody who comes here
ls getting ready for her appearance
on that s.age--Rrd everybody comes
here! The young girl with her
bobbed hair and her bcaux, the
gray haired woman who IL trying to
keep the wrinkles away. the busi-
ness woman who realizes that n
well groomed appearance is an asset
to her: the young woman whose life
Is made up OF dances and good
TIMES the married woman who
wtnts 50 desperately OF keep her
hhsbands love. II IL sometimes
tragic and sometimes foolish to
watch
Some months ago n plain looking
woman came into the parlor. Her
husband was In the oil business
here In Tulsa. She had come for ad-
vice about scalp treatment but II
wasn't long until. by giving me her
confidence, she was asking advice
about something that worried her
more than her scalp. All her life
she told me, she had worked aud
saved every cent and she hadn't had
time nor money to take care of her
personal appearance. When her
husband made money, she didn't
know how to do 1t because she never
had. She hadn't thought much
about II one way or the other until
she began to notice that her hus-
band admired other women. She
was very unhappy about it and
wanted to look better herself, but
she didn't know how to go about II
Until, talking one day to a friend.
she was advised to come to beauty
parlor My friend told me- thit
woman said, you never can tell
about a man. There are so many
Namps with bobbed hair and the best
you can do against them Is TO look
as well as you can. yourself
She trusted her husband-oh'
yes But she loved him. too. ana she
waatei to keep up with him. SO l
explained facial treatments to her,
and taught her how TO dress her hair
in way that was becoming. II
changed her wonderfully. She
learned Just ho VITO do it and began
taking scalp and facial treatments.
Well, she came in one day TO tell
me about her husband. I>wish you
could have seen her. Her skin was
clear her eyes were bright, her hair
marcelled and done I'm a becoming
ti' l'dAAg Apbhfu ~ g'fAA y
Younger. The beauty parlor hadn't
done 1t all--she was happy/ But the
beauty parlOr had made 1t possible
for her to be happy! She told me
what a thrill she had the day that
her husband first looked at her with
new and puzzled expression in his
eyes and asked her what in the
world had she been doing TO herself
she looked wonderful"
! started TO tell him this wom-
a SAID, but he wouldn't let me. He
old me he didn't want to know, only
70 please keep the good work up.
aha he Is proud OF me and doesn't
Iook to other woman TO admire
them.
something Besides Looks.
VI course" said the little mar
eeiilst with grave and wise philo-
s.pny Keeping oneself up does more
man Just make n woman look well.
y gives her self confidence. IL she
nnoWs her hair is we'll dressed, her
mn Is soft and clear, her hands
Ne,l groomed, naturally she is going
oe sure OF herself. isn't she? No
matter whether she is in an office or
meeting people in social way.
one day a girl came in and want
~ 10 have her hair dressed. After
nau taken her hair down ] sug-
.S,,ed that she have a shampoo. She
u me then that she had never
ven IN beauty parlor before. Now,
nv, Nv know that as "A rule. a woman
.,tef admits that: There was some
Shs pathetic and appealing about
sF' ana while / dressed her hair
W. w. htr her story gradually came
nv she had come TO Tulsa from
~. ue town and the boy TO whom she
Vas. engaged had COME here 10
~9t lately" she told me with
ears In her eyes, he has been
,1Lauhg me cool, lie goes out with
So Solst girls and asks me why
IOJ,uh Ioo fix myself up So that I won't
howp anu uoh Nho"
m tod her how and she revived
wilted flower that's been put
h. water She said she was sure GO
" Wy It. I saw her occasionally
ras,,i- % she came in--and she came
ms1,ariy--and ma one>day she came 20
Az. excited and flushed and pretty,
anu her young man were going
married soon and she was too
any ior wordsl And she owed II
a. What | had told her. che said.
,suu see this with q little laugh
dir.1ev are matchmakers sometimes
ma.,lN Instead OF indirectly lust by
nalhs folks lovely.
and thEra