The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-25
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BY FREDERICK De dAShAN
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 25.-Ears
are to be featured this winter, accord
ing to the best fashion prophets.
This pronouncement may mean very
little to the masculine element OF our
population who will continue to wear
ears as usual regardless of fashion.
But feminine America is supposed to
be somewhat agog over the prospect
of ears.
Just as there were knees and knees,
so it is to be supposed there are ears
and ears Women who have ears or
the dainty, shell like variety are joy
full over chance to reveal them. On
the other hand those whose ungainly
ears have been fine only to pad out
ear puffs are wondering whether de-
fiance of the new fashion will arouse
the voice of gossip. The damsel who
chung to ankle length skirts when
knees were in style was set down as
probably bowlegged. When ears come
into full swing the woman who refuses
to show hers will be in serious danger
of having it rumored that she has
ears like sugar bowl handles.
| So far the appearance of the femin-
| inc ear has been chiefly matter OF
gossip and prediction. Irene Castle,
who is supposed to be responsible for
| the bobbed hair epidemic, has appear
| ed wearing her ears prominently dis
played, and the deduction is that the
fashion followers of the country will
not let Irene's ears be lonesome very
! long.
/ Meanwhile earrings are being worn
/ in all circles, and the tip OF the ear is
thus brought into the spotlight Ev-
erything from platinum and diamonds
/ to Chinese currency is being worn as
an ear decoration.
Earrings are one of the fashions
that come and go in cycles, their pop
uIarity depending partly on styles OF
hairdressing and partly on chance.
When hair is worn very low over the
ears, rings, even of the swinging va
riety, are not apt to be popular. AS
ears come into sight ornaments for
them become more interesting.
In the remote past Persians, Greeks.
and Israelites, both men and women.
wore earrings as choice ornaments. It
was from her ear, we are told, that
Cleopatra took the famous pearl which
she dissolved in wine for Anthonys
enjoyment.
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For Earrings.
How the Greeks. who were such
connoisseurs of physical perfection
came to approve of piercing the ears
is told entertainingly by Marian Ellis
a student of the ear. She says:
THE Greeks, who of all nations must
have most fully understood the beauty
of the unpierced ear fell prey to this
aggravating custom when they were
already well advanced in civilization
The reason given is that they misun
derstood an oracle of Apollo, that de
clared if they wished to have good
citizens. they were to put what they
held most precious into the ears Of
their chilrden.' Greek avarice pre-
vailed over Greek philosophy, and IN
stead of putting words of wisdom into
their chilrden's ears, they put literal
gold and jewels into the lobes."
When the thrilling possibilities Of
the earring are exhausted in theil
present reign of favor we may expect
the next sensation, the ear itself. By
that time some one will probably fine
out that ears are shockingly immoral
: Some vagary of hairdressing will show
up ears in all their terrible immodesty
and at once capable censors will bt
organized to fight the new menace tt
the public welfare. II the prophecy
that ears are to be important, fash
ionably speaking, is fulfilled they ma!
prove almost as good a subject 70,
warfare as knees have been.
Seriously speaking, however, the re
turn to popularity of the ear will IN
doubtedly meet with the approval o
many people. Women's ears have beer
hidden so long that standards of beau
! ~ for the ear have been PRACTICAL,
forgotten Yet beautiful the ear Gel
, tainly is, according to the verdict o
artists of every age.
Sculptors may perhaps be said t
concern themselves with the ear NOR