Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-28
Irene Castle, Who Is Re-
sponsibIe for Bobbed Hair
Epidemic, Leads Way by
Showing Hers
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN

BY FREDERIC d. HASkIN
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 81
Ears are to be featured this winter,
according to the best fashion proph-
cts.
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 of the dainty, shell-like variety
are joyful over a chance to reveal
them. On the other hand those
whose ungainly ears have been fine
only to pad out ear puffs are won
dering whether defiance of the new
fashion will arouse the voice of gos-
sip. The damsel who chung to ankle
length skirts when knees were in
style was set down as probably bow
legged. 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 feml-
nine ear has been chiefly a matter
Of GOSSIP and prediction. Irene
Castle, who is supposed to be re-
! sponsible for the bobbed hair cpl
demic, has appeared wearing her
ears prominently displayed, and the
deduction is that the fashion follow
ers 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
Everything from platinum and d1a'
monds to Chinese currency is beng
worn as an ear decoration.
Earrings are one of the fashions
that come and go in cycles, their
popularity depending partly ON styles
of hairdressing and partly on chance.
When hair Is worn very low over
the ears, rings, even of the swinging
variety, 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 Anthony's enjoyment.
t When Greeks Fell for Earrings
| How the Greeks, who were suct.
pf nh FerfnnfiCn1
came to approve of piercing the ears
is told of entertainingly by Marian
Ellis, a student of the ear. She says:
1.-THE Greeks, who of all nations
must have most fully understood the
beauty of the unpierced ear. fell a
prey to this aggravating custom
when they were already well adj
vanced in civilization. The reason
given is that they misunderstood an
oracle of Apollo, that declared 1t
they wished to have good citizens
they were to put what they held
most precious into the ears Of THEN
children Greek avarice prevailed
over Greek philosophy, and instead
Of putting words of wisdom into
TER children's ears, they put lit!
eral gold and jewels into the lobes."
When the thrilling possibilities OF
the earring are exhausted in Their
present reign of favor we may ex-
pect the next sensation, the ear it.
self. BY that time someone will
probably find out that ears are
shockingly immoral. Some vagarJ
of hair dressing will show up ears
in all their terrible immodesty and
at once capable censors will be or.
ganized to fight the new menace t.
the public welfare. If the prophecy
that ears are to be important, fash
ionahly speaking, is fulfilled they
may prove almost as good a subject
for warfare as knees have been.
Seriously speaking, however, the
return to popularity of the ear will
undoubtedly meet with the approval
of many people. Women's ears have