New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-17
FLAPPERISM
Continued from page four

CIV VI NATURE, and 9s1
favor bestowed by the gods Thu S,
ern philosophy is; TITS all in the ns;,.
use"
But even artificial beauty has It's e,..
vagaries Hair must swirl a Ia pon..,
Again, it must cling to the head VII.
plastered effect Of the Medicis. Il No..
in Victorian curls to the shoulder or Ri. /,
loon-like, on Transformation. bit !
bobbed close to the head, how is the class. =.
Of the Greek hairdress to be achieveds
The beauty parlor again. ALREADY b..
stocks of matreaux, commonly known =.
mufYs, and switches are being ordered :.
with skirts going down and down soness;n.
has to be done about the bobbed head ua
long hair again in vogue fresh Impetus nj
be given to the processes Of dyeing and t;rs;r.
In this the beauty parlor becomes n,ora ad...
every day, for the color Of hair is alvav, >.
likely to change as the style Of DRESSING
few years ago, the peroxide blonde waz q.
reigning type Now if you find her. she WOO,
an apologize air as if to say: 81 know sbon4
never have done it but it can't be helpedD
1t is henna, that tint beloved Of the snciar.,
that has suppIanGed peroxide and made #
term of contempt. For countless centuries
henna has been used by the women of +be
Orient. In its original form, it was purely 2
vegetable dye and produced no bad effects IN
hair or scalp. It was common to mix it with
indigo, the result being the rich blue-Baek
midnight shades peculiar to Oriental beau.
ties. Now experimenters have made henna
dangerous trap for the unwary Instead Of
the rich Titan shade that every woman hops
for, henna application is likely to produa
anything from pink to purple effect
The cult Of the beauty parlor is always 10
convince that one should never remain as one
is born. 1t is a subtle philosophy that adds
enormously to the number Of customers and
keeps them coming with unfailing regularity
for the only thing that the beauty specialist
has not been able to do is to give permanencs
to his treatments. They invariably need to be
repeated.
If one is blonde, he argues that it is mora
fashionable and infinitely more artistic 10 BE-
Titian-haired. If raven-locl1ed, how nice to be.
come tawny yellow! If ones hair is thik
and long, what a relief to have it all cut Of
If eyebrows are heavily marked, it is wise 70
have them plucked; If they are meagzs toush
of dye delineates them clearly. If onss skins
a perfect ivory, the more rouge used the better.
And if one is getting gray-there is nothing
for it but to apply henna, however incongruous
the effect may be with aging features.
It takes strong will to resist the blandA
ments of the beauty specialist He is persgz
sive. He SEXES on ones weakest spot and
pushes his trade numerically Whatever Tie
condition of ones hair on visiting him, it IS
sure to be in need of treatments Hot oil he
whispers insidiously in the ear. It is lust th
thing one needs. The victim succunbs to sug-
gestion and put her head into a cage, while hot
oil is poured over her until she feels ike gss
oine engine on a hot summer day. By tie
time she energies from the cage, submits 70
head massage and agonizes through $50 per
manent wave, which grows right out in th
course Of the next three months, she begins e
wonder if her head belongs to herself or i
something to be used for purposes of experf
mentatlon by the beauty parlor expert
Unless she is wary. she is also likely to. he
persuaded that her features are anomalous. I
not entirely out of proportion, and that til
knife of the skilled beauty surgeon coull
work wonders for the paltry sum Of sewers
hundred dollars. There are hospitals wheTs
such things can be done If the girl insists
that her features satisfy her, if not the beauty
specialist, she is shown how to do herself %
with sticking plaster every night until sas
looks like an emergency case in Hospital
But if she is vain and easily persuaded, sn
succumbs to the opportunities of the beauls
man, and submits to highly painful ana uF
certain operation which sometimes has diSas
trous consequences. The earliest treatment ~
sagg1ng lines around the eyes and mouth eol'
sisted of depositing parafin, vaseline or NIX
lures of these oils beneath the skin just whers
the lines appeared, but this was found ooee,
tionable, for the mixtures did not absorb anu
bumps were apt to appear where the ptep'
aration was deposited The latest methoa :
to draw absorbable sutures beneath the sAl.
directly underneath the break, entering .
one end of the line and emerging from en'
other in the manner that a seamstress osss
her basting thread. Another form Of freSf
ment Is that of taking "tucks" behind the ear
so as to keep the skin from sagging over ehssa
bones and chin. This operation of reInosps
the slack skin gives peculiar elongated eass
to the face and is apt to change the eApressss.
entirely. It is not at all unusual to haYe =