The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-28
USE OF L|PST|CK
|. CHAMP|ONED
| BY MANY
Immoral If CoIors Don't Match
+: Complexion, Says Noted
: Short Story Writer.
By VIOLA BROTHERS SHORE.
Cosmopolitan News Service.

f. NEW YORK, May 2S.-Is the use
of cosmetics, so prevalent today,
any indication of lack of moral
fibre or lack Of taste? In grand
mothers day fingers were pointed
at a woman who painted" and she
was considered a "lost" soul. Now
adays it is no unusual sight to see
q young girl in the company OF ner
parents pull out a lipstick in res
taurant or a train or on ballroom
floor and apply it. Nobody seems
to pay any attention to 1t. Has our
attitude toward the use OF cos
Imetics changed? Or are there still
those who regard a painted face
as an indication of moral deprav1ty
or bad breeding? N
A young girl recently took to
court the question of her right to-
a1se cosmetics in high school, and
lost her case. Evidently there are
still those who consider the use or
cosmetics harmful or unpleasant.
Beatrice Fairfax, the well-knoWn
authority on matters pertaining to
the heart, says: Cultivate the inner
spirit and your face will glow with
something better and more attrac.
tive than artificial coloring. Be
cause you use cosmetics is not an
indication that you are worldly
minded. All the cosmetics In the
world can't make dull face inter-
esting. And an interesting face
needs no advertisement"
Prof. Winners Views.
:'The extent to which cosmetics
are used is an indication Of the
state of civilization to which the
people have arrived" says DR.. G.
p. Winner, professor tG pharmacy
at Columbia University. I'm the
Roman empire both men ans wom-
en- used perfume and cosmetics on
q scale far surprising that of to-
day. On the other hand, during the
dark ages, when civilization was at
a low ebb, the use of cosmetics was
not known. Women who take
pains to make themselves person
ally attractive are a greater asset
to the country than those who neg
lect their bodies"
Thyra Samter Winslow, author OF
Picture Frames" and one of the
most brilliant of the younger short
story writer's, says: us theuse of
cosmetics IMMORAL Most decidedly,
IL you don't use color which
matches your complexion! Men love
women who make themselves at
tractive. Only they don't like to
have the women they are interested
in do their making up in public,
where other men can watch. In
fact, they would rather have the
whole process take on the nature of
q mystery so as not to interfere with
their illusions. But no man refuses
to marry a woman because she
looks too attractive to hiIni AT
least not any that / ever heard
tell Off
'Rouge is the barometer by which
you can tell at glance d woman's
character" says Cecil Arden, the
beautiful young contralto of the
Metropolitan Opera Company.
f'The artistic woman is artist
cally made up. The coarse woman
hlazons her lack of taste through
the crude coloring of her lips and
cheeks, the overdone penciling of
her eyes. The slovenly woman is
made up hastily-with powder
caked on her I1ose-rouge streaked
down her cheeks. The Indifferent
woman with no self-respect, doesn't
bother to make herself attractive
at. ALL"
Frieda Defends Practice.
Says Frieda Hempel, operate
star: every woman should use
whatever cosmetics she needs to
render her beautiful. Just as the
artist owes it to her public to look
her best when appearing before
them, so the woman in the ordinary
walks of life owes it to her public
which consists of her family and
frtends-to look her best all the
time. And no woman looks her
best without the aid of. powder at
least
However, Marion Bauer, the only
woman composer admitted to mem
bership in the American Composers
Guild thinks cosmetics ARE useless
and silly. Most women who have
clear, healthy skins are opposed to
the use of cosmetics. Not on moral
grounds, but 1 just think women
look better without a lot of stuff
smeared on their skins, especially
young girls of sixteen.