The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-01
FRIGHT. KIND Of
Vanity D. KID
B'YPEERESS
Women Should Make Best Of
What Good Looks They
Have, Says Lady Tree.
By r. A. WRAY
international News Service.

International News Service.
LONDON, Jan. L. How vain
may a girl be?
That is the question that Lady
Tree, widow Of the famous actor,
is trying to answer.
"A little vanity" she says, ''is
a dangerous thing to be without.
"The question is, where pride
in ones appearance for I con-
fine myself to that-begins and
whittier an overweening belief in
it may carry one.
ITO look her BEST" continues
Lady Tree, ito be at her best, to
make the most of such gifts of
beauty as she may possess, is the
duty of every woman, and we will
not accuse her of vanity, in its
bad sense, If she does her utmost
20 carry out this duty.
Vanity, when it is ugly, is
often the failing of those who
have the least claim to consider
themselves worth looking at. It
is rarely that real beauty loves
to see itself reflected: while GER
tain silly girls who are endowed
with mere prettiness-more pretti-
ness than sense-are never tired Of
lOOhlIlS III luSlE IIllTFOTS.
Raps "SiIly" Type.
This is the day. I fear, of an
other type of the silly, rather
pretty girl. She grew up during
he war and Z elbows her way
through the world with her mouth
cursed up for whistling, her gait
adjusted for jazzing, her walk an
liniEat10n Nof mannequin, her
artificial silk knees and bare arms
defying the elements.
az should not call this girl vain
She cannot be vain, or she would
not be like that. Hence we are
driven to the conclusion that too
little and not too great vanity is
the fault of the young people Of
he hour.
1.-The crammed on hat. the
SLOUGH, the stoop, the ungloved
hands, the skinny skirt, the cpl
demic of brazenly handy" ankles
these cannot be the outcome of
vanity: these must surely be the
result of a decision, 81 will be as
ugly as can!''
Nor do call those vain who
do their making-up in public.
Surely it should be called the 'un-
vanity bag out of which in res.
taurants, street cars and tubes, at
dances and dinners and balls, at
heaters and tennis tournaments.
an otherwise charming lady will
whip out her mirror, her POWDER
puff and her lip-salve-such blat-
ant assurance that the process will
not disquiet and dismay the on
locker must spring from the very
opposite Of vanity.
Vanity and Sense.
Eyes, vanity, allied to common
sense, is necessary to a woman
and must not be denounced or dis
couraged.
In my very young days powder,
rouge and lipsalve were unheard
Of. People who put on artificial
compilations were stared at, laughed
at, talked about---were almost ia
boo.
1.-The word manicure was un-
known; but exquisite hands, shin
ing hair and perfect teeth were
a sine qua non. To walk well, to
hold oneself well, to have a back
Ike a blackboard, never to be seen
in society without gloves (except
when one took them off at mealsl-
these were the vanities. and
strictly were they maintained.
1.-The right kind of vanity is to
make the best of ones good looks.
Zone of the acknowledged
beauties in the great world prom
'sed no beauty when she was
child, had scarcely any when
girl; but. having everything in her
favor, she made up her mind to
be beautiful.
"She gave up every Indulgence
that could coarsen her skin, widen
her waist; she conquered the long
ing to stoop until her back was
like an arrow; she held her chin
in the air until her head upon
her throat was like a lily on it's
STEM
Her hair. already fair and
growing well, became the lovely
shining golden crown it is; her
eyes, already blue, doubled their
size and expression-no one knows
why.
'She had to a perfect degree
the right kind of vanity, and by
it's means her beauty is as famous
as her wit. To her garlands let
rs bring"