Evening star., 1923-06-03
Girls and Their Affairs.
Conducted BY Helen II Feher:

A sLTHOUGH 1t is still the fashion
~ in Washington and elsewhere
IA to call the young girl a f'apper. per-
her masculine counterpart has
recAiyed the new designation Of
.'sheik." The origin of this term Is
obvious to the motion-picture fan.
i'd the uninitiated in the ways OF
mSvie heroes. the following recipe Is
hui ambly suggested.
rake one photograph Of Rudolph
Valentino Qendable by any fiappeD,
adj to 1t a nights reading OF GER
= In book by Hull (dog-eared copies
avhifabfe at all drugstore librarfes)
arh garnish with any average boy
i4ihis middle teens who has learned
thk latest version of the tango. The
RESULT is the explanation or why the
Youths Of today are called sneiks
when a few months ago they were
cake-eaters. few years ago Iounge
lizards. and a couple of decades ago
just dudes.
Yet, in spite Of this newest appella-
tion, the term cake e-eater still cllnss
TO the modern boy of dudtsh tenden-
cies Many and various have been the
definitions offered within the last two
years for the term "f1apper. yet rev
writer's, wits or otherwise, have OF
;.ered a definition of the term CAKE
cater" which is still generally USED
TO designate the male of the species
f1apper.
|0NE interesting definition Of the
~ cake-eater includes the following
description: The average cake eater
il from five to six feet in length and
of an exceedingly peculiar appear
ance. The species vary, some of them
being very domesticated. while others
are extremely wild. In some respects
the cake-eater is not at all particular
about it's food. for it is both car
nivorous and herbivorous and is un-
usually fond of cake and taffy. The
majority of them feed on tobacco
much of the time
. OF course the crowds of ShrinerS
will have so many things to do and
see while in town they proba bly, VIII
not look carefully for our exclusive
variety of cake eaters. Unfortunately,
tAe voluminousnesS of the Shrine
decorations has proved rather over
whelming competition for the usual
- choice exhibit of cake-eaters draped
in front of shops and around tree
boxes on F street For once they Will
have to blush as the Tiolet'-a very
unusual state of affairs.
Many folks are of the opinion that
the, cake-eater is Il temporary stage
that leads to a definite individual of
real Importance. AS one writer has
observed:
s"There are many points in favor
Of this theory, but statistics show that
there area large number of eXcep-
tions to the rule"
pT>HE question as to whether or not
i the cake-eater is really useful
person is also one of much dispute.
Most flappers seem to find the cake
eater exceedingly useful though not
generally reuiunerative. But. then,
few flappers are of gold -diggersh
temperaments. For all their boasted
practicality. ii is thing much re-
GREETED by parents of fappers that
sess unusually generous tempera-
nents and are glad TO pay the finan-
cial obligations incurred by them and
their pet Cake-eaterS. too However,
many cake-eaters do provide the mode
81 conveyance to places of amuse-
fnent The cake-eater is also as
welcome to the owner of an ice-cream
parlor as the flowers in spring are
TO nature lovers
On the whole, the cake-eater is
rather harmless. amiable Individual,
with taste for sweets and minus a
capacity for. malice toward those who
might otherwise make his existence
a thing of misery and diSmay forever