Evening star., 1924-07-31
THIS AND THAT
BY c. E. TRACEWEI.E.


Most bobbed-hair ladies think 1t
adventure enough to go to the
beauty parlor to get their browning
glory" clipped. ST.
Washington girls and women by
months have succumbed to the lure
Of the short locks
Men Of the National Capital, hus-
bands, sweethearts, brothers. have
stood aloof while this universal bar
bering has gone on, II. the operation
turns out successfully they are the
first to crow. II not, they keep wise
silence. ,.- ...- -.-,,s..-.
1t may be stated right here that
in the majority of cases the bobbing
Is a success. That fact Is shown
beyond. peradventure. indeed. by the
continual procession OF women. to
the shops.
II bobbinE the hair were not some
thing more than a craze or simple
like ping pong or diablo. The fact
that 1T Is on the increase shows there
Is something to 1t. = 49,
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One local girl, however. had her
real adventure in bobbed hair after
she had her dark locks cut
BY the way, should it be bob hair.
bobbed hair. bob-haired or bobbed-
haired? Maybe Francis De Sales
Ryan. who has been keeping Wash
ingtop in the straight and narrow
path Of English undefiled for many
years, can help out.
This girl, the bobbed-hair heroine
of this tale, got into more trouble as
a result Of her new way Of wearing g
her hair than did Helen OF Troy.
Helen let her shining glory run
wild" with the result that her
charming head is given credit for
Who can say-if Helen had bobbed
her hair the whole history of the
world might have been changed!
To get back to the Washington
girl, however.
She is a little miss who, at the
time of this story, had q good job
with a big local concern. How her
bobbed hair got her fred from her
job is the purpose OF this writing.
No, you are all wrong; the boss did
not come into the office the next
day, take a look at her and exciaim:
Miss Smith. 1 will have no bobbed-
hair girls in my employ l will stand
for rouge and powder and will admit
that you put them On with discretion.
/ am game for touching up the eye
laSheS, IT necessary, or pinking the
finger nails. Nobody in this shop ever
heard me kick about short skirts or
send out an order that waists had
to be higher in the neck. But draw
the line at this short-hair business.
Miss Smith, YOU are fred
No. ii wasn't like that at all. II is
an entirely new sort of story, and If
you have any doubt about 1t just hang
on to the end. You will see!
for convenience, for she is a real
girl and might get angry If her true
name were used-had a nice job with
her firm.
She is-or was-ambitious to get
ahead That was one reason she got
her hair bobbed- 1t was 80 much
| less trouble to fix. took less time to
wash and dry, looked better, felt bet
ter. Ask any OF your woman ac-
quaintances.
She did her little job well, then in
her spare moments looked around for
something else to do. She had read
know-the sort that gives you per
fectly good advice. The trouble with
them is that the boss never seems TO
have read them Sometimes he
doesn't seem to know what he ought
to do.
Miss Smith studied other jobs, as
we'll as flled her own. She was ready
in case of need to step into the shoes
of the employe just ahead of her.
Had she done this. in a literal sense,
of course, she would have presented
a strange sight. as Miss -, her
superior, wore number oxfords.
Miss Smith wears 3h.
4 4
One day she heard that there was
| to be a meeting OF the male en-
ployes OF the firm. Women were not
| invited. Firm business was to be
discussed in a big way. with out-of-
town officials present. 1t looked like
| a big night.
Miss Smith wondered how on earth
tried suggesting to the boss that she
! be allowed to take notes, or just at
tend as a guest, but was met with
| polite refusals 1t was to be a stag
AFFAIR" pure and simple.
Just because you've got bobbed
| hair won't get you into that meet
| ing" declared Jimmie. the office boy,
| with an affectionate grin.
If some one had stuck a pin into
| the vivacious Miss Smith her reaction
| would have been no greater:
by George" she shouted to, the
| astonished Jimmie "Just because /
have bobbed hair is why / will get
| into that meeting"
A hurried trip to the beauty parlor
| late that afternoon and Miss Smith
had the best "shingle bob" you ever
| saw, or any one ever saw. She look
| ed just like a boy.
got into the suit OF clothes that jim
| mie had loaned her she looked exact
| iy like a boy.
The possessor naturally Of the
| much coveted "boyish straight" lines,
| Miss Smith would have passed as a
| Later that evening, however. as
she confidently stepped into the brill
| liantly lighted building where the
| important Office meeting for man
employees was being held, q feeling
of trepidation suddenly came over
her.
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