The Republican., 1924-09-25
"BOBS" DOOMED? BEAUTY
CROWN TO UNSHORN GIRLS
National Bathing Beach Prizes
Awarded Only to Girls With
Tresses Unmutilated.
By SARA.
Is bobbed hair doomed?

I iIldHetSSiS anu sly lG duIHOIlll6S IL
New York agree that the postwar
epidemic of shorn tresses has reached
its peak, and women who seek to
dress differently" are turning to
transformations" the Parisienne
bandeau and other means of disguis-
ing their shipped locks, according to
late reports from the east.
Newspaper women, in attendance at
the Long Island social activities in
honor of the Prince of Wales, were
impressed with the spreading habit
Of letting the hair grow long again.
Society women, they found, are pen
sioning the barber's shearers, because
''every shop girl now has a boyish
shingle, my dear"
BObbed Hair Too Expensive
81 cut my hair three years ago.
said young business woman in a
downtown Office yesterday. 81
thought I'd save a dreadful lot of
time. But, gracious, my King Tut
cut means oodles of bother and hair
dressing eXpenses-far more than my
old coiffure cost"
And bobbing does destroy a
girls personality" chimed in her
companion. "You look like every
other girl, at dances, the theatre,
parties. We all look like orphan
asylum inmates. No individuality.
Yes, I'm letting mine grow again"
Anyway
You may be as beautiful as Helen
Of Troy or as shapely as Venus-but
you'll probably never win a national
bathing beauty contest if you have
bobbed hair.
To judge from the recent happen
ings at Atlantic City, where the fair
est of the fair from more than ninety
American cities assembled to compete
for the honor of being named "Miss
America" the girls with the shingle
or boyish bod didn't have a chance.
True! There were a number of girls
at the contest whose locks were at
tractively clpped-but they disap-
peared in the first elimination and
were never heard of again.
Beauties Are Curl Adorned
On the other hand, Miss Ruth NAL
comson, whose dark, luxurious curls
fall far over her shapely shoulders,
was chosen Beach Queen of America.
She comes from Philadelphia. Her
curls have never been scissored, she
said. And now she has a secretary
working ten hours a day, tits said,
answering offers of contracts from
movie producers, toothbrush concerns
and hair tonic manufacturers.
And their was Miss Catherine M.
Campbell, of Columbus, o., who won
the Atlantic City beauty crown for
the last two years. She was runner
up" this year. And she's never heard
the barber's cru-u-uel clippers.
Another fascinating beauty, whose
long, flowing tresses attracted the
judges to such degree that she was
awarded numerous cups and place
in the select few called for final con-
sideration was Miss Faye Lamphier,
pride of Santa Cruz, Calf. Her long
hair frames a charming, intellectual
countenance.
The same applies to Miss Margaret
Leigh, "Miss Chicago" who finished
among the final five. Her dark curls
stream gracefully down her shoul-
ders.
BObs Destroy Personality
And when you asked one of the
Atlantic City beauty judges "Why?"
he replied
That beauty of face and figure and
personality are the main requisites
of the judges, but the girls with bobs
lack that essential individuality which
was needed to make them stand out
from the crowd-and the girls with
long locks Immediately drew the ad-
miring glances.
Bobbed hair is not passe by any
means! Some girls will cut their
hair for years to come. And some
married women. But the trend of
fashion is toward long hair again
with the aid of transformations" and
the alluring bandeau and hair net,
until nature reasserts itself.
every GIRL" concluded a New
York beauty specialist, "should study
her personality in the mirror. If she
can make herself distinctive, strik-
ingly attractive and vibrant with
personality-by means of long hair
she is foolish to submit to the scissors
every two weeks"
If you don't think hair styles are
changing, just notice the smart
women in the shopping district one
of these autumn afternoons! Long
tresses are coming back, sure.