Evening star., 1925-09-29

The women who can carry over
into their womanhood something Of
that little-girl look are the women
that win the hearts OF men. II you
will notice the winners Of most Of
the so-called bathing beauty contests.
you VIII fnd that practically every
one or them has this sweet face.
The little-girl look IL what does
1t. my boy. and there il nothing that
will give q. grown woman the little
girl look 80 much as bobbed hair
that is, provided she will take care
to remember that she must still keep
her hair feminine"
Forsooth looked a question
These freaks you see going around
now with their hair cut like a boys
have forgotten that woman ought
to look like a woman. The beauty
OF properly bobbed hair Is that it Is
intensely feminine. You would never
mistake a woman with the right sort
of bob for anything except a girl.
These girls who are getting their
heads trimmed close, to ape boys,
are making the mistake all do who
do not know where the dividing line
is" continued Jones. THE ability
to let well enough alone is not pos
sessed by all women-or men. either.
And yet ] am not sure ] would
like my wife with bobbed hair, even
the proper feminine sort you so elo-
quently praise" said Forsooth. light
ing cigarette. Have one?"
Thank you. l will merely for the
society of the thing" answered Jones.
Personally. l don't like the after.
taste they leave in my mouth"
\ ~
The TWO men smoked in silence,
their finished cups Of coffee pushed
back. Forsooth still did not look
convinced. Jones saw he would have
to bring his heavy artillery to bear.
puff OF smoke heralded their un-
limbering.
Since | have become converted 10
bobbed hair spake up Jones, Il hs We
come TO look upon long hair on WON
en- as merely so much-what shall
we call it?-well, superfiuous hair. ii
you please"
Ned F'orsooth looked surprised.
Not only that" continued the
amiable Temp Jones (who is rightly
regarded among his friends as the
kindest hearted man in WashinEton)
Whenever | see a woman with q
mess of hair coiled around on the
top Of her head 1t strikes me now as
almost-yes, almost obscene"
Say. now" protested Forsooth
You don't mean n exactly that
Perhaps not exactly" tempered
Jones. But almost that. But
seem TO know now what the church
fathers meant when they forbade
woman to come into the congregation
with uncovered head.
That ban always puzzled me In
the old days. but now that L have
become converted to the intense little
girl femininity of bobbed hair, l see
better than ever that the long coils
of woman's hair possess charms that
are not strictly-
Jones broke off TO take his last pun
Anyway he resumed. Il believe
the old fathers were right. And l
equally believe. now that most WON
en- have their hair bobbed. all such
foolish restrictions should be re-
moved for the reason for them no
longer exists.
We no longer wish 10 sport with
the tansies OF Neaera's hair. as Mil
ton said. Man thus has lost one OF
his ancient temptations, and both
men and women are the better FOR II.
Alexander Pope, who Byron said
ought TO be the national poet OF ma n
kind. was a prophet, indeed. when he
forsaw the role the shears would play
in modern American life
Tempieton Jones smiled as he
quoted:
The meeting points the sacred hair
dissever
From the fair head, forever and
forever"