Evening star., 1925-04-19
Can a Lady Be Herself?
Wife Makes
Complexion That demanded
BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.

S Lydia Pinkham once so truly
" said, "A girl is as old as she
"A feels, with a few good addi-
u tions de looksr' 1t was only
the other day that l realized
how true that was when | had just
got started to go out the house and
George, that's my husband, says to
me, where did the hat come from or
is it a pincushion?
Whatter you mean, l says, this is
the latest style it is a real, genuine
copy of French model, what's wrong
with it?
Oh nothing much, he says, only 1
don't hardly believe that any French
model would of been willing to pose
for such looking thing, not unless
she had lost her girlish figure. why
don't you put on a regular hat?
Hot Bozo. l suppose you think you
are expert on ladies' clothes, George
/ says, but if you was a real Judge
YOU wouldn't be supporting a house
hold, some household would be sup
porting you; YOU would be nothing
but a cake eater.
Just the same TO satisfy Geo l went
and put on a plain hat which | knew
didn't look anywheres near as good,
put he says fine, that looks a whole
iot more IKE something intended to
Well, says, you've made me look
like rainy day. l sure hope YOUR
SATISFIED, anything else to complain of?
You don't mean to tell me you are
gong out into the street with all that
makeup on, he says, why on earth
Nli you women do 1t, you got plenty
oL color or your own. I like you much
better when you are Just natural.
Yes you do, no such thing. I saws,
why George you are always raving
ABOUT that Mabel Bush, and she's a
regulark walking drug store. If YOU
was 10 see her face some time, you'd
ne surprised. And it's the same with
mat bottle blond, Miss Demeanor. and
pretty near any lady you pick out 70
admire. But let me try to fix myself
up decent, and picking is as far as
II goes with you.
Of course none of the family record
as per see above was entirely original
we had rehearsed the scene quite a
lot ana 1t never ended any different
80 according to schedule | made nv
exit after first giving my lips a lick
10 quiet Geo. because lip stick eXer-
ciSe Is now one of our most fashion
able and pop. national outdoor sports
and was headed for the street whore
could put the color right back on
again IN perfect publicity and no in.
reference.
was headed for Mrs Freddy Free
nashS where l knew there would he
F. lot OF women most of which had
reached the age where they refer 10
thelrselts as girls but do So without
perfectly clear conscience. The
freenashes being rich, why | knev
1hey would entertain on a large scale
riSht In Keeping with the one I know
they nave in their bathroom as a
conscience salve for the dieting thev
oon do, and the women's clothes
would be we'll worth giving the dou-
bic ephis to-
4 x x
WELL, when 1 come in, the gang
was already at it, calling each
olHer thelr semi-precious darling or
NoIuS 10 that effect, rattlinS the tea
cups and etc, but | could see at once
where the parlor or the dining room
was undoubtedly the only place the
most of them ever ratified any china |
at least not since they come into
the money anyways! And pretty near |
the nrSt thing struck me about that
gang of tea wrestlers was their make |
up.
i don't know was it me talking to |
Geo. on the subject of female artifi- |
cial flowers just before leaving the |
house or what. But I certainly did
notice the first aids to alleged beauty |
that most of the ladies wore. And |
Hot Bozo, 1t made me see something
/ had been trying to put the old |
binders on about for quite some time |
The first one spoke to me, for a |
sample, was Mrs. Goofnah. and while |