Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-11
SUB ROSA
ny MIMI.
Cost of Being Exquisite.
ny MIMI.

Polly says she's read reams OF
advice on the necessity of being eN
quisitely groomed. and she's about led
up with that kind of dope.
She wouldn't mind if it were of any
use to her and girls like her. But
she considers that sort of talk foolish
| when directed to the poor working
girl.
| How can she. Polly Andrews. he
cXquisitely groomed when she has to
leap out of bed at $50 each morning,
tear off to work, toll all day like the
good old ant, arrive home dog tired
Just in time to dress up and sally
forth with the boy friend?
Even if she did have the time,
where would she get the money to
go through with all the business of
being e%quisitely groomed?
Who's going TO pay for three kinds
| of the best face cream TO be applied
each morning and each night so that
it's all used up inside of a week?
Who's going to hand out enough
cash to keep her supplied with fresh
crepe de chine collars and cuffs per
| diem?
Where is she going to buy the kind
Of silk stockings that never have a
| run in them--so never show the ugly
darns that detract from any girls
| appearance?
The only way TO keep heels of
| shoes from running over is to buy
a new pair every week. What Santa
Claus will make that possible for her:
How can she keep her hair In
| wave-neat. fiat waves that lie close
to her head, when that kind Of water
wave costs two dollars a throw?
BE reasonable" says Polly, land
admit that the poor old working girl
has neither the time nor the money
to be a perfectly groomed specimen.
Then up steps Mimi and, with that
tireSome way OF hers, insists that she
knows quite a lot about the matter.
For listen here. my good Polly, YOU
don't step out every night OF your
life, do YOU? No, you do not, even
though you'd like to pretend you
did.
Very well, on the evening in, give
your hands a thorough overhauling.
Get right after those ugly. careless
looking nails. and make them tidy
that week, all they'll need IL a brief
three minutes of attention each
evening.
As for her face-there's no use In
Polly's using three different kinds OF
face cream, anyway. She can select
nice, dependable cold cream that
everybody knows about, and she can
use that on her face twice a day. If
she uses it sparingly, it won't cost
her mucn-and her face will be as
pink and smooth as those which are
redone fifty times day.
All right. then what about stock
ings? Well. if she will insist on
wearing sheer hose to the office, she
deserves to bear expense. What's
the matter with good heavy silk for
daytime wear? They'll last till king
dom come, and they look nice, too.
OF course, high heels will run over
in the ceaseless trudging which office
work involves. Treat yourself to a
pair of smart but solidly built shoes.
l don't mean hideous, clumsy affairs.
! mean really nice shoes with fairly
good heel, but not one OF those fiimsy
little things which make the strong
est ankle turn.
Collars and cuffs don't have to be
of crepe de chine, old dear. Don't
try to be so high hat in the office,
and you won't find it so hard to be
well groomed.
Cheap white stuff that launders well
can be done overnight, as every smart
business girl knows.
And hair that can't be kept in wave
except by weekly water wave which
it's owner is too poor to afford ought
to be cut so short that the ends don't
have chance TO straggle-also ought
to be brushed like fury morning and
night so that 1t shines beautifully.
Now, If you have any more argu-
ments, my pretty Polly, trot them out
next week, and Wen have another
heavy row.
M;r,i will ia oald IN anawer any innur jas
directed 10 this paper, provided stamped,
addressed envelope is inclosed.