Evening star., 1927-10-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

without sharp blade, whether it
be Of the sturdy construction of the
older straight razor or the fashion
ably thin blade of the modern safety
type, the morning shave cannot be
success. A man shaving with dull
blade might we'll serve as the perfect
picture of bathroom misery. Instead
of cutting, he scrapes, abrading his
skin at the same time he does q poor
lob of removing the unWanted beard.
The result is that no amount OF 10
ton" after the shave will relieve the
outraged feelings of his usually COM
panionable skin.
How chummy ones skin usually ts!
It sticketh closer than a brother and
enables one to enjoy countless pleas
ant sensations as well as serving the
| necessary task devolved upon it
through the centuries of helping the
lungs breathe and Of relieving the
body of certain waste materials. The
skin is a fine friend in health and an
efficient worker in sickness. If by
reason of mistreatment or accident 1t
becomes painful, the fault is not in
it. but in it's master or fell circum-
stances. Ordinarily the skin deserves
| a unanimous vote Of thanks.
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full member, therefore, by scraping it
with q section of dull steel in the
merry name of shaving is to commit
| both an indiscretion as well as an
offense against friendship.
The first concomitant of a good
shave, let it be said again, Is q sharp
blade Next comes the proper soap.
1t may take man half his life to find
the shaving soap that just suits his
| skin, skins being very particular in
| this respect, as they are in so many
| others, but it can be found, and the
shaver should persevere until he finds
| it.
With q really sharp razor and the
right soap. there will be little neces-
| sity for the use of hot water or the
obsolete "rubbing-in" which many men
still indulge in as the result Of the
| habit of the centuries. Cold water
gives the best shave in most cases.
The application of lather after the
shave ought not to sting, but to soothe
| If the former, the blade is not sharp
| enough.
The removal Of the stubble, when
properly done, is a joy, one of the
| little reckoned delights Of everyday
| life that need to be played up" now
and then in order to make men real
| iZe the boon which is theirs.
Women must take their faces as
| they are.
| A woman's face Is much the same
| at 10 am. as it was at am. But
with man it is different. He may
| look like a bear at rising, or Jack
| Dempsey as he formerly presented
| himself in the ring on the night of the
| big fight, his face adorned with a
heavy growth of beard
A mans face at dawning might
| frighten little children at play, or
scare the goldfish into frantic evolu'
tions, or cause the cook to threaten to
leave. He can change all that, how
ever, by little five minutes, rightly
spent, so that shortly he issues forth
with skin as smooth as the baby IS
and upon which any devoted wife
loves to bestow parting kiss.
This Is the triumph Of the shave,
| that through it a caveman in the
| twinkling of razor, as 1t were, be.
| comes the man of 1927! Centuries
are crossed in minutes; ages vanish
with the falling beard. What can
rouge and the lipstick, with their bluff
Of turning age into youth. show to
| equal this magic?