Evening star., 1928-05-05

it may be raised only in prayer or IN
acts of charity"
There is no church on earth which
could fail to respond to that hope with
fervent amen
The writer overheard a conversation
recently between a bright and proper
Young lady Of the age of early twenties"
and two matronS OF advanced years.
The latter had retained some old
fashioned" notions of proprieties, and
they were objecting to the common
practice of the younger generation of
girls in rouging lips and cheeks and
powdering noses in public. They had
been reared into the idea Of really not
even manicuring nails on the street or
in genteel company. and were strongly
objecting 10 the undermining mani
curing OF noses and cheeks and eye
brows done upon the crowded thorough
fares of Washington. AT least 1t inter-
fered with traffic.
"Oh, what Go we girls care what Older
folks think?" responded the young lady.
with pertneSs. Yet 1t was noticeable
that during all the rest of her visit the
little mirror remained hidden.
A teacher in a fashionable school for
girls admonished her young ladies never
TO assume an inelegant pose even in
their own rooms, for its uncouthneSS
would leave It's mark upon their public
behavior. That was not in the present
decade, however.
There are many sports and gym
nastics popular IN America to which
there can be no objection whatever.
from the standpoint Of propriety, for
either sex. Time was when nothing
counted as sport which did not center
around killing OF wild animals or birds
or in duels between men. Now the
camera may take the place OF the trap
and gun. and We hear of Senator Nor
beck's bill to protect birds.
In place of circus performances by
refined young ladies. there is horseback
riding. without Borgia habits" There
il swimming. without the fiattering cups
of admirers for the drinking of the
water made SO sweet as In former ages
In Toulouse. And since Yucatan paint
ing OF the entire bodies OF fair red
maidens Is now "vestiged" TO only the
faces of the modern maidens. with occa-
sional henna for the tingernails should
We not look forward TO millennial de-
velopment when We may prove that
beauty unadorned Is adorned the
most?
1t Is recorded that during the Cru
sades. when most OF the he-men OF
England and the rest of Europe had
gone To Palestine, the ladies. left be-
hind, took up hunting on their own
account, with falcons and spaniels and
other aids TO sport" But when the
heroes returned they told their ladies
that "the place for woman is at
home"
So the Dianas gave way 10 male
monsters, who batted wild beasts To
kill each other upon the public squares
Of cities, while the ladies were per-
mitted 10 cheer from the bleachers.
But at those tournaments the ladies
did not turn somerSaults nor play
with ttapezes, II her gallant were to
fight. the lady gave her kid glove TO
the knight she favored. that he might
wear II In his helmet. on, those were
brave times when ladies were relegated
10 their domestic environment Now
| the Osservatore. the otiicial organ of
The Vatican, says;
st, Clement did not oppose ath-
letics. but he knew women could get
all the exercise they needed IN kitch-
ems doing housework, and did not need
to develop their strength by games and
shooting ability on athletic fields,"
The women might sim play croquet
and tennis as we'll as do embroidery,
II they conduct themselves demurely
Some day, IN place OF the vestiges of
the Yncatan damsels all covered with
paint, the little mirrors and lipsticks,
eyebrow pencils and we'll, 'n'every~
thing they Will all be Nareissl.
the iairest OF them ALL
Who gaze on their eyes In The streams
rccchs
TIN they die OF their own dear lowell.
ness"
tConyrtaht, 1Dos hv Paul v Cnlinsl