Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

of the Russian "belleS" OF 1881. Cle
Flower OF the Proletariat, in their
gray Tapping gabardine coatS-wh1ch
fx about the only coat that a woman may buy
in Russian the bandanna which swatncs
these ladies' heads, and the most anything AZ
ALI which happens to cover up their exceeding
" large feet, you will feel like laughing right
out loud.
That is YOU will ut first But if you are
woman. and understand what q terrific tragedy
il is to have to go to about your lie dressed
uu like something out OF the grab bag the
saving ladies of New England sent to clothe the
missionaries up in Labrador, your laughter viii
shortly be supplanted by the warmesr sympathy
one woman can extend to another.
For the women of Russia, edition OF 1881,
"a about as scarecrows-and they cannot help
it. new sort of rebellion is probably on It's
way-the rebellion Of the beauty-starved wom-
en- of Russia for pretty clothes. and cold
crears. and other niceties of the toilet which
women have craved since the world began.
These are the opinions and the prophecies OF
n very pleasant and personable young woman
who has just returned from Russia
This young woman is Mrs. Eve Garrett
Grady wife Of an American engineer, recently
employed by the Russian state. MIS- CRAZY
is a writer and in fact, it was because she
made a few little jokes in print about Stain
that that worthy put her out Of his country
Just recently Mrs. Grady told in q book ali
about Seeing Red" But on this page, for
the beauty-Starved Russian women.
First she lists some of the things considered
essential to a woman's beauty which 1t Is I'M
possible and often forbidden to have or to buy
in Russia
10 woman may buy cold cream, powder.
~ scent silk stockings, silk underwear, toilet
water or more than one small cake of soap
month. And this soap must do for both laun-
dry and personal purposes.
II Russian woman succeeds in buying or
begging some little nicely from the Americans,
she is under cloud She may even be fined
assent to prison for thus transgressirg against
Soviet ideals.
But. though the laws and the conditions
what they are, there is merry little business
done in bootlegged beauty accessories And
thereby hangs a tale of tragedy-and comedy
as well But Mrs. Grady starts her story by
telling what happened TO her. the first morning
of her arrival in Russia, when she stepped out
OF her hotel on a rainy day:
''I wore what considered quite pleas
ing little rain garment. Of rubberized blue silk
with an Alice blue lining of crepe de chine. It
was a pleasing CONNECTION. But I had not
stepped into the street before half dozen
people of assorted sexes and ages were grasp
ing my raincoat, peering into my eyes, shaking
their heads. examining the crepe de chlne nm
Voluble Russian.
clerk who spoke English, What do they THINK
1 am an aristocrat. a member OF the mated
bourgeoisie? Were they getting ready to put
me into jail?
'Comrade Grady, indeed he said: they
were merely admiring the excellence oil your
coStumci'
II ran upstairs and hid that lovely raincoat
away down in the lowest layer of my trunk, and
left it there Admiration is all right-but 1
was mobbed!
al HOWEVER, an American woman must
dress in carpet slippers, bandanna for
her head, q patched gabardine coat and leave
her gloves at home before she frees herself
from the incessant admiration and study OF the
Russians. who stop her-who stopped me most
every time I stepped QUITO examine and ad-
mire the pretty clothes.
silk stockings, particularly made them wist-
ful. In the United States q good husband is he
who brings home the bacon. In Russia loving
husband is he who stops an American woman
and by pleas and persuasion and good rubleS.
IL necessary. induces her to part with one OF
smaer pairs OF States silk stockings for him to
carry home to his wife.
when I went into Russia 1 had two dozen
pairs had not been there two months before
had given away all except three four very
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