Evening star., 1932-09-17
explanation, and the honest reader shall

explanation, and the honest reader snail
have them.
It is obvious to a tyro in such mat
ters that bobbed hair has done more
make homely women passable, In the
beauty sense, and, on the other hand,
To dwindle really beautiful women to
the same passing grade.
The net result is that whether girl
Is rising from ugliness to passing
mark by the bobbed hair route, or fall
ing slightly from a sheer beauty emf
nence through the same device, at the
exact point Of passage no one but q
master Of ceremonies can tell them
apart.
The gain from cropped hair has been
much larger than the loss. There are
more homely girls, anyway, and few
will gainsay that the average woman
becomes better looking when she bobs
her hair.
This Is made surer by the certain
fact that few women, in the old days.
ever went to the trouble to find out
which was the best sort OF "hairdreSs"
for them.
They Just "wadded" it on the top of
their heads. and let 1t 60 at that. And.
unfortunately, as many women would
got as much washing as 1t needed.
Short hair is easier to shampoo. and
so 1t gets it oftener. Interesting. II
true" as the Republicans said about
the reports Of the Maine elections.
The second big factor in the passing
Of the exceptional beauty from the stage
of American life Is the Grass uniformity
of clothing adopted by the ladies.
For decades men wore what might
be described as uniforms of sort.
Their business suits, their so-called sack
suits, their dress suits, put them into
standardized clothing, so that all easily
attained the universal desire to look
as alike as possible.
All during the years the womenfolk
secretly wanted to dress like men, at
least to enjoy an approach to the uni
formity of costume which the men
clung to so fervivdly year after year.
The growth Of spectator sports" as
bleacher and grandstand sitting has
been called. gave the women their
chance. The sports costume" came
into its own, with the result that soon
afternoon dresses and evening gowns
fell into line.
With the single exception Of dress
colorations, women now wear similar
uniforms. This similarity Is attained
by the silhouette" dear to every wom-
ans heart. One silhouette may be a
thin silhouette. and the next one a
rather plump silhouette, but they are
all trying to be "silhouettes." and that
explains it.
What may be good for the health,
and good for the dentist. is not neces-
arilx he CT OiY1f f0f
beauty. The uniformly wide smiles Of
our motion picture actresses. while they
reveal excellent sets Of teeth. give their
possessors vapid look which spoils the
individuality of mouths.
Broad, forced grins make all mouths
look alike. The truth is that there is
no individuality. as such, in teeth. The
better teeth they are, as teeth, the less
individuality they possess. Any first
class dental surgeon can duplicate them
with absolute fidelity.
The fourth and last factor Is the
desire Of women to be alike. Fashion
has its best hold on them here. To be
"in style" is everything to them, even
with the least stylish. The mind holds
UP a mirage forever and a day, and
Just as most men never give up dream
ing that they will some day attain the
success" they crave In business, so
women always picture themselves, in
some dress and hat of the future, as
raving beauties. But their own habits,
mental and physical, are against them.
As long as they insist on bobbing their
hair, dressing uniformly, smiling per-
petually, and actually wanting to look
alike, they will achieve these desires,
and reduce themselves to q level uni
formity, in which no man can find
either q really homely woman or q
really pretty one