The Coolidge examiner., 1933-03-31

mood OF Bobs would have given her
the Hibby-Jibbies. Besides, she and
the other young Matrnns who tOiled
at the Card Table every day pre-
dicted that the whole Thing was a
temporary Craze and some of those
who had fallen would be in an aw-
full Hole when the Styles shifted
back and they tried to wear it long
again.
AS Month after Month passed by
and the number of Victims in
creased and Rumor had it that FL
sic Janis, Carrie Chapman Gait, FL
sic Ferguson, Ethel Barrymore,
Bebe Daniels, Queen Mary, Glenna
COllett and Galli-Curci had sue
cumbed, the situation began to look
serious 1t seemed that a good
many Girls who were no longer
Kittens and who in the Old Days
would have been knitting instead of
Jazz-Jumping. had been clipped and
were shamelessly exhibiting their
Necks for the first time.
Signs of Wobblina.
Mr.. Wambo began to notice that
the Missus, instead of saying that
any Woman beyond 80 who got
shingled was Hussy. began to
stall and ask Questions. She want
ed to know of him if he thought it
was Dignitied Of a Woman who had
a Daughter in Smith College to trim
herself up like a Soubrette and try
| to step out when she should have
no ambition except to create a
Home Atmosphere for her Husband
and Children. Mr.. Wambo was
twice foxy and said he thought that
the Modern Woman had a Right to
do Anything which would not be
stopped by the Police. He had read
the Signs and seen the Handwriting
on the Wall. He knew that Friend
Wife was getting ready to Fall and
when the Time came she wanted to
be pushed and make out that she
had been talked into it.
She showed him in the paper
where Mrs. Pillsbury of Rockfill,
Pa, had been Bobbed at the age of
eighty-two and said it made her look
and feel Forty Years Younger and
she wanted to know If he didn't
think it was ridiculous, but he said
that If Mrs. Pillsbury was satisfied,
he thought 1t was Great.
Then there came a Day when she
pulled a False Giggle and said that
Lib and Cert were both after her
to go to Place In the Union Gen.
tral Building where there was a
man who had learned it in New
York and who could advise one as
to which Style would be most be-
coming. She had no Intention of GO
ing, but 1t was a Fact that a great
many Women ever so much older
than She had been done over and
you'd be surprised what a Change
/ 1t made. Mr.. Wambo, a Diplomat
Of the First Water, said that no
matter what she did to the Hir-
suite Crop she would always look
like a Million Dollars to him, and If
she wanted to make the Supreme
Venture to go ahead and he hoped
that her Conscience would be her
| Guide.
No Ether Used.
Weeks before the big Event every
one but Mrs. Wambo knew that she
was slipping. She kept on protest
ing that the Whole Thing was silly
but the Fact that she couldn't talk
about anything else proved that she
was a Marked Woman.
Finally she hung the whole Re
sponsibility on to Wambo. She
said that if he insisted on it, she
would go ahead and have it done.
Then came the tense Weeks dur
ing which she was trying to decide
whether to have a Boyish Bob or
Shingle or a Terrace Effect or
the Fish-Hook Dingle-Dangles or
some Scallops.
On the Day when she went to the
Union Central Building the Sun
stood still and Traffic was sus.
pended. She refused to take any
Anesthetics and went through the
Ordeal absolutely alone except for
Lib and Cert Ella and Jess. After
1t was over she didn't know wheth-
er to go and sit in Peacock Alley or
hurry Home and hide in a closet.
Just after she took the Fatal
Step a Convention of Hair-Dressers
in Atlantic City decreed against the
Bob. but 1t was False Alarm. Mrs.
Wambo is now High Priestess of
the Cult and will tell you what a
, Relief it is not to be compelled to
hang your head out of the Bath
Room window for Hours at a time.
MORAL: A woman is as old as
her Husband tells her she is.