Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
The Blush of Youth.

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sweep the Woodlands and prairiss,
Mrs. WambO spoke right up and
said it was Terrible. She pulled the
Old One about a WOman's Chief
Glory being her Hair and she could
ut imagine what some Of the Young
Girls were thinking Of when they
sacrificed a TOp-KnOt on which they
had been working for Years. Mrs.
WambO stuck to her Waves and
Frizzes and the artificial Stuffing
and any suggestion that some day
she might Join the great Sisterhood
of BObs would have given her the
Hlbby-Jibbies. BESIDES. she and the
other young MatrOns who toiled
at the Card Tables every day pre-
dicted that the whole Thing was
just temporary Craze.
AS Month after Month passed by
and the number of Victims increased
and RumOr had 1t that Elsie Janis.
Carrie Chapman Gait. Elsie Fer
guson, Ethel Barrymore. Bebe
Daniels. Queen Mary, Glenna COllett
and Galli.Curci had succumbed, the
situation began to look serious.
SIGNS OF WoBBLING
Mr.. Wambo began to notice that
the Missus. instead Of saying that
amy Woman beyond 20 who got
shIngled was a Hussy, began to stall
and ask Questions. She wanted to
know Of him If he thought it was
Dignified 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
as foxy and said he thought that the
Modern Woman had a Right to do
Anything which would not be
stonped by the Police. He had read
the Signs and seen the Handwriting
on the Wall.
She showed him In the paper
where Mrs. Pillsbury Of ROckfll,
Penna., had been Bodied at the age
of 50 and said it made her look and
feel Forty Years Younger and she
wanted to know If he didn't think
1t was ridiculous but he said that II
Mrs. Pillsbury was satisfied, he
thought it 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 a Place in the Union Central
Building where there was a man
who had learned 1t in New York
and who could advise as to which
style would be most becoming. She
had no Intention Of going but 1t was
a Fact that a great many Women
ever so much older than She had
been done over and you'd be sur
prised what a Change It made.
NO ETHER USED
Weeks before the big Event every
one but Mrs. WambO knew that she
was slipping.
Finally she hung the whole Re
sponsibility on to WambO. She said
that IL he insisted on It, she would
90 ahead and have 1t done.
Then came the tense Weeks dur
Ing which she was trying to decide
to have a Boyish Bob or a
Single or a Terrace Effect or the
Fish-HOok Dlngle-Dangles or some
ScallOps.
On the Day when, she went TO
The Union Central Building the Sun
stood still and Traffic was suspend
ed. She refused to take any Anes-
.hetlcs and went through the Ordeal
absolutely alone except for Lib and
Cert, Ella and Jess. After It was
over she didn't know whether to go
ind sit IN Peacock Alley or hurry
Home and hide In q Closet.
Just after she took the Fatal Step
| Convention OF Halr-Dressers IN
Atlantic City decreed against the
Bob. but 1t was False Alarm. Mrs.
Vambo is now High Priestess Of the
,ult and will tell you what Relief
t is not to be compelled to hang
our head out OF the Bathroom
Window for Hours at a time.
MORAL; A Woman is as old as
Ter Husband tells her she is.