The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12
WOMAlN,.S REALM
GlOrfwng Yourself
R Allela HaEl
NRA serrlnn stnn Wrlter

An impressive picture ot brltlsl women taking the rough with the smooth, just like the men" comes to me in a letter from my London colleague, Rosette Hargrove, She has been up on the Tyneside, going through the factory-front of em- battled Britain. She writes:
 "I was struck by the spirit of comaraderie wherever went. Here, no girl need ever be lonely.
 "On the other hand, there are many things a woman Is called upon to give up. The woman has to realize that she is part of Q tremendous machine and must not fail in her task, because by so doing she can endanger not only her own life but those of hun- dreds of others.
 GLAMOR TAKES
 BACK SEAT
 "She has to give up all ideas of soft, smooth, white hands and lcng, pointed highly polished finger nails. They would be out of place, anyway, and near the machines the nails are dangerous, Well, there IS nothing wrong with hands that look as though they could do good job of work.
 "shoulder-long hair, high hee!ed shoes, impractial clothes also are banished for the duration.
 Food fads, slimming diets and other pre-war whimsies can no longer be indulged in.
 s"There are 0 few snags, A cer- tain amount of aust, grit and dirt works mo the hands and espec- ially into the hair. That Is why hostels make such a point of hair washing facilities. Then there Is the matter of working cap, Most women simply cannot bring them selves to tuck every bit of hair in- side though they know they run q risk of It's getting caught in their machine.
 For those workers who have to handle tools or machines through which their hands become iin- pregnated with acid, the factory provides a special saive to be rub- bed in after worw. Welfare superin- tendents all told me that girls arc apt to be careless about this. The result is often skin blenishes and sores which easily could have been avoided.
 "The girls. too, are inclined to pat on powder or face cream with out having cleansed their faces thoroughly beforehand. It might be bright Idea to get them together and teach them a few beauty rules
 American girls and women, too, are prepared to sacrifice the arti- Aces of beauty whenever and wherever necessary. We may not repeat the British working wo- mems experience exactly - l om told that beauty parlors are springlng up at Army camps where women are on duty in auxiliary volunteer work. And the American beauty industry takes q very hope. ful attitude toward the future of supplies for beauty,
 pr. Emil c. Klarman, chief chemist of an outstanding large house, last week told large group of fashion writers here the threat of a shiny nose, as major war calamity, Is still away in the dis- tant future"
 You won't serve any purpose by either hoarding or rushing to Sac- rifice" while the cosmetics are In the stores with full government sanction. But 1t does seem to me this is the time to recognize that war changes things, including our beauty habits.
 One pleasant fact Is this. Soap, the number beauty agent, is made from fats and oils in the same oper- atlon as makes glycerin, which IS munitions essential So the more glycerin, the more soap! I think American women-the most beauty conscious on earth-will make the most Of that, both in and outside of war industry plants.