Evening star., 1948-10-04
This and That
bu Charles Z. TraceweH

Women, as sun bathers. have one great ad-
vantage over men.
They wear lipstick
This prevents them from getting too much
sun on the lip, as men SO often do
Few things are more frightening to modern
civilized man than a sore lip. The scare cam
paign on cancer has led to this 1t may be q
good thing, but 1t sends many men running
to dermatologists when they really have little
the matter with them.
Recent articles on the dangers Of sun tan
helped in the fear campaign.
The lip sore caused by too much sunshine
may or may not be-dread word-malignant
sort Of horniied condition of the lip usu-
ally to one side, near the corner, results from
too much sun. too long at time.
Just why the rest of the lip surface does
not get it is unknown, at least to the average
sun addict.
The lip swells, finally runs pus, and then
heals over with a dark scab. The "scab -
despite its use in modern labor language, Is
really protective, healing process.
A scab may be ugly, but it is beneficial.
Women, through the use Of upstick, pre-
vent such lip damage.
Men might use q cream of some opaque sort,
about such things.
They 60 into the sun-regardless-and later
may lament 1t.
Usually there will be at least one small lesion,
before the more serious one develops
This Is the time to take heed
This is the time to use a cream. all over the
lips, because one cannot be quite sure what
part will be hit.
This is also the time to deduce that one is
not made for too much sun. But usually the
sun enthusiast will not pay heed. Later he
will be sorry.
The sun cult is more fashion than any
thing else.
Even men 60 and stay in the sun for cos
metic reasons, although very few of them will
acmt 1t. The European peoples are more mat
ter of fact, in this as in other matters. They
call it summing" and do not have to pretend
they are playing golf, tennis or doing garden
ing in order to get daily quota of sunshine.
The appeal OF the sun is also a mental mat
ter. There are many persons who, though they
may not realize it themselves, need the bright
sunshine to take them out of a physical depth.
There also is need in many persons, to
loosen up the sinuses. A good hot sun does this.
If the dose is extended. And that, Of course, Is
where the danger comes ON in.
Most women would declare their skins more
sensitive than any mans, but the reverse is
probably true.
Many men also suffer from what might be
termed a nose complex on extended exposure
to sunshine.
This makes them appear as if they had been
drinking strong liquors.
Such persons also must cut down on their
daily stunning.
The sun cult comes down through the CEN
turles Sailors. farmers, small-town people in
general and also those who live on or near the
seashore, manage to get tanned without pre-
tense.
Sunshine is wholesome and good, but it is
strong medicine, for many natures, and the
sooner the susceptible person finds this out
the better for him.
Notice We say him."
Women can take their sunshine straight, and
in large doses. They are tough, rugged stand
ing almost any amount Of rays. (Some Of
them, however. will not tan at all, and had
better stay out Of the sun. The sunshine god
dess role Is not for them.)