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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921
Has Paris Gone Back on
The Pretly Blondes ?
BRUNETTE CHOSEN QUEEN OF QUEENS
Fact Is, Fair Haired Girls Are Still Regarded as "Most
Beautiful Creatures on Earth' but They
Are Very Scarce in France.
FRANCE'S FOUR MOST FAMOUS BLONDES.
MULE.
ROB1NN
ByMargueriteMooers Marshall
UvyricM, l&il. I'J the IVm riiMMikif Co.
(Tha N.m Vert KmifciB World.)
HAS Paris gono back on the
blondes?
Stirred for once from tnelr
classic calm, golden-haired Gabrlcllo
and blue-eycxl Beatrice liuve been
asking: each other this fateful ques
tion slnco tho recent cabling of the
news that a BRUNETTE, Mile.
Vonne Beclu, has been chosen Queen
of Queens for the Paris Carnival at
Jfid-Lent. Mora than. that, out of
the bevy of twenty-one queens,
chosen from the twenty Arrondlsse
tnents of Paris and the odd ono from
' uhe member of tho Paris fairs, only
TWO count 'em, two of the lot are
blondes. All tho others are dark
eyed, dark-haired beauties.
Just how fow tears American bru
nettes have shed over these tidings,
It Is not for me to any. In fact, for
the best ot all reasons, I applaud and
congratulate brunette Mile. Beclu for
her victory over tho embattled
blondca of the French capital. For a
moment or two, I was even so credu
lously optimistic as to hope that la
the city which always has been con
sidered the world's connoisseur In
feminine loveliness, the. blonde at
last was being judged and found
wanting and tho brunette was coming
Into her own.
Alas, I might have known better!
In Paris, as In New York, as In tho
Troy of "Golden Helen," the blonde Is
still her own excuso for being, is still
man's "Ideal woman." And the only
reason for the ranking of brunettes In
the rcocnt beauty contest for tho Car
nival Is that blondes are so scarce in
this world of ours.
I had this sad or 'joyous, according
an you are brunotto or blonde
news of blonde popularity from
a ohamilng Frenchwoman, nowly
arrived In this country, Mme. Ballat
Callle. She Is a connoisseur In all
things beautiful, for she waa appointed
by the Mayor of Nantes to collect an
exhibition of all tho lovely things made
In Brlttuny the tapestrloa, laces, lin
gerie, paintings and other expressions
of French artistic taste and bring
them to tills country for an exhibition
at tho Instltut Francals. No. 699 Fifth
GOING DOWN!
DEAR READER: A nowapa
iper man Is wonderful be
cause ho alwayi coneid
cra the other fellow first Ho
looks at each Individual as "a
Btory."
Suppose you look at the next
man to whom you apply for a
jab as though you were a news
paper reporter, who Is always
oelflcss.
I ten you right now that tbo
strongest human emotion is
SYMPATHY. Love ie not an
emotion; It is a scientific thing.
Therefore, learn tho great
lesson of sympathy. Read tho
papers and eee what stories grip
you. 6eo WHY they grip you.
A newspaper man always has
a list of questions to ask a man
to be interviewed try this on
the next man to whom you
apply for a job. ,
And oblige, "
ALFALFA SMITH.
msbbbv . mbhh;
Avenue. I found Mme. Callle at the
Appraiser's Building, at the corner of
Christopher and Washington Streets,
patiently struggling -to get her treas
ures "passed" for th,ls exhibition, which
lo Just opening.
"The Parisian, the Frenchman, ANY
mnn," 'declared Mme. Callle, "believes
that the blonde is tho most beautiful
creature on earth, and that all angels
In heaven will be blondes. But In
Paris, especially, the blonde Is almost
as scarce as she Is precious. Tho
typical Frenchwoman, you know, In
brunette olive skin, dark eyes, dark
hair brunette and petite. That is
the Latin type. On two frontiers, tho
Spanish and tho Italian, the native
French brunette has intermarried
with the Italian brunette, the Spanish
brunette, and the result is an intensi
fied brunette beauty.
"In the North of France, in Brittany
and Normandy, thero are many
blondes. Much of tho artificial blonde
hair comes from the heads of lovely
peasant girls In this part of the coun
try. They are greatly admired by
their countrymen.
"The supremely beautiful woman,
from the Parisian point of view, Is the
tall, stately, classic blonde with a
Grecian profile and a regal bearing.
Some of the most beautiful women
the city has ever known have been
blondes. Thero Is tho vondcrfully
lovely Georgette Leblanc, tho first
Mme. Maeterlinck. There Is the
woman whom I consider the greatest
beauty In Paris to-day, Mme. Gabrlcllo
Roblnne of tho Comedie Francaisc.
There Is another radiant blondo at
the same theatre. Mile. Ceclle Sorel.
There was th" late Gaby Deslys."
"But which do you yourself con
sider more 'beautiful, the blonde or
the brunotto?" I asked Mme. Callle.
She really can be Impartial about It,
for she has tawny golden brown hair,
tawny eyes that nlmost match It and
a skin like a red russet apple. She
Is not a classic blonde, but neither
Is she a midnight brunette.
"Oh, I prefer the brunette type,"
she replied frankly. "It has so much
more expression, animation, Intelli
gence In tho majority of cases, I
mean. There Is a sparkle In dark
eyes, a flush In ollvo checks, a vital
ity and warmth about tho dark
beauty which rarely character!! the
blonde.
"Tho brunette, too, Is usually much
moro loyal and affectionate than tho
blonde. Tho latter need be nothing
else except blonde In order to please;
sho need not be witty or true or even
passionate Consequently, she often
Is not characterized by any of tneso
qualities; sho la cold and selfish and
conceited. She permits men to adore
her, whereas tho brunette know how
to love. She would make a man much
more happy yet ho follows tho lure
of the blondo as a moth follows the
candle flame.
"Oh, we havo our artificial blondes
In Paris, as you say you havo In New
York," Mme. Callle smilingly an
swered another question. "But that
sort of blondness is seldom a nic
cess, you know. The peroxide hair
docs not match the brunette com
plexion and eyes and temperament.
No, the brunette bad 'better accept
the decree of fate and stay brunette
even though she knows that Just
as every child yearns for a doll with
golden hair and blue eyes, no every
man yearns for"
"The same thing," I sighed.
Ho good blondes, Uko other good
Americans, can ntlll go to Paris when
they die. And If we ever follow the
advice of that distinguished American
oculist who ndvocatod tho banishment
of ill blondes because they are eo hard
on the eyes then, too, blondes made In
America can find a royal welcome in
tbo French, capital.
Such Is
To Krss mv wjFey .NeeD
) I AM Qroxnej A WAV
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MODEBN MAID
IrtARQUERlTB rtOOERS nAWMAU.
OtvjrtxM, br ttt.Prm Puttttiiar Oo.
(TM Ma Yort Xraifa World.)
JAZZ at parties la merely a musi
cal eubatltutc tor the prohibited
cocktail and, according to all
reports, does the work equally well.
Yes, Dorothea, the modern girl may
bo a terrible young person, but at
least ehe doesn't read smuggled
French novels and then assume In
public tho poso of a startled fawn.
When a man tells a woman, with
hauteur, that thero are "things no
gentleman would do,1 she never
knows whether he Is proclaiming a
faith or proclaiming himself a fake.
If the supply of reforms ever gives
out, I propose that It ho made a
penal offense to say to any woman,
"How poorly you're looking!"
To a man tho perfect lovo affair Is
invariably a short story; to a woman
tho p. 1. a. is a serial, "continued In
our next"
How tho Bhort-halrcd, corsotless
"freak" of other days murt chuckle
when her astral self catches a
glimpse of tho short-haired, corset
leas darling of fashion to-day!
Why la it that a man will accuse
every ono In his household, Including
the bulldog and the canary, of having
made away with an Important letter
and then find It, after all, In his
own pocket?
It's all very well to talk about
equality between the sexes, but there
can be no such thing oo long aa a
fat woman is a tragedy and a fat
man a joke.
To the average man tho most ap
palling characteristic of the female
mind Is Its long-distance record for
remembering sins, Blights and, (worst
of all, lore paseagea.
H "tho proper study of mankind
is man," then you all have one
guess as to the Improper study which
man finds vastly moro Interesting
and entertaining.
7M7 J
Life!
Sr Tort
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Good
BYe!
DEA R :
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And Have'You Noticed the
Organdie Flowers Grow
ing on Taffeta Frocks?
Oopjrfetrt, JK9, bj tfas Fra Iubftttnf Oo.
(Tho N.W York Errata World.)
MY D 13 Ait: I promised to tell yot
this week more about hats, but
first I am wondorlng how
many of you select your hats in tho
right way. What I mean Is, do you
fit your hat to your bead without con
federation of your form? Really It Is
a pity that so many women do Just
that, which1 accounts for a person with
broad hips and narrow shoulders wear
ing a 'small toque which may suit her
features but accentuates her Ill-proportioned
figure. Which accounts for
tho fat, high-shouldered woman wear
ing a droopy brimmed hat, which
shortens her neck, or the long, thin
necked girl, who should adopt the
muolToom shape, choosing an upward
flarint" brim. But I am not writing
to preach a sermon sufllclcnt to say
that a long mirror In which one's full
length la reflected Is necessary to the
judicious selection of a hat.
Havo you noticed how much henna,
tangerine and nasturtium shades arn
NEW INVENTIONS.
A N automatic device has
been invented to ahut
offi the flow of gas In the
pipes In any room In a building
In which a fire occurs and thus
prevent the flames being
epread.
A four-wheeled chair for In
valids developed In England Is
propelled by a one-fourth horse
power electric motor, supplied
with current by a storage bat
tery. Garments that have become
shiny through wear can be re
stored in appearance by a re
cently patented device that
draws air through thq fabric to
raise its nap.
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r To You r-n "
3 Averts
Prescription,
"To bciSS,
You
Does Your Hat
As Well as
used this spring? I saw an adorable
hdt of brown Milan whoso brim,
slightly drooping, was wider at the
sides to accommodate two huge flat
orange roses, preaned tightly against
both crown and brim. These roses
were of organdie, which Is only
another exploitation of this fabric's
extraordinary capabilities. It Is. in
fact, becoming tho favorite companion
of taffeta In frocks of notel charm.
Who ever imagined that such a stately
fabric as black taffeta would weloamo
the society of American beauty red
organdlo as an underskirt to Its full
tunic? It did Just this in a beautiful
afternoon frock I saw at tea the othor
day. The tiny sleeves were com
pleted with bands of the organdie,
and a narrow slashed opening In the
front of tho allm bodice also revealed
'it, while tiny strings mado of it tied
at the neck.
'I noted another Individual use of
organdie, white organdie, In the form
of flat popples strewn over the lower
portion of tho slim bodice of a dark
blue taffeta frock and trailing down
the left sldo of the full skirt. Tho
flowers were centred with blue French
knots.
But to return to hats. Green Is an
other of the season's favorite colors,
not to mention tho ublquitoun gray.
Ueorgetto and taffeta uic employed
us well as straw, and lots of fruit
trimming arranged in clusters over
each ear, or one ear, or furthor to tho
back against the hair. Flowers also
assume this manner of decoration,
lending more plcturcsqucness of ef
fect than la ordinarily allowed In tho
street.
For the matron T saw a stun
ning creation of black Btraw with
block glyserincd ostrich laid off the
sldo of the brim and dropping lan
guidly on the shoulder, each feather
weighted by and drawn through a
black Jet pendant bend. Another hat
of distinction especially smart on the
tailored woman who wore It on the
Avenue, was a square crowned black
straw sTmje, the crown draped with
wide shiny black rrttxm. and through
the narrow straight brim, a paddle
of black satin was thrust on the left
aide. Violets are over nilurlng In tho
spring, and almost syuonymous us tlin
Illy of Raster, no that a trimming of
them like I noted recently you may
Uko to hear about. It was a round
crowned dark blurc straw hat which
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bunch of tho violets was placed. It
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on the brims of largo ones. Brown
Btraw trimmed with brown satin rib-
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MILDRED LODBWICK.
Turkey Trot Down on the Farm!
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There Are Only 300,000 Jokes in the World and Joe"
Miller Composed 42 The
JbAe, jSo Fou'ce Got to Gce Mm Credit
Which Is More Than His Rewriters Do ! 1
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HP 1IEHE la only ono man that nerer got blamed for pinching n9otQ
I suy't Jokos. That'e Joe Miller.
what SbakespcAro was to literature and Deem en to chewlts guffl.t
Ho waa tho worka. There are only
MlUer composed 42. Tho rest of 'cm are about Ford car.
Wneczenrlghts are more plentiful now than they noro In Josepnni't
day. For erory tUrrcr thai' assembled now, there ore two guys htm
to make wioe crock about 1U Each city haa 1U towerlngr wit and the
Tillages hare 'em In smaller sizes. Sometimes they're only halNwlfai
In Tlllnircs. Moulding rags Is also an cosier Job to-day with Prohlbl
tlon a Juicy topic ProhlbtUon has mado It easier to make up Jolee,
bnt a prcat deal harder to listen to 'em. .
Llttlo la known of Joe Mlllcr'a llfo
up and got a wonderful funeral. It
and two days later released the first Joke about mother-in-law. "If waa
a big success. This mother-in-law wheezo has been told millions af.times
-THE FIRST AFTER DINNER SPEECH WAS DELIVERED TO THE
BOUNCER OF A BOWERY JOINT.
since, with many variations, but tlie motbera-ln-law never vary an taeh.
Tboy can always lilt you In the some spot twice.
Tho first after-dinner speech was also created br Joe, It was In a
fashionable Bowery cafe when Joe had unfortunately forgotten to bring
his purso along. Tho after-dinner speech was delivered to tho bouncer)
of the Bowery Joint from an advantageous position In the Bowery gnltec
Tho text of the speech has long slnco been lost, but It created zmicb.tor-
rlment for the apoctators. "
Tho drat Joko book of tho Thin- Dime series waa likewise written liyj
Joe. It had that ono about tho Irishman and tlhe Jew and many,othe
rip-roaring yarns. This volume may not bo on the ettelf that Doo Eliot
measured with a yardstick, but It's positively in every collection that's;
measured by a slapstick. " ,
It It wasn't (or Joe, plenty of vaudeville chaps would still be shift
ing scenery and most of as humorous guys would bo back nt the hard
waro countor. The book of every Itroadnay musical show. cwns
written by Joseph Miller. To-day thero Is only one difference between
Joe and oar snappiest dramatists. Joe Miller only wrote parlor
stories. The modern drama guys write three kinds of stories parlor,
bedroom and bath.
Joe was the first to learn that brevity Is tho soul of wit. And mantf
a wise-cracking humorist has resurrected tlhe soul of Joa'a wit, bnt it's:
hard to bo brief at ten cents a word and that is the trouble with' most
funny guys.
But humor la higher In our day than Joe's. When tiro old boy himself
was cracking gags, a kick in the trousers would get a laugh. Now yos
' have to kick a guy In the iface to start any kind of a chuckle, showing ibab
humor, like all art, Is going up higher.
However, give Joe Miller credit. lie never copped another guyt
Joke. lie never started his splol with "I've Just got a new one." And bo
nover pulled a gag like: "You win the sllk-emhrpidered lawn mower.1?
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mirHRE was something familiar
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4 ending in the crowded .treet
cnr- but w0 onlv wnen tDt man
turned around that Mr. Jnrr rccog-
nlocd blm aa an old friond, Ous, who
'"lr conducted the cafe on tho
comer, a haven that perished with
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HKflE two Ken England
chfdren had heard of the
turkey trot and wanted to
see It dt monstratcd, so they (rot
one of the farm gobblers that
survived the holiday season and
lutrnessed blm to their little cart.
Rest of "Em Are About
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Joo iras to the wheeze rtratutrjri
300,000 jokea In the world, fiad, Joa
except that he was born, brought.
Is llkowiso known he got taarrlcd,t.,j
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Om. m Hew Tort Bmlx Wortd.)
Prohibition.
"Why. hotlc dus. Oee. I'm b
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That's because you always;.';
Rot a. nront view or me wncn S was
5?J'n,d J". rUnem thejinppy
'ou b? Ihey wire." eald Mr. Ja.
fervently. "Ah, to mlsquoto, Lamb'i,
They are all gone.
The old familiar places."'
T don't know nothing about jonT
try or lamb," said Qua, testily. "You'tf
better talk to Bpler. tho butcher,
about them things. He wasn't put
out of business like I was with my
liquor store."
That'a what I was trylns to say,"
Mr. Jarr went on. 'OJut what aro
you dolnff those days?"
"Well, I alnt no legbooter. wlolat
ing tho law, you can bet, so It alnt
no use to ask me It I can get you -any
glnoolno bottle goods dhfftp.
Kvery man what waa In the retail
liquor business Is expected to.be a
legbootor tbeao days, but you can
bet If ho la out of the business ho
ls going to keep out. Me? I am a
real estater now. I am pcrwldlng
people with homes where ladles and
othor women like your wife used to
say I kept their husbands out of
their homes. I wonder who they
blame it on now?" '
At this a very fat man s'ttlUP T
Mr. Jarr remarked. seemLny7 to
Gua, "How you was?"
Ous looked out of the car window
u long time and then replod: 'Tin
feeling rotten, Mayer, bow -oy mtV
Tho fat man shrugged his shoul?
dera as though to Indicate his health '
was beneath contempt. Then.' some'
ton mlnuteu later, he got up and got
off the car, ,
"That was my brother, Mayor; X
ain't seen him In three yearA' re
marked Gus. "So w hadn't anything
to talk about"
"I should lmve thought you frouloV
have all the more to talk about lni
three years," Mr. Jarr observed.
"Oh, my brother Mnyer wouIdn"
talk much anyway if I seen blm yes ..
tcrday," said Otis. "He plays ttoi
olarlnet in a orchoster, so he oan'6
talk while he Is working, like lie)
could If he played the drum or plan
tier. So he got out of beine used toy
taltvT
Mr. Jnrr said nothing, and thea'.
Jus remarked feelln;!y--"I wlah.
luri married a lady out of an orrfh
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