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THE CYNIC AND THE BEAUTY COMPETITION.

POWDER PUFFS IN THE BALANCE.

THE recent "Daily Mirror” Beauty Competition seems, like a stone dropped in a pond, to have awakened a series of ripples which penetrate to all parts of society.

Hardly can one go to a "Victory Ball" for a few hours’ undiluted merriment not entirely unconnected with jazz, without finding that the dancing is to lie interrupted by a "beauty competition.”' Certainly the winners of these affairs do not leap into fame and fortune at a bound like the "Daily Mirror’s" lovely find, but they probably enjoy a certain amount of private satisfaction.

One can imagine a cynic inviting Ins lady guest to a beauty-competition-dance. They appear painted, powdered, and marcelled. They dance, until the small hours, jn the tempered glare of electrio light. Comes the dawn. The lights are turned out; the curtains pulled back to let in the cruel morning light. "Ladies,” says the host, "will you take your places for the Beauty Competition r Need any more be said? Few of us claim the perfection of beauty as set forth in someone’s criterion. "If you can face the sun when all the others are sitting with their backs towards the light,” but under more kindly illumination it is possible to look one's very prettiest at a dance. One must admit that the heat of the ballroom and the ardour of dancing are foes to the complexion, and what maiden in these days of serious dancing dares retire too frequently to powder her shining little nose?

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END OF SALE BARGAINS at C. Smith’s Ltd SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, is the last day of WINTER SALES. This ' is your final opportunity to buy at these prices. GIRLS' NAVY SERGE FROCKS—Suitable for school wear, smart styles, in sizes 24 to 36 inches. Usual Prices, 19/6; 25/-, 39/6, to 49/6. TO CLEAR, 15/6 each. MEN’S RAINCOATS—£S/5/- TO CLEAR, 30/- ' ODDMENTS IN BLOUSES, SPORT COATS, SKIRTS, COSTUMES AND COATS—AT BEDROCK PRICES TO CLEAR. 10 ONLY LADIES’ DARK GREY COATING COSTUMES Plain or trimmed with black silk braid. Usually £9/19/6. SALE TO CLEAR, £6/6/BOYS’ NAVY JERSEYS—SmaII sizes, samples. ALL ONE PRICE, 2/11 each. MEN’S BLACK ' CASHMERE SOX—Usually 4/6. TO CLEAR AT 1/11 each. MEN’S PYJAMA SUITS-21/6. TO CLEAR, 13/6. ODDMENTS IN HOSE. GLOVES, SOX, NECKWEAR, FURS, Etc. ALL AT LOWEST PRICES TO CLEAR. [drapers ‘

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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 277, 17 August 1921, Page 3

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422

Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 277, 17 August 1921, Page 3

Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 277, 17 August 1921, Page 3

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