MODERN MAIDENS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1926, Page 4

MODERN MAIDENS

(To tin- 10*!itor.> Sir.—it wits with mixed foldings of chagrin nml dismay Lind I rend Aesthetic's letter in litis evening’s ju*per. In defence of the gentler sex. I challenge ynnr highbrow correspondent who. I presume, hides behind the misnomer of Aesthetic the disposition of n disgruntled misanthropist, who. perhaps. Inis been cheated in his search for a soul-mate, his' ideal in women, and thus attempts to vent his spleen publicly against our peerless modern maidens. This hyper-rritieal gladiator of the mid-Victorian era cites dogmatically in support, of his unjustifiable statements the women of harharic tribes. Do we moderns desire lo see that never-fail-ing stimulant to the jaded masculine eve. the irrepressible flapper (God Id'ess her!) dramatically appear before us displaying a Fantastic coiffure in the shape of a greasy, frowsy, manc-like mop? I consider the bob and shingle both hygienic and singularly tidy in appearance in comparison with the old-fashioned style of feminine hairdressing. Again our pedantic and egotistical Iricud, under the sheltering wing of aestheticism reminds us of the classic beauties. Now would not these have been rendered incomparable by the application of the barber’s scissors to their beauteous tresses, and no doubt would thus have made a greater appeal to the modern taste in art. One might well say in the vernacular of thiele Sain that the shingled maid inakes the humming-bird look ungainly and uncouth. lit conclusion, allow me to state that Aesthetic's letter seems an unwarranted attack on the most delightful and engaging innovation in the world of feminine fashion—the shingled head. While still ungrudgingly admiring his undoubted merits off the tee. hut, at the sumo time, bewailing his lamentable weaknesses with the putter, may I remind Aesthetic of the sage words <>t his own beloved poet, “Tot homines, tot sentent ire ” ? I am. etc.. SHORT AND SWEET. April 12th, 1928.