Cosmetics.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 369, 25 February 1937, Page 2

Cosmetics.

It would be interesting to know’ how much English women annually spend on cosmetics. Cosmetics figure largely in the American woman’s budget. Writing on this subject, the “Woman’s Digest” quotes an eminent doctor thus: “American women get tired, even more tired than our European women. For, when work w ended, there is amusement which is more of a strain than relaxation. The American woman is lively, talks a great deal, makes many appointments, seeks new contacts, rarely retires within herself The results' are wrinkles,, strained faces, Weariness, sleepiness. The remedy is—the beauty parlour. It is quite impossible for a girl to find work in any business house without the aid of cosmetics. True, businesses do not run contests.- in selecting their office personnel, but they expect their employers to make a good impression, and they do not care whether the means are natural or artificial.” . . . Here is.' another picture, this time presented by an American writer:—“Men are betterlooking than women, even in Hollywood. Women seem better-looking, but they’re not—they only look that Way because they use cosmetics, coiffures and clothes.”