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PUNCH, November 2!

ljst

iLSCH, Nove

9f ^t!.

same purveyors

decided to

After

done, the receptionist looked as thourl,

I had explained s,hat I sanir*j

try

of

again.

beauty. I

lrom the

I :rrree-drinl't

:he orname rr'er to find

';our iiquor 3]e

FOR

T,YOMEN

slie rrrigirL iainr rvith horror.

recovered enough composure to send io: a grey-flannel-clad representative 6j

Si,"

on the

:.ut

it

n'as
I

management and in a rvhispered cor,sultation with him, during which b{}lh quent glances at me, she passed on thr gist of my demand. It lvas obvious rhat he had perfected a technique for handlinr outlandish requests and a smile to gnr rvith it, the same smile as that rvorn by doctors in advertisements \rho arc

He rvanted

of them darted incredulous and fre-

:!re grub.

rvas eatin

Ile was ri

To Dy" or Nof to Dy"

rhat an esrablishment in Conneciicr!t specialising in removing facial
u rirri;ies anci blemrshes by

aln'ays being asked

f r

'f

<

ame as no surprise to me to read

alray with carbolic acid had been closed bv the state health authorities, lrccause I had just come across the srrlre killjoy attitude _ torvards selfirue my eyelashes dyed rvhile making a brief sojourn in New york City. T.lre nnly trouble f ever ran into having the
same.iob done in Paris, lvhere my addic-

brtrning them

licautification when

had attempted to

and frostily shorvn the door. After further inquiries, I discovered a place rvhere such work rvas done provided ondsigned a document beforehand

Paris house to arrange to have my eyelash tips restored. I was treated as though I had made a most improper .suggestion

emerged quite often from the darkness of the Sveing ioom 1a'116s'.t realising n-hat dangers I had been flirting u,ith. Some inkling of these came rvhen I breezed into the J ondon offshoot of the

But there never was a fire and I

was so smugly tolerant rii humanity's foibles that I knerv I sri in for some pedantic but u'ell-intentitxed scoiciing. I rvas told that r.anirr rvas a charmine feminine trait, but s lrcn

things.

It

to tell

peoplc

WilT;

it involved risk to somerhing

as one's

sight

it

as preciorrr

became

folly. Terrilv-

that rvhen I heen perust opes remair ioles of the Were ih

ing visions of seeing-eye dogs and l'l-,irc canes were conjured up so that I rvoutJ understand u.hy the firm refused to dvc
eyelashes on principle. And rvhen rhi* was all over I was asked rvhy I rvanterl to dye black eyelashes an)'tvay and whetlicr

rvritten

in

'

lost loves,
playfellor'"s,

gave

him

understand

equal fervc
aura

began, rvas in convincing the {)pcrfltors who tvorked on me that my had been bleached by the sun and I u.antcd to restore their true length anrl'luxuriance. Actually it r.vas rea-lly
irlack eyelashes needed to be dvecl black. )lv argument rvas ahvays that the tips

tion

the firm in question from any responsibility should there be

releasing
unpleasant after-effects. These hints of dire consequences dampened my en-

had ever tried their very

formula harmful ingredients. I

speci:J maseara, guaranteed free of all

r,r'as so rveakencd

u'rittcn, an

of

tris

iouch on
portable

m.rtter

of

keeping

.l{)ncscs,
r'.

'l'irt'i'trad the advantage of nondescript

c\'('la.shcs

hlm.I

in this case the two friends u,ith

r.r'as

up rvith

the

resorted to mascara for a time. Still the memory of the glossy-lashed, deny-eyed me who used to bb lingered and when I found

thusiasm temporarily and

byu'hat I had heard that I bought enough of the stuff to last me till I can ger back to the rue Cambon u'here the risk of life

or limb for the sake of self-embellishment is a gamble the individual is

allorved to take.

husband. Does he blank backs notes or li

llas, he

sharing parisiarr salad days.

myself outside the Netv York branch

IITILDRED BROCKLEHUNST

it a

ne

deep

(l'riose

tlirir

tione. They lrere one up in another ri.i\', too because thcy always seemed i,,, drearn up rvondeifully intellectual :rrrirorisms during the lengthy dy"i;; irrocess the sort of thing thi lrrroines of French novel, writtln by
I:rench men of letters are able to come lf ttt",l on every conceivable occasion.
.rt-r' trrends
,

regular visits to the beauty salon in thc rue Cambon tvhere the deed s,as

to start with and could all sorts of exotic dves on

hack to an l{e opens t'

Three Drinks Too Few

sink-bound girls doesn't look foru'ard to a good old booze-up from six-thirty to eight? All dressed up in me little black, I tvas, and you splendid in dark grey

them, and

to them tl many goo(

unvelopes

T)ISAPPOINTING in a way, r--l darling. I mean vr-hich of us

dozed quietly into my glass thc rvhole time and rvatched people doirr:

it. I

nclv Ones, the clock,

cup-hooks,

underhand things
sticks.

with their
s{ras

sausrgr

them one

Old green beads (lvhat

So effic:ient

her namc:

haring
,tnd

tlrc oply, thing I remember flickering "i;,...- ",hn,. I in moments of euphonl iiill mv brain rvas a concen) orai l.,n* *rie $ould find an exit in case of fire.

cr.n.llrle of tthrle deprived

claimed that they rrere thcse cerebral aciobatics

of

visual stimuli, but

I n'as left rvith Ronald and his lar,vn then for liours and hours-ask me anything about larvns and I u'on't knorv

rr'ay until old green glass beads came and dragged him away to meet Moira.

and crackling cuffs. The man by the door, the one u,ith the tweedy suit and balding heacl, liked me, I thought. He gazed at me in a nice lean intellectual

in circulating her guesrc hrrr not so hot rvith the drinks) sa\v t1llt glazed look and rattled me and rtv empty glass intn a ve+y gaY *nt{ :n::#i talking throng-oh ! no, but darling, titcl shriekid, you simply musti must &le up golf; lnust see Bcyond the Frin:r: must take a look in the kitchen at llrr'ir

ga haul in dret

drarver tha

hankie

tri chairs. tan,t say l ihere are a

rable.

irocket refu

fabulous nerv Norrvegian girl; ntutl try

one

of

If I
;igrees

ask

those divine shrimp

rhin5*"

witl

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