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Show Ways in Which the Men Are in Danger of Losing Their Masculinity r By DR. CHARLES G. SHAW, New York University So much time and attention has been given to women's intrusions into the realms peculiar to the masculine sex, and so great has been the fear of her losing her femininity, that the observers (men, of course) have failed to note the myriad ways in which the men are in danger of losing their masculinity. .If men had continued to wear whiskers like the old-style congressman women would never have dreamed of trying to look masculine. But till men were lured bv the modem barber shop and tempted by the safety razor. Thev determined to make themselves look like ladies. The barber shop became a beauty parlor, where a man could spend a day's waL'cs for a shave, haircut, shampoo, hair oil, facial nwaze, manicure and curs for baldness. The beauty parlor is only an imitation of the barber shop, and docs not ring up a fraction of the money which men spend on their beauty. The same efem.inization appears in connection with pmokirtz. If mn bad stuck to pipe and cigar there weld have been no vomen ?mofcr, but when the men changed to cigarettes, the women pi;:Ted alonj with !,;a. |