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Show WREN MEM I siod ROUGE D 1 ' I W I i 1 HI I R EYERR4 1 S, Plucked ayebrdwa mn- be an ornament orna-ment or a disfigurement, according to the eye of the beholder. The fact remains, however, that In the Mme of Richard II. of England. men plucked out their own eyebrows quit-as quit-as fastidiously as did the women. Strong men may weep or shudder at Ihi above Indictment It is but the beginning of a longer one. Madame', first -ouge-pot reallv was not Intended for her to use at all. The caveman ( Burope hollowed hol-lowed It out of stone so that he could use it to grind oeher and other rolorb for the pointing of his own face After Af-ter he had finished, the stone-age woman could have what remained for hersclf. Mascara, to make the lashes of the eyes seem longer. bla kei and more sweeping as they touch the cheek, ii now only a feature of the boudoir dressing table. Yet who used it first ? Man? You've guessed It. Centuries before tho historic period the peoplo who preceded the dynastic Bgyptl m hud a ruler who imagined rn iv-sensed iv-sensed fine eyes ) eoneeived the Idea of blackening the eyelids above and below to make the cy. cm larger and more beautiful and brilliant. bril-liant. Earrings were first OdoptQd bj men and have been popular with ibem since primitive limes. Tiny dangled In the first Instances from tho ears of savage chieftains. Tho Ishmael-ltes Ishmael-ltes of the Bible gave tho custom considerable vogue. And It .s a time-honored time-honored and venerable superstition among sailors and fishermen that piercing the ears cures and prevent! sore eyes. Many famous men have worn earrings ear-rings Sir Walter Ralelgn, Will Shakespeare and tho Earl of South I ampton. It Is to be expected that man will enter u general denial to all of the above accusations. For Inconsistency, too. like many other things, yvns masculine mas-culine first and feminine later. These are the words of Susie Sexton In the May Designer. -oo Be Suro Your Camp lire Is Dead Then Bury It. OO A. A |