frnTD'AY, 'APRIL l(lim
"EVENING HEKALP, KTOTAH FALLS, OREGON '
PAGE NINE
Why I'm Glad I Bobbed My ' Hair
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It 'K" By AILEEN PRINOLB
DONT suppose any other
girl aver bad bar balr
bobbed far the same rea
on that promptoa ma to
ubmll to th barber's
mlnletrellon. Wbo on bin
reached womanhood and baa
been enteral yenre on the stage
and before tba eoroou, appearing
In various charactorlsatloue but
alwaye with bar tomliilna "crown
In I glory" In tba length and abun
danoa that Natura tntnndod, for
ona to aipoaa ona'a loclii to tin
ahaarlnf procaaa la a atop to be
taken only attar proluuud and
prayorful consideration.
I hesitated for a lone, long time,
1 eonaldarad tba aubjoci pro aod
con, conanltad with frlonda, dlroo
tora and mora acquaintance!, lis
tened to all Uia atock argumente
that haTa ever boon adranced, both
for and against, and weighed tha
question from .vory coneolvnble
angle. Hamlet's problem, "to bo
or not to be." oould not have been
t greater coneern to him than waa
mlna 'to bob or oot to bob" to
ma. and I .aerclaod my tomlnlna
prerogative and cbangod my mind
often.
Kveo attar raachlng a anal con
elusion It waa with fear and trero
Mini that I approached tha bar
kara chair. Hut tba experience
eqolpped ma to Imporaonata Maria
Antoinette on tha acreen and I
kape tha opportunity may ona day
ka mlna. I know now bow aha fell
when aha want to tha ulllo!:o.
tt waa laaa than e month ago
that I antforad Ue ahoara to touch
nj lock, but alrondy I'm (Ud 1
til It. I'm a convert and my con'
version waa complete. It "took.'
Mr. Figaro may count ma among
kla faithful cuatomera henceforth.
Dal. I ropes I, 1 Joined tba bob
bera for a reason peculiarly, oven
uniquely, my own. Long and pa
tiently aa llatouod to tho argu
ments that wera poured Into my
eara, and carefully aa I conaldered
them. I wt- m tha end awayed
by any n 'n giving my Indi
vidual i to the bob. I
don't wu idoratood aa try-
tag to Inilu. -(.'..v any ethor girl. I
am epaaklnii for myself only, and
without tha reason that I eltall re
eal later pleaae he patlont uat
minute or two. stria I am not
aura that I should bare lot my
treeaea go.
Moat glrla who bob do ao, I eup
poae, becauaa they want to look
younger than they are, or becauae
It happens to be the etyle, or be
cauae they are laxy. Now, I'm not
, thousand yaara old and I hare no
desire to be or to appear a day
younger than 1 am really! 8o
wipe that conaldoratlon off the
i elate.
And I am not auoh a alave to
fashion that I feel bound to adopt
ovary passing crate, every whim
and fancy that affect othera. It'a
aaay enough to follow tba crowd
If you're willing to be Just a tot-
lower, nut distinction comos only
to tha loader of tho crowd, and the
girl who la Individual enough to bf
Independent. - a
As to being lasy listen to thin t
It 1 wore that I shouldn't be spend
ing long, wonry hours In tho studio
or ou the production lot whllo tha
director orders scenes to bs shol
over and ovor anulu. Tbero'e ro
mance In film wor, end emartaln
nmnt and fun, but, mutt of all,
hard, rnUintloss work.
Of course I know, too, that short
hair ta a comfort In dunclng. It
stays put While you are whirling
about you are not In constant tor
for leal your pormanont ware la
at high tide and la oaatlng Its apray
over your partner' sbouldars as
well aa your own. nut It wasn't,
even that tbat determined my de
cision, nor yet the assurance of
some ot the pro-bobbins tbat
bobbed balr praventa congestion
of the brain. I atruicgled along sev
eral years without cutting my hair,
and, aa far aa 1 waa able to Judge,
suffered oo Impairment of my men
tal faculties.
Now. at Inst, to tell you why I
did sacrifice my locks. It waa port
ly becauae I waa getting a reputa
tion aa a acreen vampire, and I
bav a perfect horror of that My
hair, you aca, grew very long, and
to part It In the middle and brush
It down oo both sides seemed the
only way to dreaa It Tbat, of
course, la the eeverest ot forma
and II accentuated tha "vamp" Im
proaslon.
Whan I wasn't being mistaken
tor a vampire 1 waa described aa
"atatuosque, and here again tba
plain, aovore dressing waa partly
responsible. Now, I am not a
Done or lonle creation 1 am not
monumental In any sense. And I
recoil quite aa much at the Idea of
being pigeon-holed In plcturea, ot
being typed, aa at tha thought of
being made a "vnrop." I feel tbat
my range la sufficiently broad to
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Justify ma in claiming versatility.
I even have an ambition to play In
a comedy rolo one day.
All thing conaldored, It seemed
to me that to part with my long
batr would b a atep toward the
complete attainment ot my goat
to be an all-around woman In pic
tures, fitted for any part. Oppor
tunity came when I was asked to
play the lead In Vltacraph'a "Wild
Ore." There 1 bar the role ot
Just a real American girl neither
"vamplsb" nor "atatuosque." and 1
felt at once that my bobbing waa
vindicated. 8o I'm glad I
Perhaps bobbed hair baa other
real merits than the one I have In
dicated. I haven't meant to maka
light ot tha reasons that prompt
other glrla to uaa the aheara. I
merely brushed them aald be
cause ot that ona reason that waa
uppermost In my mind. It la con
ceivable that even without the am
bition that controls me I might
atlll have become a bobbee, Poa
slbly. Wbo knows!
ALGOMA
Mr. nnd Mra. V.' Denver nnd
family ft for Clilloriiilii Sunday
wlioro tlioy Intend to ritntrlo.
H. J. aritnt of tho AiRoma Lumb
er Co.. linn hoon up from Lob An
golan lltu lut tow days on bu.il
noss In connactlon with tho lumber
buslnoHD.
Mr, nnd Mrs. - J. ;1'. Iliikor hnvo
movad to tho woods fur tlio log
gliifl iiounon.
Mm. John II. Iluxolnloln mid
baby , roturnotl from tlio hoiipltnl
Saturday to tholr homo near Al
goma, Ch.utt. Woolk and children ot
dobrand vlnltod with rulntlvrm il.cro
taat week.
J. E. Clock hns moved his family
Into tho hoimo torniurly occupied
by Ibo Douvprs.
MrJ. Krott HiiROltiliilii nttoudod
tho niuotlng of tho Luthoru Lndlos
Aid at tliu homo ot Ituv. nnd Mrs.
Ceo. W. Hofrnmnn .at fCIamath
Falls, Wodnosdny.
AttKIVKH IN C11JV
Mrs. I'l'iilu Itotui'iiM From Visit la
I,U8 Aiw'w ," .v
Mrs. II. n. 1'ori'lit n,rrlvo(l In
Klnmnlh Falls WcilncatUjr from a
nlno wook's visit In Los AuroIos,
whoro she spattt noino tlnio visiting
with liar Blator. "
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