The Archive · 1936

Way of the World

BEAUTY AND WAR

The report that the Soviet Government has decided (0 establish @ chain of Beauly parlours throughotit the country to glorify the Russian woman considerable signifteance. It may or may not have repercussions Buropean chancelleries where every step and every movement by another country is given sinister import, It may mean some intricately arranged scheme to flood Europe with beautiful spies after the fashion of the Jack Hylton song about Olga Pullofski, the beautiful. spy,__whose nationallly varied between Russian and French but "her accent Is gin and Italian" It may be a scheme to divert feminine curiosity from current events and the political uphheaval in the country, so they can table about each other's hale waves and complexions instead of plans and Collective efforts. "It may mean that war is imminent and if women's Lsttalions are to be used they should present a radiant and well-groomed front similar to. the photographs of the women in the Spanish conflict whose marcelled and maritcured appearance behind their tifles is one of the mysteries of the age and gives the impression that they are trained by beauty parlour operators and not "gruff, "unimpressive sergeants majors with their constant complaint yer ahs cut." In any case.

interesting development social experiment which is finding that, after all, the human element with ils whims and vanities is quite as important as the machine.

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