The Archive · 1938

Not Inevitable

The older woman who uses a warm shade of powder based on a good light foundation cream or lotion and a touch of velvety red on her lips will not fail next to consider her figure and begin to inquire how she can get rid of that unnecessary lump of fat at the back of her neck, a lack of beauty which came gradually and unnoticed. She will begin to wonder if the increase in her girth really is inevitable, or whether, like her lost looks, it did not come from lack of care. After that comes the search for a good hairdresser and a coiffure more suited to the build of the head and face instead of what has become mere habit.

You will not end by spending five pounds only: it may be a year before you discover what can be done and get the will to do those things, or it may be longer. At any rate, you have acquired some good-will towards yourself, and your eyes are open.

Monday, April 18—Office closed.

Tuesday. April 19—Hospital Aid Department 9 am. to noon.

Wednesday, April 20—Joint Committee, Thursday, April 21—Refugee Sewing.

Friday, April 22—Gardening Section at Jessfield Park 10 am, Musical and

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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