Marlborough High School - Marlborough High Yearbook (Marlborough, MA)

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Generally speaking, a woman’s life is divided into two periods: the period when she wears lipstick, and the period when she doesn ' t. The first period in her life is the most difficult; the second, the happiest. About the tender age of eight years a girl first starts to show a desire to wear lipstick. However, this desire is not great and can usually be satisfied by toddling into mother’s bedroom (when mother is out of course) and generously dabbing on her best ’’Eliza¬ beth Arden,” By the end of two years this period is usually over, but the little girl is now beginning to smother a terrific desire to wear lipstick in public. This mental anguish leads very often to ex¬ periments with purple eyeshadow and peroxide behind locked bathroom doors. Such experiments have very startling results, not only on the delicate temperaments of the ten-year olds, but also on their more delicate anatomies. With the passing of two more years, dancing school enters the life of the now very bewildered young girl. At the end of about three lessons the desire to look beautiful for the opposite sex begins to assert itself. This is the time when many a mother, nerves strained to the breaking point, enters into a Conspiracy with her daughter, with the mutual agreement, Don ' t let Daddy know. It seems that Daddy s attitude toward the wearing of lipstick is much stronger than Mother ' s. The next period in her life is by far the most joyful for the young girl. At last she can wear lipstick . At first her happiness is so great that just being able to smear it on, generously is enough to satisfy her. But, as time passes, her main interest is to try to develop her own individual method of application. (Every woman does it differently you know.) Although there are many variations, three basic methods are the most popular and widely used. The first is merely starting the lipstick in the center of the lip, stroking outward on either side, and then applying to the lower lip by compression. This method is used by most high school girls because it saves time. The second method is the dot-and-dash variety. By this I mean that the lipstick is dotted along both lips and then compressed. (Note: If your aim is poor and you don ' t like pink teeth, don ' t try it.) The third method is the most mystifying. The lipstick is applied liberally, compressed, smoothed with the little finger, and then with equal care wiped off with Kleenex. This last method, however, goes to prove that the reason for the wearing of lipstick by nine out of every ten females is the inward pleasure it gives, and not the external beauty. . —Ann McKernan