Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1929, Page 123

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—SEPTEMBER 8, 1929. Seven Ages of the Flapper By W. E. Hill. (Copyright, 1929, by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate.) ! The debutante. As soon as our heroine has been completely fin- ished throughout at Miss Fixit's Select Finishing School and can differentiate through a sixth sense between the right people and the wrong people she is introduced formally to society, provided, of course, that she has a nodding acquaintance with all the big universities so that The infant. Childhood's happy hour is, of course, the first 4 v there may be plenty of extra dancing men on the side lines. When in milestone in the years of a growing girl. It is known as the doubt she replies, “Why bring that up!” This is known as the hard- age of innocence and Peter Pan, although many child welfare \ boiled period and is bounded by the social register and Dun and Brad- workers complain that from the age of 3 on an average baby c street's, girl knows a lot more about life than she lets on. Many girls make a pretense of staying 3 years old in gray matter for years ‘and 3«\!5 and are in consequence very popular with the boy riends. The schoolgirl. School days are days of adenoid removal and dental improvement. If the girl suffers from repression her elders call it the awk- ward age. and if she has no inhibitions and is wont to read “The Life of Isadora Duncan” after school hours they call it the natural age. Her love life is centered on half a dozen screen favorites, with Gary Cooper and Rich- ard Arlen in the lead. The matron. The years between 35 and 45 are the intellectual years and are larg!!y given over to club activities, committee meetings and civic betterment, with lectures and readings on the side. Uplift is the keynote and very often a successful society matron will dabble }noyt:e .:fic“]u'“iss,l;e a:so‘x:fl ‘:le"fl;%‘:: thaemei: The second g;rlhood. This period is consid;red; N Joyc ks 4 - The dowager. Indian Summer in ify by many as the best of all and sets in somewhere The younger marricd set. After the honeymoon just a wee bit disappointed in the last volume flapper is fraugght with the romantic id::‘.e }It Eisot{h: b{twceny 75 and 95. The dominant notes in the the youni wife settles down to a round of country club of Proust! cute age. She has a_ special weakness for dark- existence of this mature flapper are sweetness and and week end parties. This is known as the par- haired boys of a Spanish type and loves to waggle wistfulness, both of which, when properly made use boiled period and frequently has a happy ending in a gloved forefinger and say, “Oh, you awful boy, of, are devastating in their effects and will procure Paris or Reno, with plenty of alimony in the offing. why weren’t you in my opera box last Wednesday ?" for her whatever she wants whenever she wants it. flD U' J . mw