“HA! HA!” CRIED SHE.
The words of the old song continue “and waved her wooden leg.” Beauty nowadays may not wave legs of wood, but she may be surprised to know that her silk stockings are mainly made from timber, seaweed, and certain rank land plants. Artificial silk is derived from cellulose, which comes chiefly from the three sources just mentioned. Beauty may also be interested to know that many of the sausage skins used to-day are made from the same materials.
A good many of the ornaments she wears are tdade from milk, from which are produced artificial coral, as well as onyx, jade and ivory. The amber of a bead necklace or of a cigarete holder may have started its career as coral, or, again, it may have been milk.
Beauty might be insulted if you suggested that she should apply coal to her lips or cheeks. Yet the rich red of the lipstick, as well as the colorings of face powders, and even of rouge, come largely from that black material. So do the brilliant hues with which garments are dyed.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LXIII, Issue 3249, 6 February 1933, Page 7
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184“HA! HA!” CRIED SHE. Cromwell Argus, Volume LXIII, Issue 3249, 6 February 1933, Page 7
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