MEN IN PARIS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1934, Page 15

MEN IN PARIS

"VAINER THAN WOMEN"

A BEAUTY PARLOUR

"Here, jn Paris the men have a beauty parlour of theiy own," writes a correspondent in a Christchuvch paper. '' And out of curiosity I paid it a ; visit the other day. Some of their ' parjlour' tricks for beauty were so cute that I really think wo women might I ju6t as well havo a try at them for our own sweet selves. Said a eoiffour to me the other day: 'There was a time when the only thing a man wanted was to have a shave. Sometimes be wanted a haircut too, and if he were a real | "dude" and a reckless fellow, he'd spend quite a lot of money for a shampoo arid a massage. Sometimes we were able to hypnotise him into getting a hair treatment, especially if he were middleaged and getting thin on the top. But aujourd' hui, nous avons change tout eela, and wo coiffours have to have a beauty parlour adjoining our shaving premises.' "In the particular beauty parlour I visited the other day, where smart men go to be manicured, to bo massaged, etc., it was interesting to note that those who patropised it were of all ages. .The young 'dude' was there, the nuddle-aged masher, and the senile old. gentleman who still tries to fascinate the ladies—the girls, I mean? These clients expect to have, if they are ordinary customers, a shave, a hair trim, a shampoo, a hot oil massage, a peroxide, or lilac vapour treatment, a mudpack for the face, and—a manicure. This is what the ordinary 'fashionable' man asks for, to prepare himself for an evening's engagemont at dinner or theatre. The 'peroxide vapour,' it appears, is an application-'of hot steam and peroxide on the masculine face, the purpose boing to bleach and whiten the skin. Hero, also, I am informed, there are men who come, for hair 'marcols-' and some who come to havo their complexions treated, wrinkles removed, and eyebrows plucked." (