Of course little girls like to wear make-up!
“‘Lipstick’
Preaching at Stamford recently Canon Hicks, of Messingham, referring to the increased use of cosmetics by members of the fair sex, asserted that, while he could understand the use of face powder to cover up a definite blotch or mark, he would defy any woman to look him in the face and say the the use of ‘make-up’ was a necessity of life.
This form of adornment has recently come in for considerable criticism, but it is no modern cult, as evidenced by the findings during the excavations in Egypt, where relics of what is presumed to be lipstick have been discovered.
In Stamford this week, however, was witnessed an episode which was very far from edifying.
Three little girls, whose ages ranged from about six to nine years, were seem busily engaged in front of a shop window. which was being sued as an impromptu looking-glass. Closer investigation disclosed the fact that the youngsters, having purchased a small quantity of sweets covered with a red-coloured substance, instead of devouring them, were moistening their fingers, rubbing them on the colouring matter and endeavouring to emulate their elder sisters by giving their lips a ‘Cupid’s bow’ shape!”
Stamford Mercury, 18th March, 1932.