Word: mascara
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...Commissioner MacCormick had not sounded the most deplorable depths of Welfare Island until he went to the mess hall at noon. In fluttered a huge chorus of perverts, their lips and cheeks blushing with rouge, their eyes darkened with mascara, their hair flowing long. In their cells were found heaps of feminine underclothes, nightgowns, perfume, lipsticks, suntan powder. They were confined to the laundry during work hours, but at other times were not segregated. Unless close watch was kept on these tainted characters, other prisoners would fight as desperately for their favor as they would for a woman...
...manufacturers of the largest-selling, best-known mascara in the world, Maybelline, an absolutely harmless, non-smarting eyelash darkener that contains no dye or aniline derivative, we have suffered untold damage to our old established business by the ambiguous publicity given out concerning the Tugwell bill. In a recent issue of the Paramount Newsreel, Professor Tugwell told a truly appalling tale of injuries caused by a poisonous preparation, but neglected to give its name as "Lash-Lure" or to state that it was a dye, merely calling it an eyelash "beautifier," and concluding his speech with the dreadful remark, "This...
...imagine how utterly damaging this was to us, inasmuch as the phrase "eyelash beautifier" is practically synonymous with our trade name Maybelline, due to our product being the most extensively advertised mascara on the market for the past 16 years...
Announcing New York's ban. Health Commissioner Wynne thoughtfully reminded women & girls who insist on darkening their brows and lashes that they may still enjoy the harmless though perishable effects of eyebrow pencils or mascara...
...Weekly and Variety, and the greatest of these is Variety. Into the laps of laymen Variety seldom finds its way. That is just as well, for to the untutored mind its language is almost unintelligible. Yet for professional mummers and mimes Variety is almost as necessary as mascara. Every week actors, cinemactors, pitchmen, tent show performers depend upon its fat pages for information regarding bookings, gossip, scandal, news. To such folk, for instance, the headline NO JOINT. NO TAKE INDOOR CIRCUS NETS 20 G'S means that an indoor circus which operated without the use of shady concessions made...