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The Red and Black Society
MVKB8ITY OF GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 11*00
I HeartHne | Open Letter to a Pierced Ear Failure
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Dear Pierced Ear Failure:
Sadly and somewhat defeat-
odly I rend your letter in last
Thursday’s paper.
It seems a shame to me that,
after you went through all the
proper procedure in having
ears pierced, your efforts
should end such a dismal fail
ure. And after you seemed so
enthusiastic nbout it, too.
My own ears were pierced
shortly after Thanksgiving
last year, and since that time
I’ve had cause both to weep
and to re.tolco over my deci
sion.
Admittedly, it wasn’t nn oasy
thing to do because It seemed
so "permanent.” On^e you’ve
got those little holes in your
head, your earlobes can never
1)0 returned to their virgin I
state.
I fought having It done for |
months, until one afternoon 1
while shopping I saw a beau
tiful little pair of 14-carnt j
gold enameled butterflies.
I’m a sucker for butterflies,
and these were enameled In
red and blue—my favorite
colors. They were Irresist-
able.
1 haggled with myself on
shoiild-I-or-shouldn’t-I for over
an hour, hut the dye was cast.
I bought the earrings, and then
I picked up a 16 cent package
of embroidery needles at the
dime store.
DAVlSON*S
The ltuttcrfly Did It
My ear-piercing took place
In the dark lower hall of
Fine Arts, and the operation
was adeptly performed by a
girlfriend with only a small
amount of experience In that
particular field.
She froze my earlobes with
Ice from the coke machine
down the hall, and I never felt
a thing.
Sparing the more clinical de
tails, let me say that when I
went to work 16 minutes later
I was wearing my precious
little gold butterflies and an
ever-so-slightly strained smile
of satisfaction. It was all very
quick, very non-sterile and
very primitive; but, it was
done forever.
All tho nrtlcles say that
you should leave tho same
gold posts in your oars for
tho first six weeks, turning
them often to help tho skin
heal, lint, unfortunately, af
ter only two days I was sick
to death of tho sight of those
butterflies hanging off my
ears, and I wns compelled to
go out and buy myself a
change of earrings.
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That started a collection of
pierced earrings which, in only
two months time, numbers in
the dozens, representing no
small investment on my part.
And, sadly, most of them bore
me to extinction now.
Because someone somewhere
looks out for careless people,
my ears never got infected.
But by all rights they should
have; I did everything com
pletely wrong. Of course I
didn't set out to do everything
wrong, but I approached it as
I do all projects with too much
steam and a remarkable lack
of patience.
You, poor pierced ear
failure, did everything right.
The doctor, alcohol baths,
patience, proper care, every
thing. I admire that.
I
However, your ears got in
fected and mine did not. Per
haps there is something of a
moral message In that. Or per
haps you have weak earlobes.
Now all I’ve said so far leads
you to believe that I put the
earrings in the fresh little holes
and never had a moment’s
trouble. This is not true. There
were some bad, bad moments.
Blood, sweat and plenty of tears.
And I lenrned a lot, too.
For one thing, the risk of
Infection Is greater If you
have your ears pierced in
the winter than In the sum
mer; I don’t know why—
It’s just a fact.
healed. You're likely to do as
I did and catch your comb in
the loop. That smarts.
There's a lot to be said
for and against pierced ears.
Frankly, if I had that fate
ful afternoon to live again,
I might give up butterflies
for Japanese land bentles.
I’m not so sure butterflies
are really that wonderful.
Sometimes they’re quite nice.
Pierced earrings are daintier
and prettier than ordinary ear
rings, and I can wear the heir
looms that belonged to my
grandmother which nobody else
in the family can wear.
Yet, there have been cold
mornings when I couldn't
get my earrings off with a
crowbar if my life depended
on it. And then, too, every
now and then one Just
doesn’t want to wear ear
rings.
Everybody shouldn’t have
pierced ears. It would take all
the punch out of it if it be
came ordinary. Just like every
one can’t be platinum blonde,
although some girls can carry
it off beautifully.
So, Pierced Ear Failure,
my word to you Is this: If
you are not one of the chos
en few, take heart. Some
where there is a little bit
of artyness Just made for
you. Your flair is hiding
somewhere.
And never buy large gypsy-
type hoops to dangle seductive'
ly from your earlobes when
the poor little things haven’t
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