Show TIE THE THE Homely Woman I And Her er Marriage Prospects By Max Ma ORell ORel r H ENGLISH CALL ALL A WOM W t N homely when she Is of a quiet peaceful THE T I disposition fond fon ot home and generally ge of an appearance that tat should not cause her husband husbad to ever e er be jealous of her herThe herThe herThe The Americans are more frank They The call cal a woman homely when she Is only fit ft for home pursuits such as housekeeping and the like In a a word when she Is plain almost ugly There Is humor h mor and satire satre In that American epithet homely When the homely woman Is cheerful and anti Interesting she may be a a charm charming Charming har ing woman I only onlY take exception to the tile one who wh wh takes her revenge by picking pretty women to pieces and spends her er life Ufe In trying trying to discover In other women all al the physical deficiencies with wit which she is herself hersel afflicted That woman exists exist I suppose everywhere but In n England especially The English homely cat has not a redeeming a feature In iii r her favor She is woman dull dul silly si sly dresses like a guy gy and j jA nd spits venom at every ever good looking A pretty face a a graceful l carriage coi a fashionably dressed figure an antis artis artistically arts draped frock all that arouses her scorn She looks sideways grins Or cr She speaks speak ill I of or her sex se believes and repeats rep ats any an malicious inanity that that she hears hearg about a a beautiful woman and is perfectly persuaded that tat men are all al selfish brutes Englishmen not Infrequently seek homely women for their wives in preference preference preference to beautiful women They do do not marry a n woman in order to be at ather ather ather her feet after the honeymoon is over and they tey are shy of the woman who will wi require constant care and attentions who will wi get admiration from men and make their lives ones of watchfulness If i not of suspicion They marry mar women who will likely be cheerful companions devoted devote wives good mothers mother and a d careful housekeepers house keepers Americans marry pretty pre t women and their lives to their pleasure and comfort comfort and ad trust jewelers jeweler and dressmakers dressmaker to keep their wives in good humor They are ar the most unselfish of men Frenchmen also marry beautiful women wom nIn In preference They cheerfully run their risks and take their glance Chance cance When the wedding ceremony is over they the set themselves to win vin the affections of their t wives whom they scarcely know and do their best liest est to become and remain their lovers They study and practice the te politics cs of or love and matrimony and pet their wives without spoiling them to t the length lengh of not expecting something In return for what they do for them Of OC course there are Frenchmen who marry mar homely women American sense for money Englishmen will marry marr homely women English sense for tor their sake and for that of peace and and tranquillity during the length of their matrimonial lives l es esIn In every country you find men who marry mary for money and you also find lind everywhere although It I is not so often ofen mentioned women who do the same axne sae who sell sel themselves for tor cash or a a title tte If I the practice of marrying maring for money is so often oren identified with wit the te French it Is because when they do marry marr for money they do so s openly open Every Ever French shortcoming like every eVer French vice Is frankly acknowledged acknowledged edged If I we French were to take as much flinch care in hiding our faults nd vices which we do not even always possess osse as the English do In boasting of virtues which they seldom possess we would cut a very vet moral morl figure In Inthe inthe Inthe the world The Englishman too marries for money oney but he sets set about It i In quite quie a a different way In Ta France the mans parents parentS pay a visit to the parents of the girl he Intends to marry mar and talk business for him himIn himIn himIn In England Egland the man makes careful inquiries about the present position and the future prospects of the girl he might like to marry mar and ad when the he settled he falls In love with her Inquiries are satisfactorily fals i wih MAX lIA ORELL |