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Show H0MBX.Y SOM Ne maa would hav dsrsd to thinh inch a thing, much less to aay it, but here come Mis Imogen Klly of Brooklyn, herself . a student, talking right out la meeting to this effect: "If the girl at Wellelv wot mere attractive they would be married aad there would be less pressing seed ol college education for them." She qualifies the remark by aaying that "there ar many attractive girla there, of course," but repeat: "The majority posses that quality of looks that warna tbem that it ia better to prepare for eelf support." So th homely girl ia driven to th necessity of gsttUg a liberal education, while the pretty girl marrie young aad nettle dowa to the care of a family, aad not because she is competent, but simply because she is good to look upon. W ar act at all sur but th gods ar kindsr to th plain girl thaa to th pretty one. even on this theory of college education. Knowledge is a good thing ef itself, aad capacity for eslf support s very eenveaieat thing to hav oa head. Ia manv cases it i an advantage, too, to be delivered from the peril of marry-lag marry-lag th first veasg man that corns aioag. Beside,, the accomplished womaa ba com attraction oven from a matrimonial standpoint. On tha whole, the fat of th homely home-ly girl aught be worse. Leaisviiie ara)d. |