| Show TRAGEDY TRAGEDY OF THE SMALL 1 HAT happy mortal the woman who T THAT happens to have been created of ot stock size can have but little Idea of ot how I life Uto looks to tho the small woman woman- She goes goeson goeson S Son Immunity from tram that on her wa way reaping nil all annoyance which Is the lot of ot all who oho are arc I Iby by nature natura endowed with average erase measurements measure measure- measurements ments and rocks reeks not of ot tho the Grievances which fret the tho heart of ot her more sore diminutive tl e sister Although the proportions of ot the ordinary woman have been r referred to In lit the tho terms I j of ot the ready made It Is not merely merel In Inthe Inthe inthe the matter of ot clothes that her stock Block size j stands sunds her In tn Good stead N Naturally N it t 1st a convenience for tor her to be able to clothe clotho he herself without the doubtful benefit of tho thel small dressmaker and to be able ablo to tor I realize the worst wont when she Is ordering a an a aI anew I n now new w gown cown or coat from the wear ready wear department But her good luck follows her elsewhere nd ind gives her advantages cs at Qt nt ever every turn To To begin gln with tho the professions in spite of ot their reputation for tor tolerance are apt to turn a hard hud eye eo c o and a a cold shoulder should or on the short horl woman If It she goes on the stage tho the stage stace hero who IB Is sure to be bea be a D. fine figure of or a 11 man prefers preten to play with some on one more n nearly Jy approaching 1 his own stature mature and and however howo dainty and II petite she may be be the management is Inclined to prefer preter some one moro more adapt adapt- I able to a range of parts While she he Is ii still young I sho she may of or course courso ur e be t tc 0 l roles but the day ay soon arrives when she nhe he is Js unable to take tako up more mON mature parts The more serious professions Ions are Ue equally equall y if It sh she he has been through he her ber r college course and is anxious to take tako up liP profession proCession of or teacher she will find tInd no matter how now irreproachable h her r credeu- credeu trials that the smallness of ot hor her stature creates creato a certain doubt In the mind salad of ot her prospective employer AS aa to her ability to control classes clasps and to Impress as students Tho rho same Iame holds holda good of tho the woman doctor a typo of ot professional woman who i In any case has haa to overcome at the tho outset of her career a certain amount of ot antagonism antagonism and who Mho finds her path considerably moro more thorny if It she ahe lacks Jacks the aid of ot an Imposing personality In spite of ot tho the fact tact that her patients may be acquainted d with 1 the tact fact that Napoleon apoleon waa was of ot less than common stature and that Julius Caesar was distinctly on the tho short side they are apt to harbor tho the irrational but none nona the less 1688 instinctive belief that brains brain and Inches bear a a. direct proportion the onoto one ono to the ahe other I IThe The minor everyday Ill Ills ill of ot the short hart woman oman are as the waves of ot the sea One has haa only to watch her in the bus or train to realize e the unfair handicap under which she lives Fat passengers ers make a beeline be for tor her neighborhood as If It to obtain space apace which Sa is i not fully tully theirs their and conductors conductor and ind guards guard us use her slimness a u as an excuse for pushing In that extra faro which in ln sri I II I crowded vehicle is Sa like unto the last Jut atra strai bleh broko the tho donkeys donkey's back backlIn I In a crowd the sm-Ji sm womans woman's deficit I cl c j a are re obvious and ond for tor sightseeing 81 t position is hopeless As A. soon loon aj LUI those thai da daj of ot youth are past put when she can aces Acce the offer otter to b be b. lifted up by the person l J front without loss 1085 of ot dignity all prosper of ot free tree views vie or ot interesting spectacles a oVe over Some of ot the th small womans woman's have of ot course COUrle their cheery side aIde If It i is Js unable to borrow her friends friends' clothe cloth they likewise are unable to make mAk deman demand f on hers If It she sho cannot dispose of ot h ht wardrobe when she be tires tire of ot It it t at the II s I sI I time b bar r acquaintances are Aro Impotent I palm off their misfits on her i iI 1 I If It she looks looka absurd In a Jar large arm cha eha chashe she she can sit alt on the tho floor with from unfriendly comment long after atter t tr tt r stock size bo lady has lias had to abandon t tt habit If she sho cannot command she ab c ca retain a coaxing mien well after it St woo woul be bo unbecoming In those thoe of ot tern stern mould and If It eho sho he cannot climb high fly barred barnd pt gates she can generally manages under them 1 She can wear a vi rS vibon squeeze b bon n round her hair even when It Jt J streaked with white and there Is s no eo cor lon for tor her to try to ap appear ar cle even when In tn the course of ot time she h childish things When U he n had to gIve up falls taU ill III she can be bo carried downstairs J 1 11 stead of ot having to keep to her room she he can got et her ber own way by means would otherwise s seem cm wiles wile which though life Ufa m may y be b. In short tesque also und iU-und for the th smAll email woman it has hu 1 I r nUble compensations r I |
