Show I 1 the discontented faces of women fax X X w w w w K i by JEAN NEWTON WE SAT my friend and I 1 at a i table la the terrasse of the cafe de la suddenly my friend re marked there come two american women why so sure I 1 retorted they have the american comans womans mouth that mouth Is a dead give away they came closer talking yes they were americans but what did my friend mean about the mouth I 1 no alced that these women had a slightly discontented expression the corners of their mouths drooped it gave them the appearance of fault finding of dissatisfaction there s only one woman who goes about with that expression asserted my companion the american woman I 1 pondered why was this so too much or nothing declared my friend no vital interest ho need tor any sacrifice of self no inner companionship with their men to be found only in work together without understanding it these women feel cheated they haven t grasped the fundamental fact that what they want isn t to be gh en something but to give they want to be asked for something worth while I 1 have taken that from an article by hildegarde nil hawthorne in a cup rent magazine because I 1 believe it Is well worth reading by every one the discontented faces of women Is a big question and I 1 believe bliss haw thome has hit the nail on the head as to the reason for them but I 1 take issue with the author when she typifies the woman with a discontented face as the american woman I 1 it may be true that many of the american women who frequented the cafe de la in paris looked discontented they were doubt less bored I 1 but while it Is true that the luxury of travel Is being opened up to even greater numbers of american women it is hardly fair to take a tipe of woman who happens to be familiar among those trip ping about on the continent of europe and call her the american woman I 1 the busy mothers of america who are not counted in tens or in hundreds do not have that discontented look if america Is a comans womans country it Is primarily so because it Is a place where women have more opportunity for self expression for for that giving of themselves which sustains the life of the spirit and which Is the greatest enemy of boredom and discontent so the person who ascribes that discontented look tho bored face of the selfish overindulged woman to american women Is making a mistake you may meet those faces on some american women in europe but they are by no means typical of the american woman Q bell syndicate |