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Show Vanity Will Work Wonders Among Women & f 'i By THOMAS G. BARRY, New York There is no doubt of it at all that a little vanity does more to bring out a girl's best than all the mod- esty in the world. This does not mean that we should let ourselves grow puffed and silly with conceit. After all, overweening conceit is certainly a sign of inferior intelligence, for no one with common sense would ever :allow himself to become foolishly vain. There are always scores of others far more intelligent, more beautiful, more attractive, more gifted and more fascinating than we are, if we searched with impartial eyes. To be the most accomplished and wonderful woman in the world is quite impossible, except in one's own mind, for at least a hundred other contestants would claim the same title. So, no matter how pretty or attractive a girl may be, she would be a silly idiot to become inflated over her charms. In fact, no one with any real claims to intelligence ever does become overconceited. Nevertheless, every girl should instill some grains of vanity in her system. Without it she will lose her looks and her charms. But that little spark of conceit will keep her up to the mark, will keep alive her interest in herself and others and will make her far more attractive in very way. Vanity in the proper proportions will work wonders in the weaker sex, and every one of us should have a moderate share. |