Show Dorothy Dix Talks ITS IT'S NOT VANITY THAT SENDS BEAUTY SHOPS ITS IT'S HUMILITY BUT HUMILITY BUT MEN HAVE SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THEIR CHARMS THAT THEY DONT DON'T ATTEMPT SELF SELF- IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENT BEING BEING MALES THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY SUPERIOR CORRESPONDENT DENT asks A Which sex lex Is the vainer valner the masculine or the feminine To which I unhesitatingly reply the masculine COURSE COUnSE men will arise en ea masse and OF 01 deny this assertion and in proof of ot their assertion women that that women arc are vainer than men they 4 L' L will point to the millions of ot dollars and cons eons of ot time that women spend in iii beauty shops they will cite tho the tact fact act that women given more thought and effort toward preserving their fig figures a ures urea than they do to saving their immortal souls they will allege and none can contradict i t them that about tenths nine-tenths of ot a womans woman's thoughts and Interests are centered about her clothes and general appearance they will re reo remind remind mind you jou Oll of ot the tortures to which women vol vol- voluntarily voluntarily fit fit- submit themselves in order to reduce n b And lastly but not least they t t. t will call your attention to the women who In restaurants at the theatre on DOROTHY DOR MY HV OIX DIX cars In all torts corts of public places calm calm- calmly calmly ly Iy and deliberately draw out their van van- vanity vanIty ity cases and proceed to make up their complexion and then after having given a last lut long lingering look at their reflections In their mirrors turn away aw with an expression of supreme sat satisfaction on their faces as of one who has just beheld a master master- masterpiece masterpiece piece ALL A LL of or this is perfectly true And it is also true that men do not as a sox sex frequent beauty shops nor spend much time or thought upon their clothes nor do they deny themselves the things they want to eat for fear of ot losing their boyish figures But all of ot this docs does not prove that they are less vain than women are ale On the contrary it shows that they arc more so It Is not vanity that sends sends women to the beauty shops hops and causes them to dye their hair and paint their faces Its It's ity Its It's because the average woman realizes that she Is II not much to look at that makes her devote so much times time and money and effort to trying to Improve her appearance She Is deter determined mined not to remain ugly as God made her if human ingenuity can circumvent nature Hence the chiffons and the rouge and the lipstick and the calcimine and the permanent wave and all the rest of It BUT man apparently Is perfectly satisfied that just as he Is he is a Thing living picture which Is a treat for Cor anyone anone to behold He lie docs does not feel reel that he needs to camouflage his defects detects as his sister does hers He may have a head as hairless as a billiard ball bail but he Is rarely modest enough to hide his baldness under a toupee He may be fat and pudgy and windowed bay but he doesn't count his calories and go on a starvation diet to regain his boyish figures He considers himself looking good enough as he Is INDEED INDEED so superhumanly conceited are some men that they dont don't 1 think chink it even necessary to keep themselves es shaved and heir hair cut or to have havo their clothes pressed They esteem themselves a knock knock- knockout knockout out bristles and all Men show that they are vainer than women In their attitude toward love Virtually every man believes that he is to the feminine sex and that he has only to throw the handkerchief handkerchief chief to any woman to have her break her neck to pick It up And this self confidence In his own attractions is not even shaken by half a dozen women having failed to fall for his charms He always attributes It to the dumbness of the women and lets It go at that NOR does any man ever get too old to bellevo believe that his hypnotic power 19 has waned Every day we hear of ot aged millionaires marrying girls young enough to be bo their granddaughters in the perfect faith that they are loved Od for themselves alone Nor does any husband ever lie awake at night worrying over losing his wife's affection because he ho Is Js growing I fat and middle-aged middle and grizzle haired Women have no such confidence In their own charms Even the prettiest young girl goes through tortures of anxiety won dering If she Is la going to have that mysterious appeal for men that will make her a belle or whether she will be doomed to be a wallflower No woman feels certain that the man she loves Is going to love her or that she will be able to capture the man she wants for a husband And even after she does get him she lives In eternal dread of losing him CO COMPARATIVELY few tew rich old omen annex boy husbands because lr v It H is Js only the occasional woman who has enough vanity to stultify herself into tho the belief bellet that a 11 boy bo is enamored of ot anything but her bank account and prefers a wrinkled old dame to a n fresh young oung girl of or his own own age ase Another way that men show their superior vanity Is in thinking that every woman Is Interested In hearing every de de- de tail about themselves They monologue to her by the hour about their hopes their plans their love affairs their cars their dogs their guns They come to her for sympathy In their sor sor- sorrows sorrows sorrows rows and to boast of their triumphs BUT no woman is vain rain enough to think even en for Cor an instant that aman a aman aman man wants to hear the story of ot her life lICe or to listen to her tell of ot what she sho said to the cook and the cook said to her or of or how bow sho is planning to have leave her new dress made Tho The only popular women arc are the tho listeners and those who give ghe men the glad hand without expecting a a. return compliment Men show that they are vainer valner r than women In being much much more easily flattered Of course both sexes gobble down com eom as a starving dog does a juicy filet mignon but a woman eyes her compliment a bit suspiciously before she swallows It while a man gulps g his down dawn whole You can tell the homeliest man that he Is an Apollo the dullest bore that he Is II a wit the old bachelor who has been flouted by every woman he knows that he Is a sheik and he will believe It and puff out with pride until he bursts his hll shirt buttons BUT HUT you ou cannot use uee any such raw methods In fn O flattering a 0 woman you ou have to tell the tho ugly woman that she is le chic and has personality You have to tell the dull woman that she sho is beautiful and the one who makes no hit with men that she is fe intellectual For Por they know their limitations and realize their shortcomings And the proof final final Proof of mans man's superior vanity Is II that he be that just because he was born of the masculine persuasion he Is superior to every woman In the world and that every woman should look up to him DOROTHY DIX DI Copyright by Public Ledger |