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Show R THI FATAL GIFT OF BEAUTY. Beauty hf stMi. ever a9ka tte flratm St whether she is Sl-r interesting, but: 'Kifioian 'ere given the de-,f de-,f r l o a lovely character, ' t". 'pacha and crcam Cm" on ana e No woman i k cm rcarted the point where I 7l ta3 i? Iretr to be a living plc- & vonlt JJs d who wouldn't ra-, ra-, '':fnnc0l. say as she passed, . ctreI''"nnr nil sn't beauty an over-W over-W fttawmen? Is it the open i IttfdQ t reX before which all the e: "oSotunlty fly open to a oo of oppo beautIful gIrl any nBa?hanco C happiness and success "Sp tSS Vr Plain faced sister? raarrige for instance. One is tlt it sv off-hand that a girl's ' f-f if bcr fJtuno when it comes to iU 1 id that the beauty can ; Sffimorial circles all around the I I .Sgilycnough this is not true. 1 ??nr nil men are such theoretical ' SlitopSat lhc shrine 0f YC,mf' i 31 It cojes to marrying her that's 2Sei -11.16 altogether, yet, 'y under-u,n under-u,n like to philander with beauty. ' -Sikc olance with her at bal s umuflef their vanity to take a g rl ! IS ter and restaurants, and pub- li is so good looking that ; Sf.ffi people rubber, but for some . llTr Jou they don't want to t o .h icr for life. Therefore, while ' t Sk and after having been a I 5e fo a ion's time she- generally ; SbJ'Plcklns UP a crooked matrl- nonlal Jtick. - if toi will th!nk over the extraordi-urilv extraordi-urilv beautiful women you have ' vnown you wp hardly find one who ' A tumide a really good match. Also, if , il mil look at the wives of the suc- cfil and ftmous men that ou nor vou will observe that they are Hi idles who would have never won ibke ribbon h a beauty show. Llke-via Llke-via if you consider the women il cPour acquaintance who have ln-38 ln-38 niitd tho devest affection in their Rl i brand's brents, you will note that II - not one of than has a pinch of good K ; looks to spare. Si All of vrhichjgoes to prove that men 1 ire not sucn cwvoiecs 01 icihuuhc ym-. ym-. cVflude ns tbay pretend, and that if lifer vorsbip Jeauty they are content & worship it fjom afar. Thp truth is'that while a man likes I roraan who is easy on the- eyes. thit's about a far as his demand for tJd looks gois. After that he wants wmcthlng mo'e substantial than pink ted white preitlness. He wants to be interested anc amused, sympathized ' ys petted aid cajoled and admired himself, and ;vhen he finds out that the beauty's atractions are only skin ; deep they soot begin to pall upon him. After "all, o"d mother nature evens things up pretty well among her 5 ; daughters, .and when she gorgeously J3 ' adorns the oufeldo of a woman's hoad aS i ite Is mighty apt to skimp on the in-side in-side furnishings. Of course there are iFp ciccptlon8 to '.his rule, but as a gen-?rfd gen-?rfd thing a beauty carries a very shy . I lot of brains as a sideline attraction. t Worse still, from tho masculine point of view, she is sure to be self centered and dtaand htat tho domestic domes-tic spotlight be turned perpetually on lerself, All hei life she has been the t considered one, tho admired one, the cne to wticfm the whole family was wcrificed, and vdthout realizing it she tas been made 1 monster of selflsh-' selflsh-' .... eks and egotlsit. 5 The beauty exjects a man to spend lb lire flattering her, humoring her, Zj ad cfiaclng himEelf for her, and a lit-Ue lit-Ue of this goes a long way with him. It i boaly women who have the endurance itici 10 1)6 DerPstual incense burners, and Is where the homely woman has Between the woman who admires a til j ano Iho one who expects to bo I wmlred; totweeu tho ono who hangs w a man's wordi with sympathy and coderstanilng, aid tho one who ex-Hold ex-Hold I PttU hln to pay compliments to her iofiU J raPld's bow mouth; between tho worn -BoU ; fa who tails a nun what a wonder he jr I i ".and Qo one who expects him to tell w what n man-el she Is, It is easy to who wins out. Also why. , The homely -svoman who wins a aas heart las a better chance of ro-nj ro-nj it than the beauty has, because ti.ii .ms iro of the enduring kind, w 6 , beaty,s are evanescent. Age Tf wZa luT? for homely woman. K f 8 oftener her frlond than U liiir Ji many a oman who is m wtien sio is young is beauUful when she Is old. Lovely thoughts in the "process of years chlsol rough features fea-tures Into noble lines, and a high serene se-rene soul shining through a plain face radiates beauty divine. Moreover, the woman who has charmed a man by hor intelligence, comprehension and sympathy can bind bim closer nnd closer to her every year. She understands him better and knows more of his needs. But the woman who has won a jnan by her beauty and who has no other" hold upon him is bound to lose out as her beauty inevitably fades. There will al-waya al-waya be younger, fresher and fairer faces who will appeal to his fancy. She does business on a constantly decreasing decreas-ing capftal very year, and is -bound to go bankrupt in the end. Except on the stage beauty is a handicap rather than a help to the girl who must earn her living, nnd even on the stage, outside of show girls and chorus girls whose looks are their stock In trade, it is talent and not pul-i pul-i chritudc that counts. Maxine Elliot goes so far as to say that beauty Is a disadvantage to an actress ac-tress as It distracts the public's attention at-tention from her ability, and it is sig-niflcent sig-niflcent that not one of the really great actresses has been a beauty. Sarah Bernhardt. Mrs. Fiske, Nazi-mova, Nazi-mova, Margaret Anglin, Frances Starr, and a dozen other favorites of our day could nevor qualify in the pretty girl class, yet they hold us in the hollow of their hands by the spell of their genius. Employers say frankly that no living liv-ing pictures need apply in their offices. They want good, wholesome intelligent looking girls who won't arouse the Jealousy of their wives, or distract the attention 'of the men who come to buy and sell from their business. As for the woman's .own chance of happiness in life, beauty docs not secure se-cure it. Indeed, it is a malicious rather than a beneficent gift of fate, because it is the one thing that she is bound to have taken from her. Perhaps Per-haps there is no more bitter tragedy than that of the beauty who sees time ravishing her of the charm that has kept her little world at her feet and realizes that she is powerless to stay in its hand. That, at least, is one misfortune mis-fortune the homely woman is spared. No one can say to her, "How you have faded!" And yet we would all bo beautiful if we could! oo 4 f- |