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Show If BEAUTY'S OBJECTIVE AS SEEN BY P :z WRITER FOR BIG CHICAGO PAPER , I WHO IS KNOWN BY MANY OGDEMTES1 I The Sa)jdan'.s serial story, 'Loe and Married Life." lias been Ji delayed in re-aching the paper and -will reappear soon. Subscribers J who Jiave been' reading the story will not be disappointed in reeeiv- 1 I ing the connecting mnnbers. . I .(By Mjiic. Qui Vive.) , There's fin old souk tjmt runs nloii!; tftttliiisly about "what n strange . woriu j this would bp. If the men were all trans- l ported f.r beyond the northern sea " Von remember it. That Is. If you arc olo V enough, j Suppose they -were? What would be 81 the behavior of those women who didn't 1' have the time, money or inclination .u I run after them? -Would they continue j to doll up Jugt the same? We contribute j the sure bet that -they would, i i When a woman gets a new frock, or r 1 fresh laid on, new complexion, or liaa her hair done la a wonderful and lntri. ' . eatcly undulated coiffure, she wants to ! show It; to -some nice man she likes Not that' it matters so terribly much, but she knows uhe will enjoy giving htm j nn opportunity to say something- pretty. To a certain extent she wilt take pleas-, pleas-, , me In having her robe or her beauteous j hair dress displayed before other woiikm. But the keen and ecstatic feeling comes from her own satisfaction', of her own view of herself. Women who have been forced to io housework during this scarcity of cook.s and. second maids have discovered for themselves the horror of brokc-n finger nails, coarse looking hands, ugly clothes and" all the other Ills that trail nlonr; with the dishwashing Job and Uio silver cleaning hurricane, nof to mention pol ishing the kitchen range- Though the Job be worthy and honorable and the lady who plows through it with a cheerful face 13 no less than a heroine, she has . that unpleasant realization that she looks her worst. The laborer must dress for hfij Job and when you fight dirt yon bear marks of the conflict. When our modern Cinderella has rubbed her poor sore hands with cold cream, removed herself from the gingham apron, arrangen lcr hair so the flying, scolding looks are all in lace and snapped herself Into a fresh sweet frock, she believes that she has two separate and ulstinct personal'. ties, one of the disli rag and one or Hie powder puff. And the transformation Is entirely material, depending- upon sucn unimportant properties as a pair of lace cuffs, buckles on her slippers and other Huff stuffs. For my part. I cannot say harsh worci;; about the laundresses who went to "wor.t In munition factories and are now woar- ! Ing nutria. After years of the smell or j laundry soap and smarting, burning, !o worn hands, one can understand that oh i leel of lovely pelts "and velvets must be i exquisite and heavenly. All women yearn and hanker for beau- j tirul things, and why shouldn't they? j There Is nothing Inspiring In uglinc.". An unbecoming hat can make a woman a creature without spirit or hopefulness of courage, while with a smart little ltd I on which a sassy flower or feather n- I poses rhe can light the universe ,mrt ! r o:no out of the conflict puffing ana ; happy. ! Yes. madam, beauty's objective is seiN rcspeet. It Isn't a platform from whlcn one desires to show ofr. to twist and turn tills way and that for the gain or admiration. It Is what a woman thinks of herself that counts; she never knows. ! anyway, really, what other foil; think of her. When a woman gets so that she can overlook the fact that her g-own needs a holiday at the dry cleaner's establishment, establish-ment, when she doesn't care mucn whether her hair Is. properly dressed or not, and when the sight of a scraggy thread where a button once was doesn't 0... ..... Uuv.,ui ivoi, mm uiuniv nunurh, she Is- on the down grade. And when once a woman begins to toboggan it' a hard Job for her to pick herself up ann j climb high again. j' There's no sense., anyway. In our j dressing for the men. sinco' they can sei- I dom tell the difference between the true j and the false. A hand made filet blouse will make every other woman envious, but the average man will try to g-t j funny and ask how she's getting along 'without the lace curtains at home. If I he is smart enough to know real flfot J lace when ho sees It. ho is smart In a . billy, feminine way that makes him dl?- gusting. I Wo cannot, afford to slump, not one of rus not you nor I or the woman ncu I door. I j Time cracks the whip, month by month. ' ; week by week, day by day. And ve'vo j i got to travel on or be lost In the tra;-t tra;-t Ac. |