Life's Problems
Are Discussed
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow.
Are you an ugly girl? Yes. Then
like a recent correspondent of mine
you have probably exaggerated the
fact, and your misery has been in
creased by all those pin-pricking
quotations in current use, as "A man
loves through his eyes," She Is
beautiful, and therefore to bo
■wooed," "If to her lot some female
errors fall, look on her face and
you'll forget them all," etc., ad in
linitum.
The girl who has .written me be
moans the fact that she is the plain
est girl in her set, and says that she
has become so sensitive about her
lack of beauty that she feels in
creasingly self-conscious and awk
ward and she wants to know what
to do about it. She loves to go out
among people, she is very fond of
all social gatherings, but it makes
her very unhappy to feel that she
is always at a disadvantage.
I take it for granted that she
doesn't want me to utter a lot of;
platitudes and tell her that beauty
is only skin deep 'after all, and,
paraphrasing Kingsley's famous line,
urge her to be good, sweet maid,
let those who can be pretty. She
wants to know how to hold her !
own and be a social success among
a whole group of girls undeniably j
more pleasing in appearance than !
herself.
In the first place, let us not un- j
dervalue the importance of a good
appearance. Beauty is a power and i
a charm and a lure, and because
it is all those things many women
overestimate it. It is a corking
asset on the journey of life, but if j
you've only got one asset you are
traveling with pretty light lug
gage—too light by half.
You may not have read Addison's
"Cato," netther do I advise you to
bore yourself by doing so, but in
one of the acts he utters this truth;
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Beauty soon grows familiar to <
the lover,
Fades in his eye and palls upon
the senge."
But, ugly girl. I am wondering
just how ugly you are. Not half
so much so as you think yourself,
I'll bet a farm. But, admitting the
worst, I have a small opinion of
your will and determination and
ambition if you are content to re
main an ugly girl. You know, the
French have a saying that no woman
is unattractive who has good eyes
and teeth. I will take your word
for it thru you are plain, but you
must have some attractions, a good
figure, perhaps, or pretty hands and
feet, or a delightful smile, or an in
tuitive knowledge of how to wear
your clothes. You must have some
special charm or grace that is all
your own. Every one has. Then,
whatever it is, emphasize it.
I do not believe that any girl
who is exquisitely neat and dainty
can be called ugly. Your hair can
always be so well cared for, so
shiningly brushed that it will be
a pleasure to look at it. A good
complexion is not entirely a gift
of the gods—it can always be
achieved: it's merely a piatter of
cleanliness and proper diet and I
enough exercise—that is, unless you
have some delinite skin trouble.
As for your clothes, the first
thing of importance is to get a
clear idea of your own style, you
have an own style, you know. Be
ing very young, everything you wear
should be simple, otherwise it de
tracts from your youth; but your
hats and frocks and coats should
all bring out your best lines and
should suit your coloring.
There you are! As far as out
ward appearance goes, .you have
done the best that is possible for
yourself, but we will still err on
the cautious side; we will take the
dark view of the situation, and say
that even so, as far as looks go,
you do not come anywhere near
the pretty girls with whom you as
sociate. •
Very well, then. Since they
have eclipsed you in the matter of
looks, it remains for you to eclipse
them in the matter of charm and
interest.
Oh, yes, don't sigh and /turn
away. I mean it. Be charming—
just like that. You must have
heard of the ugly duckling. Well,
the ugly duckling, you will remem
ber, carried all the prizes. It is
not you, my dear, who are at a
disadvantage; it is the pretty girl
BLAJUUSBURG *&&& TELEGKXPB
who has not yet awakened to the
fact that the merely decorative per
sons ultimately are left where they
belong—against the walls.
"Petty but inane," is a damning
phrase and hard to live down. No
matter how great a beauty-worship
per a man may be, he very soon
gets fed up on vain and vacuous
pulchritude. To sit and look at
a beautiful object is one of the
delights of life, but it is not the
only thing our souls crave by any
means. Do you know what our
souls really greatly crave—yours,
mine, everyone's? Just two things,
sympathy and understanding.
Every one in the world has dif
ferent gifts, different ideas and view
points and different ambitions. That
is what makes the world such a
diverse and interesting place. Did
you ever pause to consider what the
great majority of the people you
the things that interest them. They
don't care a brass farthing for the
things that interest you, or if they
make the attempt to do so, their in
terest is merely passing, perfunctory
and polite.
At least that Is true of six per
sons out of seven; and then comes
the seventh. The seventh is the
possessor of that secret wisdom
which knows that everyone has an
Interesting and lovable side, which
only waits the sunshine of a genuine
sympathy to reveal itself. To air
his own views and hold the center
of the stage is to him a small and
unworthy satisfaction.
He is perfectly familiar with his
own opinions and that suffices him;
he sees no particular reason to bran
dish them in the face of everyone
he meets; but to make the other
person shine, that is an achievement
which is worth while. It is like
pouring water on a plant and then
watching all its drooping leaves
spring up and expand.
We have all met that person
who comes up to us with the care
fully burnishing smile and says: "I
hear that you are so much interested
in such and such a subject. I should
so much like to know." And you are
immediately and definitely aware
that they don't care a straw about
it; they are just trying to be polite,
consequently you feel yourself shut
ting up like a sensitive plant, and
you say lightly, "Some other time,
perhaps, not now," feeling all the
time that you would rather die than
put forth your enthusiasm in that
shrivelling atmosphere.
Oh no, ugly girl, if you would ex
ercise the white magic of charm
and work its miracles, your in
terest must be real and unfeigned.
It must be a matter of unending
delight to you to discover the fascin
ating side of bores, to draw out the
wit and sparkle of the stupid, the
romance in the prosaic and prac
tical, the second common sense in
the flighty. It is all there, waiting
for that magic touch of a sincere
and unerring sympathy. - J
If you can achieve this gift and
grace, you needn't bother about your
looks, no matter if you are as ugly
as a gargoyle. The world will make
a path to your doorstep.
Girls! Use Lemons!
Make a Bleaching,
Beautifying Cream
The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into a bottle containing
ihree ounces of orchard white makes
a 'Ahole quarter p'nt of the moit re
markable lemon skin beautlfier at
obout the cost one must pay for a
small jar of the ordinary cold creams.
Care should be taken to strain the
lemon juice through a fine cloth so
no lemon pulp gets in, then this
iotion will Keep fresh for months.
Every woman knows that lemon juice
is used to bleach and remove such
blemishes as freckles, sallowness and
tan and is the ideal skin softener,
smocthener and beautifler.
Just try it! Get tnree ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and
make up a quarter-pint of this
sweetly fragrant lemon lotion and
massage it daily into the face, neck,
arms and hands. It naturally should
help to soften, freshen, bleach and
bring out the roses and beauty of
any skin. It is simply marvelous to
smoothen rough, red hands.
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A SERIAL OF YOUTH AND ROMANCE
By VIRGIMA VAN DE WATER
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CHAPTER XXVI
(Copyright, 1918, Star Co.)
Dora peeped into Cynthia's room
on her way downstairs.
"I will send Mane up with a tray
of dinner for you," she informed her
cousin, when she saw that she was
awake.
"No, dear, please don't!" Cynthia
began. "I am not hungry."
"But you must eat something,"
I Dora insisted. "If you won't eat a
; regular dinner, I will bring you some
soup later on. I will be glad to have
an excuse for coming back here, for
i 1 fancy mother is a bit c.lsplcased
with me, and it will not bi hilarious
down there alone with her and
father. She took me at my word, for
I heard the front door closi a while
ago, and there has been silence be
low ever since. Which proves that
Milton and C< raid have gone away."
"Mr. Van Saun expected them back
to dinner, you know, - ' Cynthia re
minded her. "That is probably the
leason thev left."
"I hope so, and thit mother did
not deliver my peevish decision ver
batim to Milton."
"He would not be vexed with you
If she did," Cynthia consoled her.
"He would not misunderstand you."
"Perhaps not," Dora agreed dubi
ously. "Anyway, if he was vexed he
can get over It —thats all. I should
worry!"
With which bit of slang- she ran
on downstairs, leaving Cynthia alone
again to her thoughts.
Cynthia had spoken tri'y when
she expressed the oelief that her
aunt would say nothing to vex Mil
ton. The girl knew tha'. Mrs. Liv
ingstone approved too thoroughly of
her daughter"! engagement to intro
duce a note that might .ie discord
ant. In fact, Cynthia had been sure
that the match had b.;eu xided and
abetted by both families.
If this wera so, was Edward V?n
Saun beginning to doubt if, after all,
Dora was as much in love with his
son as the father had i'pposed her
to be? Cynthia might be fanciful,
but surely ne had looked a bit dis
appointed at Dora's light mention of
her coming marriage.
How could she talk so flippantly of
marrying Milton Van Saun? Yet j
Milton himseir—in spite of his ten
der. sympathetic nature—showed no
depth of sentiment when he leferred
to his betrothed. Were they suited
to each other?
lint her Homesick
Cynthia recalled unwillingly her
aunt's teasing remark about Gerald
Stewart. Did Mrs. Livingstone
imagine she could bring about a
marriage between her niece and this
man? Dora was certainly not in ac
cord with- the Idea. Indeed, Dora
seemed to resent her mother's
scheme.
Cynthia lay, her eyes closed and
her lips compressed, as a great wave
of homesickness swept over her.
How different was all this kind of
thing from the simple yet comfort
able life she had led with her father!
In her girlhood's home the things
that were of the spirit mattered
more than the things of the world.
There had always been peace, com
fort, plenty, but no striving after
effects or worldly advancement.
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It was surely a sign of the ravages
disease had wrought in the mental
condition of her father that in his
last few days he had yielded to the
temptation to increase his fortune by
one grand coup. Or had it been be
cause he wished to protect Hs child
from the very conditions the was
now facing—dependence upon others
or the necessity of making a mar
riage of convenience? •
Tears welled through her closed
Hds and rolled down her cheeks.
She would not allow herself to cry
violently, but she was miserable.
A knock at the door startled her.
"Come in!" she called, wiping her
eyes swiftly.
"A box of flowers for you. Miss
Dong," Marie announced, entering.
"Lay it on the table, please,"
Cynthia ordered.
! "Will I not turn on the light,
! ma'am?" the girl asked. "Then you
can see better."
"No, let it wait for a while, Ma
rie," Cynthia told her. "My head
aches."
She was afraid that the merciless
glare might reveal to the curious
maid that she had been shedding
I tears. Yet, when the girl had gone
away, Cynthia arose and turned on
the electric light, then looked at the
box lying on the table. It bore the
name of a fashionable florist. Who
could have sent it to her?
Merely a Surmise
Unfastening the string, she re
moved the lid, revealing a mass of
huge pink roses on their bed of cot
ton.
There was no card to show from
whom they came. The address on
the hox was evidently written by
the florist's clerk, for the handwrit
ing was unfamiliar.
As the girl bent to inhale the de
licious fragrance of the flowers, there
arose before her mental vision a
face she knew well—fair, with blue
eyes. *
"He sent them!" she whispered.
She drew in her breath sharply.
If he had sent them, he had no right
to do so, and she had no right to
receive them.
"Oh." she murmured, pushing the 1
box from her and turning out the I
light again. "I wish they had not
come!"
A half-hour later the door opened j
to admit Dora, carrying a tray on ■
which was a plate of steaming soup, j
Her mother accompanied her. Evi- i
dently any quarrel between the two j
had been forgotten.
"I smell roses!" Dora exclaimed
as she turned on the light. "Why,
Cyn, who sent them to you?"
"No card accompanied them/'
Cynthia evaded.
"But I can fancy who sent them," i
her aunt said smilingly. "Can't you, j
Dora?"
"Yes," Dora admitted, bending to j
sniff at the roses. "I suppose I can.
It was either Milton or Gerald."
Her face was in shadow, but there
was a tense sound to her voice that
made Cynthia uncomfortable. Was
Dora Jealous —and. If so, was it of
Milton or of Gerald?
(To Be Continued Monday.)
TO KEEP JAIL EMPTY
Phoenix City, Ariz. —This place,
once the most notorious city of 10,-
000 population in the southeast be
cause of its illicit whisky trade,
prepared for the new year with a
resolution to preserve order and keep
the jail empty. As a result the city
jail has been tenantless for more
than a week. A suppression of blind
tigers has lessened crime to a mini
mum.
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Use Cocoanut Oil
For Washing Hair
,j
If you want to keep your hair in
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Most soaps and prepared sham
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. MARCH 8, 1018.
Woman, to Equal Man,
Should Shun High Heel
Providence, R. I.—"Wear sensible
shoes and help win the war," is the
slogan of Dr. Edward H. Bradford,
dean of the Harvard Medical School,
and a noted orthopedic. Dr. Bradford
believes that whe lithe public real
believe that when the public real
wear they will come to consider
pointed, high-lieeled shoes as being
as disfiguring as the tatoo and nose
ring of the savage.
"Shoes are the cause of more of
j women's supposed physical inferior
ity of men than is generally real
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women were properly dressed they
would be able to perform almost
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tically all the hard labor except the
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smaller than the men, but they have
practically the same amount of mus
cular force. Of course, that only ap
plies to unmarried or childless
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"One objection to women in stores
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: Ladies! Rub Wrinkles
; With Amonized Cocoa
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Beauty Doctor Snya Any Woman ij
May look From 10 to 20 \
I' Yenm Youniser.
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