Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-30
THE GIRL THAT WINS.

Hesd About Her. and Then See n You
Possess Her characteristics.
A pretty, prominent and elderly married
woman addressed a drawing room Of clever
people the other evening on the subject OF
beauty as an agent In the advancement Of
her sex.
After enumerating the advantages Of
personal loyelinc5s and the hindrances Of
homely exterior she said long experience
and close observation went 10 prove the
superior successes Of the plain fentured
women ia matcimony as In other fields OF
feminine enterprise or course, In mum
bers they are utterly disproportonate, but
even allowing for that vast difference the
ugly girl has things much her own way.
80 get at a sound basis for conclusions Ii
s necessary. she said, to take pOwerless
pnHidens from whom 10 argue
Watch the careers Of two bellies and wall
flowers from he opening OF the race. The
butterflies invariably start out hampered
BY false notions OF tributes due their
charms. Not one in the list IS ever quite
able to resist putting her bright eyes
against the 8damaut strength Of money
and the exalted range Of talent In an early
struggle for place. She has no means OF
exactly gauging her powers, and by over
estimation often comes 60 grief
Seldom, indeed, is a pretty girl taught
The prudence Of grasping opportunities,
nursing chances md making the sow's ear
into some semblance Of silk purse, Her
oomeliucss she regards as magic lamp,
only needing bit Of furnishing TO pro
duce the fairy prince, palace and ALL In n
Sash. or what use, then, the dull plod
ding. imperative Tor her plain sisteri Alasl
the fimsy little structure IS built on the
sand, waiting one strong wave Of reality to
knock the fimsy dreams into n cooked hat
Look about you and count the number
81 faded, thwarted beauties you know who
are imbittered dependents, or else late In
life have picked up a broken stick In the
shApe Of n partner 10 help disguise their
crippled vanity. In fact, so frequently is
shis the case that between sixteen AMI
twenty-six only extraordinary virtue or
talent ever saves q belle from Rrievous FOL
~ In her aspirations,
Parents, friends and hattercrs only ag
gravate the case, foretelling the famous
saarriaRe that never takes place, and dis
couraging honest efforts to enter on any
serious business. Bcguiled into believing
nature has gruced her with rare superior
ity, what wonder she desplses her legiti
hdlo ApntToahN ycAtuA hiter INe uuhLIalN
able' And, sadly enough, those dear, de
Eirable parties she is trained 20 coyet have
trick OF loving Cinderella In the sum
mer time, and when the serious business
OF marriage is preached hieing away TO
wed the proud sister
The old old story Of that light hearted
hare, deluded by undue confidence In his
natural speed, frisking away the priceless
moments, while dingy, unlovely mud
turtle crawls victoriously up TO the win
ming post. Clear sightedness and thor
Ough understanding Of the situation Ia 10
be halfway TO the goal, and this Is what
the wall flower has in her favor. No rosy
spectaeles confuse her vision, no sugar
plums Jade her appetite; sweet delusions
never lul the sense Of duty, and who will
suy she is without the trump card2-llus
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