Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-06-12
ADVICE TO PLAIN GIRLS.
Find Out Your Prettiest Point and Then
Make tho Very Most of 1t.

Make tho Very Most of 1t.
1t is extremely interesting when three or
four attractive women of fashion, who are
not too old to be vain and not young enough
to be giddy, get together and exchange con-
fidences. Their placidity of retrospection
is charming and what they say usually has
a point and a moral. Agroup composed Of
a few very successful and contented women
of this kind was assembled at a recent re-
ception. The beauty of a young girl pres
ent had been spoken of.
"When ! look at her." said one of the
complacent ladies, II I'm reminded of the
ease with which all girls can achieve a phys
ical success if they will only do a little
studying. For years we were telling her
what a pretty mouth she had. 1t was only
pretty then in a crude way, but gradually
she began to make the best of it, and now
the first observation that is made about her
is sure to refer to her expressive and ex-
quisite lips.
"She had a far better basis to start on
thai another girl of my acquaintance, who
was ambitious to shine as a belle. This
girl used to ook at herself in a mirror and
frankly acknowledge that she was far from
lovely. No feature was delicate, and her
coloring was commonplace to a degree.
Her hair was just the least bit pretty, but
pretty hair is never remarkable. The
young woman had been out nearly a whole
season when one night a man said to her
that she had IN original and graceful gait.
"She was thrilled. 1t was really the first
honest compliment she had ever received.
She thought it over, and then went to work
to discover what it was in her walk that
called forth the admiration of the man.
She soon learned that it was a slight swag-
ger, an involuntary swaying of the hips
and shoulders. She ACCENTED this swagger
very discreetly, and b1tore long she heard
every one talking atfsut her fascinating
walk. Presently she Was nattered by see.
ing the greatest beauties attempting to i'm.
itate her, but none of them could do it
with the natural grace that she exhibited
She at once began to gain a confidence that
hitherto she had lacked. At dances she
was sought after by the best men with thn
same assidnity that was inspired by the
handsomest bellies. She bloomed, as a ROSE
encouraged by the sun and dew will bloom,
and soon she gloried in the finest figure OF
her set, as we'll as the most captivating
walk. She was, as one clever fellow put it,
the most delicious girl in the back that
mortal eye could wish to see. 1t would
have been Il joy to watch her walk IL thou
sand miles.
"Well, she was the rag and made one
of the most desirable matches of the year
And l tell my girls when they complain
that they are not so pretty as some of thcil
friends, that If they are not clever enough
to hit on some attraction to take the place
of mere bodily loveliness, by the time they
are twenty they won't be worthy of d
mother who ovcrcame with the utmost
ease such drawbacks as a turned up nose
a stunningly large mouth, and a collection
of freckles that would have fitted out 8
whole country school Of small boys."-New