The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-16
VALUE OF BEAUTY
e Is Lessened by the Growing
Respect for Education.
Plain Girls Are Plentiful But When Thsy-
Are Clever Their Pisinne.s IL Ncs
Sc Mach Noticed by InteIii-
gent Men.

Ugly girls. Happily they are rare.
, Plain girls they are in plenty; and per
haps, on the whole. il is better for the
peace of mankind that they should be
in the ma jori;y. But absolute downright
ugliness is seldom met with. Irregu-
iarity, insignifcance or want of har-
! nony in the features is not sufficient
To constitute uglineSs- 4 high fore
head Is nowadays universally consid-
cred misfortune, says the New York
advertiser. Our grSat-grandfathcrs
considered II quite the reverse. A
pasty complexion is. no doubt, n calarn-
ity; 50 Is the long upper lip. and i, Is
the large chin. But girls fac, may
have one OF these characteristics. il
may even possess them all. without S..-
ing positively ugly. An intenirent
mind and gentle spirit may do won
ders in Transforming pale face, aud
making il, if not beautiful. at least at
tractive- And the proof of this is the
often-noted fact that many plain, and
even ugly, girls are led 20 the altar,
while their handsomer sisters inspire
admiration without winning love. II
Is when plain or badly-forned features
are the home of stupidity. when they
are unillumined by spark Of sense or a
ray OF generous feeling. that they
form truly ugly face. Such faces
there are, and there are also faces cas-.
by nature in so bad mold that moth
ing will render them attractive. any
more than deformed fCu.e can be-
rendered eomely: but such uglineSs Is
almost as rare rs beauty itself
y curious change has come over the
minds of men in respect 20 the beauty
of women; they seem to value il less
than they did; and this in spite. of The
fact that beauty has Of late years be-
come rarer than ever. ln the last CEN
fury men would imperil their lives
cheerfGlly for the mere privilege OF be-
ing considered beauty's champion.
Men do not toast reigning bellies now;
there are no reigning bellies 10 toast.
Where are the love songs? Herrick
and Burns and Heine have no modern
compeers. The chief reason for the
decline in the value men put upon
beauty is, no doubt, the superior edu-
cation of the nineteenth century girl.
Men have, by slow degrees. learned to
take pleasure in the society Of women
who are mentally their EQUALS
whether they are fair TO look upon or
not Many clever women really do
not seem 10 care two straws whether
they are good looking or i'll looking.
Their lives do not tend even TO the
preservation Of such traces OF eomeli-
ness as nature may have bestowed
upon them They study. and turn
heavy eyed and sallow; or they devote
themselves TO some trade and profess
sion and acquire the strenuous, thin
Tipped yisage By which the worker Is
known; or perhaps they adopt the
physical as well as mental develop
ment. and lose all grace of form by vi
olent exercise, and all delicacy Of COM
plexion by exposure 10 the weather.
In word, they become ugly girls, and
they do not mind it
We do not know that the plain girl.
who can carry of her ugliness under a
rattle Of words and constant flow of
good spirits, is very much to be pitied-
But there are some ill-favorcd damsels
who really deserve confederation
those, namely, who are too painfully
aware of their deficiency In good looks
10 forget IL for a moment Strange as
The observation may sound To malo
sars, it Is yet u fact that there are
plenty 81 girls who, 80 far from feeling
7ain OF their personal appearance,
you'd not complain IL fashion ordained
hat they should veil their faces sf,es
he manner OF the east Very likely
heir mothers. from "a mistaken notion,
4 guarding them against feelings of
-anity, have spoken 80 often ip a dis
,arsging way Of their looks that they
AVE actually conceived a dislike fos
heir own personal appearance. TheJ
re perfectly convinced that they pro.
ent an unpleasing, IL not disagreeables
pectacle TO their fellow men; thriS
highest ambition il 10 render them
elves as little repulsive as posslbis. II
5 not an easy thing 20 imagine what
gonics a shy and ugly girl may have
. endure, or how sweet 10 hcr srv thl
aarlCs OF respec. and courtestes vhicI
re too often monOpoIized By the pref
= girls Of party. IL Is undoubtedly
ne Of the distinctive marks Of ths
Gentleman that be pays woman al
he little attentions That The usages ca
ociety require Of him, whether ale u
oung or old, handsorne or ugly.
Men often excuse b,herosslyes for AZ
enhance on plain young voTnxn On ths
round That they arc not only Db
Doking, bat Hl-tenpered There In suo
luch truth m The charge But "a
gly girl ia not without exruses ThA
that no man or wou1a1
ares % look az her fzre second tine
JiBed % the sensitivene.s she has 60
uired, Is apt % sour her temper -
as. IL "a turn tends 70 increAss ks6
ylinesA Yet II Ia q singular fse, thx1
= man, FOR any reason, pays naarks1
ttention % plain girl ale Is spa -
old her chin hail a. inch higher IN
as air than Tood-io-oiCing girl worid
0 under the same circumstances 10
.ould De futile % inquire into the res
rs of tbs tendency on the part 81
Fly girls % gre themselves airs. but
se f%c. = patent % al men
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