Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-16
RARE AS BEAUTY ITSELF.
Ugly Girls Are Seldom Net. tu,
Plain Girls Are Plentiful.
CLEVER WOMEN ATTRACT MEN.


vsiy slris' Happily they nre rare plain
eifN there are In plcn;y. and perhaps on
NE whole Il Is we'll FOR the peace q man.
KIND that they should be In the majority,
hns absolute downright ugllness is seldom
met With. irresulari,y. inasnlncancc, or
want % harmony IN tho features Il not sui.
he'ont to constitute uglincss. A hlsh fore
head is nowadays universally considered
misfortune. onr gra, erandiRlhcra con-
"dpned q quite the reverse. TASTY com.
/ ploxion Ia. no doubt a calamity. SO Is tho
lens uppcr lin. and 50 h the lsrge elm,
But a girls face may have any one OF
these eharaoterlauos, Il may even possess
| them all, without being positively ugly.
An Intelligent mind and gcntle spirit may
DO wonders Ia transforming pale face. and
making u. lt not beautiful. AZ least aytrac.
tive, And the proof Of lhls "a tho niton noted
fac, that many pain. and even ugly, glfls
arc lel 10 the altar. while tholr handsamer
! sstesa iaapiro admiration without winning
love Il % vAen plain or badly formed
features arc the homo Of stupidity when
they are unillumnod by spark OF sonse
or a ray OF gvpcfous feeling, that they form
q truly usly lace. such faces therr arc and
there are also iarca cast by nature In 40 bad
mold that nothing viii render thom ST.
| iraclye, any more thnn a dotormci ngnrc
can be made cofneiy, hut surh usllness "a
almost Ga rare az hQsu,y luolf,
a curious change has come over tho
minds u men IN respect 10 tho beauty u
Womepi thoy seem TO value IL less than
they did; and this IN spite Of the fact that
beauty has Of late years become raror than
ever In the last century men would iu-
peril their lives ohcerfuliy Tor the mere
privilege Of being considered heau,y'a cham
pion, Men do not toast rclguns bcllea
now there are no rciEnlng bellies 20 toast.
Whore arc the love songss llefrluk ana
Burns aud liolna have no modern cumperrs,
Thn chief rcAfon Tor the decline IN the
yaluo mon put upon beauty a.. no doubt,
tho superior education Of the nineteenth
century g.fli Men have. by slow degrees.
learned TO take pleasure In tho society OF
women who art mentally their oqual4.
whether they are fair % look upon or not
Many clever women really do not seem
90 care two Htrawu whether Wv are K0Nd
looking or M looking, Thief lives do not
tend even to the preservation VI such trAcca
Of cumelinest az nature may have bestowed
upon them They study. and turn heavy
oycd and sallow; or they devote themselves
to some trade or profession and acquire
tho strenuous. thn.lippcd yisage by which
tho worker 10 known, OF porhnpa they
adopt the physical M wel az mental de-
vonpmcnt. and lose an grace Of form by
violent exercise. aud all dclicacy u COM
pleaion by exposure 10 the weather, In a
word, they become ugly glrle. and they do
not mlLd Il.
We do not know that the plain rlrl who
can carry % her ugllnoss under \ fatilo
aalN .
itE. 10 very much 10 DO plticd, but there
arc some ill-tavorod damaola who really
deserve confederation those. namely. who
arc too painfully awgrn u their deficiency
IN good looks 20 forget II for a moment
Strange IA the observation may n0und 10
male ears, It ls yet fact that thcru aro
plenty ot girls who 10 Tar from feeling
vain Of their personal appearance, would
not complain u fanh0n ordained that they
should veil thoir facoa after tho manner
Of the East Worry likely their mothers,
from nistaRun notion u guarding thom
against feelings Of vanity. have shokrn "a
often In dirparaglng way Of thor looks
that they have actually conceived dis.
like TOR their own personal appearance.
Ihoy are perfectly convinced that thuy pre-
sont M Emphasizing II not dhagroeahie
spectacle to ihulr fellow men; their hlnhrft
ambition II to render themselves 40 iittlo
rrpulHYe AS possible, II II not an easy
thing to Imagine what aEonias u shy aud
ugly grl may have 10 endure. or how
awcet TO b1r are the marks Of respect and
couftcsies which are too often monopoiized
by tho pretty gifls u party II IA IN.
doubtodly one OF the distinctive marks Of
tho gentleman shat no pays . woman al the
little attentions that tho usages of aOolety
require Of him, whether she Is young or
Old, handsome OF uply,
Meu often excuse themselves for httnnd-
anco on plain young women 1n the ground
that they are not only Unlocking, but M
tempered. There 10 too much truth In
The charge. But the ugly Nrl Ia not with.
out excuse Tho consciousness that no man
or woman cares 20 look Mt hNr face a
second time j1inod % the aegsitiyensfs
aho has acquired. Ii apt 10 sour her tom.
PERI and this. In IL turn, tonds to Increase
her uEllness. Yet II Ia a singular fact that
II a man, for any reason. pays marked at
tention TO a plain ritl she Il apt 10 hold
her chin half an inch higher In the .air
than n good looking girl would do under
the amo circumstances. II would be
futile to inquire into tho reasons o. this
tendency on tho part Of ugly girls 10 give
themselves airs. but tho fact Il paten, 70