The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
WOMAN'S
WORLD.


.,. terrible tyranny of tradition that de
,,,rds that every woman shall be beautl-
l,1 of course we all know from the out
-0t that such thing is impossible and
Lo+ IL Is the very hight of absurdity to
.a,ct if Nature settled all that when
80 bestowed certain kind of hair. eyes,
,rnnlexion and features upon us, and we
,oh+ n accept her decision as final, but
aon,t we have been taught to be-
,ieve that 20 tamely submit to being nome
II. merely because we were born that way
Giving in to defeat that is little less
A., cowardly, as those of US who are
,,.io Of face wage a war against the In
avitable from the cradle to the grave. 1t
&c not 100 much to say that the white
-.,,non's burden may be summed up in
,,.r Efforts at how to be beautiful, though
ugly.
In all sober truth, when one realizes
tho stress that we place upon woman
Looks we are amazed at the extent to
,,bf,b we are dominated by mere idea
Poets and romancers have set the pace
err ms No woman. in novel, inspires
odeathless passion, except a creature who
j. radiantlv beautiful. When a man goes
off TO do great deeds, an dare great dan
o.rs for a Womans sake, we know at once
.ba+ the description is going to say that
ucoendo,in drew her slight, svelte figure
rrto its oueenly hight and looked at him
with tbe tears drowning her purple eyes,
with their long, dark, curling lashes, WhHe
bar Golden hair shone like a nimbus ABOUT
her DerfectIy-shaped head, and a sott
tlreh dyed her cheek where the my MIN
eie5 with the rose" And more's the
7ity: we feel that things are just as they
should be- and that nobody could expect
a man TO do anything in particular for
I,T,nv itt1e woman with a snub nose and
1srroftv hair. no matter what sort of a
soul she might have.
Of course. it wouldn't greatly mater
ho,t This devotion to beauty in the aD-
stract PAPER heroines had just as wei
~ good-looking as motif all comes in the
nrice-but il is aggravating when II Is oe-
manded of real people. Announce that
YAM are going to have a young lady come
Ia visit YOU, and the first question asked
van is: "Is she pretty?" No one appar-
only cares to know whether she IS intel
lieent or talented, or entertaining or
charming. Inquire what sort of person IS
Miss A? The answer Invariably starts out
with a dGScrlp llOn OIL DGT
Is a woman seeking for work? Even
then il will profit her more to have a
peacav complexion than ability to do the
Thing she proposes to do. The whole world
has a natural spontaneous desire TO help
a1ng beauty in distress.
When a thing is held up continually be
fore one as the most desirable thing in lie
il is perfectly natural that one shouId
make a frantic effort to obtain it, hence
SPECIALISTS and beauty doctors, and the
weary massaging and cold Dreaming, and
frzzng, and grace-producing exercising
mat makes life a burden TO so many OF
u.s. and that is so futile. Really, after all,
j. is loves labor lost. One ends by look
inc as one did a the beginning, and one
might just as well have INDUCED IN the
luxury Of being as ugly as she was born.
curious side light is thrown on this
subject, moreover. that seems to indicate
thai our demand for beauty in women is
merely an ideal, and does not really ar
feet our practical actions. The women we
admire most. and who are the most pop
ular In society are seldom even pretty,
and even men who most strenuously IN
sist on beauty in the abstract do not dis
play any overwhelming desire to marry il,
which is of course, a comfort to the ugly
woman More than that, il might suggest
TO us that it is high time to look at things
sensibly, and 10 quit worrying ourselves
in trying 10 effect impossible changes IN
our looks. There are other things besides
beauty.
A case Of mistaken identity, says the
New York Tribune, which happened a
year ago has recently eliminated in a
happy result. At one of the big balls last
winter a man whom she did not know
brought up a favor in the cotillon to Miss
i hope you remember me-" he said, as
She got up to dance.
Surely" she said. cudgelling her mem
Dry as 10 when and where she had met
him
~ knew you as soon as you came into
the ROOM the man went on, as they cir-
'.ed around the room. "only you are pref
ur than ever. How odd 1t is that we
should both be in New York and at this
particular ball. DO you remember the old
ca'cing class at Dresden. How long ago
1t seemsr'
He evidently has taken me for some
enc else thought the girl, but he Is
0eeide1ly good looking. and Mrs. q. would
not nave asked any one to her house who
was not all right. will just see how long
Ne VIII keep it up" And when her turn
came she took him favor.
may come and see you, may / not?'
was the strangers next question, as they
danced. Where are you staying?"
My address is No. Fifth avenue,
sae answered, now quite excited about the
adventure. Il hope you will not forget
No danger Of that" he answered
SINCE it is yours" AS he left her he
tad. Il cannot tell you how glad I am
10 see you again."
how did YOU ever know him?" ex-
uidlned a girl of her acquaintance, who
was sitting near her.
VINO is he?" questioned Miss s., with
considerable curiosity.
my, it is Mrs. Us cousin-young X
VINO has been living abroad since he was
tuu1' and has just returned. He is i'm
~ rich, and, they say, perfectly
turning. All the girls are dying tC
"loW aim. How did you manage it?"
must get that visit" thought Miss S.
n oIs and more pleased with the amuse-
,.eu' OF the situation. "And how can ar
,,a"se H. for Of course, he will ask fol
e wrong person." AS she had hoped, he
name up to say good night and to ask
f,n |hen she would be at home on the