Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-22
Beauty and Politics

Lack Of beauty is the bane Q
many woman's life. Lack of spir
it and sprightliness, muddy com
plexion and lustreless reyes max
the prettiest women look common
place and unattractive, and fey
there be that eau stand equanimit'
being homely when they might b
attractive.
Beauty, Of caurse, is out of tb,
question for many women, but
there is the next stay, which is no
beauty, but attractiyeness and pref
tiness There are strong minded
girls who say they would rather b
clever than beautiful, but they
nearly always forget that 10 dis.
daining the beauty they don't pos.
sess, they needn't be too proud to
cultivate the personal charm and
magnetism that they possess or as
much as it is possible for them to
acquire.
Then, too, the woman not too
1 proud to acknowledge that woman 3
path 10 life is not only smothed but
often made actually pleasant by
her own personal charms. will see
TO IL That not any Of the many little
things that help her 10 be good to
look upon are neglected. While
not paying too much attention to
her own appearance, she never FOR.
gets that IL is always her duty to be-
sweet, lovable, charming, pretty
and distinctly a pleasure to mans
eyes, since she cannot cast ballot.
and thus watch over nations lib
eftY.
Leaving the serious side Of life
to her brother man. she casts about
IN her mind how she may beguile
the idle hours OF this same brother
man, and thus take her place in
life as guardian Of the more friyo
lous things in life-such az that
mans home, his comfort, his stom
ach and his children. OF course.
all these things are Of less impor
tance than is that great and glori.
oaa privilege o. casting ballot
marking a oross on blank space
aud dropping it into box, cross,
paper and oil.
Can you blame the woman suf
fragist for looking on the aforemen
toned frivolous things as such.
when every man drops his ballot
and then cmits lusty crow equal
to game cocks squawk OF victory;
when every man, by his manner
aud attitude toward woman, saws
plainly that her place on earth is
merely accorded her by his suffer.
auce, and not because she deserves
it, or was put there by the Creator
and has az much reason for being
there as has be; when everything
she says or does is looked upon BY
him as weak and Of no especial i'm
portance when compared to bis
great and mighty achievements.
among which are deciding the mo.
mentous question: "Will the cleo.
ton Of this man or the other bene.
g. me the most 20 But the cleo
ton 10 passed aud the best man
elected, forsooih-that is. il the
majority's idea counts for anything
A few women will 60 on naggipg
the public for the privilege of max
ing fools Of themselves, instead Of
making the best sort of housekeep-
ers and men.charmers OF them
selves, primarily to look after the
stomachs OF the voters.
Now don't pity the woman be-
cause they can't vote. What great
err privilege could possibly be given
them than that of making them
selves pleasant to aud desired by
the guardians of intellect and the
mighty ballot, natures masterpiece
man?
To remove a troublesome corn or bun
ion First soak the corn or bnnion in
warm water to soften it, then pare II