The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-01-31
BEAUTY AND POPULARITY.
Something About the Relation of One
to the Other in the
Gentler Sex.

Pretty women are not always pop.
ular. Indeed, the rule is that the
pretty woman has hosts of enemies
not only among those of her own but
the opposite sex. This seeming
anomaly has caused a good deal OF
discussion, and Jerome K. Jerome has
been abiding to it in an English peri.
odical. Il am unable to express a
personal opinion on this subject in
it's broadest bearings, being a married
man." he says. 1.-THE best I can do
for you is to give you the result of a
few inquiries I have made among the
sex itself. I put your query first to a
cousin of mine, a girl of that age
when n is sure of many things upon
which later we become less confident.
'Of&course they are!' she replied, EN-:
phatically; what a stupid question:
1T is not my question: I interrupted;
it is the editor's.' Il don't care
whose it is she retorted; '-as if he
could not see it for himself, the silly
mani q am not excusing her; she
has been brought up that way; it is
nothing to do with me.) why, it is
quite a nuisance at times-you know
what I mean; people worry you, won't
let you alone. There is such a lot OF
things I wanted to do this year
study Italian, read Goethe. 1t is SC
silly of them, because really the plain
girls r just as nice. 1 know some
awfully nice plain girls. Men are
very silly in that way. If I were q
man I would rather talk to a plain
girl
II asked a married woman next, the
wife of a professor of mathematics
She considered the question for a
while in silence, and then answered.:
with men, yes; but with her own sex
no. They are very curious in that
way she continued; women. Now
with me it is different. I like a pretty
woman, and, generally speaking, they
are nicer. A plain woman is general
ly a bit warped in her mind. She
knows she is plain and broods over it
Then that, of course, makes her en-,
vious. Now, there is Mrs. -; well, J
won't mention names-you know her
I dare say. She would be really a
very nice woman if it were not fol
that. I am sure I try to be as agree.
able as I can be to her, but she posi-
lively hates me-
"Going up the scale Of age, I next
cornered a widow. Said she: Il think
such discussions do harm. They leaG
silly women to believe that the only
thing to be considered is personal ap.
pearance. I am convinced that in re.
atty it plays a much smaller part
than we imagine. I always think Of
what poor, dear James said to me
only a day or two before the accident.
I remember the occasion very well.
We were sitting on the balcony of the
hotel overlooking the bay; it was q
moonlight night. "Tell me, James," ]
said, edo men marry merely fo1
beauty?" "Often," he answered, "anG
live to regret it," "And have you re.
GREETED it, James," I asked. "No, Mil.
dred," he answered, "never. But il
beauty had been your only charm J
might have. Your face attracted me
I admit; it is your mind and heart
that have held me-" Those are the
most important things continued my
widow friend-'mind and heart
have questioned other ladies also, but
these three replies set forth embody
the wisdom that I have thus gathered
on the subject, and which sum.
married. would seem to be this:
Ladies, you should thank God you are
pretty. but not be conceited on the sub.
ject. 1t is no credit to you personal.
ly, hat you are beautiful. 1t is a free
gift from Heaven, for which you
should be grateful, and to it you
should endeavor to add goodness and
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