Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-01-10
AS TO THE UGLY GIRL.
Vanity IS Apt to Prove Her Undoing-
Tact an Important Con-
sideratiOn.

Sideration.
The first thing the ugly girl should do
says Dorothy Dix. is to beware of van
ity. BY that sin have angels fallen and
pretty women made guys of themselves.
How much more necessary, then. for the
ugly woman to avoid it. ii is, of course
a pleasing illusion that any of us can
wear anything. This is mistake, and
the homcly woman should sit down and
take an unbiased view of her own de-
fectS. The beauty may take liberties
with her clothes. The ugly woman dare
not be addressed. for niuety-njno times
out OF Il hundred. when we speak OF
beauty, we mean clothes instead of the
Uearer. There is comfort in this thought,
and likewise in the reflection that 1t is
perfectly possible for the homeiy girl to
be so d!sCreetly CARRIED, and present such
heWisJerlng array of chiffonS and frlls,
that she Will make the beauty look like
mar6ed-doWn remnant on Il bargain
counter. Indeed, il is n matter of doubt
whether, when you can't have both, it
isn't better TO have chic than beauty.
The pretty woman should SO dress as
to call attention TO her face. The ugly
woman should dress so as to concentrate
attention on her clothes.
The next point of importance to the
uGiH SUI Is 10 cultivate npf NINA. II
is TO her everlasting advantage that fnw
pretty women are clever. Things are
more evenly divided in this world than
we are in the way of thinking, and when
heaven bcstCws beautiful countenance
on woman it generally leaves her brain
pan empty. We all like to look at Il
charming object, and for that reason the
beauty attracts us at first; but few of
us care to contemplate still-life for long
at a time. and before we know Il we
have begun to weary of the woman who
has no wit or intelligence. Here is where
the ugly girl gets in her innings. II is
up 20 her 10 make herself 50 entertaining.
so bright and agreeable that no one will
remember how she lookS-only saws. If
you will recall the old fairy story, you
will remember that it was none of the
grand vizicr'S beautiful wives who was
able to hold him in thrall and keep their
heads. but the homely wife who was
good story-tcllcr.
The woman who is intelligent who is
in touch with all the news of the dav.
who has read the last novel and seen
the Last play, and heard q good story,
has Il dozen weapons in her armory,
while the merely pretty woman, who is
dull and ignorant, has only one. Fur
thermore. If she has some speciality. some
stunt. as our vaudeville friends say. is
she can sing coon songs, or dance skirt
dances. or do something else that bright
ems and lghtens up an evenings enter
IMMINENT, She need never realize that
she j. ugly, for her sin win not be re-
membered against her in an ennuied so
ciety.
| think that mothers who have plain
little daughters growing up into ugly
girls should seriously prepare for this
contingency. / have known 4 homtly
girl 10 he most sought after for part
ner at balls because she had been Taught
to dance eXquisitcly. | know another
on ugly, jolly, little, sHUb-nosed, frecklc-
faced thing-but who is never left ont
Of anything because she has most be
witching knack Of drumming - banjo
and always has the latest music hall
dlttF on her tongue.
Another charm is tact, and this the
3gly girl may also possess. Indeed, II
may be said she has a monopoly on H.,
for the beauty is always so much alb
sorbed in contemplating her own charms
she rarely has time 10 consider anyone
else :. The hOmcly girl, not having to
admire herself has leisure to admire
other people and 10 remember their
little weaknesses and yanities and il is
worth noting, in this connection, that
none OF lis admire anyone else 50 much
as We do the discriminating person who
admires us
Also cultivate sympathy, little sister.
1t is the best substitute thai has yet
been found for beauty. OF the woman
who can laugh over our JOY and weep ut
our sorTows we never weary, no matter
how plain she may be- We sit at her
feet, as we never do at the beauty's, and
rehearse our trumphs and explain our
defeats She makes man feel that he
is the finest fellow IL the world. no mat
ter whether his triumph consist in col
oring meerschaum pipes, - organizing a
trust. She makes every woman feel that
she has. at last. found friend who uu-
dersfands her. and who is thrilled mt
hearing q bout her clothes, aud her COOKS,
and her babies.
IL we bore her she never shows it. T.
she has troubles Of her own we never
know them She diffuses admiration of
other people She holds up a mirror iU
which You see n flatrerinG reflection of
yourself. The pretty girl expects you to
be the looking glass holder. ! submit the
inevitable result for your consideration.
Tho pretty woman feels with iusti,-
that she pays her way through life by
being a living picture, ana that nothing
else iu the way OF attainmcuts or effort.
should be expected Of her, The ugly
woman knows that she must justify he
self for existing at all. and that if she
gets any cakes and ale she mus, earn
them. Therefore, paste this DD y9ur
/ looking glass:
She must dress peautifaiiy.
She must make hers If agreeable.
She must be entertaining.
She must have tact
She must be sympathetic.
She must be gentle and graceful.
Is such a woman ever ugyt | submit