The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-19
Beauty is but skin deep,
Ugly's to the bone;

guess 1T must be true, for L daily
meet old friends who tell me 1 don't
change bit-look just like did for
ty-years ago-which is pretty strong
evidence that "it's to the BONE L
had freckles when a boy, and used
to wash my face in butter-milk to
take them off; but it soon got so |
couldn't make the milk pass my
mouth SO, 1 let them spread until
they ran into each other and became
a solid freckle; and thus it has stood
for over half a century.
I like a thing that's lasting, if |
may except such things as bad colds,
headaches tooth aches, boils, car
buncles and people who are always
fussy and complaining. The less |
have to do with such, the happier l
an.
Speaking of ugly people, our little
city had a goodly number of them,
in times past, whose names would
like to mention, but | forbear, lest
might overlook some and fail to
mention others. who were quite as
ugly; and in SO doing offend some of
their living kin.
A little story will give the reader
an idea of the number of ugly men
we once had, and make him under
stand also how evenly matched they
were, as to looks.
A man from the country was COM
ing to Raleigh on a certain occasion
to see gentleman whom he did no.
know; but. his neighbors told him
there would be no difficulty in find
ing and recognizing him. 1.-THE ugli-
Test man you meet on the street.
they said, will be the man you wish
to see."
Soon after he arrived he met one
whom he thought would fill the bill.
and he began to slSirmish around
him; but before he ventured to speak
to him, here came another who. he
thought was just little grain uglier
than the first one; SO, he began TO
"sidle" up to him, and was just in
the act of Introducing himself and
proce eding to business, when. looking
across the street, he saw another ap-
preaching, little harder favored,
than either of the other two. lie
felt very sure then, he'd found his
man, and SO, he ventured to call him
Mr.. B." The gentleman looked at
him in amaZement and said: do Tcu
intend to insult me ?" The poor
country fellow didn't know how to
answer, except to say: I'm stran-
ger here and came to see Mr.. B., and
didn't know but you were he, as some
one told me he's about your size"
Just then another gentleman hove in
SlSnC ana the cOunIfyfIldll knew lie
made a mistake, and thought the
right man was approaching; but
he'd been SO badly scared by the last
one he let number four go by without
speaking to him; in fact fifth one
appeared just then, whose ugly was
SO we'll set and deep-rooted he just
knew neither of the four was Mr..
B., and, not knowing how many
more there were to come, nor how
long his anxiety would be prolonged,
he decided to go home and bring a
man with him who knew Mr.. T.,
rather than run the risk of insulting
anybody else.
Yes, we used to have some vt ry
substantial cases of ugly i'm our city,
rate men and women by their deeds
and not by their looks, fully believ-
ing in the adage that, pretty is, that
pretty does"
I've seen some very good looking
people who were very ugly; and l
have seen some very ugly people who
were good looking; and don't hes
itate to say, 1 like the latter class the
better And this leads me to re-
mark that pretty girl very much
detracts from her prettiness when
she descends to slang and poses as a
fast girl; while, on the other hand.
homely girl grows in beauty and
est and sensible in her demeanor and
conversation.
Some people have two sets of man
ners-one for the home-the other
for company or when they go Wis
iting; some, on the other hand. have
no manners at all. at home nos
abroad-while others. still. are we'll
behaved all the time. and every
where. and don't have to go to the
trouble of putting on" as it's per-
fectly natural with them to be po-
lite. courteous and genteel. Refine
ment is inbred. and it doesn't know
how to be otherwise than genteel and
ladylike.
Hotel keepers soon size up man.
Their criterion is table manners. n
well-bred man is very apt to eat
such things as he likes. if they can
be had; if they are not to be had he
makes his meal. as best he can, on
what is set before him, pays mis- bill
and leaves. Another fellow. who
would have you believe that he Is
exceedingly tony, and used - high
living, is much harder to please. lie
finds fault with every thing; and, if
the landlord shows himself. while he
is at the table. he'll be very apt to
ask him why he has not this or that,
for gentlemen to eat?
I have often noticed the difference
in the behavior of people, and al
ways observed that gentlemen ard
ladies are easier satisfied at hotels
and with travelling arrangements -ilan
are those people who. having made g
little money, are trying to put ON the
swell. but don't know how. Office
sometimes makes q blockhead of u
fellow; in fact. it ruins not few, who
before their election. were supposed
to be very clever. They seem to for
get they are servants and, that the
little authority with which they are
invested, for a time, belongs to the
people whom they are serving. A
sap-head of that species. for decency's
sake, should be taken down. And it's
only a matter of time when he will
be dropped out: and. when it will
be too late for him, to be benefited
by it, he will doubtless repent of his
swellheadedness and wish he had
utilized more common sense, in the
time of his promotion.
/ never thought an ugly person
ought to be blamed for his ugliness-
say "his," because it would be un-
gallant even to intimate there are
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