Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-30

Darwin.
WOMAN AT HER BEST.
"Why is it." asked, sitting down
on Polly's trunk and dangling my legs
over the side. that woman is al
ways at her best when she is aoting?"
Polly lifted her haresfoot and care
fully spread delicate coating of
rouge under one eye before replying.
'Tll tell you" she said at length,
leaning back and squirting into the
mirror to get the effect, when you
tell me why 1t is that man, know
ing that, never is satisfied until he
goes behind the scenes and sees the
rouge wiped off and the wrong side of
the calcium"
"Oh, bosh," said I, chats easy.
Didn't you ever want to see the wheels
go round, or stick pin into your doll
to get at the sawdust, or wonder what
was on the other side of the moon,
when you were youngster? Every
thing attractive is always on the 9th
er side even heaven"
- WELL" said Polly, touching the tip
end of her nose with dash of pow
der, 80 is woman-when she is
most attractive. But, Mr.. Heavyfeath.
er, the lady manageress would object
II she knew that you were bothering
around the stars dressing room, even
1t this is only an amateur perform
ance. I've got that rouge on quite
crooked, and I can't find my curling
tongs. and you're spelling my temper
and SCATTERING your Illusions"
suppose you mean," said I, set
Ting myself we'll back on the slippery
edge of the trunk and lighting Gig
arctic with grim determination,
that q woman's attraction is all in
the perspective
Il don't" said Polly, rubbing the
cold cream into her nose and eyes un-
til they were nothing but smudge.
III you mean that you won't go away.
A woman is most attractive when she
Is most engaged. 1t doesn't make any
difference whether she is playing Ju-
ltet or making biscuits"
Or 'making-up,'" I declared. look.
ing admiringly at Polly through a
cloud Of smoke. "a man ought al
ways to watch woman 'making.up'
II he really wants to see her at her
best"
"a man." said Polly, scrubbing her
cheek Violently with towel, never
sees any woman at her best. That is
the sad part of it. The minute a man
comes around, the average girl drops
ner rollingpin, or her ping-pong rack.
ct, or her water color brush, or her
powder puff, and Immediately begins
to try to be fascinating. If she would
only go on just being herself, regard
less OF his presence, and would look
a. life and at what she is doing
through transparent medium COM
posed OF his head and body, ne would
Mr.. -.@vedthei, VIII you please
stn playing tit-tat-toe on that trnnl
and hanu ms SEse c.s nat with the
feathers? You are distracting me so
Why don't you look at what YOU
are doing through a transparent me-
dunn composed of my head and
body" asked sweetly, as held the
hat out by one feather.
Some men," said Polly, ignoring
my suggestion as she rescued the
feather and put the hat down careful
~ out of reach of my boots, fancy
that 1t is youth that makes a woman
attractive"
That depends" 1 remarked, ION
whether you like them at sixteen,
when they are unsophisticated and un.
conscious, or at thirty-six, when they
know how to wear their frocks prop
erly and hide their emotions"
Exactly" said Polly; ut is merely
the difference between getting the
raw material and the finished arti.
Gle, or ordering your dinner on the
european plan and eating at a table
dhote. It Is all matter of taste. Be.
sides, there are lots of women who
are fascinating from the time they be.
gin to crow in the cradle until the
crows feet begin to come around their
eyes,"
And ye.." said l, watching Polly
dust the rice powder over her nose.
there Is always time when a woman
Is most beautiful"
That is not necessarily the time
when she is most fascinating" re.
Joined Polly, as she moistened her lit
Tie niger between her lips and wiped
the powder off one eyebrow. Beauty
Is only powder deep, you know. l
never found that snub nose and a
lew freckles prevented m ANYBODY
from filling dance programme, nor
that lack of height or the want of
Titan locks made man less anxious
TO have-anybody lay her head on his
coat lapel"
That's So" said L; 1--WE seen doz.
ems OF raving beauties in Paris gowns
standing round against the wall tryinp
TO look comfortable while red.head.
ed little thing with green eyes and
a badly fitting frock had to divide her
dances into quarters, and even six
teenths, to satisfy"
And it is always the best looking
women" broke in Polly, who make
ehe worst matches. Are you sitting
on those curling tongs, Jack?"
! felt under the trunk cover and ex.
tracted what looked like pair of iron
pincers or a dentists tool with a
wooden handle. Polly grasped it low.
fully and then gave me an injured
look through stray lock of hair that
hung over one eye.
You were sitting on them" she
said reproachfully lust as a man al
ways sits on anything pertaining to
beauty or style when there are more
fascinating things about"
There isn't anything" 1 remarked
"morefa. mating than style when i,
Is represe- led by a smartly groomed
well-set-up woman And such WON.
an is always at her best"