The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-14
TIE NONPAREJL MAN
WoefuI Letter from IAN Ugly Ducklng,"
Who Is Easily Set Right and Shown
That She Is in Truth a Most Beautiful
and Attractive Woman.

That She Is In Truth a Most Beautiful
and Attractive Woman.
The foloWing sorrowful letter has been
received at this office addressed ito the
EDITOR of The Journal u It has every ap-
pearance or being a bona fde appeal from
person Who calls herself 1.-THE Ugly Girl
ana wonders what she can do about it. She
writes:
i read good deal about the law Of
compensation. l used to believe in it
somewhat but | have failed to discover
IN the all-too-many years Of my life the
compensatlons for being "a homely girl
A girl with no redeeming qualities of
brightness, queenly Bearing or well-bal-
anced Womanhood to make up for other
dehciencles, downright ugly girl, with
stupidity to match
Il am an ugly girl, with coarse fea-
lures, an awkward body and decidedly
stupid nina. My own family brothers
and sisters, love me, but it IS not, of
course, an affection inspired by winning
qualltles. have none. It is fine SYM
palmetto sorrow for my unattra tiveness
and sweet family devotion combined so
pleasantly as to be most precious, and it
IS very much appreciated. 1 am unable
TO attract friendship or love, and my ugl-
ness is SO exaggerated as to attract the
notlce OF strangers, altho I try to make
myself as 1nconspicuous as possible.
| = went IN restaurant today and sat
at table with we'll dressed, fine-lools-
Ing party OF people, favored of the gods.
immedlately on my arrival the man Of
the party selzed fan and began vigorous
| ]y to fan himself, saying in an audible
voice: -, your chances are gone now, ,
and continued by words and acts to add
to my discomfort, altho the very sweet
ana pretty girls who made up the rest
or the party showed their disapproval
| II do not j., At
like my uglness. I love beauty too de-
Fotedly myself and turn instinctively from
what is unloVely. I am simply puzzled
as to the Whereabout Of my compensa-
t1ons. L nave conviction that the con-
vent should be shelter for unfortunat ties
like myself, but as / have never seen a
stupid or uncomely sister, am led to
believe that the church may place sweet
ness and beauty among it's qualifications.
| MY own experience would lead me to
conclude that there is no place on the
earth for the ugly girl, and that it would
De mercl1ul act on the part of parents
If they would submit their children to
impartial judges and kill all their ugly
offspring in infancy for humane consid-
erations. Failing in this, had we not, the
ugly ones better stand in the way Of the
automobile and cease to curnber the earth
Wnne we seek our compensations IN the
Great Unknown? Or can The Journal
Editors suggest an answer to the Ugly
Girl Problem?"
Here is girl who claims to have mo
redeeming qualities of brightness, queen
~ bearing or wellbalanced womanhood, -
yet VINO writes one of the brightest and
most attractive letters received in this
office for some time. Hence we must re-
fuse to take her at her own valuation.
POSSIBLY II she seems unattra ctive to her.
Eself, 1t is. due to somewhat morbid SEN
slllVeness over what the glass shows her.
S1,n T.
sisters love her and even mentions ode
votioH.' Isn't this something of a COM
Ipensation? &74 - =. ~.
Again, If We\take the writer at her own
valuation, it is safe to say that she will
not be annoyed by dudes and other cheap
masculine f1otsam and jetsam. Some OF
her beautiful sisters could write her a
i volume ons' the value of this compensa-
ton.
And then beauty is not always on the
outer walls. There is that inward sense
that the poets talk about, and, unless
they are fooling us. it would appear that
there are things which are not seen that
Eare quite valuable assets and have the
advantage of being eternal
E.IsOutWard seenings#8are sometimes lies
that deceive u.s. There is Lowells fine
sonnet on Insight"
| + grieve not that ripe Knowledge takes AWAY
The charm that, Nature to my childhood wore,
For with that insight cometh, day by day. Il
| A greater bliss than wonder was before E
The real doth not clip the poets wings
To win the secret of a weeds plain heart
! Reveals some clue to spiritual things,
And stumbling guess becomes firm-footed art:
Flowers are not flowers unto the poets eyes,
| Their beauty thrills him by inward sense;
| He knows that outward seemngs but lies,
Or at the most but earthly shadows, whence
The soul that looks within for truth may guess
The presence Of wondrous heavenliness.
| Now, isn't this something of a com
pensation? Is not the writer Of this let
ter judging by outward seemings" and
earthly shadows" when there is within
a "wondrous heavenliness" that may
make her very attractive and very much
beloved if it is brought out?
In the story of "Jewel,'' little home
ly girl when some one spoke to he,
Of her "unattractiveness.'' she replied
that her mother had told her that you
never could tell when things would come
right to the senses, but that the beauty
might be there just the same
/ NO, we are inclined to believe that
the writer of the letter is very beauti-
1ul and attractive woman, even tho it
mas not yet come true to the senses,
Ihen we must remember the story of
The Ugly Duckling
Ten years ago today-July II, 1s94-the
a. r. U. strike was petering out
Inc cruiser Minneapolis was given an
official test of her speed, 2314 knots.
i Ihe mattress factory burned f
/ september wheat was worth 565s cents.
The Detroit baseball team hit us on the
| eye. Score, 4 to g.
The spark arrester ordinance was
passed.
/ The Children's Endowment association
was being settled up
1 We were feeling a good deal older than
we do today
/ society Note.-W. Walker J. Sorefoot.
CHARLES II. Hungry, Vicious Benson, Hairy
I Andy, Easy Jake Charles Walker Solo
mon Smoothe, Frank Leggett, Kneepan
BOD and Limpy Fellows are boxcarring IN
Inc freight yards at Cedar lake this week.
what do you think Of the character of
the fly for meanness who stands on four
i less and whets his other two front feet
on top OF the bald-headed man?
Mrs Somebody's society column states
that connection Of one third lemon
juice and two thirds rum will remove
IrecKles. Too many men act as If the \
stomachs were frecl1led
The japanese religion calls for 1853 hot
heiis This must be what they are now
llanolng out to their Slavonic friends.
Recipe for Raspberry Jam.-Leaye the
berries within reach Of the baby.
At Duluth the wheat has all gone out.