The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-12-14

cupid't bow. She may be spite
full little cat and as sordid!y selfish
and greedy as they make them. No
man ever suspects woman with
pink and white complexion Of being
anything but an angel. With men
beauty iu women is satisfactory
substitute for brains and heart, and
the girl Who has q perfect profile has
hundred times as much chance to
catch good husband as a girl who
Is a perfect model Of all the virtues.
is true that men do fall in love
with ugly women, and marry them,
but this is only when the hoincly wo.
man had all the odds in her favor and
got about a mile the start Of the good.
locker. In anything like an even
race for man . affections the pretty
woman always wins out.
Nor are men alone hypnotizcd by
beauty. Women are slaves to it in
their own sex, and the woman who
wants the backing and support OF
other women can have no such valu.
able quality as good looks. This is
strange and illogical, but true. BY
what process of involuntary selection
do we women choose protoges? BY
their appearance solely. 1t ia the
pretty girl to whom some rich woman
gives frocks and frills. 1t is the
pretty girl who wants to study music
Tor whom we get up concerts to which
we sorce our friends to contribute and
buy tickets. Il is the pretty girl in
need Of work for whom wc bestir our
selves to secure situation. None
OF US ever know how really sympa-
thetic we arc until we behold beauty
IN distress, and it is an actual fact
that when we see q pretty woman
crying we all, whether We are men or
women, have an impulse to ask her
to weep upon our breast, while we tell
an ugly woman not to make fool of
herself.
There is, naturally, no moro reason
Why pretty woman should be help
cd than an ugly one, only VIC do it.
There is an instructive feeling in us
that the homely sister can scutile for
herself, and We let her do it, while
We strew the path with roses for
probably less deserving woman for no
reason On earth except that heaven
has blessed her with peachy cheeks,
and golden hair, and large, lustrous
eyes. In this way good looks have
tangible, practical value, that really
amounts to what politicians call "a
pull with society.
In business woman's 3 looks arc q
most important factor in her success.
Leaving out of the discussion profcs-
sions like the stage, where beauty is
q requisite even above talent; or call
ings like that Of the cloak and dress
model, where 2O.inch waist and
26lnch bust measure and a general
alr OF style arc imperativcly demand
ed by the advertisements, it is true
that in just ordinary, every day
avocation, a pretty face is woman g
best letter of recommendation when
she applies for job. Men deny that
they are influenced by woman's $
looks in employing her, but, neverthe-
less, it is almost impossible for an
elderly, ugly woman, no matter how
competent she is, to get situation in
an of.ce or store. 1t is doubtless a
coincidence. as married men are always
explaining to their wives, that stenogra-
piers are always young, and pretty,
and graceful: but il is a coincidence
that happens with such marvellous
frequency that it has put the elderly
and hard-featurcd woman out of bust
ness.
{ Every Owoman in commercial or
professional life soon learns that it
pays to put on her best bib and tuck
er, and make herself look as we'll as
Providence permits, when she has to
deal with men in a business way.
This is not because men are hirtatious.
for the American business man is very
seldom that or sentimental in Office
hours, but he unconsciously adopts
different attitude towards q pretty,
we'll gowned Iwcman from that which
he displays towards an ugly woman in
dowdy clothes. unconsciously he
succumbs to the softeniDg influence
of youth, and beauty, and grace. 10
one he is all suavity and com plaisance.
She can sell him the life of somebody
he neveri'heard Of in II volumes, or
get him to repaper the house she has
rented, and put in exposed plumbing,
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