The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-07
BY MARGARET 70. sANGsTER.


 yCopyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.) )
 How does it happen" said girl the other day, that so many homely wo- men have handsome husbands? Dumpy little women without bit of style, frumps who have not the least idea what to wear, ugly women who posi- lively could never have had any looks to boast of, are married to men of fine presence and absolute good looks. cannot understand it."
 Said an older woman: T have been thinking about the same problem. Among the girls who went to school when did, there was one who was our belle and boast. Sally K, a girl so brilliant that she seemed to light up a room as soon as she entered it.. She was grace itself, her eyes were blue as the sky. her hair spun-gold. her com plexion a miracle. No one could com- pare with her. But though she had plenty of admiration she did not marry. 1t seemed as if she could not find the right one, or else nobody wanted her. I have never settled that point to my satisfaction. Today she is an old maid, fat and sallow, and not at all interest fng. You would not dream that she had ever been beauty.
 '@The girl next in attractiveness to her was Sopy@, lovely creature with olive skin and rose tints, a girl quite as successful in her own style as Sally, though perhaps less startling. Both girls belonged to the type called stunning. Sophy married and has d large family She is now an ordinary Hooking woman, very domestic and by no means beautiful. In our set the plainest girls married best. and strangely they have either retained more comeliness than those l have mentioned, or else they have acquired it with time. The plainest girl I ever Knew bids fair to be woman extreme 1y distinguished. and remarkable for good looks in middle age. How can 1t be explainedT
 Are there perhaps advantages in be- ing plain to begin with? Girls are dis posed to deny this and no wonder.
 Does the average man fall in love with a girl on account of her beauty? Is there anything better than beauty, more fascinating, more subtly attrac- tive and more pleasing to the other Hex7 Judging by observation, the spec 1ator would say that the strange tnde- IinabIe and elusive attribute denomin- ated charm is far more to be prized by girls than mere beauty. Charm con- sists not so much in complexion, in grace of form, and in the physical per lection that constitutes beauty, as in certain spiritual qualities which are more potential than anything external. The charm of a sweet and gracious personality outweighs that of a merely beautiful face and graceful figure. Beauty is in the eyes that see. To a man in love the girl he worships is beautiful She may be as homely as q hedge fence, but he does not suspect 1t. Theresis wonderful attractiveness in a low voice, in a gracious manner, in Kindness, in deference to older people, en the thoughtfulness which neglects no little courtesy. plain girl whose vanity has never been pronounced, who has never thought much about herself. pr the effect she is producing, is often more winsome than the arrogant beau ty
 Where did you fall in love with your wifeT I once asked a man of wide eepute in the professional world. At the bedside of her grandmother" was the reply, where I noted the sweetness of her ministrations, and the tenderness and patience of her daily life"
 The great doctor paused. T never