Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-17

ters Of Eve. To be really captivating a
girls manners must leave something
to the Imagination. To be really frank.
coquettish. sweet-tempered. ill-tem-
pered, visionary or religious Is to at
once remove all suggestion and debar
imagination. The captivating girl sug-
gests both sweetness and a mere touch
of the possibility of acerbity-given
provocation; she infers that she is sim
cere. but with an e~lusiveness that al
most V insincerity: n sees In
her religious sentiment without bigotry
and through all a disposition to be
happy as n bird in the sunshine, with
strong indications that she considers
sunshine made for her and to be Of
fered up constantly at her shrine.
The captivating girl is neither bold
nor difident. She is modest in dem4an-
or and sometimes a trile Drudish. The
girl who is too prudish is nearly always
more attractive h a the girl who is not
prudish enough.
The captivating girl is seldom wholly
unselfsh. That type Of girl is beloved
by her girl friends, by old people and
children, but she is much too good to
attract the average man The openly
unselfsh girl is seldom n more at
tractive TO men han the openly and
extremely selfish girl. Both must have
these qualities we'll mingled with other
traits TO insure much attention.
Charm of manner means infinitely
more in a woman thar any other quail
ity to attract. 1t makes ugliness an
pear beautiful and has It's train of adj
mirers irrespective Of a woman's per-
sonal appearance.
Quite apart from any desire to capti-
vate her men friends every girl owes
Il to society to cultivate charm of a
rer. to give pleasure to others through
the graces of pheasant, intelligent speech,
sympathetic interest and the sincere eff
fort to give happiness wherever 1t may
be possible to do so.
"Ir only one could be a Venus de Milo by
merely wishing" sighed the littlest girl,
rubbing her ~retrousse nose with a resent
full finger tip.
What a monotonous world 1t would be-"
interrupted the tall girl in the Gains
borough hat of Neapolitan straw and
many plumes. "Swamped in feminine
beauty, a man could not reach a matrt-
monial decision. And IL girls were all
beautiful, he could no longer offer as an
excuse for marrying the homely girl OF his
heart that t!me-worn thrust. Wei, you
know, it is safer to marry q girl who is not
too handsome. Your beauty Is always
conceited and SELFISH"
But 1t Is the tall, beautiful girl VINO
catches the husband" persisted the littlest
girl. turning her disappearing gaze on a
tiny freckle perched on the second knuckle
OF her right hand.
You mean, she catches the dancing
partners, DEAR" suggested the other tall
Girl, from the depths of a green wicker
chair. The ballroom beauty may ac-
cumulate German favors, but 1t is the
small, clinging type of grille who stacks
up proposals from eligible men-and she
does not have to be a bit of Dresden china
of a Greuze study in womanhood to do II,
either"
Right you are" was the slangy com
ment Of the Gainsborough girl. Don't
you remember the season when the Gibson
type of girl was all the rage? We all
went in for deep pointed girdles and held
our chins high, and what happened? Four
engagements announced that winter in. our
Sct-ard three Of the girls were so snort
chat they could not enter the Gibson class
without using stills"
(Which goes TO show that it is the girl
and not The type that wins" This from
the depths Of the wicker chair. And half
tire JOY Of living TO the feminine mind is
| Gc.UGiug your dearest friends-or your
enemies for that mdtter-into the belief
ckat you are what you are "Eot-beautiful."
"1Lmpn," was the u~nmannerly comment
Ct the .ittlost girl. Having reduced her
Go.H record and raised the number of her
lreck,es on the links tnat morning, she felt
that ill-humor was her privilege. I'd like
20 know your recipe
The tan figure sat erect in the green
wicker chair.
by making the most of your good
points and softeEilS your bad ones. Per-
haps, though, you are one Of my inttmates,
you never realized thar my foot<is quite
cut Of proportion to even my good height.
In fact, l have all my shoes made TO. order
with a view to softenlng this defect. 1
never wear very pointed toes, or very
heavy soles, nor bright buckles, embroid-
cry or beads, or anything else that VIII
attract attention to my feet. ! use as high
Il heel as / can endure with comfort, and
a we'll arched shoe, with a medium vamp.
The high arch foreshortens my long foot.
a long vamp would make it look longer
and a very short vamp would draw atten-
ton to the stretch of hosiery or leather be-
tween the edge Of the vanp and the ankle.
When / wear low shoes, ties or slippers, /
have tie and stocking match perfectly,
and / never wear embroidered or fancy
~openwcrk hosiery. AS a result OF this in
finite care, l viii guarantee that If l
| acknowledged the real size of shoe / wear,
not ore Of my friends in a hundred would
believe nc
Blu feet and noses are so different"
waved the litlest girl.
But If I had a throat like yours, I'd
make the world forget my nose"
Instinctively the littlest girl touched her
nxquisitely nodded, girlish threat, now
Gadly tanned from much exercise on the
links.
II would keep it daintily white, and set
II off with low gowns, quite low for even
ing with pillows of tulle as a frame; round
or square baby necks' for afternoon. set
off by quaint little frills and fittings CT
ribbons or old~-fash!oned laces. l would
have no end OF fine necklaces Of the most
delicate sort, and the world would he so
busy raving over my throat and shoulders
that it would not look at my nose
The girl In the Gainsborough applauded
vigo. 'ously, and the littlest girl blushed
and then laughed good humoredly.
Thanks for the hint. And just 10 show
you that l take it in good part, / will turn
the collar OF my shirt waist Up and send
for Nine. Polly 70 massage my throat this
very afternoon
The twentieth century woman who has
studied beauty culture faithfully may not
pass muster under the relentless gaze OF
connoisseurs in artistic feminirity. but she
Is certainly past mistress Of the art OF
making the best of her good points and
softening her bad ones. a noted woman
writer recently scored her own sex, as she
sees them IN New York, anent this very
topic. She declared women We're giving so