The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-07-27
MEN SLAVES TO BEAUTY.
Il Lament OF Woman with an Unal-
!, hiring Face.

Lament OF u w oman Win IN oASHH-
luring Face.
That men are slaves to beauty Is 9
fact which every woman who lacks that
quality recognizes with q pang, says
the Baltimore News. Virtues of one
sort and another masculinity dwells
upon in~its tale what goes to make the
perfect wife. Then 1T rushes out and
marries beautiful creature who lacks
them.
It isn't remarkable that our brother,
weak as water and unstable as the
wind, should regard good looks as OF
prime Importance in the other sex.
What is remarkable is the naive man
ner in which he admits this fact.
II hate to talk to homely woman, .
said a man the other day. when |
do converse with girl, as she has not
sense enough to talk well about the
stock market, politics, or horse racing,
demand that she shall be beautiful.
Since l must talk down to her about
things which are of no interest to me
l insist that she shall be pretty enough
to justify the waste of time"
He made this remark to feminine
friend who is not handsome, but who
has an abundance Of spirit. And what
about the woman's end Of it?" she
cried. you are not at all good looking.
You are not even particularly enter
tanning. What compensation has she
for wasting time on your"
It was a new point of view entirely,
and 1t irritated his lordship. There
are some people who think 1 am not so
unpresentatable," said he, and went
away and never came back.
Il don't demand that a woman be
beautiful" said another man. "All l
ask is that she have a nice figure, dress
well, so that fellow will be proud to
be seen on the street with her, have
large and expressive eyes and a sweet
voice."
He was a commonplace-lookin man,
with no marked destinations His own
eyes were small and not particularly
expressive, his voice was not sweet, but
he demanded the best.
ITO be born with a face that does
not attract is a terrible affection, +"
sighed a young woman not long ago.
Now, take my own case, for instance.
When a man is introduced to me at a
function he says a few polite words
and then edges toward some pretty girl
there is no pretty girl or other means
Of rescue In sight he has perforce to
stop and chat with me. Then 1 work
as better favored women never do. l
am as fascinating as can imagine. l
play upon his vanity, find out his pet
hobby, get him to talking about it or
himself and sometimes manage to so
interest him that later when there is a
beauty about he does not desert me for
her.
AT dance, when my reluctant part
ner finds that do this rather well, he
is sometimes nice and attentive to me
during the evening, but generally speak
ing l am handicapped seriously in the
race for attention. have never known
a single man, not an old friend, to pick
me out to talk to or to dance with
when there was more attractive girl
about, one with dimples and curls, for
instance. Many times the men who
protest at being asked by a hostess to
sit beside me at dinner are themselves
homely and awkward besides, but some
times 1 think that the uglier the man
the more attractive he demands that
the girl he pays attention to shall be.
women are rather attracted to
homely women. Men seldom or never
are"