Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-08-30
MEN SLAVES 10 PEA ~. q
Lament of a Woman win
Turing Face OAl

Lament of a Woman with
Turing Face, oAal'
That men are slaves to baon
fact which every woman who loo,'i, = =
quality recognizes with a no ssA' llat
the Baltimore News Virtues 2 u sa
sort and another mascuIinity dvsu'
upon in its tale what goes to N.Y. sNsis
perfect wife. Then it rushes u. q
marries a beautiful creature VIII ~ :, aug
them. @cHa
1t isn't remarkable that our broth.
weak as water and unstable j. n
wind, should regard good looks !, y
prime Importance in the Other
What Is remarkable is the naive II q
ner In which he admits this fact
Il hate to talk to a homelv wor..
said a man the other day. aWbos I,
do converse with a girl, as she Nj !.
sense enough to talk well about i
stock market, politics, or horse r.oa
1 demand that she shall be beant,f1l
Since l must talk down to her .b0-'
things which are Of no Interest," I
l Insist that she shall be pretty enon.
to justify the waste Of timep
He made this remark to femlr,.
friend who is not handsome, but Il.
has an abundance Of spirit. "And wb,,
about the woman's end Of itT N
cried. You are not at all good-lookIDs
You are not even particularly enls'
tanning. What compensation has 4.
for wasting time on your"
1t was a new point of view entlraIv
and 1t irritated his lordship. 'Tben
are some people who think l am not !,
unpresentatable," said he, and veDl
away and never came back.
II don't demand that a woman \
beautiful" said another man. aAll N
ask Is that she have a nice figure ares
we'll, so that fellow will be proud NJ
be seen on the street with her, law
large and expressive eyes and a SWEEP
voice."
lie was commonplace-looking man
with no marked destinations. His own
eyes were small and not PARTICULAR
expressive, his voice was not sweet m
he demanded the best.
ITO be born with "a face that doe
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
function he says a few polite word
and then edges toward some pretty gil
of his acquaintance. Occasionally, n
there is no pretty girl or other mean
Of rescue in sight he has perforce ~
stop and chat with me. Then / work
as better favored women never do. Il
am as fascinating as l can imagine. i
play upon his vanity, find out his pa
hobby, get him to talking about It OIL
himself and sometimes manage to col
interest him that later when there Is a
DCduIJ dOOuL AC hOGS nOb uG6CLl u6 I'VE
her.
AT dance, when my reluctant part
ner finds that l do this rather we'll bel
is sometimes nice and attentive to mel
during the evening, but generally speak
Ing 1 am handicapped seriously in tisI
race for attention. 1 have never known
a single man, not an old friend, to pick
me out to talk to or to dance with
when there was q more attractive gal
about, one with dimples and curls foil
instance. Many times the men WhoI
protest at being asked by hostess nI
sit beside me at dinner are themsevs
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 1E
homely women. Men seldom or never
are"