The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-03
Bv Miss Edna Goodrich

BY Miss Ed
sK any beautiful woman who thinks. what
IN advantage her beauty has been to her and
A she Will answer: None. On the contrary,
81. been a decided disadvantage. She VIII be
~ honest in so saying. for she will tell the trutn
ror This I can give reasons, convincing to myself
IA hope satisfying to you. At any rate shai
and II can convey to you onehaf the earnest
-ntest that lies in the soul OF any beauty against
,ot vou will pity instead of envy the woman who
beautiful
raauty has always seemed to me beacon on the
N soas Of life beacon suggests something fash
4. brilliant and wonderful does it not? And yet
.fst is beacon on the high seas? A lighthouse
..,1,px attention to the rocks about it. Tnat is
eseIy what beauty does, 1t calls attention 10 lne
.-ncyfecttous which it lights, throwing them into
"a cruel relief How often have you heard some
src1aim. What pretty girl! Isn't it pity
q lie an fat2" or What sweet face! Isn't it
name that she is go awkward?" And most often
/, have heard: She's pretty, but hasn't an ounce
brains" , ,or.
Really. physical beauty only accentuates toe iSo i.n
&bich might pass unnoticed were the owner PLAIN
A ssre ar form am speaking honestly "hen say
kst beauty is cruel light turned galsoiy upv pa
Il the crudenesses OF youth and ha"s OF ntnu a
rsrtar were 1t not for certain outward lovellncss
80 inward uglinesses would scarcely pe 49,
;rtainly would not be thrown SO darinsS upon is
-,een NJ the nubIlc mind. Because a woman 10
srifrI too much ls expected of her. Every very
5od looking woman ] have known hase ne"i
oan al some time: $50 much Is eApe'''u ~
|auty!"
sWorld Is Cruel 10 e Beauty.
n as is the case with some OF the most laniou'
.ssutes. they the stage their oeou'e o u
.rmeut The audience notices when the unuhuaii,
..,aonns uoman walks upon the stage exceptional
,6oxment Of good looks and at once this puncluaes
"a lack OF experience.
Pretty but gawky!" Handsome, OUT w. y. l,a,
ffess!" These discouraging phrases float up ~ t
nj nearly nut an end TO career lhiousu nSal-
5b1s or apople1y Year after year 1t is the SAINT n
"a when. after she has gained experience ailo ta s
improves. the improvement Is r,a, s1od 20 beauty
The .critics The world is as cruei 70 80 ve Ler
4 h is kind TO lover. Il seems 10 aeny Ia Ia
1eything but the beauty, and that IL uis'o
Sonn bo,utv learns that she does not belong
herself but 10 the public She may be .nT
h multi.millioneire or the eign'eeu igt,t ~ short
N AT the end of the chorus line, but IN d s
4. she .A will snd that she is only hersef-limted
Is public has part IN her. 1t speaks OF Uui baaufv
'New York's lovely Miss Smith ier ueH. nr
not her own She Is not her own, The s.,p PUBIC at
ms shares in Ter which 1t claims by staring mEhes ~
and making rude personal dnr rsn,s[SS' what's the
,sr3 eha M =, tne Ein5 that ages fast" The public
ls 1t has the equal right to crltSlAe ,ra.t c,aan
freely as the mayor or the heao oi 'n'
fhs beauty cannot enjoy herself as other women
She is always on exhibition She has tne sensn sss
xet into a sweater and run about with her nslr pan
ussed as other women do but she must not! NO.
be may be locking over nack asm'e or o. ber
an attic window training field glasses on ng
Il saving "she beauty Why, she's frienI!
8Is is especially unforgirable IN TINS county. ~
rope one is permitted to persptre ano wear s q
r,ater and big loose boots and that is the reason
Ike to stay there
YtE Eat, Drink OF Dress You Wish.
h is hard work to keep ones reputation OF being
beauty You cannot dress your hair hurriedly In
new mode and go down town TO shop. Not at all
u must II you beauty, "orh no'ne at Ine
troY, studying yourself at every angle. to De sure
1t your coiIure Is adapted to yourself You cannot
ycu are In high spirits, take hop, skip and jump
5Where. You must move slowly and sracefuiiy
n dizaity behttipg the reputation you dlont
ut but which the public has forced upon you
You can't eat what you like because 1t may make
fat You can't drink ice soda lest 1t
1ddy your corpeyop. You have tc take norrid
afcises before going 10 bed and 60 through even
cfse contortions when you get up t keep your
'pre II you so to sherry's TO luncheon you cannot
and chat with perfect enjoyment, You cannot
FEet that peone's eyes focused upon you.
ddenly you feel as though thrust into an icy pool
ne woman is staring at you. and saying Why did
ever wear that hat?
costs great deal OF time to be beauty. fon
qst give twice much time to shoppng as a
nor and 30 mora fortunate woman does; you
mot hurry through months shopping IN TWO
#us and dash off 20 a matinee Ycu must keep
~ steadily. as gsliey slave at his oars. You
st worry the lives out OF the shop girls and give
noor walkers prostration. Your shopping
n ss Important AS An election Instead of spending
N e With books With your friends. you must rest
take beauty treatrnents because you beauty.
" costs great deal Of money, You cannot affor1
year coarse cloth uor have iilcut clothes A fine
[lre must have good frame. Empty your purse
~ that you wanted 10 spend for trip to Florida.
d 70 reiurnlsh your apartment, for clothes You must
g, many of them, and expensive ones
% .nese are the lesser disadvantages. They rrI-
~ 'ng and bring frcwns, and wrinkles, and rob you
sour, beauty and your good disposition.
cSme now to the greater disadvantages affecting
III Woman in the home
10 fact known by beauties. and suspected by
pss' mat beautiful women do not attract the best
-+. Saiiow boys or silly old men 0utter about
lhme OF beauty. Intellectual do not care
psysea' beauty. Men who worth while are