Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-28
The Making of Pretty Girl
BY
TYvHEN a girl Is between twelve
w and sixteen she is said to be at
the ungra ceful age

w and sixteen she is said 70 be at
the ungraceful age
Personally. I think it the first dan
eerous age. and there are several others
for woman does not stop at 40, as
the heroine OK famous story seems to
believe
The impressions gathered by the
child a this ungrateful age are deep
and not easily effaced
It is nov that she gets her first IDEAS
Of her own future. and she begins TO
set standard for herself, according to
the Influences which are brought to
bear upon her.
Between twelve and sixteen girl
gets an idea Of her own good looks.
and she begins to try and enhance
Them Her vanity develops often this
vanft, Is Ike a dollhouse plant stimu-
lated by the constant attention she re-
ceiv4s from the members OF her family
who don't hesitate to say. How pretty
Dorothy is getting to be" tight before
her as IL she had no ears 10 hear, or
brair ~ grasp the significance Of the
remark
that in other families the budding
charms and beauty Of the Young girl
are never remarked upon, and Isabel Is
frankly TOLD that IT Is quite ugly while
IN the contrary. she is slowly evolving
into very pleasing, natural young girl
think II is Just as wrong to harp
unon a girls physical Shortcomings
during this abnormally sensitive period
as 1T IS 10 tell her that she is going to
be q beauty.
The Family to Blame.
MANY a girl who at fourteen was
awkward and lanky. and at fifteen de-
veloped frtghtful crop Of pimples has
been made desperately unhappy by the
sarcasm of her family. and as often as
not girl IKE this viii develop into
rsw-boned, self conscious young Won
an. when. with little help and encour-
agement. she could have overcome her
physical awkwardness and learned to
care forth skin and become In time
graceful and attractive woman
The physical readtustmsnt which
Soas on in the young girl between
twelve and sixteen, and which often
lasts tin eighteen Is accountable for
the poor. compilations and especially for
the pirnples and blackheads. which be-
gin 10 show themselves on some sub
tects arYer the fifteenth year Where
chrd is anaemic you can expect black
heads TO appear about this time, and
there is no use trying lotions or salves
The ana emic girl simply has not force
enough in her system to throw on the
impurities In the skin The blood
doesn't circulate properly, and it is
useless to expect these spots and
blotches to disappear until the root Of
the matter has been remedied.
In our system Of education the hard
est part Of school life comes Just at the
time when a girl needs rest, quiet and
the most care No wonder our best
scholars are nervous or anaeTic and
break down at examinations.
If the pretty girls parents want he
to get through her school days without
losing the vitality and strength which
she needs they should see that she
gets plenty of fresh air, the most
wholesome and simple kind of food.
enough amusement and healthy reorea
ton. and is in bed early every night
The average American girl OF this age
does not get enough sleep She Is al
ways trying to keep up her end socially,
10 go to parties, to entertain. and she
feels that she is much abused II she
does not get her share OF theatergoins
All this with her school work is a tire
mendous strain on her nervous system
and II is no wonder that foreigners who