The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-28
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GIT is % terrible thlng," rather plain
little gin said to me the other day.
Ito realize that no matter how long !
live oFswhatEdo. Lean. never be pretty.
n j would make almost any sacrifice to
\ he beautiful. I would save up every
penny j earn iEiI-could buy prettness.
siwould give ten; years OF my life IL
y Tonight be lovely to look at in the time
sIshad left.
You may say that is very strong
talk. Perhaps It is. And yet sym,
patliige, witllthat girl Furthermore, |
doubt II. there lives a plain girl who
has not been in that mood sometime
or other.
AndSE don't blame them. Beauty Is
a wonderful possession, a great power
ana d continual source Of pleasure. No
wonder We all want it. But what puz-
s1Ies me is why more Of us, when we
realize, as this girl did, that We can't
have beauty don't turn our eyes to-
ward some ofthe charms which we can
nave and which are quite rare enough
to be precious.
Not every girl can be beautiful. But
every girl can have a good carriage.
Every girl can stand erect. Every girl
calllsf gracefully with the end-of her
spine against the back of the chair
and her feet on the floor. Every girl
can sgalk without affection, or undue
hurry or without striding or swinging
arms or. lopslded body.
Not every girl can be beautiful, but
e3erY girl can have repose Of manner.
She can rest the eyes OF those who
look at her by not tidgeting, not NOV
ing restlessly about, nor fussing per-
petually with her hair or neck or belt,
as so many girls do.
Not every girl can be beautiful, but
every girl can have a pleasing voice,
well modnlated and pitched low enough
To- avoid the ugly head tones that are
SO common,
Not every girl can be beautiful, but
every girl can use correct grammar
md fairly good English; She can,
MOREOVER, make her speech rare
qpantity by.,eschewing, slang Beauty
unad6rned Il }still adorned the most
they Say. Inrespect to slang, language
,Inadorned,is surely adorned the most.
Not every girl can be beautiful, but
every girl can be neat and at Yeast
moderately we'll groomed.
Not every girl can be beautiful, but
every girl, II she will give enougta
study and thought to 1t, can have be-
coming clothes and distinctive style.
Al woman who always looked perfectly
charming was once congratulated by
another woman on the pretty appear
afee5 she made, and answered: I'm
SOL glad you think so, for YOU know
: I'm moi, clever or witty or anything
Y like thai, and decided long ago that
the best l could do was to try to look
we'll all the time. I've put good deal
OK time and thought into all my
clothes. aud I'm very glad that I've
really succeeded in giving pleasure
that way There is such thing as
j the fiIe aFeYof being attractlyely dress
Z ed and it'snot an art to be despised
ether
Every girl can't be beautiful, but
these that i have mentioned are just
asSewt Of the charms that shecan have
Ishope every girl will not turn VI
her pug Or Grecian nose at these
charms merely because they are within
the reach Of everybody. lassure her
tlisk}she will not find thar so many Of
her mates have taken advantage Of
4 their Opportunities to make such
charms inthe least commonplace.
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