Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

Tor this can give reasons, convincing to myself
and I hope, satisfying to you. At any rate shall
try and I can convey to you onehalf the earnest
nrotest that lies in the soul of beauty against
hsr lot YOU will pity instead of envy the woman who
is beautiful
paautv has always seemed to me beacon on the
high seas of life. beacon suggests something flash
Ing brilliant and wonderful, does it not? And yet
what is a beacon on the high seas? lighthouse
calling attention to the rocks about it. That ID
nreciselv what beauty does 1t calls attention the
tmperfections which it lights throwing them into
more cruel relief. How often have you heard some
one excaim, What pretty girl! Isn't it pity
she is so fat?" or, What sweet facet Isn't it
q shame that she is awkward? And most often
YOU have heard: shes pretty. but hasn't an ounce
of brains" - ~. ,a
which might pass unnoticed were tne owner pia AN
of face or form. / speaking honestly when say
that beauty is cruel light turned garshly upon
all the crudenesses OF youth and haWs OF mln9 anu
character Were not for certain outward oVellnes
these inward uglnesses would scarcely be manifest
certainly would not be thrown so darlngy upon me
screen of the public mind. Because woman Is
beautiful toe much Is expected of her Every very
good looking l have known nave hearo
at some time 90 "uch iS eAp00
beauty"
The World Is Cruel tc Beauty.
IT, as is the case with of the most famous
beauties they the stage, their deputs are d
torment The audience notices when the unusually
handsome woman walks upon the stage an e&cep'ion"1
endowment OF good looks and at this punctuateS
her lack of experience.
Pretty, but gawky!" Handsome, but horrible
acressi" These dscouraging phrases float up 10 he
and nearly put an end career through heafE
failure or apopexy Year after year 1t Is the sans
and when after she has gained experience ana skill
she improves. the improvement is grudlngy hooeu
nv the critics. The world is as cruel to a peautS
as it is kind to a lover. 1t seems to deny h0I
everything but beauty, and that 1t discounts anu
decries. -. 1o,ono
soon A beauty learns that she does not belong
to herself but the public. She may be the aauShtG
of a multimilonaire the eighteen-dollar-a-wee
g4r at the end of the chorus line, but IN a snoI'
time she will find that she is only hersell-
The public has part in her. 1t speaks OF Our MAY,
or New York's lovely Miss Smith. her Ue1u:y
s not her own She is not her own Inc puollI
owns shares in her which it claims by staring a.
her and making rude personal remarks as 0ne
not up to the mark to-day. Wonder what's me Cne
mstterf She is the kind that ages fast. Inc pubic
feels it has the equal right to criticize beauty
as freely as the mayor the head of the street clean
ing department ,. .. ~
The beauty cannot enjoy herself as other women
do She is always on exhibition. She has the sense
of being always parade. beautiful woman longs
IN get into q sweater and about with her mar
rnussed as other do, but she must not NO
some one may be looking back fence or out
of an attic window, training field glasses on hers
and saying "She a beauty? Why, she's fright!
This is especially unforgivable in this country IN
Europe one is permitted to perspire. and wear a
aveater and big boots, and that is the reason
Yyha IN afoV