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

she will answer None. On the contrary,
1t has been decided disadvantage" She will be
quite honest in saying, for she will tell the truth
For this ] give reasons, convincing to myself,
and hope, satisfying to you. At any rate l shall
try, and If / convey to you one-half the earnest
protest that lies in the soul of any beauty against
her lot you will pity instead of envy the who
is beautiful
Beauty has always seemed to me beacon the
high of life. beacon suggests something fash
ing. brilliant and wonderful does it not? And yet
what is beacon the high seas? lighthouse
calling attention to the rocks about it, That is
precisely what beauty does. 1t calls attention to the
imperfectons which lights, throwing them into
cruel relief How often have you heard some
exclaim What a pretty girl! Isn't it a pity
she is so fat2" or, What sweet face! Isn't it
a shame that she is so AWKWARD" And most often
you have heard She's pretty but hasn't an ounce
of brains"
Really physical beauty only accentuates the lacks
which might pass unnoticed the owner pam
OF face or FORM ! speaking honestly when say
that beauty is cruel light turned garshly upon
all the crudenesses of youth and flaws OF mind ana
character Were It not for certain outward loneliness
these inward uglinesses would scarcely be manifest,
certainly would not be thrown daringly upon the
screen of the public mind. Because woman Is
beautiful too much is expected OF her Every very
moan at some time: "so much is expected OF
beauty"
The World Is Cruel &c Beauty.
~ IT, as ia the case with some of the most famous
beauties they the stage, their debuts are
torment The audience notices when the unusually
handsome woman walks upon the stage an exceptional
endowment of good looks and at this punctuateS
her lack of experience
"Pretty, but gawky!" Handsome, but horrlDle
actress" These Encouraging phrases float up TO heI
failure or apoplexy. Year after it is the same
and when after she has gained experience ana Skill
she improves the Improvement is gruolngly hoIeu
by the critics. The world is as cruel to q Dedlty
as it is kind a lover. 1t seems 10 dehS neI
everything the beauty, and that discounts a"u
decries. -,
Soon a beauty learns that she does not oelong
to herself but the public. She may be the daugn'er
of a multi-milloneire the eghteen-dol lar-a-WeeA
girl at the end of the chorus line, but in snort
time she will find that she is only herself-hmlted;
The public has part in her. 1t speaks OF Our MARY
or New York's lovely Miss Smith. her peau!y
is not her own. She is not her own. Inc pu0nt
owns shares in her which it claims by staring a.
her and making rude personal remarks, as one
not up to the mark to-day. Wonder what's . tMe
metter7 She is the kind that ages fast" The public
as freely as the mayor the head OF the street ce
ing department ~
The beauty cannot enjoy herself as other women
do She is always on exhibition. She has the sense
~ being ALWAYS on parade. beautiful woman longs
IN get into a sweater and about with her har
rnussed as other women 60. but she must not NO
somo one NAV be looking over a hack fence or cut
and saving she beauty? Why, she's a fright.
This s esDecialy unforgivable in this country. III
Furope one is permitted to perspire and wear
sweater and big loose boots. and that Is the reason
like to stay over there.
Won WisE