Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-07-11
WHY USES
PAINT and POWDER
Vanity and Desire to Be Re-
garded as Pretty Chief
Causes.

Henrietta Rodman in Mothers Magazine.
1t is at breakfast a few days later
that you notice that Edith loo not
loot well. There are dark lines under
her eyes and she is very pale. You
insist upon knowing what she has been
eating n whether h has slept well.
Don't worry. MOTHER" laughs Will.
"All the girls look like Eide"
II hope there isn't any harm in using
a little powder" says Edith stiffly." lt
just keeps you face clean"
Not a little. perhaps" you exclaim.
but, my child, I can't have o &c out
looking like that. You're positively
whitewashed."
The man Of the family has been
keeping silent. but now he speaks.
I'm ashamed of you, Edith" he
says sternly. mo refined woman would
ever go out in the street looking as
anything but a lady. | want you to
understand his now. There are plenty
of women about with their faces paint
ed and their eyes ~darkened but they
are recognized by every man who sees
them. They're unfortunate creatures
Never let me see you again when you
might be mistaken for n Of them. Go
upstairs and wash your face"
Edith goes very meekly.
1Ou remember your own SlTIlOOUs
n try to explain your daughter to her
father.
Edith doesn't mean any HARM" you
| assure him.. The child is crazy to be
admired. It's not just selfish vanity.
She really wants people to think well
Of her"
"Boys!" growls her father.
WELL" you urge that's natural.
Think how many generations of wom-
en- were getting ready to be married
when they were Edith's age 1t was
their duty to marry early SO that they
my grandmother had 16. You can
expect girls to change, in a generation
or two, habits that nave been forming
for thousands of years."
Il don't see why a 15-year-old girl
should paint her face and wear false
hair because her great grandmother
was engaged at Is"
"She wouldn't nave been engaged at
Is If she hadn't been attractive to
young men," o explain. Edith and
ing to get married. They won't sue
coed, Of course. because we and tho
other parents won't let Them"
Il don't see any reason why a girl
should make a fool Of herself in order(
to be attractive to men," says Edith's
father impatiently. Shed much bet
ter learn to cook"
You hide a smile. "The girls arc
under the impression that young men
prefer beauty to common sense. That
they admire a girl vino has large eyes
and a pink and white skin, a slender
waist and small feet, more than they
do a girl with large waist and feet.
or one whose complexion is o SO
brightly colored."
why. Mary says Edith's father,
you talk like a suffraget. Do you
mean that you think men are respon-.
sible for all the extravaganza and
absurdity Of young girls?"
The man Of the house is becoming
irritated and you leave the dishes on
the table and go to him. You stand
behind him. as you have stood for
years. with your. arm on his shoulder.
~ amt denying women are fools.'"
you quote George Eliot, softly. ".God
almighty made them to match the men,
And I guess well all Improve together.
But. John, when I was Edith's age, I
was just as silly as she is and you
liked me that way. Do o know.
sometimes I'm really frightened when
I think OF what we married each other
for. You chose me because I was q
pretty, young girl, and I was to be
chosen because you were a fine look
ing young man with a good position.
II there hadn't been such a lot in both
of US that neither Of Us had sense
enough to look for, we Shouldn't have
lived al happily together as we have
L done for these 20 years."