Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-06-04
NOT ALWAYS PERFECT
by CORA wEEMs.

ny CONA WEEMS. ~
sesesssssssesseessssssssss
-As for that, said tho girl with the
box OF chocolates, there are simply
lots OF things about myself that rd
like TO change II had the chance.
Now. I've never liked my nose. As
a mere child hated It and since I'VE
grown up my feeling In regard to It
Is desperately unchrIstian. It's such
a mean nose--It's too long and It IL
fat at the end, and there's no way Of
Disgusting Il. It's a rulnous nosel"
''Oh. mercyl" said the girl who was
helping the other girl dispose Of the
candy Il wouldn't feel that way
about iti Why. after one gets used 70
II one never notices II, reallyi Con
stance, II you are careful to keep your
head turned 80 that people don't get
a profile view"
'Yes, that1l help lot. broke In the
girl IN blue serge. Looking straight
at you one cant see how fat tho tip
OF your nose really is. dear And I've
seen noses so much worse--aIl over q
persons facet or course, your head
Is small. and that makes your nose
more prominent But I shouldn't feel
90 bad about tiff we forget our af-
hictions 80 much easier--"
We'll, think you have lot Of
nerve to call my nose an afiIictioni-
cried the girl with tho chocolate.
You talk aa though I were a side
show freak. at the very leaati OF
course. Il has It's faults, but It isn't
such an impossible nose, I'd have you
knowi suppose notice II more than
any one else does. and must say
Kitty phippe, that II | were you I
lhlak boaL is ofonIl IS
gifi fl hlno nergn You've heard me
mourn over It often enough and say
I'd give my head II could change IL
I'm not claiming 70 ba beauty and
I know there are sometimes few
tiny spots on my face
Tiny" cried the girl with the choc-
olates. my goodnessi never saw
any one with more things the matter
with her facet II Il isn't broken Out
II iB yeliow-spotty or just q gray
brown color"
Yes. I've noticed that" eagerly
broke In the girl in brown. How
funny Kitty's complexion acts some
timeal lid you ever notice that II
gets Just the color Of her hair. 30
she looks all alike? ! think II is most
curiousl"
THE hard part IL" said the girl
who was helping dispose Of the candy,
that you can't get away from a bad
complexion. There isn't thing you
can do 10 distract attention from t.,
because II Is the most prominent
thing"
I'm certainly much obliged to you'"
interrupted the owner OF the COM
plexion that was under discussion.
I'm glad to find out that YOU regard
mo as q human monstrosltyi Ny COM
plexion may not be the finest on earth,
! but guess I'd pass In a crowd II
isn't necessary to be an insipid pink
and white TO be good looldngl Art.
lists have been known to rave over
the color symphony OF a girl like me---'
all faint golden-brown. they call III
They"
Anyhow" said the girl who was
helping 10 dispose OF the candy. I'm
| glad I'm sensible enough to realize
my weak points and not so foolish
as TO think I'm a regular Venus h
What I'd like to change 10 my figure.
suppose you've noticed
"Oh, indeed, we havelr interrupted
| the girl IN brown But wouldn't
worry over it so much. or course, tho
| fashions are bound to change some
day and suppose when it's no long
or the style to look like a lakh it'lK
be bad for you, but Just now you're
all right. You're Just the thing Why,
everybody Is simply trying to look
! shapeless and iank."
Il should think you would be glad, z
said the girl with the chocolate, TO
know that You have absolutely no
| hips nor any shape at all
THANK you so muchip tartly said
the young woman under dlscusaiong
If you can't appreciate figure that
Is svelte and willowy suppose that's
your misfortunel II takes i con-
nolsseur TO admire some types o.
beaury-types out Of the ordinaryl'
Since you are beefy and billowy T.
suppose Ia seIf-defense you have to
run down everybody elsei Thank
goodness. am what ami"
We'll, anyhow" sighed the girl Ia
brown. barring my hair and eyes. my
complexion and teeth and figure and
ears and NOSE. think I'm rather good
lookingl I'm really sorry for you uns
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