The Washington herald., 1914-04-10
LAURA ,EMLBEYS
9>1QAILY LALKSONHEARIs>S
RSga TOPICS 3s9@s
Correcting Wrong Impressions.
Known miSchiefs have their cure;

/ known mischiefs have their cure;
But doubts have none;
And better 3 despair than fruitless hope
Mixed with killing fear"
No matter how fair the average girl
may be, she is never quite satisfied with
herself II her cheeks are pale as the
petals Of a white lily. she sighs because
they do not bloom like a rose.
When crowd Of young girls get to-
gether. one whispers to the other a solu-
ton of the problem. Surely little rouge
| wouldn't hurt. or 4 bit Of powder dabbed
on a dainty nose and then hastily
brushed OF again. They long to look
beautiful like their elder sisters. These
| little amateurs make sad caricatures OF
their pretty faces. With powder an inch
thick. cheek and lip tinted vermillion red,
and eyes made up. they sally forth to be
| admired OF all observers
They are nice girls, modest. too. even
though they chatter like rlagpies as they
| stroll along and giggle and laugh as only
merry, hght-hearted. very young girls
do. Then they are shocked to the very
depths of their sensitive souls to see the
young men whom they pass on the street
oglng them. and hear impertinent re-
marks addressed to them. and comments
"hlch orinS real hushings to their cheeks
as well as tears to their eyes
II these girls could see themselves as
others see them they might realize they
had brought these misfortunes upon
themselves by appearing to be a very
different class OF girls from what they
really were.
Rude young men will always jeer and
act Familiarity toward a girl who gets
herself up to challenge his attention. as
ne lnters- The same young men would
raise row if their own sisters got thea
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parade. Girls can look just as pretty
dress as natty. and be quite as chic with
out even a yestige of makeup on their
faces.
In after years, when their charms are
fading, they may need il to coax back a
semblance of youth and beauty: but never
until then. The girl who talks sIangy
thinking IL is quite smart. soon after she
is introduced to A man is more than ant
oygive him an idea that she is one Of the
sporty kind. while she is not. Not that
girls have to talk and act by a rule; far
from it,
II they're sweet. natural. and Joyous
that is all man is looking for in his
search for a sweetheart. The modest
girl makes mistake in copying the man
nerism of her companion who thinks il
cute to be swagger and have a doll-Iike
face.
- must bt sdlu. IN DendH OF the girls
that when their mistake is pointed out
to them they see their folly and hasten
TO correct il. that they may not create
wrong impressions. Every girl should
regard the proprieties and not be tempt-
ed to look ridiculous In public
Miss Iibbcy's Replies to Your Let
Correct name and address must he
given to insure attention. but not Ia
printD
4 CROSS WIFE
Dear Miss Iibbey: I am a very in
dustr1ous husband and have a wife whom
/ think an awful lot of We have been
married seven years. She was. the first
few years. as dociIe as a lamb. and 7
had some say So about the house.
Nowadays she has taken a different turn.
and scarcely gives me any other bur a
cross word from the moment 1 come