The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-08-12

NOT ALWAYS Perfect
! C.. ST. - 1853
BY CORA WEEMS.


LAS for that" said the girl with tn
box Of chocolates, there are simpl.
lots Of things about myself that II
like to change If I had the chance
Now, I've never liked my nose. Al
a mere child I hated it and since w
grown up my feeling in regard to
is desperately unchristian. IT'S sucl
a mean nose-it's too long and 1t 1
fat at the end, and there's no way o
Disgusting it. It's a ruinous nose!"
"Oh, mercy!" said the girl who wa
helping the other girl dispose Of tn
candy. Il wouldn't feel that wa.
about it! Why, after n gets used t.
it one never notices 1t, really! Con
stance, if you are careful to keep you
head turned so that people don't &c
a profile view"
Eyes, that'll help a lot" broke in tb'
girl in blue serge. Looking straigh
at you n can't see how fat the til
Of your nose really is, dear. And rv'
seer noses so much worse-all over
persons face! OF course, your heat
is small, and that makes your nose
more prominent. But I shouldn't fee
so bad about tiff we forget our at
fictions so much easier
well, I think you have a lot o
nerve to call my nose an af1iction!'
cried the girl with the chocolate
"You talk as though I were a side
show freak, at the very least! O
course, it has its faults, but 1t ism
such an impossible nose, I'd have you
know! I suppose I notice 1t more thai
any one else does, and I must say
Kitty Phipps, that If I were you
wouldn't talk" 49,,
. IT suppose you + insulating some
thing about my complexion!" said thu
girl In blue serge. you've heard ms
mourn over it often enough and sa!
I'd give my head If I could change 1t
I'm not claiming to be a beauty ant
I know there are sometimes . few
tiny spots on my face"
Tiny" cried the girl with the choc
olates. my goodness! never saw
n one with more things the matter
with her face! If it isn't broken ou'
it is yellow-spotty or just a gray
brown color"
Eyes, I've noticed that" eagerly
broke in the girl in brown. How
funny Kitty's complexion acts some
times! Did you eve notice that l
gets just the color Of her hair, 81
she looks all alike? I think it is mos
cur!ous!"
"The hard part IS" said the cir
who was helping dispose Of the candy
that you cant get away from a bat
complexion. There isn't a thing you
can do to distract attention from 1t
because 1t is the most prominen'
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 regart
me as a human m~onstrosity! My com
plexion may not be the finest on earth
but I guess I'd pass in a crowd! Il
isn't necessary to be an inslp ptnf
and white to be good looking! Art
lists have been known to rave ovel
the color symphony of a girl like me-
all a faint golden-brown they call it!
They" !
q. Anyhow" said the girl who wa:
helping to dispose Of the candy, an
glad I'm sensible enough to realize
my weak points and not 80 foolish
as to think I'm a regular Venus!
What I'd like to change is my figure
I suppose you've~noticed-". D.,
ooh, indeed, we have!" interrupted
the girl in brown. "But I wouldn't
worry over it so much. OF course, the
fashions are bound to change some
day and I suppose when it's no long
er the style to look like a lath it'll
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 lank." ...
81 should think you would be glad"
said the girl with the chocolate. Ito
know that you have absolutely NO
hips nor any shape at ALL ,
Thank you 50 much!" tartly said
the young woman under discussion.
IF you can't appreciate a figure that
is svelte and willowy I suppose that's
your misfortune! It takes q con.
noisseur to admire some types OF
beauty-types out Of the ordinary!
Since you are beefy and billowy
suppose In self-defense you have to
run down everybody else! Thank
goodness, I am what I ami"
well anyhow" sighed the girl in
brown, barring my hair and eyes, my
complexion and teeth and figure and
ears and nose, I think I'm rather good
looking!- I'm really sorry for you I'm.