The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26


she would not be able To escape hear
ing people wonder what that hand
some Mr.. smith could ever have seen
IN that faded little Mrs. Smith to make
him marry her. Whereas. il she mar
ries an ugly man. she viii never have
q rival near the throne. She Will al
ways sit upon II pedestal and wave
her eceptor az the beautX Of the
family.
Another reason that women dislike
handsome men is because the instant
men get one per cent above par IN
looks they become ins7lfferably vain
and conceited. They pose. They
strut. They have To be continually
battered and this gets upon wom-
ans nerves If there's I" be any
! bouquet throwing. she feels that it's
! the maa, who has the stronger arm
ard the better arm. Who 0uSht 10
! hIgrl the noscgays, and 1t makes her
| mad clear through when she has TO
| do it. Therefore. She does not qualify
for the job with amy great enthusiasm.
Give iler every time the honey
man Who viii talk about her eyes, in
stead Of expecting her TO sing SON
| acts TO his, who Will praise the shape
! Of her nose and tell her that her
mouth * Cupid's bow. instead of
sitting ~ adj angling for compli-
mcnt about his looks until. iii sheer
one. as one throws a bone To a hum
CRY dog
Still another reason why handsome
men do NOT fascinate women is be
cause the extremely good looking MAJ
| Is nearly always dull and stupid. Old
| Dame Nature deals out the cards with
u more even hand than We give her
credit for and when she spends aa cX-
ira amount i'll adjoining the outside or
an indiyjdual's head, she nearly al
ways skinps "A lot on what she puts
nSid, it. This is true of women as
we'll as men, bur while beauty III q
woman IS enough to satisfy men. il
doesn't fill the bill with women. A
men viii fall in love with q pretty
fool and apparently adore her to the
end OF the chapter, without ever
wearying OF her, but no man alive
was ever handsome enough to keeI
a woman thrilled after she found tina
his conversation was barren of inter.
est and palled upon her.
The fascination of the ugly man is
in thhe first place, that knowing HI
> has nothing in his looks to appeal tt
q woman, he studies her moods ant
, lenses, and learns to play upon he
as upon an instrument fashioned t,
, her hand. He learns that subtle ar
l of incense burning, SO that he intoxi
Gates her, without her knowing it, b.
He enhances her beauty by maxim;
his LONELINESS g. background agains
, | which it shows up most LUMINOSITY
], | Everywhere and always he keeps tn
: spotlight right upon her, instead Q
turning it upon himself, as the hand
!, some man does, and that is a piec
= OF flattery before which any woman
: born of woman, is bound to sue
i cumb.
q Moreover, the homely man, havin
i to rely upon his tongue and not upo
his looks becomes an adept in tn
y art of pleasing. He cultivates tina
y saVoir faure. He learns how to tall
s that women love. to pay the dee
Il compliment and strike thhe deepe
IS personal note that tells her she ha
1t been thought worthy Of study. It
e this that makes the homely man adj
It to. like Tony Lumpkin, charm tn
e very birds off the bush.
= Observation shows further that til
S homely man is the only man that the1
n is any comfort and peace in MARI,
~ ing. lie does not expect his wife
II spend her life in q gasping state
ID admiration over him nor to have HI
he perpetually telling him how muc
better looking lie is than Apollo. +
V does not pre-enpt most OF the fami
II income for his own adOrnment, as
ID handsome man is sure to do, n,
IS monopOlize the mirrors in the hou:
is gazing at his own reflection. Neith-
t. is it necessary for him to waste al
ld time posing on street corners to Il
nj to catch the admiring glances of pas
rs ing women. The ugly man knows h
q place in the domestic economy as
n. exploiter of his wife's beauty, and
Is an humble instrument of Providen
IN to increase that beauty by providil
lie 1t with the proper setting of Par
raiment. This is as Heaven designt
e and great is the happiness in II
IS household where it obtains.
al Woman never shows SO much sen
ey as when she prefers the ugly man
IN, o husband instead Of his handson
e brother. 1t was no midsummer ma
re hess when Titania fell in love with L
a beast. 1t was, and is, aU-the-ye
eS sanity
lis
g. That the eagle can look into the