El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-29

= ASCULtNE sincerity seems 70
NJ be at stakei
Any number Of my girls
have written to me recently and
begged ne to reconcile the sweet
modest home loving girl men profess
10 admire with the gay and giddy
creatures on whom they bestow their
attentions Here IS q little letter
from an anxious maiden which fairly
duplicates dozens OF other letters
from dozens Of other puzzled girls:
Dear Miss Fairfax-Are men just
a lot OF talk or what? Recently an
acquaintance Of mine said that he
didn't like a girl to use even powder
That he liked the refined type. That
ne had very little use for a girl who
airted and that he. even he--a man
cared little or nothing for chance &C
quaiutances. But when ] introduced
aim 70 my friends-sweets refined
girls-he almost ignores them And
ne has been seen out with girls re
would hardly meet in his own circle
and yet has seemed very devoted to
hese questionable looking made up
creatures. How do you account for
Men Like Natural Girls.
II I could entirely account for this
situation all the peculiarities OF nu-
man nature would be revealed 10 me.
There are explanations Of our own
Inconsistencies. but they do not gloss
over the fast that Inconsistent we
humans are. Men do like sweet. re-
fined. natural girls-and when they
are thinking about It seriously and
sanely. their good judgment makes
hem realize that they not only Ike
but actually prefer Sweet Simplici-
ry- and Miss Modesty" to Paint and
So Much for sane, human judg-
we all know the story Of the man
who sWore off drinking. marched
proudly and bravely by three glitter
ing saloons and then took himself
into the fourth TO treat himself for
the strength Of character he had just
shown
Human beings are Ike that Men
like modest, refined girls but they
have, a 'hankering~ for the forbidden
the corn silk cigarets they smoked
behind the haystack IN their teens,
the circus they sneaked Of 10 when
supposed TO be doing the chores. the
runaway trip 20 the pool parlors on
prayer meeting nights.
The spirit of adventure, the desire
for change. curiosity about the for
biddsn-an these make it possible
logical even-fcr men to pFate OF
their high ideals and then EaIlivant
off after that which is most complete
" unrelated to the ideals OF their
preaching.
Men philander about with pretty,
painted dolls. Some weaklings marry
them But real men may 60 wander
ing off after glitter and tinsei for
while. and yet insist on purchasing
sterling silver for the homo.
When the sweet. fine girl gets des-
perate about the good times little
painted women are having, she daubs
an unbecoming flicker Of rouge on
her cheeks. brushes back her silky
eyelashes with ugly. unbecoming
black paint. coarsens her pink lips
into IN ugly red and makes herself
into an imitation OF the sort Of girl
who seems to be liked by her men
friends.
Only a Disappointment.
And the net results are q ruined
complexion, a heartache or two and
less popularity than ever. Il doesn't
pay TO compete with experts IN
field where they have all the data and
you know nothing. II doesn't pay TO
make yourself over into a still cheap
er imitation Of something that was
cheap in its original form
Perhaps some day men VIII be SUI
ficienrly s.uTe Of themselves and SUI
ficiently impressed by the fine quail
ties in women so that paint and JaW-
driness win always fail 20 appeal 70