Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-15
BLAMEs WALL FLOWER
FOR HER UNPOPuLAR|Ty
hcatrice Fairfax Says to Let Her Be
More Adaptable to Con-
ditions.
MUST TAKE STOCK or SELVES
POINTS TO Cleopatra and Her Sister
Berenicc, Who Could Never Under.
stand Why She Was Neglected by
Men.
BY nEArnIcE rAInEAA

Bi BEATRICE EAIRFAN.
,Wlthout fail certain percentage OF
iEitera come 70 me each wech signed
WALTZ flower" Sometimes. when dcs-
pair goes even deeper. these comnluni-
Sessms afe s sisnaaures ra 9nf
Forsaken" and IRE jcctcd'--ail sign
the same melancholy dirGc: lie cometh
II seems that men are not interested
IN IN NJ, tnese giris. N? one asks them 10
Ter, no one tells them they are beau
tttul. fascinating. the hes, company in
ths world. or that they are even rest,
tuL' WHICH seems very doubtful sort
OF compliment TO me.
And they say. these girls who arc
ss good looking. just as Attractive,
33gS n,. a; c:eyer as those more fortunate
bbs s Ssws wn mi,f pTtn in lifc seems to
papered with thcater tickets.
men they sit down and write and
aSk me to solve this awful conundrum.
The world has been asking this very
question since Eve ate the fatal apple
one fne morning AMI found herself
diepossessed in consequence. Why are
some women magnetic and others not?
Cleopatra aud BcrcnIcc.
Berenice. the sister Of Cleopatra.
1ismally over the attractions OF the
family vampire for the crowned heads
rarity Win the nobility. gentry and
Gt.erSy OF ancient Egypt. Asia and
'HirIca-and no one could tell Bercnlcc
Why Cleopatra got all the royal military
and ecclesiastical heaus. while she had
10 content herself with a relative or
Two.
/, is the same today with Mayme and
irene as II was with Cleopatra and
n n,e' IN ESypt 200 years ago Va
p!ain the source %! personal power. and
do good deal Of talking about 'prana."
why julius Caesar and Marc Antony
went mad over Cleopatra and neg
can diagnose today The charms harm Of
Mayme and the reason that her hail
h1,rack rs always fun Of mems hats.
"hlle lrenc's never boasts a derby, a
sailor nor trench cap.
Must Br Accepted.
1T Is SO. that's all and i; must he
accented just as the sea is the sea and
MOUNTAINS are mountains. and ono can
not he transformed into the other. y
step IN the right direction is TO rec
oEnize the truth OF this and then do
what We can with the inevitable. Take
stock OF yourself. not jealousy. bitterly
or rescnuuily. but in cold bloodcd.
busincss-like manner.
AEree !ha, like The heroins in the
story OF The Sleeping Princess per
At your cradle who gave YOU few
handicaps IN the Way OF bad complex
Then devote your God-siven intelligence
10 hGhting these handicaps.
II you have an unattractiy;.e skin
hair. don't do 1t up as If pou had "A
drudge against yourself, or n If YOU
stead OF comb. Go TO tho best hair
dresser and let him or her expert
ment with your stubborn trcsses over
ana over again until you hi, on a
becoming way OF doing them.
Study your type and adopt your
styles accordingly II you are little.
clothes TOO tight-htt!ns. ], gives you
a sort Of upholstered look that adds TO
Your stoutncss. And II you tall.
don't stocp. IL only makes you look
taller.
Men arc ultra conservatives. They
never like 10 be seen with a woman
who appears Consnicuous-unleSs she
is conspicuous as fashion plate Half
the young men YOU know would prob
ably give weeks pay to walk down
the street with I.ene Castle or Joan
sawyer. But YOU could not hire them
TO be seen with Selma LaSerlof-the
lady who took the Nobel prize for
dowdy or frumpsh.
Clothes and appearance arc a trc-
mendous asset. 80 is popularity If
you can muster standing army Of
two or three at dance. others will
follow. ] hate to say ii. but men are
a good deal like sheep--they otIlow
each other.
Girls Cnn Listen.
Then don't be bore. Not every
one can talk but everyone can listen
Above all. don't talk about your
family II Aunt Clementine's rheu-
matism lis worse-it is regrettable but
not interesting.
Don't talk about dun, tiresome sub
iects; nowadays il is easy to find inter
estinS subjects for conversation in the
newspapers. Read the papers and
know something OF current events.
Don't try to create the wrong i'm
preston that YOU are Indifferent TO
men. or a manhater. or blue stock
ing" or intellectual. or anything out
OF the ordinary-the average man
loathes an Exclusive model. As
have already said, there is a certain
sheep-like quality about them, and II
they see that Henry, George and
Richard are attentive to Kate they
arc mighty apt TO call. too.
And whatever you do. don't hold
yourself cheap and allow men 10 treat
YOU as IL you were rag doll under
the mistaken impression that you can
hold them by dispensing with stand
ards You can hold them only till the
next cheap girl comes along and then
despises the cheap: we are justly SUI
spicious OF the pearl we find in the
gutter.
Any girl can have a certain amount
OF attention If she entertains. if her
house is an agreeable center, and there
are cozy little chatting dish and lemon
AIDE parties going on: in common de-
cency men have TO return these civii-
ties from time TO time.
Men HIVE Their Code.
Some girls have written me this Is
NOT the case: that they entertain re-