Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-02
LONELINESS INCENTIVE
TO MANY HIGHER THINGS
Beatrice Fairfax Says Beauty Really
an Inspiration Which Acts
ms Stepping Stone.
ADDED SOURCE OF HAPPINESS
People Would Far Rather Look mt
Pretty Pink Rosebud Than at
Withcrcd Old Rose - Kindles
Poetry in Tramp's Heart.
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

Did you ever meet a single soul
who wouldn't far rather look at
pretty rosebud than at withered old
rose? And how many people do you
kno% who sm actually prefer dirty and
washed some time within the week
TO nh pretty ,,. baby. rosy and clean? or
gazing on broken-down cab horse
to running loving eyes over the sleek
chestnut sheso,,a ss coat Of splendidly groomed
All right: We. agree. And 'a agree
a1s,n we e, share the premises Of our
OF folks who just naturally get an
attack OF envy whenever they sec a
"Hs Can't Iar be or any pr ssssp srl?
too darn good looking to amount to
| Start One HomeIy One.
Well, OF course the yeu-f,v,r.a
human does get little headstart over
the homely one because Of our afore.
little heavily on the idea that hand
some som does as handsome u.s. But an
lde "a, isa weak sister on which TO do
1t up with Whole lot OF good 90 po fsith
ana performances IL you count on it
SO. Il MISS Beauty and Nj, Hand
some are that and nothing nore
where WI, does 1t get them? And II they
Ing them? i
Should Have Soul to Match.
SOU sou, II 70 the lie, EE0sod,iookinE human has
Of It's set,i haech w AND brain worthy
lure we must be to have malice and
b bate IN ,o our heart for a being who
TSe other ee aay saW S te ute:
as beauty. and nothing moreN;ustifv
ms Hfs.,I, was iupehinE fruEally sand
"a sant: where the Danish buttercake
rosW ShIns TO dream about. Next seat
bro%n eyes and SaFi mith mayellous big
Hn'ch hair dropped softly from a cen
We faced the big glass ,how w,n
dow, In which were temptin-,v IN
raEed pastries and buns and bresd.
1 nno cakes axes Of the sort to make FAT
says ooc'or VINO
AEidiminats starch from your diet"
mon Mnu TO that window full OF CHINA,
TWO rasEed looking citizens who stood
bacr rom Price list to window and
w VaIT ; ngain with faces telling all too
lunch was beyond them 1Tn. tcn OF
ragged and bitter of mouth and ven
ttne! STOOD thsre-infiammable material
ablaze. "ehy 10 SET
the su 9ss,aHr,o ono Of them looked into
Win hate and ais face was working
Z.
Just see his mind ouestjonine ,ha
whole scheme of things and his fe ,Ie
ings lashing the fortunates Who b,a
'he price OF the meal he craved
ana tnen, his eyes faltered a-o,,
the face OF the pretty girl. Thev tupn
Gu away; Returned. fingered. He
Judged his companion. And the 9TH.
ragged man stared at the girl she
H MAS looking down and didn't know
ne men looked. Feasted. There was
nothins impudent in their gaze. Moth
ing insolent or insulting. what tb.ir
eyes held was sheer love Of love,,nse.
a,ookins at these men. ragged, the
oretically down and out. IL seemed ~
me mat there was something of i'm
p. e.'sha PIE good in their souls. and that
NE hadn't defeated them yet per
maps only dreamer could feel so. but
think there is often a great practi.
caiity In dreams
b,t nad a when two hungry, ragged men.
h tord meal. stand rapt and spell
Doesn't know they are on earth and
who hasn't any more personal relation.
snip TO them than a rose or a statue
would have, feel that tr1ey haven't
forgot how to dream Some Of
me fneness OF fiber that Is part OF
our human heritage is still theirs.
see how tho thing works out Just
by being lovely the girl kindled TO
momentary flame the spark OF poctry
in the heart of a tramp. Just bv be-,
ne lovely mountain peak at suSset
mis- man with the urge to climb Just
by being beautiful a sunset can hoi6
our souls rapt
1t seems as II beauty were actually
Inspiration. doesn't it?