Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-12
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
THE REAL BEAUTY
CULTURE
BY DOROTHY DIX
Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syndi-
cate, Inc.
BY DOROTHY

over the death of her child, and the approach
of middle age had robbed her of her pulchril
tude, and she ended her life because it was
uncomfortable to her when she was despoiled
Of her physical charms.
pitiful AMI paltry tragedy, this. Yet perl
haps there is no more bitter ordeal than thd
one the beauty endures who sees her good
! looks fade She kl-ows the agony of gazini
into her mirror, and watching the gold of hei
hair turn to silver, the roses die out of he1
cheeks, the light fade from her eyes, TIL
grayness and the wrinkles creep into hej
skin, the slenderness of her form change intd
scraWniness or fat.
1t is as if one watched oneself slowl{
dying, for to the woman the charms arI
dissolving that gave zest to her life. Nd
more will she be a queen in her little world
no more will she see tribute of admiration
in every eye. No more will she be courted1
and flattered, and sought after PerhapI
she will even no longer be able to hold thu
love she has won by her beauty, for with bel
good looks gone, her want of enchantmen|
is broken.
The pretty woman's beauty is generallI
all the stock she has on her shelves, ant
when it is gone, all is gone. She is bank
rupt. That is why women hang on so fran
tically to the last vestige of their good looks
why they dye their hair, and paint theiV
cheeks and try to camouflage their LOS
charms. That is why they spend fortune
on salves, and unguents, and fall victims tt
| any charlatan who pretends that he can ri
store their youth and beauty.
Such miracle u.s. alas, impossible. MI
mortal hand can ward off the ravages d
| sickness, or anxiety, or stay the passage d.
The years that take their inevitable toll q
woman's looks. Age and the fading of he
physical charm are bound to come to everH
| hnT otU dc
the kind of soul she has.
| 1t is strange that women do not think q
this oftener, and realize that if they spen=
half as much time, and effort, and none.
in cultivating an inward beauty, as they d
in vainly trying to keep their outward beau
ty, they would have no reason to fear agd
for they would achieve an imperishablH
charm.
Suppose, for instance, woman spent al
much time cultivating the inside of her hea
as she does the outside. Suppose she gavH
as much time to study every day as she doe
to brushing and fiddling with her hair. Sun
pose she put in as many hours reading neJ
books as she did in having permanent wavd
| or doing it up on crimpers herself to sal
nothing of the forty-leven branches of lite1|
allure she might explore in the time it take
| her to execute firSt-class handmade cont
| Dlexion. What an interesting companio|
she could make of herself! How wide and vsI
ried would l, her conversational repertoire
What a responsive listener she would be.
comet
The main reason we avoid homely old Id
dies is because they are so dull, and sucf
bores. We don't mind pretty woman's BID
| ing stupid, because we can feast our EYED
on her beauty, and enjoy her as we woulI
| a living picture; but when such a one loseA
her looks, she has lost all claim to our con
sideratiOn. Nobody cares rap about TIL
color of woman's hair as long as she Il
entertaining. 1t is only the tedious of WHOM
We demand curls and shining tresses.
AS matter Of fact, no woman is reallI
ugly who is highly intelligent and who hal
a sympathetic and understanding soul shin
ing out Of her eyes. Anyone who has trayI
eled in the Orient and seen the women VIII
are hideous hays, or Jumps of fat, with thei1
| dull, stOlid, eXpressionless faces, must havE
realized that it pays to educate women jus
| to keep them from being hard on the EYED
| when they are old.
And suppose women spent as much timS
it putting salves on the cranky places II
their disposition 'as they do in rubbing coll
cream their countenances. How mucE
more profitable the results would be. Aftez
all, wrinkle in your checks isn't so disfgulf
! ing a wrinkle in your character.
There are thousands of women who liv
| in fear that they will lose their husband
love when they lose their good looks, an
so they spend their time and money in beautt
parlors, and are boiled, and fried, and stewes
in oil, and massaged, and kneaded to pulIF
trying to ware off the tell-tale lines wit
| which time stamps woman's face. And u
! vain.
But they could get results If they gave thE
same amount of energy and effort to cult
waiting sweetness Of spirit, for life Is a faith
| full scribe and it stamps goodness, and kind
| liness, and gentleness on a woman's facH
Just surely as it does temper; and irritaA
| bility and discomfort.
Maybe a young man Just looks for colo
and contour in a girls face, but an old hua
band looks for something else, and no MAJ
whose wife just gets dearer and sweeteE
every year, and more suave and easy to Nv
with, ever finds out that she has lost he
! beauty. She looks better to him every TIM
he looks at her
! And suppose a woman devoted as mucT
time and self-denal to reducing her naggin&
as she does to reducing her figure. SupposS
she made as great an effort to get back tn /
attitude she took toward her husband beforH
marriage she does to rega1n1ng her girls !
figure wouldn't there be something doing
Oh, my, I should say, yes
After all, what does a middle-aged mar
care whether his mddle-aged wife weighs
few pounds more or less? Nothing. maj
has got to be tied to a woman by sometime
stronger than corset string if she holds
him. What counts with him Is a peaceful
home. and an easy-going, reasonable wife
who can get his point of view on things, and
who is willing to accord him a REASONABLE :
2mOunt of personal liberty.
Of course, it's all right for women to tax :
care of their beauty and make themselves
as good looking as they can. But if the !
want to get action, let them devote tim {
and attention to cultivating their minds an i
souls. That's where they will get the lastins :
results that PEI.