Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-25

youth uds HO FlSHt " NC unhappy III
to look it.
There was appeal so direct. straight,
and pathetic in her letter that | was
touched deeply and resolved at once
that through no fault of mine would
she retain that mental and physical at
titude toward life. This is what she
wrote:
U%nhappiest Girl in the World
Dear Miss Donnelly: | have read
your many articles on beauty and what
you have done to help people. l know
a girl who wrote you and you never
saw such a change in her. But | don't
expec you can do much for me-. ]
am so homely. l don't believe there
is a homelier girl in the world. l am
50 unhappy I would just like to run
away and hide where ! never would
see anybody.
Il am an orphan and I am 20 years
old. I never had a beau or what you
could call one. And all the girls J
know have good times, but | never do.
| just have to sit and listen to them
talking of parties and dances and fun.
| was taken along n couple of times.
but | would have been happier if ]
had stayed home, because the fellows
did not ask me to dance. and never
would make a date with me. ] have
overheard them calling me string
bean and '~toothpick model and a
lot Of other names like that.
II just feel sick of living through
remarks some of these people pass. |
feel so blue when ! see the other girls
going out all the time. have a good
disposition. but being homely and thin
holds me back and makes my life mis-
cradle. | am a failure in life. | don't
have luck getting a job. either. The
employer Just looks at me and tells me
the place is filled. If you could help
me put on some fat and become bet
ter looking | would be the happiest
instead of
The Unhappiest Girl in the World"
p. 81 hope YOU will answer my
letter with good news"
Making a Survey
J sent her an answe with the re
quest that she come to my office. She
came the following day.
She was thin, all right. The dress
she wore and the hat accentuated the
fact.
Ho1nely? made a mental apprais-
al:
k''h
Pretty good teeth. in need Of a little
attention. easily enough remedied.
Hair good color. dark brown. but
bobbed with shears nOwise concerned
about aiding and abetting the cause of
beauty. Straight like an Indians.
brushed sharply back off a high fore
head, caught with n comb that was
without decorative intent. and hanging
straight over the ears. with a dip down
on its backward course. which was
most unbecoming. But the long slen-
der neck and shapely head promised
well for future operation IN a couture
handled expertly.
Compilations: Skin with slight and
easily remeGied blemishes, but color
less.
Figure not SO good. Walks badly;
stands badly; nervous awkwardness
about il. showing decidedly in the car
rying of hands and feet. Corrective
exercise, deep breathing. food to re
build. instructions on grace and car
riagc-and that could be changed read
lily enough.
Expression: Discouraged, unhappy,
drawn down mouth corners, all regis
tering her hopeless attitude toward life
in general. Easy 10 change that.
Sees Her Possibilities
Clothes: Therein lies much of the
discouragement, if she but knew it.
Dull, dead black ~taffeta dress with
wrong lines for one so thin: hat with
| upturned brim carrying on its upward
trend an exaggerated tilt 70 her nose.
Shocs-well. they could be improved
upon. Feet quite good and ankles
neat.
II paid S:35 for this dress she told
me. II don't know how to dress. ]
always buy the wrong thing She
! ronfided she had some money she
would gladly spend for the right dress
and hat if | thought that would help
any. .
Summarizing: Although a casual
! observer may have doubted her posi-
! bilities. ] saw that wonderful things
| could be done for the girl. SO I ex-
tracted a promise. eagerly given. that
she would put herself in my hands for
five weeks, at the end of which time
could pretty safely guarantee her a
smiling, 1922. IN to the minute model
! Ruth. Certain forms Of exercise-not
! strcnuous-were to be lone daily: GER
tain foods to be eaten: certain daily
care of skin and hair and hands. and
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