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

amt of becoming dress and couture
and graceful carriage, which further
a%ccentuated her u~nhappiness, super
sensitive and melancholic.
Today ] present her to you register
ing photographically a marvellous
change, but my regret is that ] can
not portray for you her rosy cheeks.
her clear. fine skin. the rejuvenated
spirit Of happiness from which she had
well nigh estranged herself by her
unfortunate belief that she was
doomed to hopeless oblivion because of
her looks.
Every Little Bit Helps
A real girl? AS real as you and ]
are folk Of flesh and blood. There were
bat 100 pounds of her five weeks ago.
Today she carries 10 added pounds,
making a grand total of 124. Fifteen
pounds added in five weeks 10 what
you already have. meage though it
may be, mean something besides just
A little bit more, doesn't it? They
mean covering for a number of bones
and a hiding place for numerous
angles, better health, a smile on the
lips. and many other graces which /
shall enumerate later.
Yes, it was just five weeks ago !
was introduced TO Miss Ruth through
a pitiful letter from her to me signed
The Unhappiest Girl in the World. :
Yesterday she told me she would write
me another Just 50 she could sign II
the happiest girl OF earth. which
she now claims to be.
Before and After
| will confide that Ruth 6. is not
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whv she prefers to have her W with
held. and ! would not break confidence
with her after her faithful cooperation
with me in an experiment l have been
wanting to make for some time, TO
prove the wisdom of the old French nd
age. There are no ugly women in the
world, only those who do not know
how 10 be beautiful
Her before and after photographs
scar mute testimony to a number Of
things. don't they? What "A girl can
do for herself if she makes an i'm
provPment in appearance a straight
business venture: what a smile on the
lips will do toward beautifying a WON
an, and if 7 may be excused for no
small amount Of pride in this particG-
lar accomplishment, what a beauty
editor may do for al unhappy mem
Der of her sex. that member willing To
give wholehearted cooperation.
Weeps for Joy
Fictionists have repeatedly used the
theme of the ugly duckling weeping by
the fireside, lonely, beauless. young
and pining for a Prince Charming,
who does come to her quickly enough
after she discovers it was all pretty
much a trick Of dress and buoyant
spirits, good health and a happy ex-
preston.
But here in Miss Ruth you have the
truth that is not stranger but much
better than fiction. for she is a real
flesh and blood girl, Is pounds real-er
in flesh than she was five weeks ago.
with real color in her cheeks. a real
smile on her lips. and so real n JOY
In her heart that she wept tears of
happiness when q certain boy whom
| she has always liked told her she
was positively beautiful the other
night. Isn't that better than fiction?
Well. Miss Ruth and ! agree il is. at
any rate.
Telling 1t TO the Beauty Editor
Would YOU say it is vanity alone
that bestirs a woman. whose youth
and hopes and wholesome desire to be
loved, admired. and a success in life
are threatened with an early demise in
a sea of adipose. say, to write to me
to find out how TO regain the sym
metry and the graces of a former day
Or. on the other hand, one with so
great a dearth of poundage as to ex-
pose bones, knuckles. and painful
angles? Or one whose complexion is
sallow, blotched. or blemished? Or she
who suddenly awakens to a widening
chasm between her and the one who
sometime back promised to cherish
and 10 love her, due perhaps to her
own carelessness about skin and dress
teeth and hair? There is grief and
| tragedy and romano and jealousy and
other elemental requirements Of a fic-
ton tale in many Of these letters that
come &c me.
But best Of all I love the letter from
our Ruth signed The Unhappiest Girl
in the World" because it brought her
to me and because that meeting has in
five weeks time so transformed the
girl that I feel her accomplishment
will be an inspiration to many an
other discouraged one, and because
they. too. may follow Ruth's WI story
and profit UNNECESSARILY thereby
| Again. because she 10 young, and