The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-27
Play Up Your Personality
Rather Than BorroW Another

vivacious maiden has hosts of beaux
and is much sought after.
So she decides that vivacity is the
thing. She buys her gay sport rigs
that swear at her She hops around
meaninglessly. She screams at every
thing. In her effort to be gay she
giggles necessarily. She tells stale
stories and off-colored stories in an
effort TO be funny. and then she Won
ders why she isn't a success.
There's the girl who is naturally
cute and kittenish. She is very small
with big. soulful eyes, and she does
the toddling child act for all she is
worth. She curls up in the corner Of
couch. She twists the button on a
mans coat, While she gazes into his
eyes and asks him foo. questions. She
talks baby talk and is always hang
ing on to some "drefful big man."
and asking him to take care of poor
little me-"
A lagre. tall, Amazonian girl takes
note that the baby child generally has
'steen. husky, able bodied men voluD-
teering for the job of supporting her
for life, 50 Big Bertha has q hunch
that the short cut to the masculine
fancy is by acting cunning.
Unhappily, however, when girl
who is five feet seven, and who
weighs hundred and sixty, tries to
be cute she doesn't look like play
full kitten. She looks like a perform
ing elephant. Nor does she allure
men when she asks the simple,
childish questions. They are disgust
ed at woman of her size not having
enough intelligence to read the daily
papers and keep herself informed of
current events.
Now, remember, daughter, that
there is no one type of woman that
is universally fascinating, for there
are many men of many minds, and
each has different mind about what
he admires in the opposite sex. There
fore. instead of being an imitator, be
original, and develop to their high
est power such charms as nature has
given you. Begin with your looks.
Find out what is most becoming to
you, and wear that instead of slavish-
ly diking yourself-out in the livery of
your set.
Just now the living skeleton is the
vogue and every girl is starving her
self to death trying to look like a
rack of bones. If you happen to be
of the plump kind, don't do it. 1t will
make you look like bag, and nobody
will notice you except to think how
homely and anaemic you are.
But you can get the reputation of
being quite a beauty as a dimpled
darling, for, as a matter of fact, it is
only women who admire the tubercu-
lous. Men like women who look COM
Portable, and we'll fed, and good ma
tured instead of stringy, and sickly,
and nervous.
OF course, if you are naturally slen-
der you may be as willowy as you
choose, but it's different story il
your specifications run toward the
bungalow instead of the gothic school
of architecture.
So I urge upon you, daughter, to
turn the spotlight on what you are,
instead of trying to camouflage your
ego so that 1t will resemble something
else. If you are a domestic girl
wear beruffled aprons at home, and
get busy with a chatting dish instead
of trying to pull vamp stuff. If you
are a practical, common sense kind
of girl, don't try to act foolish and
babyish. Let your common sense
stand out like the shadow of rock
in weary land. If you are bust
ness girl, don't dress like a society
girl and affect to be working for a
fad. Let everybody know and see
that you've got intelligence and grit
enough to hold down good job.
The way to make hit is to be the
real, genuine, Simon-pure article.
That Is what everybody is looking
for. and when they find it in another
human being they fall on it with
cries of joy, and call it personality.
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