Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-22
More Beautiful Women

HERE'S good news for the women. Sir William Orpen, the
L L famous English painter, says the women Of the world are
Then he goes a little further with his compliment and says
that the reason that women are growing better looking is be-
cause they really are better.
Whether the face is a woman's fortune, OF not, it is always
a hallmark, registering the thoughts, and sooner OF later, it will
reveal the habit Of mind and the kind Of life that is being lived,
Sir William asserts. "'' 'h. |t "r'~'+
Thus. faces are growing more beautiful because people are
getting more virtuous, he goes on, stating that by this he means
the inherent decency Of instinct and Brightness of mind which
are al about us
His conclusions are drawn from the beauties Of other days.
He could match every one OF them with q beauty of today and
still have a supply left. Even the famous Mrs. Sddons would
be lost in the crowd Of today. He does not say that certain wom-
en- are more beautiful than certain beauties Of the past, but that
the average of beautiful women now is higher than ever before.
There are those, Of course, who will contend that there is not
more virtue in the world today; that, in fact, we have slipped III
recent years; that the moral fibre has been broken to such an eX,
tent that the things that are said and are done today would
shock even one generation back.
This has been the cry in every generation: Each new genera
ton as it came in contact with the world, showed signs, to the
older generation, of degeneracy from the moral standpoint. The
good days" have always been the "Old DAYS And no doubt
there is now less courtesy, q certain type Of rudeness that was
less on the surface, in those Older day.
But franknes does not necessarily IMPLY lack OF virtue, nor
does prudery imply virtue. There has been a breaking away
from old ideas, but who knows but that the new will be better
in the long run. Evidently we are in g stage Of transition, when
many ideas are being discarded. Our newer philosophy may still
means 4 step upward.
One may imply from Sir Williams statement that this is 50.
Jack Johnson, one time heavyweight champion. has turned
preacher, which probably makes him a fighting parsOn.
Since the recent cold wave, some Of our old times are con-
tending that they remember when hell froze over.
Now that Coolidge has been elected, a good many people think
it will be a snappy New Year.
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Despite the late antics Of the weather, we still contend that
this is the Sunny South and that the Valley is the sunnest part
of it.
1t is easy TO disagree with the British scientist who declares
that the funniest thing in the world is the human hat. The fun
niest thing is under the hat-Chicago News.
No doubt it is too much to hope that science will discover a
serum for the fellow whe takes a straw vote-Ceveland Times
The government may not find it easy to push the silver dol
lar into favor again; yet on the other hand it's a fascinating
game, making a collection of them-Detroit Free Press.
The new German republic may now experience the excitement
known to the average man of chasing the overdraft-Louisvile
Courier-Journal.
The most dangerous thing about an automobile is the thing
that steps en- the gas.
Broadcasting Of kisses by radio may come, but it never vii
be popular. The pleasure all lies in the contact.
New York supreme court justice, inaugurating a new Judge
declares we are the most lawlesS nation on earth. Indeed! SHOW
us, another nation with half as many laws.