Evening star., 1927-10-31
SUB ROSA


| Here comes an earnest-minded
young Romeo, bursting into print in
| spite of himself. Just shy boy. but
| he's so worried he has to blurt out
| the truth.
His name is Leonard and here is Pa
tricia-and they are in love. and he
is worried.
SO far no one has blinked an eye in
astonishment. We've heard all this
before.
But his reason for being worried Is
rather strange, really. He says he's
read an awful lot about the folly OF
marrying vain woman-how 1t leads
to unhappiness and financial troubles
and general destruction.
Thinking it over, he's come to the
conclusion that his Pat must be vain.
She spends at least so per cent of her
life worrying about her face, her hair
her ffngernails, her cloths, and so on
Really, her looks seem to be per-
feet obsession with her--and what Is
this going to lead to? Where will they
be 10 years from now, if Pat is still
spending small fortunes on cold
creams, tonic lotions, astringcnts. or
what have you?
just Commonsense.
Also, what will her disposition be:
If she thinks so much Of her face and
her appearance already, won't she
grow more conceited as the years go
by. until she develops a superior atti
tude toward her young husband?
Then, can there be any happiness,
ask you?
In the first place. Lenny, what
makes you think your girl friend is
abnormally vain? Just the fact that
she uses lots of preparations for the
facial map isn't sufficient.
Most girls who have any sense at
all take darn good care Of their skin
and their hair, and their f1ngernails
and their clothes.
It's part of a woman's job in tho
world to look her best and dress her
best, on no matter how limited an in
come.
If Patricia fuses about herself, so
much the better for you, Leonard, my
boy. It's an indication that in the
years to come she's not going to let
herself set run down and sloppy look
ing.
Then, there's no particular indica.
ton that she's conceited. You say
she's vain--by which you apparently
mean that she fuses over her appear.
ance rather more than is necessary
But, heavens, that doesn't mean she's
cOnceited.
Sense of Superiority.
On the contrary, that may means
that she's SO unsure of herself she
thinks it's necessary to give an awful
lot of time to the job Of concealing
her blemishes from the world
Women who spend hours with hair.
dressers and facial experts aren't by
any means the most conceited mem.
bers of society. They're the worried
discontented creatures who feel that
their looks won't stand up by them.
selves, but need artificial assistance.
And Patricia sounds as though she
realized her shortcomings and was do.
ing her best to overcome them.
OF course, she may be doing little
bit too much, giving up entirely toe
much time to the pursuit of beauty.
but, after all, she's young and she's in
love, and we're all apt to err on the
side Of vanity when we're in that con
dition.
Beauty parlors weren't made just
for the conceited women, Lenny. They
were made for the anxious.to. be beau,
tiful girls with which the world i:
mostly populated.
Be thankful that your Pat takes g
lively interest in keeping herself as
smart looking as possible. If she were
careless and sloppy, you'd have in
finitely more couse to worry than you
have now.
(Copyright. 1927