The Indianapolis times., 1929-10-07
Life Mates
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BY MARTHA LEE


II a young man is contemplating
matrimony as an institution wherein
is to be found peace of mind and
soul. happiness and contentment, let
him not choose his mate with the
eve. The other senses are much
r1ore reliable.
And the same holds for the girl
who IS about to take unto herself a
husband.
II statistics we're possible, it would
be found that great beauties and
handsome men have established a
prepossessing record for short lived
marital careers.
Physical beauty may be boon be-
fore marriage. but after marriage it
is. excepting in rare cases, the cause
Of constant warfare.
Beauty Has Drawbacks
A woman who is attractive physi-
cally has. besides all the usual little
household demons, that postmaster
at starting quarrels, jealousy. If a
man pays Just courtesy to a beauti-
full woman he is suspected of paying
more than ordinary courtesy. If he
does not pay the accepted amount of
attention TO her, 1t is because he
feels he can not offer her the usual
civilities without being suspected of
all sorts of intrigues by her husband.
Consider, too. the fact this woman
has become an addict to flattery.
Ever since she can remember she
has been told how beautiful, charm
ing. impenetrable, bewitching. and
other adjectives applied only to
beautiful women and first novels, she
is. Most beautiful women are con-
Ceited.
Now in woman, the vice some
times is excused on the grounds that
she is a woman and can't. help it.
Accused of Conceit
But a handsome man has twice as
hard a row to hoe. He has to fight
down a mountain of prejudices. If
a beautiful woman is conceited, what
must a handsome man bea
And. if it is hard on the husband
OF a beautiful woman to see her ad-
mired and sought after. what must
it be for an ordinary woman, who
has a Greek god for a husband? Be
cause women are much more ruth
less in their dealings with other
women than men are to each other.
A wife who is eating her heart out
wants to know what to do about her
stunning husband:
Dear Miss Lee-I have been married only
seven months and ! am so unhappy I do
rot know what to do. When I was mar
ried I expected to be awfully happy. be-
cause I married a man I adore. But
have awakened to the realization that
am not the only one who feels that way
about him.
am just an ordinary looking girl, not
particularly pretty. I dress we'll, and am
more apt to come under the classification
Of chic than beautiful. But my husband
is a lockout. He is the kind of handsome
fellow that makes girls turn around on
the street and look again. Every place
we 90 he IS the center of feminine atten-
ton. Besides being so good to look at,
he is charming and likable. And I am
Just about eaten up with Jealousy.
She Is Very Unhappy
Men say he IS conceited and too fond OF
himself to like any one very we'll. When
] act jealous. which ! can not keep from
doing he tells me I am silly and foolish
70 let little thing like that bother me.
But l am so unhappy What shall do?
A JANE THAT'S PLAIN.
NY dear. you do not seem to real
1e that all this is probably as trying
o him as it is to you. He has had
10 forfeit a lot on account of his
unusual appearance. He has the
contempt. in a slight degree at least,
Of the more rugged of his male ac-
QuaintanceS.
He constantly is fighting the ap-
pearance of being conceited in the
eyes of those men.
Use Humorous Sense
He probably is not considered the
most representative type of male
beauty. If all he does is listen to a
lot of conversation it can't be so
awfully bad I can understand your
being riled by seeing him constantly
surrounded by admiring females, but
why let it be the bane of your ex-
iStence?
Rescue your sense of humor and
give it a good airing. There is moth
ing funnier than flock of adulating
women.