Evening star., 1932-09-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

She wasn't ugly. but no one could
have called her pretty.
She would have won no prizes at q
bathing beauty contest. yet she wa,
by no means shapeless.
She was just the typical modern girl
The fact Is, there are no more
homely girls.
Most women pass inspection, nova
days, because their clothes are more
made for them than In the past.
This Is another way Of saying that
they fit their clothes better, not that
their clothes f1t them better.
Women have adapted their clothing
to their modern types. so that the
total effect, the ensemble" is one Of
harmony.
And harmony is beauty, in any set
tings.
II it Is not exactly beautiful in every
case, at least 1t achieves a passing
grade.
And that is the precise difference
as one observer sees 1t, and the galaxy
Of girls of the older days who were
dubbed ugly
The passing Of the really ugly girl
has been so gradual that few have no
ticed 1t.
The really homely woman. however
is as extinct as the proverbial dodo.
Even II a girl isn't pretty, by a great
many degrees, she at least knows how
to get herself up so that she passes
fof goodlooking, even.
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Right here 1t is necessary to state
that the majority Of men have no taste
whatever when it comes to what con-
stitutes a pretty woman.
This Is a failing which few Of them
will admit. however. They are forever
posing as beauty judges and the like
anxious to sit in the judgment seat
even at the simplest contests.
No two men ever agree on who Is q
beautiful woman. If approached as to
what constitutes good looks. they have
only rudimentary ideas, based mainly
on health and its evident physical in
dications. Since good health Is the
basis Of beauty. they may be said to
be on the right track, but that is all
Of the contestants, can "pick the win
ner." at the least the Judges choice,
nine times out Of ten.
It is quite evident. therefore, that
the craft OF modern woman, aided by
the art OF the clothes designer, has
put mere man at terrible handicap
Unable to pick the real winners
when in bathing suits, what chance
has he to select q real beauty in the
fully clad ranks Of the everyday?
Unless he happens to be one Of these
critical gentlemen who really sees
what he Is looking at, he is very likely
10 confuse q cleveriy designed dress
with beauty Of form. or chic hat with
loveliness Of face
Let one OF these long, lanky crea-
lures Of the present mode come watt
ing into an office, all the boys will
sit up and take notice, with the
chances more than even that each and
every one Of them will call her a
''pippin."
Some "old CROUCH" perhaps. will
realize (although he should do 1t
silently that the tribute is paid to the
combination, not to the lady.
Critically eyed, the gal Is scarcely
out Of the ugly class.
She gets by" though, and how! as
the youngsters say.
She has learned TO make the best
Of her good points, minimize her poor
features and select the sort Of clothes
which achieve both of these objects.
Clothing and the beauty shops
have combined to put most of the
women on the border line OF beauty.
They can take anything short Of a
sheer ugly woman and trick her out
SO that even her own mother wouldn't
know her.
It Is, indeed, the era Of the homely
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