The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-14

! boy of today thinks only of a girls
looks, instead Of her good char
acter? DEBATERS.
AnSWer-Your letter contains an
implied reproach that your mothers
have not kept their looks up to
scratch. No matter what they look
like now, you girls may be sure
that when your fathers married
them they were the last word in
feminine prettinesS.
If you would read Cobbett's "Ad-
vice to Young Men and incidentally
to Young Women" written about
hundred years ago, it would be an
eye-Opener to you. He holds that a
good wife must be good looking, at
any rate in the eyes of her husband.
Although he puts beauty last in his
list of a good wifes qualifications, he
admits frankly that it ought to
stand first.
Beauty is but skin deep" he con-
fesseS, but it is very agreeable, for
all that Beauty in a wife tends to
keep a man in good temper with
himself as we'll as with her. Men
may be careless as to their own per-
sons; they may be slovenly in their
own dress; but they do not relish
this in their wives, who still must
have charms.
Look at the dress Of the girl you
are thinking of marrying, not at its
quality, but at the way it is made,
the way it is put on. No matter how
mean its quality, it may be neatly
made, truly put on, and, if it is not,
take care Of yourself; for you soon
will find that a sloven in one thing
is sloven in all things.
Look at her stockings, too, see if
they be clean and tight. Look at
the shoes If they be trodden on
one side, or run down at the heel, it
is a bad sign; and as to slipshod!
Make up your mind to rope rather
than to live with a shpShod wife. 8"
After reading Cobbett, I do not
think it is a recent tendency for men
to judge women by their physical
appearance. This realization need
not discourage the girls of your
group who were not endowed with
great natural beauty, for man is de-
ceived easily.
He does not require absolute
physical perfection, but only the il
fusion Of it. Good grooming makes
up for what girl lacks in striking
beauty. Any smart woman is skilled
in making herself look lot prettier
than she actually is.
n II
Dear Jane Jordan-Every time
open fashion magazine and
read about the smart set, I want
to be one Of them. 1t makes me
absolutely miserable to realize that
there are people in the world with
nothing to do but dress up and go
places. I'm tired of being poor
and tired of my friends. This NAV
sound silly to you, but it is ruin
ing my life. Do any other girls
feel like this? DISCONTINUED.
Answer; Yes. Lots of them
The trouble is that you're just Sit
ting down and expecting life to drop
something quite wonderful in your
lap without your doing one 5ingle
| thing about it. Your goal is quite
frivolous, but if this is what Won
want, don't sit home and cry. but
work toward it.
If you want TO be recognized. do
something to distinguish yourself. If
you want to have money, do some
thing to earn it.
doubt very much that this So
called smart set is any happier than
you are. They have unsatisfied de-
sires for which they strain. lust as
you have. One Of mans most fire.
quent criticisms of woman is that
she never is satisfied. As soon as
she attains one thing, she only wants
another
The discomfort Of woman is not a
bad thing if it pushes her forward
on the path Of achievement. The
trouble with her is that she too
often chooses a useless andItrial goal
Perhaps that's why it doesn't satisfy
when eventually it is reached.