The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-24
Beauty No Guarantee
Of Marital Success
Many Plain Girls Find Lasting Happiness
While Handsome Ones Follow Divorce Route
BY CYNTHIA GREY

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BY CYNTI
Dear Miss Grey: As a re
last compelled to write repl.
are forever asking you How C
If these youngsters would
themselves. to have decent m;
zest for living, I am sure the
itself.
We are living in a day tina
of "glamor" too much. We
star, the glamorous debutant
but we also read that they &,
oftener than their less glamo
] would like to tell young girls
that they do not have to worry
about their popularity so long as
they have fairly reasonable num-
Der Of friends. Particularly are they
foolish when they envy their more
beautiful sisters. for that is mere
~ a waste of time. ! have seen
more than one girl who was beau-
tiful popular and glamorous. get
married and be a total disappoint-
ment TO the man she married. ]
have seen these glamorous girls
pass from one man to another and
end up by being bitter and frus-
trated old women with no security
In their older years.
have seen plain young women
wed the men of their choice-men
who were equally plain and not
the sccret-loves of other maidens
and I have seen these plain
young persons settle down to hap
pincss and content. In other
words tho boys and girls who
lack glamor and popularity have
As great a chance-yes, even
greater--of attaining happiness
and success In marriage than the
better looking and more person.
able types.
The plain boy or girl who has
no sparkling personality often
wears better than the flashy
youngster whose light shines for
q while but suddenly goes out. A
flame that burns steadily Is pref
cradle to a bright but uncertain
one.
So TO you girls and boys who
bemoan the fact that you are not
outstanding either in appearance
or personality I want to say:
Just go on being your natural
selves. Improve your minds as
much rs you can but don't strive
TO be the main attraction of every
crowd you enter. Don't fret be-
cause you don't have ten dates at
your command-be thankful that
you have one that means a pleas
ant evening. The woman who
Graves only the admiration of men
Is a conceited creature. who mo
matter how beautifully usually
bores intelligent men to tears.
after they have learned to know
her. The attractive and magnetic
male who causes feminine hearts
to beat a bit faster usually be-
comes the husband who keeps his
wife worried and unhappy.
d. r. r.
Tired
Dear Miss Grey: Now you have
gone and done II. ] have always
liked your column but lately you
are lending an attentive ear to
those tiresome females who can
think Of nothing else but dieting
and their figures.
Wherever ! go. whether II Is a
bridge party social gathering of
any kind, or a restaurant. all
hear is the shrill babble of MY
dear have gained two pounds
or What have you been doing.
dieting? You look stunning. Tell
me all about it." mo, ! can't have
any Of that,--it's starch you
know. etc.
Invariably these bores end up
their windy remarks about food
by smiling brightly as though
they had uttered something inter-
esting. OF all the tiresome souls
! know, the fat lady on diet
takes the cake. She is even worse
than the fond parents who insist
on repeating all the cute remarks
Of their youngsters.
II you must, Miss Grey print
advice to the hefty Hannahs but
keep il out Of your column. There
must be room for 1t elsewhere.
LISTENER.
Drinker
Dear Miss Grey: In regard to
the drinking problem / would like
to say that there was some
trouble in our home because we
had too many drinking friends
hanging around. My husband
liked them but ] soon grew tired
Of their company because l was
brought UP in home where
liquor and tobacco were unknown.
I put up with my husbands form
Of entertainment, however. until
the day that he and friend sat
on our davenport and drank all
day and all evening. That was
too much. so the next time we
were asked to the home Of these
drinking friends. ! fatty refused
to 20. My husband was very
angry and declared that ne lonc