The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-19


I a modest million apiece.
feriority complex. I had lost my
sparkle and was not strong.
When was II an uncle came
to visit us and persuaded my par
ents To let me go west with him
for a visit. The beautiful women
in the west were a revelation TO
me and I began to reason that
they were not all born that way
that they had done lot for them
selves.
/ figured Ii other women could
make the best of their good points
could emphasize them-I could
do the same.
stayed two years and when ]
went home my family took 1t for
a joke when people said ! was the
best looking Of the girls.
I married. came west again.
When my young ones grew up
they answered the call that takes
US away from our parents, so !
found myself alone and went back
to my family. ] am not boasting
when I say that my pretty sisters
looked old enough to be my
mother-old and defeated. / was
sorry that my return showed them
that It was their own fault that
they had not grasped at what had
once been thelrs-good looks.
No woman should ever give up
the battle to be a more gracious
woman-a better looking one and
a more useful one. I had a plan
and l followed 1t. Perhaps some
readers will think I wasted too
much time In the effort. No,
enjoyed every minute of 1t.
May say. Miss Grey. that I
think your answer to Hurt Feel
ings" Is so true 1t should encour-
age all plain young girls and be
a warning to self-satisfied pretty
ones. A. r. p.
Dear Miss Grey: Could a person
own or have a pistol in his home
without a permit, even II he sent
away for 1t?
Seems to me person has to
have a permit to have a gun of
this make in his home. Am l
right? INQUISITIvE.
There Is no such thing as a
permit" Any person desiring
to carry . concealed weapon on
his person or In any automo-
bile must get a state license.
Application is made with the
chief Of police, IL a resident Of
the city, or with the sheriff. II
a resident OF the county. The
fee Is 81 per year. 1t is no vio-
lation Of the law to have a pistol
In your own home or on your
own property. No registration
Is required unless 1t is Of the
Mauser or Luger type where the
stock Is so equipped that 1t can
be converted into a rifle. II is
then necessary to register II
with the internal revenue de-
partment.
Amused
Dear Miss Grey: Nothing Is
more amusing TO me than to go
to a bridge party or tea and lis
ten to so many OF my friends
(lazy ladies who suffer decisions
OF grandeur) talk in a distracted
manner about the problems that
come with having hired help.
! have been in the homes OF
most OF these parasitic wives.
have been amazed at their down.
right bad manners with their
help. After all. no true lady is
ovefbearins or rude to a person
who happens to be working for
her. even though that person is
hired to do homework or any
other labor that means drudgery.
1t has been my pleasure to
know many women of real posi-
ton and breeding. ! have never
met one who was rude or unfair
to her help. but have invariably
found that woman Of no breed
ing or good family background
thinks II Is necessary to be indif-
ferent. and often mean. to her
workers.
Such women never impress q
thinking person with their i'm
portance. They merely impress
others with their total ignorance.
MRS. A. r.