ARE PRETTY GIRLS EASY TO WIN?

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 193, 18 September 1909, Page 3

ARE PRETTY GIRLS EASY TO WIN?

A SOCIETY BEAUTY GIVES HEli VieVvs. To prove that pretty girls are ca»i'y won in comparison with plain, it is onlv ■necessary to review a few of the marriages which have come under the notice of most of us. Where is the plain woman who would put up with the insignificant little man who walks into the restaurant behind that regal-look-ing being—his wife! Of course, lie is rich, you will say. No, he is not rich, and he is not clever. This is not a marriage for- money nor yet for ambition, lie has won that' queen of beauty on his own merits. Possibly a score of better men than lie have feared to step where he has rushed in like a whirlwind and swept the beauty off her feet. Humility nevti won the fair, and that insignificant little man has self-confidence enough to make up to Venue herself, or to propose to Helen of Troy ten times over. Now mark the husband which tho plain woman has picked for herse i. Tall and handsome, he is a leading figure in politics, art, or the world o< finance. The plain woman has seen to that. The brains he has put to the winning of her have brought him wealth. In real life it is rarely the beauty of the iauiily who makes tile most brilliant match. She asks .100 little and is too easily satisfied. Theie is scarcely a man living who may not get the pretty Amelias for the asking. The BecKy Sharps, however, are of a different fibre. > Be sure that a handsome man, prosperous in this world's goods, has a plain little wife somewhere in the background. It takes a successful man to win a plain woman. The failures of the world Uave all got pretty wives; half the time they have been ruined by then). Probably nine men out of ten would be surprised to -lcani as a fact that pretty girls are more easily won than plain, it is a common fallacy among men to imagine that a plain girl can be had for the trouble of asking, but a pretty girl must be wooed on bended knees. SUIT NULLIFIED BY DIFFIDENCE. Strangely enough, the reverse case generally holds true. What with invitations to the theatre and pressing jffer's of bouquets and chocolates, not ;o speak of a voluminous post-bag from jiasculine admirers, Beauty has too ittle time on her hands for a long and irduous courtship. The awestruck admirer who trembles at the idea of rushing in on a short acquaintance usual'y ands himself cut out by the man who iroposos at first sight ai\l is accepted it the second meeting. Don Juan can say with truth it is .he.prettiest girl who is 1 won with the smallest amount of trouble, but Jack in ove with the beautiful Jill will unfold J. different tale. In reality it is his own iiflidence, not he r indifference, which mllilies his suit. Mr. Right has just as nuch chance, and more, with a prcttv ;irl surrounded by half-a-dozen prospective husbands, as he has with the plain maiden sitting all forlorn. There is about the pretty girl a tni?tng confidence which experience has delied to the plain one. Witness at a lance the different reception a man geu it the hands of a plain girl and ner iretty rival. Beauty passes him her irogramnie with an air of careless ;aiety; he is one among many, his ad'ent is no more than what might be jxpected, tis defection will u ot be renarked. The wallflower, on the other land, eyes him with definite feelings of u'ther relief or suspicion. Relief, belause her position is always one of more ir less uncertainty. Suspicion, becauet. ihe has so often seen the interest at i irst displayed in her transferred to an-! ithe r and prettier woman. It is not I o i >e wondered at if, on this account alone, -here has come to be a bitterness and eserve in her manner towards mca vhich acts as an effectual barrier. That man must be a hot lover indeed vho thaws her icy demeanour without i long and discouraging courtship. It is a mistake to think that the plain ;irl jumps at the first chance. In the ong ago sho may have done so, and •egretted in sackcloth and ashes. Now ihe has learnt her lesson, and the nun las to show himself very securely in | »er toils before she is convinced. I This is not to say that a pretty girl,' nay not get deserted quite as often as I l plain girl, but it is not the same thing ■ n her case. She is too much pestercu i iy admirers to brood over the defection ■ if one aprticular man. Naturally she ; ees many come and go. In that sense , ihe is really in a worse plight than her ilain sister, for she has the competition if every pretty face to meet, while n ?rench philosopher has declared it U a :harm peculiar to herself which makes iny ugly woman, when she k lined, oved to desperation. Beauty so easily i replaces her id-, nirers, so frequently discards lliom he.--elf, that a slight which the plain gi"l ' vould worry over she dismisses with a i mile.