THE YOUNGEST VENUS
(By BERTA RUCK).
(Hodder and Stoughton),
This well-written story is dedicated •‘to any girl who imagines herself to be hopelessly unattractive.” If there are any such girls, they will certainly take heart of courage from this portrayal of a plain girl who achieved beauty by commonsensg methods and diet and exercise. And not beauty only did she achieve, but the realisation of her deepest desire. ‘‘When I look in the glass at morn, I wish that I had not been bom. When I look in the class at night, I think, ‘Well, there’s a humbling sight!* In fact, when I look in the glass— Alas!”
Such was the mournful ditty the drab and shapeless Maura Higgins used to chant each morning, as she viewed what the writer calls “one of Nature’s worst muddles.” Yet a young Swede, expert in physical culture, sowed the seed of ambition in her heart so that, through many ramifications of circumstance she came at length to the Land of Heart’s Desire. It is a convincing story, and should act as a rare tonic to the rare girls to whom it is dedicated. ♦ * * ♦
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 180, 14 July 1928, Page 9
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190THE YOUNGEST VENUS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 180, 14 July 1928, Page 9
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