WOMEN'S CHARM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20868, 9 May 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)

WOMEN'S CHARM.

AN ELUSIVE QUALITY.

Charm is both the birthright and necessity of all women. Every girl as a child usually has the gift of potential charm. Tho tragedy is that so many ignore it, or fail to develop this blessing. I sincerely believe that it is a very real feminine duty to be charming. It is a vital part of being a woman, states tho writer. True charm must come from within. It cannot bo acquired and assumed as a veneer. It must be developed and matured, giadually and naturally. Otherwise it is so patently artificial that it becomes repulsive instead of appealing. I think that the greatest'compliment which can be paid a woman is to tell her she is charming. To say of a woman merely that she is beautiful is to give her credit for something in the creation of which she had no control, and for the possession of which she deserves no credit. Charm is an unmistakable thing. One possesses it or one just does not. It is usually greater even than physical beauty. If a woman has charm it matters not whether her features are regular or otherwise. No ono notices. There are countless phases of charm. There is charm in the tone of the voice, in smiles and laughter, in the wearing of clothes, in conversation, in wit, in the ability to enjoy the living of life. I think that no one person could be charming in all these tilings. That would be an almost superhuman achievement, but I do not believe that there is anybody living who is not charming in some way or other.

Beauty fades, but charm lives as long as life itself.