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THE CHINA MAIL. SEPTEMBER 14, 1988,
Beauty and You
17 PATRICIA LINDSAY
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Take Back Seat
happened to you while she was grow- ing into an adult?":"Do you keep
Women who can pride them selves on being modern mothers never find it necessary to take yourself up in appearance?” “Are back seat even though their daugh- you a woman your daughter and ters may be extremely beautiful and husband are proud to exhibit?”! talented.
Those are poignant questions. It When mothers complain to me takes steady nerves for most com- that their daughters push them infplaining mothers to answer. the background (whether it be in Let us assume that during the the home or out socially)· I take time when daughter was growing 'time to write them a long personal up, mother had no easy time of letter to help them out of their it. She had a lot of work to do difficulties. I do, even though per- and money was scarce. She sacri- haps I shouldn't, ask them rather pointed questions-"How did you bring up your daughter?". "What
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ficed a great deal to give daughter nice clothes, a good schooling, and and a healthy life. All right. Her mother love dictated. She enjoyed doing that
Of course she hoped, and right- fully expected, that when daughter.
did grow up she would be grateful daughter, during her difficult teens
for this loving care. Perhaps
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GINGER ROGERS' mother is never outshone by her daughter and is Ginger proud of her! Mrs. Rogers has for
•years been in charge of the talent ' department of the R.K.O. Studio, and she is now producing a play in New York.
is, or was not, grateful. Perhaps she had been thoroughly, spoiled. [Perhaps for years she expected mo-
ther to do all she did do because mo-1 ther never took the trouble to train books, magazines, go to movies. De-Win daughter to be grateful.
happens.
your own self esteem
All that Velop a personality because you back and it will not be long before have drowned yours in your daugh- people will be saying "Alice should ter's. Don't blame her. She isbe attractive and talented, just look young
and yohth is ruthless! lat her mother!
was
What mother failed to do this. She neglected herself in or- der to shower daughter with much
much she didn't need. Whe daughter was at the going out age, she saw other mothers who were attractive, who could speak on cure rent topics and books, who were more or less companionable to their own daughters. By comparison her mother fell short. Didn't she? Yes, the doting mother failed to keep modern.. Her offspring outshines
her.
Easy Solution
What these disappointed mothers should do, now that their daughters have grown, is to spend much more time thinking about themselves! Buy some new clothes, get a new hair-do and a few beauty treat- ments if the budget will stand for them by crossing out daughter's ordinary provisions! Those will restore self-respect.
To restore self-assurance get ac- tive in something--preferably local, which will bring you out of the home into social activity. Read
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