The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-11-01
BEAUTY.

What n'beau'y aftef a.! Aek the lover vhs
snees 10 homage to one who has no attractions
for others. The cold on locker wonder ,ha, he
can call that uncassic combination Of features.
and that awkward from, beautiful. Yet il il no.
Ae sees, like Desdemons, he "vissags in her
mind" OF her affections. A ligh, from within
shines through the external comelness, srsdi.
ates and glorfes il. That which TO o,hers
seem common place and unworthy Of note, 10
10 him in the words Of Npencer-
"A sweet attractive kind orgrace,
full assurance given by looks,
Continued comfor, in face
The lineamenss Of Gospel books."
"Handsomc is, that handsome does--hoJ an
your he al. girl'!" WAS the language Of ME-.
Primrose the play, when addressing h,r
daughters. The worthy woman was right -
Woud lhat all my female readers wo e so..
rowing fnolishly because they are not ia oil reg.
pec's like Dubufe's Eve, Or that slasuo of ll.,
Medic,an Venus, (which enchsnt. the world"
could be persuaded TO listen to her. VIVA, ].
good looking, a. Horace Smith remarks, but
looking good! BE good, be wo,nsnly, be gentle,
generous in your sympsthies, hcedful OF The
well-bcing Of all around you, and my word f,-
i, You will not lack kind words Of admiration.
Loving and pleasant associations will gather
about you. That Mirror has no heart. But
quite another vIsage is yours on tie relinA az
human sympathy. There the beauty of hoh.
nese, Of inward grace, switch passc,h show
rests over il softcning aad mrllnwing s f.n,.
ures just as the full, calm harmonious loneliness.
"Hold up your Leads, girl =" repea, after
Mrs. Primrose. Why should you not! Every
mothers daughter Of you can be beaut,ful.-
You can envelope yourselves in an a,mos phere
4 s~l, ~
your otherwise plain faces will look forth like
angels.
Beautiful to Lcdyard. stiflening in the cold III
a north winter, seemed the diminu,vc, smoke.
stained women Of i.Apland, who wrapped him
in their furs, sud m'nietered TO his necessities
with kindness and gentle words of,o,npsssior.
Lovely 10 the home sick heart Of Park seeme,
the dark maids Of Sego. ~ they sung their lew
and simple song OF welcome beside his bed; and
sought to comfort the white stranger. who had
s'no mother TO bring him milk, and no wife IN
grind him corn" Oh! talk as you may Of bean.
~ az thing to be chieeled from marble os
Wrought out on canvass--speculate as we NAV
upon ite colors and outlines, what 10 il but An
intellectual abstraction, after al! The hear,
tees beauty 1t another kind-lookinQ through
the outward environment, il Gncoyers q deeper
and more reall0velin' o, q lite the urliest face
ever saw, was thai OF a woman whom The
world calls beautifuI. Through its "si,ver vel"
the evil and ungenlIs passions looked cut, hide.
Gus and hateful On the other hand, there are
faces which the muli,ndes, at fret glance, de.
nounce homely, unattractive. and such 40 INA.
ture fashions by the groes," which always re-.
cognizs with warm heart thrill; not for the
world would have one feature changed; they
please me as they are; they are hallowed by kind
ara beautiful through their as.
socistions; nor are they less welcome, that with
my admiration Of them 1.-THE stranger informed
deth not"