The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-02-04
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HOW LADIES MAY ALWAYS LOOK
LOVELY. r

Asaoing article, the subject OF Wnicn
as she wrote il down in the head line
was "Bsauty and its essentials "
We promise that every woman haI
a desire to look as well as she can-tha'
the wish to please by her personal ap
pearanee, is implanted in her heart BY
nature, and gains strength with hel
growth in a greater or less degree, al
circumstances lend their aid to call il
forth, or engage in suppressing it. Ii
the second place, we hold it the duty Of
every woman to dress as well as she
can, with good taste and neatness at ali
times and upon all occasions. The
plainest person, by strict attention tc
cleanliness, neatness and order in hel
personal arrangements, can look, if not
handsome, SO very near it, that the diff.
ference is worth nothing. In making
this assersion we wish it distinctly un.
derstood, that the qualities referred to
must be accompanied by the most per.
feet good humor and amiability of man.
ner, either natural or acquired for il
is impossible but that fretfulness, petu.
lance and ill-humor generally should
distort the prettiest face, and render ii
so positively displeasing, that all the
dresses in the world could not disguise
or beautifyit it. Again, a cheerful, agree,
able temper must be accompanied by
intelligence, to create any degree of in
terest for any length of time. The face
may be exact in its regularity of feature,
the complexion spotlessly beautiful in
its coloring, and the form grace itself,
but if there is no soul to brighten OF
darken the brilliant eye, no mind to give
expression to the lovely eountenance
how soon the picture wearies, and how
terribly irksome is conversation with
such a piece of uniformed waxwood
1t is certain, then, that good humer, in
telligence and neatness, are three essen.
tials to beauty, and without either, Oh
all of these, it is useless for women tc
eudeavor to please beyond the present
moment. We will take you, madam
who are in the bloom of womanhood, OIL
you, miss, who have just entered the
borders of that mystical state, anc
though neither of you are what nigh
be strictly called beautiful, will whisper
how you may become SO to all who are
worth the effort you may make. You
will of course, first cultivate your mind
by a judicious selection of books, and
an application to some n of them fol
at least an hour or two every day. You
need not say that you have no time
you fritter away hours in idle gossip,
which if devoted to the development o.
your mental graces, would soon make
you what you are not now, a refined and
cultivated woman. And always bear in
mind, that a smooth brow and smiling
lip are beauty itself, SO that although
you are tired by many little household
crosses, and it may be, burdened with
multiplied cares of a larger growth, dc
not give way to anger or %sullenness
which not only destroy your looks, but
injure you in another way, infinitely
more important. IF you have any lit.
tie ones they soc take their cue
from their mothers face, or if you are
a member of a large family of brothers
and sisters, you have it in your lower tc
make that discord to which almost any
other evil is preferable. We will sup.
pose that you are now daily growing il
intelligence, that you have either beer
gifted by nature Oh have acquired by
perseverance an amiable disposition and
a pleasing manner, to these you will ado
good taste in dress. The first and most
absolute daily requirement is personal
cleanliness. Of course you battle ; if
you have not the convenience of a bath
house, you have a cistern and a wash
bowl and a pitcher. A coarse towel
and a good stout piece of sponge and a
little pure soap, and you are fresh, rosy
and elastic as a beautiful woman olght
to be. Having carefully brushed your
hair, you array yourself in the early
morning in a clean, well fitting calico
dress, or wrapper, as it is generally
termed. This dress has q collar at.
tached to it, if it has not, you add a
plain linen one; you carefully clothe
your feet, not in old worn out house and
slip-shod shoes, but nicely and properly,
as if your pedal extremities were going
to be reviewed by proper authorities.
It will make yourself more neat and
clean, than to fling on tumbled clothing
in a slatterly manner. If you have to
assist in preparing breakfast, you can
add a gingham apron which can be laid
aside when your mornings work is over,
and you sit down to read or sew. New
err suffer your husband, father or broth.
er to see you in a plight that you would
be ashamed any other gentleman Of
your acquaintance should behold you in.
1t is a POOR compliment you pay tc