The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-03-10

grow careless and oll-fashloneti in their
dreessw-775'''what does it signify - nobody
cares od7 o. Tobu81 1881 lsss.9 III iI91sR
1 think, o woman ought to care a little
for herself - q very little. Without
preaching up vanity, or undue ewa te, of
time over that most thankless duty Of a.
dorning ones self for nobody's pleasure in
particulars it not still "a right and be-
coming feeling to have some respect for
that personality which, as well as our soul
Heaven gave us to make the best Ola
And is it not our duty-considering the
great number Of uncomely people there
are in the world-to lessen it by making
herself as little uncomely as she possibly
cans 1a ila d3.Iu 81 sHaa adt L
Because lady ceases to dress youth
fully, she has no excuse for dressing I'M
tidily; and though having found out
that one general style suits both her PEI
son her taste, and convenience, she keeps
to il, and generally prefers moulding the
fashion to herself, rather than herself to
the fashion. Still, that is no reason why
she should shock the risible nerves OF one
generation, by Showing up TO them the out
ofdate costume of another. Neatness III
sariably; hues carefully harmonized,
and, as time advances, subsiding into a
general unity oftone, softening and dark
ening in color. until black, white, and
gray only remain, as the suitable garb for
old age; these things are every woman's
bounden duty to observe as long as she
lives. Nopoyerty, grief, sickness or lone
liness-those mental causes which act so
strongly upon the external life--can jus
tify any one to use a phrase probably
soon to be obs Jlete when charity and com
mon sense have left the rising generation
no fifth Of November)i nyoluntarily ma
king q Guy of herself. bra 3o-9s
That slow, fine, and yet perceptible
change of mien and behavior, natural and
proper to advancing years, is scarcely re
ducible to any rule atall. Ii is but the
outward reflection Of an inward process
of the mind. We only discover its full
effect by the absence of it, as noticeable
in a person, who has such very ''young"
manners, who falls into rapturest Of en-
thusiasm, and expresses loudly every G.
motion of her nature. Such character
when real is unobjectionable, nay, charm
Ing, in extreme youth: but the great I'M
probability of its being real, makes it rath-
er ludicrous if not disagreeable, in ma
ture age, when the passions die out, or
are quieted down, the sense Of happiness
itself is calm, and the fullest tenderest tide
Of which the loving heart is capable, may
be described by those still waters that run
deep. 6a5s
TO ''grov old GRACEFUL" one who
has truly excmpIied her theory, has writ
ten and expressed it's a good and beau
tiful thing; to grow old worthily a bet
ter. And the first effort to that end, is
not only to recognize, but to become per-
sonaly reconciled to the fact of youths
departure; to see, or, if not seeing, to
have faith in the wisdom of that which
we call change, yet which is in truth pro
erosion; to follow openly and fearlessly,
in ourselves and in our own life, the same
law which makes Spring pass into Sum
mer, Summer into Autumn, Autumn in
to Winter, preserving an especial beauty
and fitness in each of the four.
Yes, if women only could believe it
there is wonderful beauty even in grow
ing old. The charm of expression arr
sing from softenod temper or rlpened III
tellect, often amply atones for the loss OF
form and coloring; and, consequently, to
those who never could boast either OF
these latter, yesrs give much more than
they take away. A sensitive person Of
ten requires half lifetime to get thor
oughlv used to this corporeal machine,
to attain a wholesome indifference both
to its defects and perfeetions-and to learn
at last, what nobody will acquire from
any teacher but experie nee, that it is the
mind alone that is of any consequence
that with good temper, sincerity, and a
moderate stock Of brains-or even the two
former only-any sort of body can in
time be made useful, respectable, and a.
areeable, as travelling dress for the soul.
MANY q one, who was absolutely plain in
youth, thus grows pleasant and well-look-
ing in declining years. You will hardly
ever find anybody, not ugly IN m'nd'
who is repulsively ugly in person after
middle life.
nE Education makes more difference
between man and man, than nature has