Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-05-17
What Becomes of all the Pretty Girls {?

1t has long been question with philosophers
what becomes of all the bright boys, the prodi-
gles, the embryo statesmen, generals, poets and
philosophers? In every generation of boys
there is an extraordinary number of geniuses
and yet the world is not overstocked with great
men. When in after lifewe look around for
the bright boys, we see only a crowd of ordinary,
mortals, with but here and there a genius, and
he not one of the bright boys. This is great
mystery, but we do not now propose to attempt
its solution. There is another and more impor-
tant question which needs eucidation-what
becomes of all the pretty girls? All girls are
cheek, the laughing eye the red lip, the rounded
form, the springiDg step, the freshness and vi
vacity Of youth-all girls have more or less Of
these charms. And then we all remember girls
that were beautiful, surprisingly beautiful, a JOY
to look upon. The question comes back, where
are they all Have they flowered into the per-
feet loveliuess of Womanhood? 1t is hardly
gallant to say Of our married ladies and madens
of uncertain age that they are not good looking,
and we don't say it; but have they retained all
the charms they ought? Have not the pretty
girls we once knew lost their rosy cheeks and
rounded forms, and become race of invalids,
with crooked spines, contracted chests diseased
llvers and dyspeptic stomachs? Perhaps not
all, for there are beautiful women enough among
us to show what the pretty girls ought to be-
come when they grow up-the girl being to the
woman only what the rose bud is to the full
blown rose. For the highest type of beauty we
should look to our mature women, but we too
often look in vain. Beauty is almost confined
to the rosebud type-it fades in the opened
flower.
Now this is not right All women should be
beautiful may be beautiful even in old age
But our women early lose their health, and with
it goes their beauty. OF this state Of things
there are various causes-carelessness about food
and dress, in some cases excessive stimulation
of the brain, in more neglect of exercise, early
marriage and family cares and labors.
This is what becomes of the pretty girls y
Now every one of them ought to become beau
tiful woman, and in falling short of it neglects
a positive duty; for it is as much woman S duty
to be beautiful as it is mans duty to be brave
and strong. And this is to be achieved not sole
ly by the adornment of her person, but rather
by the preservation of her health. 1t is better
to be healthy than to be learned, Or fashionable,
or sentimentally pale and ''interesting"
We trust the pretty girl of to-day will think
of these things ere it is too late If they would
retain their beauty in mlddle-lfe, let them be
careful to preserve their hea!th-avoid thin shoes
and tight lacng, take plenty of air and exercise,
learn to skate, to swim, and especially to acalh.
IF they do this, the roses on their cheeks will
not fade, and they will all become beautiful wo-
men. Certain young men in Paris not long
since formed society for the encouragement of
the blonde style of beauty. A more sensible
thing would be society for the Preservation of
Female Beauty. We advise the girls to organ
ize such society, and all become active men,
bers. If they will do this, looking around in
future years, we shall not be obliged to ask
what has becd of all the pretty girls?
RS Weak doses of wash boards are now re-
commended by physicians, for ladies who COM
plain of dyspepsia. Young men troubled in the
same way may be cured by a strong prepara-
ton of saw horse.