Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS,
Beautiful Women.

Every woman has right to be beauti-
tu}; that is the secret Of her power. her
mission, the key which unlocks her desti-
ny. But while she has right to be beau
tiful, she has no light to be its opposite
that IS an injustice to society, which has
right to expect from her its lovcliness, its
a.aeo and attraction. There are many diff
-rcat kinds Of beauty, and it is a great
mistake 10 imagine that ii consists wholly.
U5 .oior, form, or texture. There IS the
beauty OF innocence and the beauty of
truth, the beauty Of childhood au1 tla
beauty Of the matron, the beauty of wis
dGu and the beauty of simplicity. The
lowest kind of beauty is that merely physi-
cal perfection and splendor which receives
no aid from voice, look, or expression, but
Is married by tie action OF the mind upon
its fair and smooth surface. just as the mud
is stirred in a shallow pool by any slight
circumstance which touches its depths
The ideals Of the ancient poets are all beau
tiiul, bat the characteristics are distinct
and separate, so that there Is DO Hat and
wearjsome samcness; and the beauty Of
form with which they are endowed is sim
ply the vehicle or expression OF the men
I'll idea they wish to convey. Thus, the
serene maCton, the brilliant coQuette, the
imperious queen. the tender and delicate
maiden, the timi4 young wife. and the
thoughtful nurse, have all an individuality
OF the;r own, to which their outward ap-
pearancc is the visible sign and index
Their dress should naturally correspond to
these mental and physical Indications so as
10 preserve sense OF musical harmony
and fitness throughout the entire structure
There is nothing that disenchants as soon
as the discovery Of folly, Ignorance, stu
pidity, bad temper, or vile passions be-
meath fair and seductive form The pos
session Of any fine and noble qualities, on
the contrary, illuminateS the plainest fea-
lures and dullest complexion much better
than scores Of costly powders and cosmet-
les Women who desire to be beautiful
make great mistake in trying to increase
their attractions, or make themselves charm
ing, after any other persons pattern. What
IS adapted to one style would destroy the
effect Of another; and for every woman to
adopt an arbitrary mode or standard of
dress is fatal to the aggregate Of feminine
beauty, whose great charm Is variety.
1t is natural to have admiration, power
and influence, and almost all women may
not only obtain these but retain them, by
being themselves in the very highest and
most perfect sense Of which they are capa-
bic, instead of weak and diluted imita
ton of somebody else. When the fresh
ness of youth and girlhood has departed,
let them be succeeded, naturally, by the
matured grace of womanhood, and these
by the dignity of middle age. The afec-
tation Of pretty coquetries aud Juvenile
simplicity by sallow specimens of ancient
spinsterhood-o worse; by women who
bear the name of wife and motherhood
not only outrage all true ideas Of taste and
! propriety, but deprive those who indulge in
them of their natural claims to attention
and consideration. When all women are
natural and true, then they will all be beau
tiful