The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-05-16
CHE Uribulle.
READING.

Il have no time to read" How often
this declaration falls from the lips of
women; an ever ready excuse for ignor-
ance of what is passing in the great
world beyond the narrow limits of their
own neighborhood.
Talk to them of artists and works of
art, OF authors and their productions,
or of the aspects of our own land, civil
or political, and In nine cases out of ten
they viii listen with forced attention,
quietly renarking when you have finish
ed, without betraying the slightest en-
barrassment at their want of information,
Il know very little about such things !;
L have no time to read" Turn to neigh
borhood gosSip-retail all you know,
think, conjecture, or have read respect
ing various mutual 4acquaintances, and a
lively interest vii be awakened in your
auditor flow of comment and witty re-
mark elected, which prove her fully capa-
BILE Of conVersing upon any subject which
she is familiar with.
Talking OF fashion you will find her no
stranger to them, and she would blush
to plead ignorance in regard to matters
of dress. No time to read," and yet
time to attend to the affairs of others !
No time to beauty, enrich, OF strength
the mind and yet time to spend in adorn-
ing the body! The latter is certainly a
duty: the body is the earthly dwelling
of the soul, and beautiful mind is all the
more lovely when robed in beauty.
A careless slovenliness In regard to
personal appearance, is threefold sin
against ourselves, as detracts large por-
ton Of the affection and esteem which
we might otherwise receive; against
others, to whom We do not afford all the
pleasure Of which we are capable and
against God, who has formed this dwell
Ing and given it to our keeping. This,
however, is not the highest, hottest duty
and instead of being life purpose,
should occupy a secondary place in the
thoughts.
A fine form and beautiful face may
please fer a time. we admire them Just
as We do q statue CT picture, but who
would wish to live with figure of cold
marble, to depend upon it for compan.
ionship? Soon soulless perfection would
become wearisome; even more quickly
one tires Of souliess hnman face, though
perfect as the embodiment of the artist S
dream.
An idle tongue spoils many a pretty
face and we'll stored mind shines
through many plain one. Think over
your list of acquaintance and see how
many OF them look to you as they did
when yon first saw them. Has not beau
ty In many cases become insipid? and
have not plain faces grown beautiful?
NV no was the prettiest girl at the party
last evening" p srid lady to a gentleman
acquaintance the morning after social
gathering: Jennie c. wonld have been.
if she had not opened her mouth" was
the apt reply.
The amount of knowledge derived from
reading depends not so much upon the
quantity, as the quality of what is read :;
and not so much upon the time spent
in reading, as the time spent in thinking
of what has been read. A lover of knowl-
edge will find time to read when another
would End none. A lady of my acquaint.
ance, whose husband is a farmer, always
reads while she is doing her chruning.
A little practice will enable one to knit
as we'll with book as without; and eveu
crochet and tatting may be done with an
open volume before one. 1t is au excell-
ent plan to have book near while sew
ing, so as to read few moments occa-
ionally, and spend the time while en-
gagged with the needle, in thinking.
Such course expands the mind wonder
fully: