The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-19

WHY WOMEN LOSE THEIR BEAUTY
Shut up In houses nine =tenths of their
time, with either no exercise, or that
which is Of a limited, irksome sameness,
they are, as a consequence, unnaturally
pale, soft and tender; their blood is
poorly organized and .watery, their
muscles small and f1abby; and the
force and functions Of their bodies, as
whole; run low In the scale of life. A
spurious fullness is often seen in the
outline during girlhOod, which usually
melts like snow under an April sun
whenever the endurance is put to the
test, as in performing the functions of a
mother. The change in appearance
from the maiden OF one year to the
and enduring that it is difficult to be-
son. The round, pleasing shape is pre-
maturely displaced by pinched angu-
larity, and an mtimely and unseemly
appearance of age. Travellers from
other countries, who have had an exr
tensive means for observation and Com-
parison, have remarked upon the great
beauty OF American women, and the
early age at which it is lost. Some
have ascribed this to the climate; but
more intelligent observers agree that
it is the hOt-hOuse, enerVating mode of
life. English ladies of rank, who, by
the way, are celebrated for keeping
their beauty even to @ ripe old age,
think nothing Of walking half dozen
miles at a time; while American ladies
would think such q thing perfectly
dreadful. If American women so dain-
tily and richly fed, will sit in dark and
sUltry rooms the liYerlong day., they
| must expect to bloom too soon, to hasten
through this charming period-at the
longest in about ten years-and for
| twenty-five years after, have the grim
satisfaction of being thin, wrinkled,
angular and sall0W, ,ra
Look happy, if You do not feel so.
Present q cheerful exterior, though
your heart and mind be troubled
| Never wear q face which, as Sydney
| Smith says, sis a breach of the peace
DIR. johnson used to observe that the
habit of looking at the best side of a
thing was worth more to a man than
thousand pounds a year, and Samuel
Smiles observes: "We possess the
power, to q great extent, of SO exercis-
| ing the will as to direct the thoughts
upon subjects calculated to yield happi-
| ness and Improvement rather than their
| opposites. In this way the habit OF
happy thought may be made to spring
up ike any other habit. And to bring
up men OF women with a, genuine ma
ture of this sort, a good temper and a
happy frame of mind, is nerhans Of
even more Importance, In many eases
than to perfect them in much knoWI-
edge and many accomplishments"
L
i The San Francisco Alta tells how q
buxom widow, who was woOed and
won by q young man short time since
discovered disposition ON his part tt
be off with the old love so that he eoulC
take a new: She procured pistol, {
| marriage license and the seryioes Of {
minister, and sent for the young Lotha
rio. Upon his coming she whispered
i in his ear in duleet tones: marry O.
diem She had prepared for mariag,
or a funeral, and wasn't going to be dis
| appointed, and wanted an immediat,
answer, as the preacher was waiting
to perform the marriage ceremony o
preach the funeral sermon. Low
triumphed Tor rather, perhaps, w
should say the fear of DEATH, and ther
was marriage in haste. Divorce sui
:. now commenced. Re- ;.--.....