The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-03-12
THE DAILY HERALD.
ID. McCALEIs, Editor.
our Agents.
The Value Of Beauty.


monetary point of view, to orna.
ment farm grounds. 1t is remark
able that, of tho great number Of
things discussed, no question seem.
ed 50 very interesting One would
think that such subject needed no
discussion but when we drive thro
tho country and see SO many farm
houses not only without beauty,
but absolutely without comfort
and oven in defiance of all beauty,
us ifa checrless, miserable condi-
ton were actually preferable--it is
clear that the question was not at
all pointless one.
Ono speaker at that meeting put
the matter in II practical light in
this way: II, he asked, We are
buying apples in the market, and
haze two samples before us--both
large, both of equally excellent
flavor, both in fact precisely tho
same in every respect except that
oneis of II green, uninviting tint,
~.
and the other red and rosy-which
do wo takc9 Indeed there is in
every breasts love of beauty, and
in many respects tbs all we live
for We like this world because II
is beautiful; because tho flowers
bloom, the trees grow. and the
birds sing; because our eyes, ears,
and all our senses are pleased and
because it is beauty which lends
more than any other element those
charms ofllife which so delight usj
and, whether we are conscious of
it or not, it enters largely in all our
calculations 10 to what we shall buy.
and what we will own.
To make our homes beautiful
should be one Of the objects of our
lives. The mere making money Is
all very well. 1t is indeed one Of
tho virtues. He whois willing to
work, and is anxiousto make and
save money by his hard labor, may
have vices but he is seldom 30
coarsely bad as the shiftlcss spend
thrift who, while ridiculing the saw
ing habits Of parents or friends, is
yet willingto borrowfrom or spend
money for them. But too often
these praiseworthy,l frugal, and
saving habits degenerate into a rule
in life, and very little happiness or
good results from the money made.
A very little of these savings-a
very little time spent in bcavtity-
ing ones home-put q new phase
on existence; and wa really believe
men would live an average of ten
years more than they d9 If they
were TO say once in while, +" be-
gone, dull care" in tho mere mat
ter of money making, and devote a
little time each day or SO to max
ing n sort Of Eden Of their homo and
the surroundings. But it is not 80
much Of tile mere pleasure that we
would speak. There is actually
money in beauty. AS the speaker
above said Of a beautiful apple, so
it is of a beautiful farm. Asa gen
eral rule, place in which taste is
exhibited, and everything is kept
up in nice style, will bring double
that in which misery and ruin rules
complete. It is to be noted, how
ever, that these pretty places are
seldom for sale. Those who cult
vate thosc tasteful habits with the
view Of selling their places in con-
sequence Of improving thcm, seem
to thrive uhconsciously in every
other way; and in that time come come
to the conclusion that they can af'
ford it, and may as we'll enjoy life
in the midst OF beautiful surround
ings rs to sell out for other people
to enjoy.
Mr.. Dunlap, the able agricultural
correspondent Of the Chicago Tri
bunc, recently remarked 10 sspecch
at indianapolis, that in Illinois not
many years ago IL was very easy
10 find some ono who would sell 9
farm, and il was oasY to find money