New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-21
GREATLY AND BRAINS"
BEAUTY Anu BKhINS.
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FEMALE DRAMATIC AsP'RASrs.
tn fhs Editor OF The Tribrne.

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FEMALE DRAMATIC AsP'RASrs
To the Editor Of The Trfb"nG
SIR: 1t has occurred to me that II Your
editorial on Beauty and Brains called forth no higher
thought or gave better consolation than A Man OF
the World" expressed you wOld have slight encourage
rnent TO continue your con.niendable and generous
practice OF giving Ia host OF readers such very eh
ceent articles. IL seems to me thai " Man VI INC
World" must have very imperfect Digestion or al
absolute ineapacity Of assimsting nutritious eie-
ments not to be able to get anything better out Oh
such good food than warning to (fenae, dramatic
asprants" The onesidedncss OF the letter shows con-
cIusiyely that Man of the World" socsyey differently
from woman OF the same world ut least as u rep
resentative of the latter class cued from your exquisite
article n very different lesson. Thought
saw In II that geDtle, loving, whlle-robed
spirit Of emancipation for which the st'ug-
cling working women of the world have been so long
striving ami longing the Of the coming OF that
not very far of time when bnless beauty Will have 10
take back seat when women OF eu,t'ire OF genius. OF
mighty hearts and eloquent tongues shall sde ny sac
and hand hand with the already enanclIated men OF
the world marshal their hosts and away tho mutitdes
I'm short the herald Of that sensible time COMING wheh
It shall no more be asked of is she pretty than
II is now asked Of is lie prettyf str nge though II
may appear acknowledge to having found ID Beauty
and Brains added peace IN believing tnat almost
All good qualities of head and mind nave won tue
victory and are taking precedence 81 mere physeai
beauty How indeed can IL ~ tns end oe a VS.
lasting the perishable The sky lushes nto beauty
which fades away bal the soul of genus never ues
The Slan of the World" ASSERTS that countess
thousands of gnlses have failed utterly from LACK
OF personal beauty and that success Without - eAce
f,nal. am happy to say that such Is NOS my cOhvc-
lion have enough Of the world IT, convince me
that more fail III life from lack Of brns even among ms
own sex, than from lack OF beauty. Even allowing
beauty be "A very powerful uxiaiy IN oies,on
whose smaller aim IL ia please tie senses, still 90 not
see how beauty of person be an. more eJs' ai 10
the felnae than tlc male actor Isn't Romeo beauty
euuai to ulics, and quite unusual tyIel There
fore cannot understand why your correspondents ad-
vice should lie confined 10 the d" female aspliant
Then again does not the actor have 10 study, study
study as well the actrcssl And, as to dress, don't
the kings the play have to dress gfTndly ana OK
peusyey IA the queens Is not Edwin BOohs ward
robe nificc and costly Charlotte ushinans
cannot why should he warned 10 pause
aud reflect any than man. Do women fiIl 10
attain CInnencc the Oftccr tlan Inau IL The
peril OF the strain any greater fol- WOMAN tian fora aD
That sentines should be posted alOns the lines To warn
oil in fact wnen IL comes 10 ihe important matter
Oi earning "a livelihood. think woman might be eA-
doing little less Iausirg aud relleetihg
than a man. in view OF the comparatively small number
oi occupations open IL her. and presume mat there are
large number OF the "iesser lights OF The stage WHO
have dream Of becoming famous, Dul VINO WORK on
using the talents they possess to gam AL honest nNh5,
and troubling their heads very liiuc about their I'M
kuclled graves Oh their :" unhistorio lives
A WUAAH OF THE WORLD.
Neio- York, Aug. 3, 1875.