, 1880-07-24

t,,r lati II tllu rlgI,t Of surtr,qd viii cosu tho
arn'nshops md lcssGn the ntiltMr Or ittcl,rlAtcs
errnml'lc for o'cc md tho Fcau!lal an'' sinruhr
incident I, thereto may it lnscr long H. H. s,s mr.
TIE PRETTY D11AKS.
rnttrY YEAna IN THEIR pEfENsE.
10 HE Editor of 7ns chicago Tribune.
GRAND 1Arlps, Mtch., Jnly l7+-1n ono thing
tho very ynittK md profoundly conventional
Eugene j. llall Is truly wise.
fio npproprIntcs tho favorable moment.
lie srtxcs the "1,ow when all tho aIrts arc
awny having n jolly good time, aud laying. lot
,la hHre, secure foundations for future hotnea
Of their own, and horses couldn't tMakD atIy ono
OF them write latter to our thin and of ]ato
somewhat bonstling-hmlscy l[ornc-l,ero 1T TMs
Tribune, tlu takcs Hafo md auaptcloits mo-
n,eht to lala fenntc ttHlilcss
See here. Eugono, what ID physical beauty, any
wnyf
liavo you ghost of m tica of what 1t means,
whnt pr0nucoa It, whnt It ct,as, anA whit 1t will
buy in this commercial United Suites of ours?
1iear In mimi, my dear hoy, tho fact that social
economy and political economy are governed by
tho samu principles, and tlinC cost DR production,
vnlue OF product, md selling prce nrp thrro
things which bcnr always unntterablo relations
to tucll other.
Hut this Ia beyond tho p!ace In the work yo,,
harc etuh1ed,-lct us 60 over your letter Of July
l5 togcthpr.
You nuke tho following statements:
Bcsluty Ia Impossible without goodness, An
ugly woman tnny DO good. 4 beautiful woman
is often vain. lcanty is ofton n personal tuls-
fortune and n Bnarc for tho feet Ut It's uwuer. Il
rollned md cultivated mind Is more desirable
thnn perfect and bcnutfM body. The gottl-
ness Of III ugly WOMAN makes uB forget her
want Of beauty. An ugly woman ts US God
t3ntlc hor.''
You say: alike II cold md scnseless image Of
marble tho bcuuty Of thought noyor beams
from her eyes or aparkles III cheerful conrerea-
tto1I," and presunoyou r,,cnnt something when
you Baid tEat. though nm not quito suro what
that something WIS.
You qsloto ltuskin as saying, IA wonnn can.
not be nude lovclYwtnout she Is maslu happy"
You shy: "Nouo can bo happy who bcar Kroat
burdens, fur hu1nan happiness implies.
In ccrtnln sense, q totul retcase from care and
responsibility" 80 uttdt Huyo you never Ind
the goed fortune to sco tho happy mother OF 4
lur9u famtly of children7 And how cau n
mother, even "in II cortAin sense" be "totaly
relieved from care md responsibility
. And you RlIy beautiful aud weAlthy wonlRn's
l!to presonts her with "mat,y attractions" alld
gn a. .,ss 9g y s tefo " .aI s RFeat and that mo
n plain words. the,l. Eugene, you sny bcNu-
per, anti i pan woinnr, ,'iay i,,ve i Kid heart
is .,ot TINT Tho who'o q ,your lottcr7
As to your rush assertion that woman ca.1-
snstnineI. in,ple1tion that d pinln% % woitiar II il
lnoro llkely than pretty ono to b. good, shall
acqun!ntnnces n.,iong tho iulr sox Will convince
Aud iow It Is inquire Into tho nature and
Is tllore a stan1nrd Of bcauty2 Tho C!rcas-
sati wlo ss ',Sn.tlfut iu Co,ist1ltinolla Is also
inay assume, think, sh,,t thurc is i cos,iopoii.
tan sta1ldard Of beauty, which Is uni form III tho
cultivated rhces Ut lnGnk!nsl,
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