Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-07-05

about to explain some matter not altogeth'
or clear 10 herself, that in all our Salety
there ought to be hint of self-rccolloction'
Do you understand mel"
Not quite, said.
This know certainly. she replied the .
most agreeable woman | have met Will
and think the most regarded-have been
,vomen of rank, who have been trained
with q due regard for religion. IheiT
worldly education had made them mindful
of grace and liveliness; their religious
education kept these qualities under par
ticulsr sort of control. which is perceptipIy
different from mere good breeding; II
seems TO me that vIvacity and sprlsh'"'
ness are greatly enhanced by vein "i
seriousness. Certainly no woman ought
to he mOckCr.
Next, she continued, seeing | did not
speak, comes
Rule seven.-Aiwiys speak low.
wonder why put that down. IL is so
obvious. In support OF it | need only
quote your Shakespeare, who calls II an
excellent thing in woman. ,-
Rule ei.ht.-A plain woman can never
be pretty. She can always be lasclnatinS
if she takes pains.
81 well remember," Sophia said, after
reading this, to me, rather questionable
assertion, - man who was great All
mirer of our sex telling me that one oil The
most fascinating women he had ever
known was not only not pretty. but rs TO
her face decidedly plain-ugly, only tue
word is rude. ! asked my friend, How,
then, did she fascinate?' | well remember
his reply. Her figure, said he, was
neat. her dressing was flultless, her every
movement was graceful, her conversation
was clever and animated, and she always
tried 10 please 1t was not ! alone who
called her fascinating; she was one of the
most acceptable women in society | even
knew. She married brilliantly, and her
husband, a barrister in large practice, was
devoted to her-more than if she had been
a queen OF beauties.
Now, here" Sophia continual, resum'
ing her own discourse, here was :
woman who. excepting Il fairly neat liz
ure, had not u single natural gift of ap
pearance Is not this worth our thinking
about-lhose Of us women who care t'
please and are not beauties born
Rule nno.-Every year q woman liv'
the more pains she should take with h.
dress
The dress Of us elderly DANES So
pha said, laughing, " ought TO be NOR
of a science than it is. How often on
hears woman Of fifty say, Oh, N
dressing days are pastm when" add
, Sophia, ali she thought about it, the
have only we'll begun A, least, the tim
has como when dress i more to her thai
6 r to 81 tiu
. is quarter Of a ccutury-the third OF
q long life. # is period through whic
the majority Of grown.up people pass
And yet how little pains women take
how little thought beforehand-to i
t charming then.
9 And now she went on, seeing | di
:, not speak, "here comes my last rule-a
!, yet:
II Rule tcu.-In all things let woma
| ask what will please the men Of sense bt
e tore she asks what will please the men c
y fashion.
II by no means intend" she added
that woman is not to have regard
n the opinion of men of fashion, only sh
should not give it the first place. She wi
carry the men of fashion sooner by metl
DDS that please the men of sense, tia
men Of sense by methods that please me
q of fashion, and besides, listen to the me
. of fashion. They always praise woma
,e for things which begin to perish at twenty
, five. Even the old men of seventy wi
O talk Of u flee gill-deucedly fine figure
Ct wish could give an idea OF Sophia
NJ slightly wicked nimicry ut this passage
). And they will call woman rather on tt
decline, when, if she is On the decline
AZ where and what are they? You see If
,r woman lives for the commentator Of me
'. of fashion she will, if pretty, piquant, {
a what not, have reign of ten years. 81
!, if she remembers that she has charms
N mind, ana character, and taste, rs we'll ;
= charms of figure and complexion, tt
nj men of sense will follow her for half
n century, and in the long run the men
nf fashion will be led by the men of sense.
N "Ani there" Sophia cried, merrill,
!" throwing the paper down on the rug b
re- sid hcr-there are my rules for reformir
=, our little world Of women!'-" Lao
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