Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-07-27
Beauty Rulos.

Whatcyerisho may wish to accomplish she
will best mauago it by pleasing. a wo--
mans grand social aim should bo to please
Aod let mo tell you how it is to be done
A woman can pcasc the eye by her ap-
pcurance, her face and figure. She can
please the ear by studying the art Of
clocution, not hard to any Of us, for by
nature we speak with lincr articulation than
mcn. She can plcass tho mind by cult,
vatiog her own--.so far, at least, as to makc
her good listener; aud as much farther as
Sho will. She can please the fancy by
ndics' wit, of which all of us have
share. She can please the heart by amia-
tiIity. Beauty of person is only Que fca.
turc Of true beauty.
RULE Two-ModcSty is the ground on
which all won'an's charms appear to tho
best advantage. In manners, dress, con .
ycrsation, remember always that mulcsty
must never be forgotten. There is uow-n-
lays II tendency in women to rebel against
Old fashioned modcsty. The doctrine OF
liberty is spreading among us, for which
thank God. But the first effects of that
doctrine ON our miuds arc Il little confus-
ing. Nc ARE growing more independent
and more individual. Sume of US fancy
aud of course We want the newest fashions
in all things. ma:n,uin that modest
woman is the reply Of my sex to brave
mnn-you can 70 mere have a true woman
ithoua nodrs,y than true nan without
courage But remember, | use the word
mo1es,y in high sense. Not ,prulcry.
Prudcry is on the surf'cc; :nodcs,y is in
the soul Rosalind in her boys suit is
delightfully."- modest, but not very prudi,h.
RULE TnREE.- Always dress up to yonr
age or litl'e beyond it. Let your person
te the youuScs, ,hing about you, net the
oldest. y very important l,sSon for women
OF forty. The attempt to dress Cor youu,,
invariably leads to a reaction in the spec
tatol's nind, and the traces OF years be-
come more pnlpabo and more significant.
But u slight aud graceful assumption OF
ycals in ones dress has an opposite elect.
RULE Fcun- Rcucu!ber that what
women admire in themselves is seldom
what men admire in thcu. In ninc draw
| ing rooms cut Of ten, Miranda or Cordr,is,
as novel hcroineS, would be vutcd lorcs.
| Women would say, "Wc utterly decline TO
acc"p. these wa,cry gnls IS typical OF Us;
we want snar.ncs aud life Gou't really
care much for Miranda or Cordoba myself
Now this seems to ne to caution US against
trusting toe implicitly or two lar our own
notions ulOut ourselves. Ano,her source
Of misunderstanding comes from the novel
writers We are The novel readers, aud
| the novelist is forced TO write hcruincs to
suit our taste. lie docs uut want to oTcGd
us. Thus it comes about that even the
male novelist is too often depicting woncn's
women, after oil. Aud believe scores of
modern pirls are seriously mislcd for this
very reason. They believe hey arc finding
out what men think them, when in truth
they are reoding their own notions handed
back to ,hem under pretty disguAc.
RULE ElVE.-W Women $ beauties are sci.
| dom mcu's Lcuutics. II ten men and ten
women were to 90 into the same company
and each Sex choose the prrt;cst woman
there, as they thought, you would rarely
iud that they choose the same. If this tc
SO, We ought not TO trust ourselves even as
TO our faces without considering that the
| sex we are to please must in the end settle
The question, aud will settle the question
in its own way.
RULE SIN.-Gaycty tempered Ivy Sc
rlousncss Is the harpitst maLucr in society
}y which l. mean that in al! our g,,cly
there ought to be u hint Of self rccollccticn
The most agreeable women have met with
and think The most regarded = have
been women Of social position, who have
been trained With due regard for religion
Their worldly education had made them
mindful of grace aud iivc'incSs; tho re
'iscus education kept these qualities under
particular sort CT control. which is per.
ccptitly different from mere good breeding