The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-22
Cures for Ugliness.
rFnom the American Queen.

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or .nff-rino or malicious? Let US II
not to re So. Half the bad thing
| life we bring on ourselves. ana u
rest are mostly durable. Some poop
are never old; le temperament III
Tag sickness and ill temper ca
ne mended. they both mean onl
that the wrong conditions are presel
Aud irrecnverable uglibess Is 60 ral
that it would not be true to say thu
1t does not exist.
Dress and manners 50 modify OF
looks that we can make them nearl
what we please. We cann0t avoi
having some sort of dress and SOM
sort of manners. Let us make ther
PLEASANT. We al wish to be loved b
some body. Our lovers and on
friends are put away from US b
many repellant influences; by i1l-wi
by cruelty. by Indifference, by ugli
ness, by dirt, by stupidity, by inabi'
ity 10 contribute anything to the cir
Gle about u. No one will deny tina
dirt, stupidity, ill-wil', indif renee
are durable. so is ugiil q What
uglines>? A question of fashion
One year things are voted ugly tina
II. xt year are run after. Austrac
ugllness is a mystery, psrhaps it is
myth.
Dull colors are usually unattractiv
an other name for ugly; perhaps be
cause they recall. uncOnsciouslv
murky images, monotonous associa
tons, not sunlight and brightness
Again, sudden and Irregular lines ar,
commonly disl,ked, just because they
are irregular. They jerk and unset
tie the customary direction of the cyl
rs court hand and the early angular
black letter pains and tires the Sigh
used to ruunder forms. hut if we laN
down q general rule that all irregular
lines are ugly, whether in faces, cos
tune, III caIigraphy, we must leave
y broad margin for fashiOn-the re-
action of taste. After many smooth
lines, irregularities relieve and please
and, as we have said, abstract ugli-
ness may be a myth. W. believe
that an :bolutely ugly woman is
impossit lie.
Let her whom her sisters call ugly
examine herself coolly. She nust
have some "points." Besides her
plain and shapeless face, has she an
ill-shapen hand? a figure that 10
corset will improve? a foot that dis
heartens every b0otmaker? can the
dressmaker do nothing for herr can
not this uxly qualify be concealed,
that subdued-s0ule.h hing less often
sive brought forward a little? Can
the dentist do nothing for those vel
low faDgs, the scissors nothing for
those nails? Cannot some little artful
pad equalize the crooked shoulders
some raised heel that limping gait
some oculist that spasmodic oUiiquity
of visf0n7 Some powder, wash, or
paint (let us call u spade u spade)
tnat last resourse Of unbearable mis-
fortune, cannot some paint cover that
purple stain. that frightfuI scar on
the cheek or neck?
mo woman il ugly when she is
dressed" said the gallant Lord Ches.
terrified. Nor is any bird with it's
pIumage. But pluck it, Pluck the
bird of paradise itself, and learn a
renowned fowl owes all
to its dress, aud we cannot say that
Of humanity, however Ill-favored.
Our gifts are manifold, our chances
various. and our hopes endless. 1t
not be beneath us TO attend 20
,ur plumage, and I'LL the other little
.nlceties that add 20 much to the en-
.Oyment Of life.
A.plain woman with any wisdom
wi | make the most Of any good kolut
n her physique and as little q, she
IAN OF ter worst points For instance,
t she has q bad, coarse complexion
he will not exhibit more squale feet
IT the material than are needful.
~ are feel? nay, nor square inches.
will not wear low dres es nor |
'evy short sleeves. She will Carefully |
elect hues In dress that improve, not
njure. bel own natural cOlnring, and
will wear dresses high to the throat;
ust enough trimmed to give richness
Without confusion to the lines of our
Nor will she wear that lace
Iuile white. Only aga INST an ivory
kin does white lace tell prettily. A
oman with a poor complexion will
her lace with brown, (tea and
Office are good dyes) or with the
cOlOrs in her dress. Thus
he will get the softening effects of
roken color at the edges, without
ne risk of calling attention to her
wn blemishes. A very brown
roman, however, may make her
ark skin "po;nt." Then she will use
'hise lace anu all colors that enhance
er own deep c"iOring.
A plain woman with q bad figure
m. adopt many little harmless devil
sat least rs harmless Us borrowed
'cks and teeth which no one now
She can borrow q little
nbonpoint from the friendly cotton
ee; she can swathe in q handsome
eeve the too thin al Or too sharp
BOULDER which detracts from anv
ager'Dg merit she may have. She
q hue her long ungainIy figure
lfh q short, classical waist; or she
n mend the churnIike shape with
corset only sufficient to induce a
minnie curve. A thin arm NAV .
hidden by a richly draped 8 eeve,
improved by thickIy lining a
ose one. A shoulder too low NAV !,
mended by a skiltul puff or epau.
!, one too high, by a trimming so
aced as to carry the eye away from
e upper part. !: