The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-30
CHAPTER III,
LADY BEAUTY TEACHES LADIES ALL HOW
TO BE BEAUTIFUL

LADY BEAUTY TEACHES LADIES ALL HOW
TO BE BEAUTIFUL
But with sigh | shall not end this story
am resolved to end smiling, and to have
my readers smiling, too; for which purpose
have kept an anecdote for the very latest
line.
Sophia would sometimes see her friends at
little tete-a-tete visits, and here she would
discourse, as she only could, on all kinds OF
subjects, or she would let her friends dis,
course. The charm of Sophia was, that you
could never tell exactly whether it was you
or she kept up the conversation How that
woman managed her house and family is
quite beyond my comprehension. Manage
she did, and well, and yet whenever you
called on her, morning or evening, there she
was, dressed with the best taste, her hair
done in faultless STYLE and all the rest of her
attire to match. All, gray-haired Sophia,
you mew-did you notl-that one to whom
you often vouchsafed those gracious inter.
views, in all honor loved you with a more
than boyish lovel OF what did we not TALK
Literature, music, pictures, history, gossip
now and then, but somehow one always went
away from that drawing room with a more
cheerful heart, with nobler views and hopes
of human life, with touch of refinement
caught from Sophia And lovers Sophia
had more than me, as he shall see who reads
on to the now nearing close
One morning-well l remember it-as
Sophia and myself sat thus alone, Percival
being occupied with fossil, drew from my
pocket that little paper of "Beauty Rules" Of
which told you some time ago, saying that
/ should like her to explain these axioms to
me- She was sitting in low chair, and had
a work-basket beside her, with which she
kept up kind Of telegraphic connection in
the shape of a thread which Travelled slowly
from the basket to herself, as her finger
worked out some mystery in wool
"Hand me the paper" she said, laying her
needles and work down II will read them TO
you, and explain"
But here Sophia was seized with a fit Of
laughing greatly tickled, it seemed, to find
herself lecturing on beauty to me.
II never showed these to any one except
yourself" she remarked when her mirth was
ended "And never meant to show them to
any one. at all. 1 daresay you will think
them great rubbish"
And so she began with a comic preface,
which was not on the paper at all:
"'Beauty Rules, by Sophia Brent, an
elderly lady, who ought to be thinking Of
other things"
"Rule One.-A woman's power In the
world Is measured by her power to please.
Whatever she may wish to accomplish she
will best manage it by pleasing. A wo-
mans grand social aim should be TO please
"And let me tell you how that Is to be
DONE" Sophia said, putting her paper down
for moment. "a woman can please the eye
by her appearance, her dress, her face and
her figure. She can please the ear by study
ing the art of graceful'elo,ution, not hard to
any of us, for by nature we speak with finer
articulation than you. She can please the
mind by cultivating her own-so far, at
least, as to make her good listener; and as
much further as she will she can please the
fancy by ladies' wit, of which all of us have
share. She can please the heart by ami
ability See here" she continued, growing
graver, "you have the key of my system
Beauty Of person is only one feature of true
beauty. Run over these qualities. See how