Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-19
IRE WOMEN Vain?
Marion HarIano's Answer TO an Inter-
esting Questionable Petted,
Beautiful Young Girl.
Rken Wsmsb'sVsRlfy is to Her Benz fls.
Every Ksman Shauld b. Proud
Of Her Accomplishments.
e1rilis Has Her say-rhs Opiniors OF q
Modern 6Bl-A Pen PorlPnIt CT
woman without Vanity,
Copyrighted, 1852

| NJopyriRntecI 1870
Written for The GAZETTE.
"Let me answer the question for YOU,
interentaily," begs q sweet ssucy yok q
over the pile Of lexicoos on my table.
"It can be disposed OF in two lines. NJ
Then, I shall leave the reply, ready writ
ten, 10 an envell pc, which you msy ops D
when you have hacked long enough at
the iiguum Via root to satisfy your con-
science"
With such sigh Of regrstiul relief ss
one gives after brushing away butterfly
from the neighborhood Of his irkstano, 1
b 'ar the swish OTIS silsen tes-gown, the
click oil the French heels, pass down the
stairway; know that the woman to whom
they belong has checked her swift pace,
for perhaps ten seconds, before the gres
mirror in the psrlor in her passage to the
library where visitor awsits her.
| know, too, IS well as IL had gone
with her, what the broad sheet of glass
throws bsck to the gear. The golden
hair ie huffed Into halo; the blue eyes
are liquid and lustrous; the pesch-blow
tintir g Of the cheeks is toned down BY
she contrasted rose of he lips. Should
[ she smile at her double, fash Of white
|
slim hands ana shell-like nails advertise
tha msnicure's tkill, So her gown is 3 GER
titicate Of merit TO her Gressmaker; she
carries her head well, aud her shoulders
back; the curves OF bust and waist are
thug TO eye and ear, the dsintiest orna-
ment Of her own home, the joy Of this in
| which she Is guest.
pafno ba ~.
ant OF her charms, and of their effect on
others. Being sensible, she rates them
as engines Of power, snd means to height
en- and keep them as long as she can.
Every pretty girl is aware Of her comeil-
ness. II she deny the knowledge, she
argues herself q mole or an obstinate sim
pletoD. A greater mystery than her con-
seriousness Of the lawful possession is the
belief thar many ain-featured people
have In their personal attractions.
81 know that am not personally un-
pleasing" said q usually sensible woman,
with modest csDdor and perfect sincerity
'HOnsllness is real sorroH. thank
Heaven every day for my .xsm 2tion from
the "a lction"
IlOoEes st her with new appreciation
Of the hsoehcent law Of compensation.
Sue Is ffEy, with tbick, sallnv skin,
bulgiRg gray eyes, high cheek bones,
COARSE features prominent teeth, clunsy
hands and feet; IRE nediably, even gro
tesqasly, ugly. Yet she Is not Singular
IN WhAs We might estimate aB irtatuation
Of self oonceit. Such women, giflless o.
beauty, save sucs as lies Ia the "optics
seeing" their Re factioEs In mirrors which
ought to unuecelve them, are NO! urfre-
qaently among the vainest, and, by rse
son Of vanity, the most affected of their
sex. They Gssimulate haIfery In unlim-
tied supplies; bolt egreeisus compIi-
ments without wink.
"Good looks are an swful snare
Spec ally to huch as haven't got themi"
says Mrs. Whi,ney's Emery Ann.
This il peIplexing ride OF oar ques-
ton, and consultation of lexicon and
thessuIus oruws the tspgle tiso'er. r.
get, invaluable in most verbal fIlculties,
gives as synonyms, Vanity, eopceit, self
conceit, selt-suflc ency, elashness," Ia a
reckless style tina. sends rs btffl5d to
"Web.ter's Unabridged"
"Vsntty," he announces, sis conceit of
ones personal attachments or decorA-
tioDt; PRIDE" To be vain is "To be
proud OF petty things, OF things more
snowy than vain +ble; TO be concsited "
OF what, then, are our homely giIl ano
our elderly and pious fright vain when
returning thanks for their charms, or
signing, smirkipgly with Lsdy Betty be-
fore truthful mIrrors-"Lord help the
men to-nighi9" Certainly not OF ''per-
soDal nttainments," or OF specify things
more IVY than valuable
Aud ssucy-sweet Pspiiia's naive delight
In her lovely face and tasteful attire Dav-
ng been synonym'E-d as "conceit," we
recall, On her behalf, the Autocrat's
grac, full deferce OF the trait;
alt IS to human char cter what salt Is
to the ocean; it keeps II sweet, and rem
ders 1t endursble. Ssy, rather, 1t is like
the natural unguent Of the sea-fo Wis
plumSge, which enables him to shed The
rain that fals on him, aud the wave in
which he dips. When one has had all his
coucei' taken out Of him; when he has
lost all his illusions, his feathers will
soon soak through, and ne will ~ no
more"
VS. will diagnose our houlsly womsn's
conceit Cor vanity IS "illuslop," and be
tIaLkfuI that II saves her from wet
s:hered missuthropy. Pspliis's COM
oIseeEcY Is best xpresSed by something
heard negro M. m11y say once. Her
fur year. old Lurtl.ng was plrouetting
fr m end b end II the garden walk, like
a Hlnseo snlst!e-seed. tossing her arcs
aad laugaing to herself, HBc0DSsjocs Of
our observation, happy In the sunshine,
the fresh sir, the hJwers, her new white
ircck-in all that brings perfect Joy to
childhood.
"She SIS so glad o. sheself!" said
nanny, iopdly.
Papllle's Rlsdness In herself, IS she IL,
does not Cusrun the admiration OF
her friends and lovers. IL makes her
neither capacrious. selfish, nor exscting.
Hs lag been told all,ber life that she ]
pretty and ga darling" she does not doubt
nal Tie fact makes others happy as 1t
does her. People like to look at besnti-
iul things. She is besatful. Ergo-the
geriest iJrn in logic can maze the deduc- |
tor, and Papilia is no tyro.
We have taken her as one type OF the !
vain woman; our pious, elderly and |
nomely coqustte IS another. BetweeRf
the two stand the great majority OF the /
sex, each one Of whom is, or will be, eomsi
day, pretty to somebody, and ali Of #hsm /
m-au b. ss handsome as they cam
Not to do this would be 30 ursex them+
A. Al -, - IT,