West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-03-01


It's step as Il used q be; and they will soon
be gone. The heaviest cloi that ever falls
on parents colin lid IS the memory of an
ungrateful daughter OH make their last
days bright and beautiful. DO not act as
though they were i'm the way. Ask their
/ counsel, seek their prayers, and. after long
/ years have passed, and you go out 90 see the
! grave where they sleep YOU will find grow.
/ ing all over the mound something lovelier
| than cypress, something swecter than the
/ rose, something chaster than the liiy--the
! bright aud beautiful memories OF fliaI kind
ness performed ere the dying hand dropped
| on you bonediction. and yoI closed the
| lids over the weary eyes of the worn out
pilgrim. Better that. i'm the hour OF your
birth, you had been struck with orphanage,
and that you had been handed over into
| the cold arms of the world, rather than
that you should have been brought mp un-
der fathers care and mothers tenderness
at last 70 scor at their example and deride
their influence; and on the day when you
| followed them in long procession 20 the
| tomb, 20 find that you are followed by a still
/ larger procession of unliinl dee Is done and
wrong words uttered. The one procession
will leave IL, burden i'm tho tomb and dis
band; but that longer process on OF CHASTITY
memories viii forever march and forever
wall. oh, IL IS "A good time for n young wo-
man when she is in her fathers house. How
careful they are of her welfare. How watt
ful those parents of all her interestsl Seated
Mt the morning repast, father at one end the
table, children on either side and between;
but the years will roll on, and great changes
will be effected, and one viii be missed from
one end the table AMI another will be missed
from the other end the table God pity that
young womans soul who. I'm that dark hour,
has nothing but regretlul recollections.
go further, and advise you not TO depend
Tor enjoyment upon mere personal attrac-
tons. IL would be sheer hypocrisy, because
we may not have il ourselves, TO dcSpiSe or
affect 70 despise. beauty in others. When
TOD gives II he gives It AS blessing and as
means of usefulness. David and his army
were coming down from the mountains To
destroy Nabal and his hocks and vineyards.
| The beautiful Abigail, the vito of Nabal,
went out TO arrest him when Inc came down
from the mountains, and she succeeded.
Coming 10 tho foot of the hill she knet
David, with his army of sworn men, came
down over the cliffs, and when he saw her
kneling at tho foot OF the hill he cried HALT"
TO his men. and the caves echoed IL. Halt
haltl' That one beautiful woman kneeling
mt the foot of the cliff had arrested all
those armed troops A dewdrop dashed
back Niagara. The Bible sets before us the
portraits of Sarah and Rebecca, and Abishag
Absalom's sister, and Jobs daughters, and
says: They were fair TO look upon" BY
out door exercise, and by skillful arrange
ment OF apparel, let women make themselves
attoctive. The sloven has only one mission
ana that TO excite our lolthng and disgust
But alas for those who depend upon personal
charms for their happiness. Beauty is such
n subtle thing, it does not seem TO depend
upon facial proportions, or upon the sparkle
OF the eye, or upon the flush of the cheek
You sometimes find il among irregular feat
ures. IL Is the soul shining through the face
that makes one beautiful But, aiasl for
those who depend upon mere peIs )nal charms
They will come to disappointment an to a
great fret There are SO many different
opinions about what are personal charms:
and then sickness, and trouble, and age do
make such ravages The poorest god that
woman ever worships is her own face. The
saddest sight in all the world is woman who
has built everything on cool looks, when the
charms begin TO vanish oh, how they try
70 cover the wrinkles and hide the ranges
Of timel When time, with iron shod feet
steps ON face, the hoof marks remain and
you cannot hide them. IL is silly TO try TO
hide them. think the most repulsive fool
in all the world is an Cd fool.
Why. my friends hould you be ashamed
to be getting oldi 1t is n sight is prima
facie evidence that You have behaved toler-
aoly wei or you would not have lived to this
| time. Inc grand2St thing, think is eternity
and that Is made up of countless years
! When the Billie would set forth the attrac-
tiveneSs Of Jesus Christ, it says: His hair
I was white as snow But when the color goes
| from the cheek, and the luster from the eve
and tine spring from the step, and the grace
| tu!nes5 from the gait, alasl for those who
/ have built their time and their eternity upon
] good looks But all the passage of years can
! not take out of ones face benignity and kind
ness, and compassion. and faith. Culture
! your heart and you culture your face. The
! brightest glory that ever beamed from a
/ woman's face Is the religion of Jesus Christ.
/ In the last war POO wounded soldiers came to
! Philadelphia one night, and came unheralde1
\ and they hal to eXtemporiZe a hospital for
| them, and the Christian women OF my church
| and OF other churches went ont that night to
/ take care of the poor wounded follows That
night / saw a Christian woman 90 through
| the wards OF the hospital her sleeves rolled
up, ready for hard work, her hair d-
| sheveled IN the excitement of the hour
/ Her face was plain very plafn. lint
after the wounds were washed and the
\ new bandages were put round the spintered
/ limbs and the exhausted boy fell off into his
/ first pleasant sleep, she pat her hand on his
/ brow and he started in his dream and said /.
/ ION, thought an angel touched meln There
/ may nave been no classic elegance in the
/ features OF Mr. Harris who came into the
/ hospital after the Seven Days awful fight.
I as she cat down by wounded drummer boy
aud heard him soliloluiZe "a ball through
/ my body, and my poor mother will never
/ again see her boy. What pity it is" And
I she leaned over him and said: s'ShalI b ,
| your mother and comfort your And nc
! looked up and said: Yes, III try 20 think
she's here. Please TO write long letter TO
/ her and tell her all about it. and send her n
/ itcf OF my hair and comfort her. But /
would ike 20 have you tell her how much
suhered-yes, would like you n do that,
/ Tor she would feel so for me Hold my hand
/ VIII die There may have been no classic
I elegance IN her features, but all the hospitals
/ OF HarrisOn's Landing and Fortress Monroe
! would have agreed that she was beautiful:
! ana n any rough man in all that ward had
/ lnsU,tet her. some wounded soldier would
/ have eaped from his couch. on his best foot
/ and struck him dead with n crutch
Again, j advise yOu not to depend for hap
/ pness upon the batteries OF men It is a
] poor compliment 60 your sex that so many
/ men feel obliged in your presence 10 offer un-
/ meaning compliments Men capable OF Gle.
. CANT and elaborate conversation elsewhere
/ sometimes feel callel upon at the door OF tho
/ drawing room 70 drop their common sense
ana = dole out si,kening fntteries. They
. say things about your dress. ami about your
| appearance, that you know and they know
/ are raise. They say you are an augel.
/ you know you are not Determined to tell
/ the truth in Office and store and shop. they
consider 10 honorable TO lie TO a woman. The
| same thing that they told you on this side Of
/ inc drawing room three minutes ago they
| sa1 % some one on the other side OF the draw
ing room. Oh let no one trample on your
/ self respect. The meanest thing on which n
woman car build her happiness is tho hatter-
les Of men
Again charge you not 20 depend for hap
piness upon the discip.eship Of woridlinass
nave seen men as vain Of their old fashioned
AMI their eccentric hat nF yo1 branless fyu
Is proud Of bis dangling fool,ries Fashion
sometimes makes a reasonable demand Of us.
and Then We ought 90 yield ~ &c. Tho daisies
OF the field have their fashion Of color and