Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-18
OUR BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Isl Harder for Them TO be Good Than
for Those Whose FaCSs are
Not Their Fortunes 2
The Value and Evils Of Beauty In
Womtn-The Beautiful WCman
Queen IN Her Domain.
Dsprs citation of PrettiHeSs Insineere-Per
aoUal Beauty One OF the Most
Powerful of wonanly Charms.
copyrighted, 1881


comeliness in the enumeration Of woman
" charms is not to be denied, however
disproportionAte 10 the actual value OF
the gift may seem the popular estimate.
The bestowal Of IL is without regard to
volition or merit IN the recipient; the
withdrawal in spite Of both. Moralists,
early and later, have battered against 1t
as they might assail the rampant head Of
the Serpent that is to Druise the heel Of
man.
Beauty is Vsin," prosed the Royal
Sermonizer, the while his heart clhve in
love to the fair Egyptian princess who
led the train Of beauties selected, by COM
petitive examination, from Moab, Edom,
hmmon aud Zidon.
"Beauty is but skin deep" "Hand-
some is as handsome does" 'Eools are
led by the eye, wise men look deeper, 3"
and dozens Of other salvos to the homel7
who would be handsome if they could,
have in them smack OF depreciation of
prettiness ss insincere as it is futile. The
very men who sneer ct "dcll-faces," all
red-and-white and china blue, are the
surest victims to the dolls attractions.
Miss l. ige worth, in her ever-delightful
"MorAl Tales" which have nothing
stupid in them beyond the title, tells how
prlggish Mr.. MOuntSgue-''of verv
good family and fine fortune, ="
after the ballroom episode Of Lady Au-
gustas' rudeness to Helen Temple, who
had inadvertently put on old shoes-'sGt
down by Mrs. Temple, and without i'm
medisteIy sdVerting to anyone, spoke
with indignation of coquetry, and la
mented that so many beautiful girls
should be spoiled by affectstion."
"If they be spoiled, should they besr
all the blame?" said Mrs. Temple. al
young women were not deceived into q
belief that affectStion plesses, they would
scarcely trouble themselves to practice it
so much"
"Deceivedl" said Mr.. Montague. "But
Is anybody deceived by s PERSONS saying
Il have the honor to be, madam your
obeiient, humble seIEant?'"
Five minutes later, when Lady Augusta
lays "the whitest hand imaginable" on
his arm to insist thst he shall not "plague
himself any longer" with looking for heI
scattered pearls, the demure spinster-
novelist continues:
whether Mr.. Mouptague's sober con-
tempt for &C quetry WAS st this moment
the prevalent feeling in his mind, we can
not presume to determine. We must
evening WAS devoted 20 Lady Augusta.
He sat beside her at supper, and pAid her
thoussnds omI liz EMS, (which Helen in
vain endeavored to persuade hersel!
meant nothing more than-1 am, MADAM
your obedient, humble servant"
The incident belongs to no peculiar
time and place. The principle illustrated
holds the world in closer clasp than unity
of the race. Forever, and in every
cline, "beauty draws US with & single
haiz" AN atom Of sense, simulated
gleS7B Of of sensibiliiy in pretty woman,
goes further with the sterner sex tbanka
Martinesu's brSins, q Fry's great heart OF
burning love for the distressed.
Aud we women know it SO welE
Riquet With-the-tuft, Hildebrand, Prime
Charming; the glittering line Of knights
of olden time, the emulous throng who,
nowadays, worship mindless, soulless,
Wordless divinities, need not parade the
truth before our eyes. For tbs
gift that wins love at sight
that makes womIn during
the blossom t!me of life the delight Of all
eyes that feast themselves upon her; c
gift with which the intellect Of q goddess,
the wealth of Cleopatra, without Cleopa-
tra's face and form, cannot vie-women
whom the world calls successful would
barter all Of fame and years Of existence,
De Sssel blushed like q novice at praises
of her personal appearance; treasured
and repeated compliments paid to her
hands and eyes, as might Il uulearned
llsge maid; in her mad love Of beauty
married de Roccs, wins had nothing else.
Margaret Fuller espoused OssoE cut OF
gratitude for suit which implied per-
sonRl attractions in one who chad found
no other woman whose mind
WAS comparable to her own"
Charlotte B7onte's belief in
what she calls her "ugliness," WAS actual
humilistion; the same feeling made
George Eliot nervously SYerse to sitting
for her portrait or seeing any likeness of
her ruggedly-s outline features. These
are Wes kuesses u worthy Of the great
names l have citec? All but they testify
elC Quently to the value OF the untransfer-
able birIhright Of beauty passionately
coveted by those TO whom Fortune grant
ed what sober Judgment decides SIC
richer favors.
1t is an axiom that beautiful woman
deserves 10 credit for the accident thai
gave her regular liaeaments and exquisite
complexion, symmetry Of figure anC
Their, fore, be Indifferent to the posses
sion. When men turn to stare st her In &
crowd, she should be humbled, not eX.
altec, that the exterior Of the cssket wins
homsge due TO the mind. Compliment:
to her person should be scorned as al
most insulting to her understanding. Hel
face painted on Dresden plate would
receive the same class Of plsudits. L
reality, however well she msy disguise it
she gives her external loneliness tel
thoughts whsre she spares one to the hsr
monlous expansion Of mind and charsc
ter. n all that tends to the best deVel
opment Of this inner self she is hsndi
capped from her cradle. The
testimonials Of appreciation hsl
palmer comrades must win by study
and painstsking, fall to her naturally
Sne looks so pretty when naughty thai
she ! more likely to be kissed than pun-
ished by parents and guardians. To
"mske eyes" at tutors snd goVernesses
to substitute pleading smiles sno be-
witchlng little moues in lieu Of demon
strstion of tie blackboard; TO coax
pocket money from papa, new gowns and
parties from mamma by looking he's
prettiest, become second nature befors
she enters upon the systematic fascins-
tion which transforms beaux into lovers
and is to be her chief aim and end until
she reluctantly recognizes the fact that
her charms are on the wane. Madame
Recamier found IT out OF herself.
"When the boysin the street ceased tc
turn to stare at me, knew ali Tss over