Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-01
THE LOVELY GIRL

tion of Life.
Max ORel1 said that what struck
him most in America was the total
absence of stupid-looking faces.
ut is my opinion" he writes, ''that
American beauty mainly consists of
intelligence and activity of bearing"
As a matter of fact, it may be said
that in every country there are far
more plain-faced people. of both sexes.
than there are beautiful ones, and the
most astonishing thing is. that plain
people are often more lovely than
beautiful ones.
If you will run over a book of por-
traits of famous men and women, you
will be surprised to find how plain
they are. with hardly an exception.
1t would be unjust to particularize;
but we can all recall great authors,
poets and artists. whose faces were
absolutely devoid of beauty, and we
have frequently heard the express
sions: could he have painted that
picture?" lis it possible she is the
author of that sweet poem9"
We say this, because we somehow
think that beauty ought to accompany
genius, although We are every day
convinced that it does not. But
LONELINESS" is nearly always an ac-
compartment of true genius. Lowell
ness is not beauty; it is something
better.
In nature and human nature we find
that ordinary beauty of form and
feature is external. while real lowell
ness is internal, and that, when the
inner grace comes forth, there is a
TRANSPORTATION of the ordinarily ap-
parent plainness into a beauty which
becomes present delight and an ever
lasting treasure.
A handsome face is only an indica-
ton of physical excellence, and may
be attached to dolls head. A hand
some person mAy become a genius. but
it will not be on accouns of his
beauty; but a lovely face wins all
hearts sooner or later.
The face, then. is the real index OF
the heart. A countenance which is
always influenced by amiable emotions
comes to have. in the course OF time,
beauty of the finest kind. for the
deepest and most predominating feel
ings of the heart are stamped upon it,
and though it be not a beauty accord
ing to the standard of so-called sOcie-
ty, it is as noble and superior as it Is
indescribable.
A lovely person must first Of all be
intelligent. and. secondly, be amiable.
Either one of these qualities without
the other would be of no advantage.
Intelligence teaches the lovely person
what to say, and amiability tells him
how to say it.
It would be vain to combat against
the favorable influence of charm of
manner. Engaging manners and
| bright conversation must and will al
ways sway those brought under their
attraction. and it is right that they
should do 50. Beauty thinks it needs
no accomplishment. but plainress cul-
tivates the graces and becomes lovely.
| Sweetness of temper, good nature,
ready compliance, forbearance under
sights and hindrances, and tolera-
ton of others infirmities. go to make
up the sum of loneliness, and together
! form a combination which Is simply
| Irresistible.
It is the lovely girls who are popu-
| lar. not the handsomest girls, who
presume on their beauty and find,
when too late, that they have lost
friends as well as influence.
| The lovely girl never wants for
| friends in any station in life. and II
they ever think of her plainness. it is
to call it true beauty-that which
shines through from the soul and en-
mobiles the countenanca. Golden
Days