Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-15

will not buy love or sympathy.
Children, those terribly hon est judges
OF character, do not come nesting to the
side of a peevish. selfish old woman
merely because she is rich. The young
girl and the heart-sck lad do not seek
that aunt or grandmother as the conf
dante and the adviser OF their griefs. The
unfortunate, and the poor, and
the friendless do not rise up
and call her blessed IN her
life or in her death; for al
though her name stands on many sub
scription paper and list of donators to
some fashionable charity, she has never
given her personal sympathy, or one OF
the smiles whose brightness was so cele-
brated, has never given the gold of love
to help the hurt of those who indeed
needed aid, bnt not that of money. And
worst of all, as age creeps on, there comes
creeping with it the suspicion which
is in itself confession of defeat-the
dread lest those who appear most de-
sirous of pleasing OF serving the rich
woman do it for their own advantage.
While she was young and fair AurelIa
never dreamed that money could be more
of an attraction than her own bright
self; and when she begins to suspect that
this may be the fact, she ceases to be-
lieye in herself, and this is the most mis-
cradle loss the heart of man or woman
can encounter.
Do [, then, mean to say that beauty
and wealth are not good things and not
10 be desired and are not advantages IN
a society career? By no means. They
are tremendous weapons, and II rightly
appreciated and skiIlfully used, are al
most irresistible. But this l say to her
who possesses one or both Of them:
They are two-edged weapons, they are
| boomeranSs, which, however deadly TO
the opponent if wisely launched, are, IN
unskillful hands, only deadly
to the launcher. 1t Is a
truism that wealth has lis
| RESPONSIBILITIES and a good share Of that
responsibility is to ones self; one Is
bound TO get all the good out of the
good things intrusted to him that he
| can. OF he proves himself unworthy of
the gift and what is true Of wealth is
| trae of beauty. 1t Is a means to an
| end. but. not itself an end; the pOssessor
| has to look 70 it that while it is her own
| she invests@1t ln@such manner that when
| the capital is called I'M there shall be
| goodIy sum of "accBued interest to
| take its place.
But the investment must begin with
| the parents and guardians, who SO often
! discount the future of their beautiful
| neophyte. Don't spoil your Beauty,
| good mother! Train her to just the
| same unselfishness, patience, silence I'M
| der Injustice or rebuke, that you do her
! hOmCy sister; never give her the shght-
| est advantage on account OF her
| beauty, and as she grows older
| see that she studies, and rests, and lives
| the simple, natural life that a schoolgirl
| should. Do not deny that she is beautI-
| full, for she will know you are not honest
! in doing so; but take pains TO point ouI
| some of the beauties Of your own or your
mothers day, and let her see
| what they have come 10. En-
courage your children in games requiring
some mental effort, and II Beauty Is
stuT1iff5 or ,pettish at them, point out the
| fact to her, and advise her to try to equal
! her unattractive companions. Make hel
feel from the cradle to her maturity thai
beauty is transitory gift, not under hel
own control in its coming OF in its going
| and urge her to supplement it by more
enduring charms.
And you, Aurelia, my dear, do yot
! share in following these counsels to your
| mamma Store your memory and youl
| understanding with what you have time
TO learn before you are in society, tina
| whenyou are there, you may have some
t-tbing to talk about, and need not looE
like a lovely French doll if some intelll'
! gent man tries to converse with you al: Ell
| his own fashion. Remember, too, that
sweet temper and quick svmpathies I'M
| nress themselves upon the face far NOR
/ distinctly than "prunes, prlsms and pro
| nriety'' do upon the lips, and that Whe!
| oldYTIme steals all these charms at pres
Lent so predominant, he will have NJ
I mower to touch these others, which thel
| NAV take their place and give charm
more winning and more lOvable thar
even the bright beauty of sweet-and
| twenty.
2And If wealth be added to beauty, /
should become but added force III IN
| same direction. The beautiful woman
| whom wealth has sheltered all her III
from the grinding cares and the bite
| humiliations of poverty should develol
| into the sweetest and most gracIou
form of womanhood. Her radlan
ewes should be quick to see, her shell
like ears to hear and her unbur
dened heart to understand the great
complex cry of suffering humanit
which fills the very air we breathe; ant
she should be as quick to relieve as
listen. Money will do much, very much
but true and tender heart, quick sym
pathies and an earnest desire to use we
| the gifts so Iavishly bestowed upon her
will do more; and whether in society @
, ! in the world at large, the noble and tru
woman may, with or without beauty an
! wealth. make herself loved and admired
almost worshiped, by all who come with
| in her influence.
MRS. FRANK LESLIE.
Adopting the Russian System.
Kansas CITY journal.