The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-09-12
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Max 0Rail said that what struck hid
most 10 America wss the total absence O
stupid looking fscos.
II is my opinion, b. writes, that Amei
can beauty mainly consists otlnte'igerc,
aud active Of bea,iug.
As a Meter q i3c', ], may be said Il a
Ia every cou Y there aie far more plain
taced people, oil both sercs thea there ar,
beautiful oles, aud tie most astonishing
thing is, that plain people ere often more
lovely than beautiful ones.
II you will run over book OF portraits
OF famous men and women, you will be
surprised to find how plain they are, with
hardly m exception
II would be unjust TO particularize but
we can oil recall great authors, poets and
artists. whose faces were0bsolutely devoid
OF beauty, and we have frequently heard
the expressions: Could he have paint, d
that picture2 Is it possible she is the au.
upT VI inut SWEET poem
We say this, because we somehow think
that beauty ought to accompany genius,
although we are every day convinced that
vt does not But "Loyeliless" is nearl,
always au accompaniment Of true genius
LONELINESS is not beauty; il is something
better.
ln nature and human nature we fnd
that ordinary beauty OF form aud feature
is external. while real loveliness is inter-
nal, and that, when the inner grace comes
iorth, there is TRANSPORTATION OF the or
dinarily apparent planness into beauty
which becomes q pleasant delight and an
everlasting treasure.
handsome face is only an indication
Of physical excellence, aud may be at.
tached to dolls head. A handsome per.
son may become genins, but ii will not
be on account OF his beauty; but lovely
face wins all hearts sooner or later.
The face, then, is the real index OF the
heart A codntenance which is always in.
luenced by amiable emotion comes 10
nave, in the course OF time, beauty OF
he finest kind, for the deepest and most
,redominating feelings OF the heart are
stamped upon it, and though it be not
beauty according to the standard OF So
alled society, il is as noble and superior
IS is is indescribable. II
A lovely person must frst Of all be in-
elligent, and, 1ecoudly. be amiable.
either one of there qualities without the
ther would be OF no advantage. Intell-
sence teaches the lovely person what to
ay' and amiability tells him how to say {
IT would be YPin 10 comhnl sfe INST the I
lvoroble II flutnce OF chs Of manner. .
menners and bright conversation Y
Iust and will rlwsys sway those brought
uder then a''r4ction, and Il is right that
ley should do 50. Beauy thinks il
seds no eccomp shmeuf, Tut pls;nness .
i'Va - races Rld becomes love q
Sweetness oilemper, q lnaime, ready 4
Dmpliapcc, fofhesrsoce uaderfii. bts and v
ndIancfs, gnd to'oaliou Of others lu- ii
mites 90 TO n 10 up he tum of love. b
less, and iog her form combination b
nich is simply irresistible IL
1t is the lovely lj-ls WHO are popular, 81
t the handsome girls. who presume on
cir beauty snd find when too late, that fl
ey have lost friends es well as infu- Ia
ce. n
The lovely girl never wants for friends 70
any station OF life. and il they ever 1t
ink OF her plainness, it Is to call It true tb
auty which shines through from II
} soul and ennobles the counter. ba
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