Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-02

''Fairest of her daughters, was the
Doet's description OF the first woman,
leaving it to man s imagination 10 PIC
ture her many charms.
The fairness of woman has ever been
man S temptation, even though they were
called "sons of God " because they
were heroes, that the daughters OF earth
were fair was sufficient to win theth lIoui
high pursuits, aud since the gay tnat
Noah entered the ark until the present
hour woman S fairness continues 10 Gu
chant. For her aiornlnR the shIps %
Tyre brought purple, hne linen, EoIH'
silver and precious stou IS ,'"heh chHnIeu
danced in the market place she braided
her hair and deckei herself III etholo'u-
cred garments, and to-day me brave all
dangers that nv lady may be attneu as
never vas queen in ancient time.
For tgir women men have flung away
honor. torture aud fame; her fairness
has rent Kingdoms. destroyed homes and
brought death with iguominy. Her fair
uess has iuepIred some of the sweetest
poetry III ali languages, ard has melted
the most touching appeals of eloquent
orators in all lands Then is ii any mar
vel that woman should prize what
others value so highly; To her the dread
is not go much that the years are count
ing OF life hours, as that an efnclng
finer is marr!ug the lines of Eeauty, and
thut she cherl.hes a fear thu: in the loss
Of fuirnesa she may mourn the loss OF
that which ia daar"r TO her, the love
that has Frightened her life.
II may not be TOO much to say that
Sanrbo5s rrure and Hvpatia's beauty
won them quite rs many disciples as did
their words OF wisdom ana philosophy,
or that the immoralities of the life of
Mary Queen OF scots, have never been
gevrrelv Judged for the reason that the
halo of beauty which beEuiled men of
her time sfu eliminates her history.
Had the blind madmen of the French
revolution in their feeling after some OBJ
iect TO worship deiiied beauty rather
than reason the revolt against the new
god might not have been so swift. The
past confirms what is manifest in the
present, that men worship the beautiful
aud ind its most attractive lorm in
woman.
History has no record OF any period IN
which femHle charms were more priced
than now To be convinced of this il is
only necessary TO remember that the
professional beauty first posed in the
present era.
When before vas it possible for women
to attain high social position, to enter
upon successful! dramatic career with
no other recommendation than beauty
Of face and form? And does not every
woman know when she bears
shupely arm Ut uncOvers q pretty neck
that it is fairness which wins admira-
ton? Now if it is true, as one of their
own sex has recently said, that man s
instinct as il pnrades itself in our con-
ventiOnal masses would rather throw
itself nj the feet of physical charms than
walk arm in arm with intrinsic feminine
worth, bE whose fault is it that women
cultivate and exhibit these charms, and
10 who account are TO be placed the
alleged failures that are at present
occupying the attention of writer's of
fiction and of essayists?
1t is not in the spirit of arraignment,
however, that this is written. but it is in
declaration that on woman $ white
shoulders all the blame of what is In
Weighed against ought not to rest. Her
beauty is precious gift, heaven-given
let her so esteem it, let her guard it
aud secure il as far as possible from
tue TlNdHeS OF llll6 anu Ol CEES.
But while bestowng every care
upon ii let her never lose sight of the
more important truth that her attractive
body is designed for Il temple. Far,
indeed, and beauteous TO behold, but yet
n temple for the lndwelliug spirit of
purity and holiness. That her chiefest
jewels are those that waken in meu's
hearts noble instincts; that she is to
teach him to love her because that the
external fairness he delights in only
typifies beauty which 1t remains for
pure eyes to discern and clean hearts to
revel in.
Men of good instincts feel that veil
separates true women from the coarser
elements of life, aud as the high priest
in the Judnic economy purified himself
with many ceremonies on passing into
the holiest, so would they be fitted to
enter into what they conceive TO be
woman's hallowed sphere. Let not
women disenchRnt them. 1t Is womau's
privilege TO be beautiful in the eyes of
man, but behind the beauty, that is
merely physical, let the real woman be
hidden; as the glowing canvas hides the
painter, and as the statue that breathes
because the soul of the sculptor has
hidden; never once permitting the
sensual and voluptuous TO uucrown the
glory OF that divine beauty which is
woman 5 noblest endowment.