Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-05
IN BRtEF


This poetic rendering Of German
legend is fun of homcly truth The poet
truly says that the saddest OF uIl the
transformations made 10y the use of
Gottlieb's glasses was that of ones self.
no be deaf and blind TO light, beauty,
love joy aud 10 see nothing attractive Ia
those possessing the clearer vision and
the nObler attributes, is TO be- dead IN
hfc and a prey TO evil suggestions.
Carlyle says the beauty is in the eye,
the music In ear and 1t Is sad enough 20
be blind 20 natures beauties aud deaf to
her melodies, but when morals cease To-
zee good In their kind, when 10 live among
their fellows Is only 10 bee constantly
alive to the faults aud fwiltics of others
then Is life robbed Of an sweetness aud
It were better thai TINT mo.tal han uc'or
been born The disposition to cdtici,N
others Is habit which iAes Itself before
the critic Is fairly appraised of its pres
ence, aud grows and strengthens until
faultdudiug eyes become microscopic B
their potency aud the ycriest trinc ~
mnguiacd into grave oGcnsc. Thia 30
unkiudaesi toward others, but who can
be- willing 60 have their judgment warped
their PERCEPTION ot vhuugcr Is lovely iu
human mture duled. aud 10 Lccomc deaf
to the hnrmonics Of heaven which liugoI
81 the hearts of SO many uf carth's chill
drcuY Surely no lassie.' No my
deArle, n the soar-visagcd the sharp,
tongued and tho callous-heartod ameil
your falth 90 humanity with their bttes
lnyoctves DO not listen, turn away and
seek ont some good that you can DO Il
may be nothing more than a kind word,
an oncournglng smile or the tear ofsympa,
thy, IL may be only placing growing
some other small art of Kindness, still IL
is seed-plauting IA the great garden. that
a. warmed, watcred aud tended by Him
who heed, the sparrows fall and 40
good time you shall reap m your own
life the fair fruit Lot cynical souls on.
Joy their supposed superiority oyrr ordi
nary mortals, but let The visor omen
reyel In the sunshine of unsoishness end
dance TO the music of liph,hcartedrcss
There ~ CONFUSION IN the minds of
some women aa 10 the distinction bctwoon
good foru and fashion, They seem &C.
labor under the mlsupprchenson TINT
form ie Synonymous with style, Now
the digtIncton Is ia che Fact that guod
form involves perfect aud correct taste
combined with q COMPLETE absence OF az
teetauon aud oxaggelption fashion mud
style do not Fashion o. often tainteC
by yulgorlty aud by lopdness whereas
good form implies quiet Refinement and
elegance, lack OF all ostemntlon and
ylolen, contrast and adaptation OF fash
ION in dress and surroundings 20 one'n
needs, ideas and appearance 40 one
who strives AFTER good form adoHs noles
simply 90 be IN style hnt uses AN sug.
geshons with o view TO appropriateness.
Foreign women visiting the United
States look with surprise on the unoon.
ycniionallty OF American women. aud
while they wonder and admire they have
not th courage 70 initiate What would
one Of our girls think II she we're never
allowed 10 so on the street unattended
] am thinking she would cali up the
spirits Of her Fourth OF July ancestry
and interrogate them ~ 20 her rightful
inheritance Il Is "a favorable comment
on the honprahonoss Of Am,aicon men
that no duenna, nor escort Is A,vded TO
shield girl In this country from bold
Glances and questionable notice IN.
caaed with Der own innate modesty ana
armed with true womunly hearing II Is
cause Cor thapkfulness that in thio
country women young as wen as ola,
can walk without molestation In public
thoroughgaes and BE- sure that should
they need protecdoo almost any one %
che mon huFsyine ~ would at nlomsnys