The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-22

ana education, II not Of property, before
woe is cast, but there should be NJ
paraIei lines running between men anA
women fivfhg eiecting privileges to the
one se~ VI which the other Is deprived"
Athough there are many authors, says
an Exchange, who have made large for
.unes, "ere are none, perhaps who have
had as hard struggle as Mrs. Amelia
+. Barr to win fame and fortune.
she pegan her literary life modestlv
enough and gradually crept up the lad
der OF lame. Now she is enioving the
climax OF her career. Her home at Corn
l-on-the-Hudson, which she has built
by her iabors with the pen, Is a charm
ing place set little back from the town.
II Is on the Queen Anne style. surround
ed WIN d large green. In room on the
second floor Mrs. Barr can always be
found before noon writing assiduousiy
until lunch. when she rests for short
time. and takes walk about the estate.
Aspasia, of whom every schoolboy has
heard, was the most famous and gifted
woman in Greece nearly 800 years ago.
She was equally renowned for her beau-
ty and personal fascination; was indeed
prodigy of attractiveness and Is likely
to be. ages hence. a synonym for 1t
throughout civilization. She was not, as
many have thought. representative
Athenian she was regarded as foreign
err being a native of MiietHs, even after
she fixed her home in Attica.
The late Sir Andrew Clark, the famous
physician, believed heartily in fresh air.
simple diet. and a cheerful mind as re-
medal agents. He once visited pa
tienf. whose bedroom walls were coy
cred with a paper Of most depressing
color and pattern. THAT paper" said
Sir Andrew, decisively. lis quite enough
to send healthy man melancholy mad:
its effect upon an invalid, who Is COM
PEELED TO lie still and gaze upon II all
day, must be awful. You'll have to move
the patient into a more cheerfully pa
pered room" But, Sir Andrew. this u
the best OF them ALL was the remon-
you must buy bright cretonne OF
something. and hide these dreadful walls"
And cretonne vas purchased accordingly.
Nine. Recamler, the eminent French
beauty or this century, and one OF the
gentlest and sweetest OF women. was
had In an extraordinary degree. the gift
Of making friends. Notwithstanding her
amiabeness and modesty. she incurred
the ill-wll OF Napoleon, who evinced to-
ward her the littleness Of his disposf-
uon-remarkable in so great mRn-
She accepted at sixteen, a husband old
enough TO be her father, with no higher
feeling than respect.
No woman Of whom we have any record
has ever excited so much love- and ex~
perienced so little. In truth. there u
reason TO believe that she was innocent Of
the grand passion presumed to be uni
vetsal. She enjoyed the homage Of such
men as Prince Augustus. Of Prussia, the
Duke de Montmorency. Laval. and Cha
teaubriand but not one OF them could
touch her heart. All this love. amount
Ing 10 worship often. was as much
tribute to her mental as to her physical
charms. .s
Women In Italy, Germany, Russia,
Spain. England. and In our own country Z,
about whom men have raved, and with
whom they have been madly in love. might b.
be named as examples OF intellectual
ma gnetism Pretty faces and ehapely
figures make a favorable impression. and
suggest inward sources Of attractiveness
But II these be absent, those so for
title. When we see fine face, we be-
icye inevitably that fine mind accom-
,anies it. II the mind be lacking. we feed
as IL We had been some
low imposed on; as IL we had been
raped by counterfeit presentment
Passing fancies are aroused by fair
ppearances; deep and lasting interests
y mental and spiritual realities. Any
ne may tire Of corporal aIIurements-
My signs 10 speak commercially that adj
ertise substantial goods. But intellectu-
graces do not fade or fall. They fix
Election, and feed II with such moisture
nd sunshine from constant thought and
ympathy that IL grows and strengthens
the end.
Intellect In a woman Is the best guar
ntee. when he is once caught. Of a manly
ans love.
Mrs. Terry. Marion Crawford's mother.
no lives I'm Rome. Italy, is said 10
, the Oldest resident of the ancient
ty
Walter Besanf. the English author com
aims that in the prayer there are
ayers for all sorts of occasions-births,
arriages, and deaths. 'but no form OF
anks or petition for the betrottai of a
Jung man and maid"