The advocate., 1894-11-28
Beauty I'm Women.


the woman Of whom Amiel wrote, II am
always waiting for the woman who shall
be capable Of taking entire possession of
my soul"
This question Is among the most fasci.
mating, and the answers are as variant as
the dispute is interesting. All types Of
physical attraction are quoted favorably.
Tall and short, dark and fair, alert and
languid, plump and diapbanous, every
light Of women's eyes and depth Of their
shade and tint of their color are urged
upon US
And physical beauty Is part Of wom-
ans attraction, but 1t Is the least part.
The soul which breathes through the mar
BILE Of the Greeks conception in "Venus"
or Minerva" Is the loftier and surer
charm.
Poets and painters who have triumphed
In representing woman's beauty have
made her spiritual element predominant.
So they should, for 1t Is not less than an
insult to woman TO represent ner merely
% one would handsome animal.
When the sovereign beauty Of soul and
body happens to meet in one personality,
shat woman is indeed realized ideal, but
oven though the classical outlines are
wanting and the white and red" of youth
have faded into the lapse of passing years
good woman Ia the truly lovely, and
there are myriads of women who move
like suns In the armament, governing, in
duenCing, attracting In their own homes
homes made radiant beyond knowledge
nv thn lnhk ptvan ov1naV hot ooA
lives. God did not create his noblest work
In such scarcity as to tantalize men be-
cause Of their fewness In number. Tha
man who knows q truly lovely woman
when he sees her need not wander through
life an illustration of the Platonic legend
Of two halves seeking each other and never
meeting. He will meet his counterpart,
and together they shall be fltly joined, but
many men do not possess sufficient pene.
tration to choose Alright, and then, alaCk,
we know what followsl
Gifts Of soul first, Of mind next, Of body
next--this Is the divine order in judging
Woman's attractions. New York Ledger.
why Women Live Longer Than Men.
Women appear to have an advantage
over men In long living. Statistics recent
ly collected by Professor Humphrey Of
England in his work on "Old Age" shows
that, as usual, In records Of longevity, the
women preponderate over the men in spite
OF many disadvantages they have to con-
tend with, such as the dangers incidental
to child bearing and diseases associated
Herewith. He attributes this to the COM
parative immunity Of women from many
exposures and risks to which man Is sub
jeot Temperance in eating and drinking,
also freedom from anxieties in reference to
labor and business, are on the side Of the
female sex.
No woman writer has yet taken up the
subject, believe, which seems odd, as fe-
male physicians are now necessity Of
modern times. It has been often stated
and is probably true that the principal au.
thors on the subject of longevity have
been physicians, who, as a rule, do not
reach the standard In age of the average
man. Galen Is said to have lived to his
one hundred and fortleth year, but the
statement is not credited nowadays. Hip
pocrates died at 104, which is not doing
any better than many day laborers of our
times. Rochefoucauld, that wise and OBJ.
servant Frenohman, said that few people
know how to be old" heperhaps thinking
himself ono Of them, though he died at
the age Of 81. In some of its aspects moth
ing seems to be more oapricious and eccen-
trio than the law in regard to longevity.
Firstborn children, and also those born
out Of wedlook, were formerly believed to
be more likely to live longer than any
other. The offspring Of centenarians, If
they would only intermarry with their
class, might in time surpass all other peo-
pie in length Of years, but If human beings
will not take the trouble that the careful