The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-01-19
Good Reading.

GOod q
It is born in every woman to wish
to be as attractive as possible. Men
call it vanity. but that term is enron
eous, for such a sentiment is only fos.
tered,by the compliments of others,
the ~fattering minor and the hundred
and one influences of daily life that
tend toward the end. Vanity is self
satisfaction, but the desire to be at
tractive only proves that a woman il
not entirely pleased with herself, but
wishes for q polishing and Frightening
up and making the-most OF what she
has to the best advantage, instead of
q n OF content that bespeaks her
own good opinion of her ~pefections.
When q girl adopts a plan of self.im-
provement she begins usually with her
complexion or figure, but we can in
confidence betray q beauty secret that
deals not in cosmetics or lotions, that
does not tend to injure the skin or
fatigue the body, yet which adds more
genuine loneliness to q woraan's heart
and mind than all the contents OF the
little jars and cut-giass bottles on my
lady's toilet table could ever hope to
effect. ..-
This wonderful attraction giver is
the cultivation of taste for good
reading. Nothing so influences the
manners and morals of the woman of
any age as the book she reads.
Trashy novels with lamed-hued plots
fire the imagination, bat do not tend
to elevate the mind. Life viewed
through the pages of a lurid, blood
curdilng volume assumes an aspect
entirely at variance with it's real
character and the constant reader of
such a style becomesimbued with ideas
that may, unless she has some won
dertuily powerful influences pulling the
other way, lead her to do many things
that IN the future she may regret.
Become cultivated reader. Seek out
the best, whether poetry, fiction or
history, and you may depend upon
it that such a course will do more to-
ward making you q charming and
delightful companion for those Who
appreciate the beauty ofintellect than
the feeting power OF a beauty that il
not backed by brains.
Woman's Charm Lies in the
Thoughtfulness Displayed for
Others.
So few very beautiful women con-
slider it worth their while to be pra-
cious. They rely so entirely on their
charms OF person to attract that they
do not put themselves out or ex-
ert themselves to please other than
by their beauty. This is a great mis-.
take, for though they may rule for Q
season by the power that feminine
loneliness always exerts, their court
will soon be. narrowed to tho very few
who are willing to serve out adulation
with every sentence with no hope az
entertainment in return.
The spell of gracious womanhood.
however, lasts Al long as life remains.
and the charm depends not upon the
beauty Of face Of figure, but upon j
grace Of mind that puts self il the
Background and endeavors to bring
out the best and brightest in all those
with whom it comes in contact.
The celebrated women who have
been admired to their latest day were
not renowned q much for their
beauty as Tor their tact. Imagine
some OF the bells al to-day listeninp
with apparent interest WHISTLER
ieiRned OF real We cannot say) TO the
reading Of a iYe-act tragedy 81 the
impassioned rendition az some sonnet
Written BY one Of their adorers. They