Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-03-03
WOMAN'S BEAUTY.
Various Opinions as to How 1t May Be Attained
and Preserved.

skine, the distinguished British jurist,
said that the ultimate object OF all the
varied machinery of government and
law was to place twelve honest men IN
the Jury box. We might say with
equal truth that the ultimate object OF
the physical, mental and moral train
ing Of the average young woman OF our
day is TO place her at the marriage al
tar in bridal veil and orange blossoms.
In the war for desirable life partners
which is constantly going on in the
world of society and fashion, what rs
the weapon upon which the female
warriors and their trusty allies the
matchmaking mammas, principally
rely? 1t is the beauty of face and
form, the womanly attribute which OF
all others has eXerted in all ages the
most powerful influence upon the
minds of men, no matter how learned
or how illiterate, how coarse or now
refined Woman must wait to be
sought; she must wait for man to come
to her. She cannot go to him. 1t is
upon her beauty that she must chiefly
depend to attract him TO her
Since this is so it would unquestlon-
ably seem a duty that every woman
owes TO herself to cultivate and en-
nance whatever personal charms she
may possess, by every legitimate and
honorable means, and it seems scarcely
credlLable that even St. Anthony or
the most misogynistic old bachelor can
regard as misused or wasted any time
that she devOtes TO this laudable pur-
pose.
Dependent as women so often are
upon their beauty for a happy and
prosperous marriage; it is matter
for regret that they can not all be
born under the planet Venus, since
astrologers tell us that those who thus
come into the world are the loveliest
of their sex, being blessed with
sparkling eyes and dimpling smiles,
and having exceedingly good manners.
DELLA FOX.
JULIA MARLOWE'S ANSWER.
1t has been truly said that a thing Of
beauty is a JOY forever. No matter how
ephemeral it's existence it will live on
in the memory of those who have seen
it. and that memory may be trans
mitted to others through endless gen
erations Surely no specimen OF
the tyrant man. no matter how AFFECT
and worthless a creature he may be-
will dispute the assertion that nothing
is more beautiful than a beautiful wo-
man. Is it not then a laudable ambi-
ton for every woman TO desire to be
beautiful? Admitting that, is it not
the duty of every woman to try to be
beautiful? How, then, can 1t be pos
sible for any amount OF time that she
may devote to the proper cultivation
of her physical charmes be misused or
wasted? Time that a woman devotes
to making herself attractive in appear
ance is certainly time well spent
Beauty, or whatever share OF 1t one
may possess has as much claim upon
our attention and care as physical
strength or intellectually. Woman
is largely dependent upon man in all
the relations of life. and it is therefore
in some degree essential TO her welfare
that she should render herself atttrac-
tive in his sight. Those to whom but
moderate share of comliness has been
given should endeavor to augment that
which they already possess.
1t is to be regretted that the unnat-
ural methods of living and the artit-
cial habits which civilization entails
upon us should be so largely inimical
to beauty. A woman who dances in
crowded rooms till two or three o'clock
in the morning tightly laced in deco
lette costume, who passes from the
heated air of the ballroom through the
chilly night air to her carriage; who
overloads her digestive organs with
rich food. and who neglects physical
and mental exercise cannot hope long
to retain real beauty. 1t is romping
over the hills rowing along the beach
in soft. pure sea air, retiring early and
living upon a diet of brown bread and
wholesome fruits that paint the lily
and the rose in wOman's cheeks and
make her truly beautiful.
Every woman should try to preserve
and to develop and improve whatever
modicum of beauty heaven may have
vouchsafed to her. She should have an
abundance of sleep and rest. She
should take an abundance of exercise
in the open air. She avoids coffee, pas
try. sweetmeats and all other injurious
articles of food of every kind. She
should rub herself vigorously with cold
water every morning and take spoge
bath in tepid salt water before break
fast. She should eat ouly nOurishing,
easily-digested food. She should avoid
all stimulants and cosmetics, and she
should be in al respects as simulc and
regular in all her habits as possible.
The woman who observes these plain
rules is fulfilling her duty to her beauty
and is doing her best to always look
her best, as every woman always
ShOuld