The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-13
THE ARTS OF BEAUTY /;
Studies in Craces, Health and Good Looks
BY R. H. WOODWARD COMPANY

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the transaction by her unconscious cour-
tesy, the tone of her kindly voice, the
turn OF her vivacious expression.
1t is hardly possible for such one 10
be supercilious automatic or dull any
more than TO act for effect or to talk at
tho galleries. She simply goes on the
principle OF making things pleasant, not
ecause Won have choice collection OF
engraVings. and she hopes 10 charm you
into showing them, or because she wants
you Go do something for her brother
whom the family desire 10 see provided
for or lecauSo you can get her cards Tor
the ladies view," or she wants your
Washington pitcher for the loan exbibi-
ton, or the Secretary of the Exterior Is
your second cousin, or because you nave
written something and il Is credtable TO
know you. Nor Is IL quite because you
are human, for she Is even kinder TO dogs
but purely and only that, being In the
samo world, not so painless one as IL
might be- she likes things bright, sunny
and thankful ~ modest fortune or good
fee ing and gra makes II Impossible Tor
hor 90 he less than courteous, bilthe ana
kind-that is TO say, charming. As for
you, II is hest To measure your courtesy
very strictly when you are sure You
haven't enough to go around.
Most that we find charming is but the
same delicacy and consideration shown In
little thinls Not to offend In look or
manner is great deal 10 say OF man or
wo nun, and we ought 10 be equal To this
Qua OF regard for Others. II not fer onr-
selves Downright deformity and ugli-
ness of feature do not offend so mach as
tricks of look and movement. one had
rather see "A woman with E.ustache, or
man with "A broken nose, before one all
day than "a person who wriggles or dddles
with what is next him. or has trick of
4 Ia t.r.. .I.aud
The perversity of nortals who should Dy
precept aud example be well bred In these
respects is past belief. 1t would be easier
To teach one young man OF my auqnaint-
ance Greek than to persuade him to
observe that first rule OF good breeding
To keep his hands still when not In actual
use. He wrigges his fingers. jingles his
money and his keys. furls ana unfurls
the leaves Of book like fan. II he can
get hold of dogs ears, he sits and
"wriggles' them by the quarter OF an
hour in a wey that makes reholders un-
speakably nervous If not tie dog. King
James Of blessed memory was the preat
wrigglor, ana has come down to us in
his ory os one who was forever fiddline
and PLAYING with the points OF his douh-
let's tassnlS or ribbons, or working his
royal thumbs out OF pure emrty- iedness
an. SOVEREIGN incapacity. You will sec
women who are as unfortunate, born
UugctS, VINO must ulWtlS TUCK OF bIlnk,
or open ana shut their fingers apprehcn-
sively trick YOU may notice in the neA
woman with gloves too long for her.
Other pcnsiye ladies' sit and MUNICH eripti
moss hy the half hour in the vacancy Of
afternoon; Others will work with their
tongues at "a tOCtn, or play their jaw s
in q a5 mysterious fashion which brings -
crack at each movement in a way that Is
simply bideous 10 those forced To endure it
L ESQ arc ld-iashioned tricks. found In
passive people otherwise WELT red, tricks
born Of vacant minds anu ohtuse senses.
Every society cndures for its sins ore ur
more persons given {, those minor forms
of torture whom IL feels Obliged Co tolerate
| for the sake Il their family friends, who
! by the law of contraries are often the
| most delightful and we'll mannefed pco-
! pie possible. A classinate at high school,,
/ nfterward notable as poet and society
| man, of the brightest pQlitest family in
! town, was. To put it mildly, complete
nuisance from habit Of the most aggrn
waited snutTlin0. When no was not
rhapsoGi2ing in brilliant fashion over his
| favorite noyeiists and poets, he punctuatcd
| class hour with chronic snuffs from
| dimuendo to crescendo, bringing at last
| from the French teaC er the desperate
reprimand Master Goodtoy. will you
use your pocket et-handkercbiofY" He was
| kilcd in the army. but mis- doghlc hnunts
| public libraries and renders the reading
rooms untenahlc for anybody hut himself.
| Unable TO work in Boston library one
day for his performance, L counted and
! found be averaged seventeen sniits TO the
minute How such pests OF society arc
! ever suffered to exist aUd carry on their
| intolerable actions without protest severe
| enough tD break up tho OWL is q mystery.
! Ii would bo far better to tell suuh an one
! sharply what an unutterable nuisance b,
was making of himself at the expense OF
a very tad half hour indeed 10 the culprit
| than 10 let bim 90 on. Stunned and dcs
! yised for his Il icks, bv a tormented, long
| suffering public. The rebuke To fI
! clIectual comes best from n stranger
Doubtless the family have tried. with
shame and modification, To cure him o
the fault but with the obtuseress which
accompanies such defects he always set,
| their criticism down as "notional, - ol
Swinging from personal dislike. Nothing
short of tie plainest of plain speak ina by
an outraged stranger will have the desirel
effect
Some who will read this can reca,
Manituu Springs and It's local Joct whS
favored tho hctcls with readings from hi,
epics. written in old ledgCrs. Most O
tho guests, however, were not favored
with his gifts of snUflling at church, fo
the reason that thev did not go there; tu
| hapT cning one night 10 drop into PRAYER
| meeting with friend. we found what
| poet abilltles III TINS limo were. Not Il
| seem rude 10 the prayor-mecting folks ",
STAYED il out, hut my friend heirg nOgri,
hysfercal with the infiiction, and no
much better myself. one OF us passed
clean handkerchief To him over the bach
Of a seat in pure desperation. l believe
he took il for gage d'amour, for th'
poor fellow haunted tho hotel aiterwnrd
and we were not sure of the lrst of tina
exploit till we were in the train for Santi
Fe Moral: when you want to cur
anybody's bad manners, let IL be anything
but a poet or u fool; for such the roproor
of the righteous. which are as an cxcellep
oil that shall not break ones head, ar,
Intellectual.
The rationale OF such insufferable tricks
Is almost enough to cure them, IL once sol
before the offender. All these vacant
babltual, vulgar movements are due Z,
defective inervaton OF the brain. In
common phrase, there Is something
wanting i'm the person who permit,
them, defect in the control which
should core from the brain, and the sen
sihlity which belongs 10 IT, akin K
epieptc forms OF disease. There Is no
link wanting tetween the little failure o
nerve which gives rise TO these tricks
| onI tho. mot t,,n..b yraatar loCk whirl