San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-14

Until after Lent the society depart
ment of the Sunday Light will be dis
continued -Editress.
Woman is naturally the most beau
tiful of created objects, and her at
Effectiveness is, in a great measure,
owing to the variety of her charms,
and the distinct personality which
each one possesses. Flowers delight
the senses in the same way, though in
a smaller degree. and for the same
reason. Gather n dozen different bios
SONS and you will not find one exact
" alike. One gratifies us with its per-
fume. another with its perfect shape,
and a third its color, and yet all are
beautiful. So that really woman
has only to he natural in order to be
charming, but unfortunately, the truth
is often lost sight of and the at
traction destroyed by an endeavor to
paint the lily, or perfume the rose,
The classic featured, statuesque wo-
man is proverbially beautiful, while
the little piQuant woman with up
tilted nose and laughing eyes mas a
charm all her own, and both Will
claim admirers. but for either to imi-
tate the style or manner of the other
would he to court disaster, Again, the
soft frail clinging manner of some
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tractive, but what would be more ri
diculOuS than Il strong and hearty
champion tennis player to try and az
feet the compartment which comes
naturally to the other? Many women
are general favOriteS Oh account OF
their wit and humOr,their espieglerle
and SmartneSS at repartee, but or
what use would it be for anyone who
did not possess the natural qualitica-
tons to endeavor to shine in the same
way? 1t is scarcely possibly to set up
n standard of such a thing as beauty,
respecting when nearly every artist
has his own idea. When Paris gave We
nus the golden apple of the garden of
the HesperideS. it did not prove that
she was really more beautiful than
Juno or Minerva; it merely showed
that she was the most lovely in his
eyes, but had some other man filled
the place of judge. one of the other
gOddeSSeS might have received the
apple of diScOrd. After all beauty is
comparative for, on the same princi-
pie that the One-eyed man is king
among the blind, so would Il merely
plain woman be lovely among the
1Nbnrn &c, hnnoalN old
DrOverb that Every Jack has his
Jill" which is another way of say
ing we all have our mate some
where in the world. and that no mat
ter what our style may be. there is
sure to he someone who will admire
and appreciate it, so long as it is real
" our own.
Sweetest strains of music tlOated
out the doors of the Kampmann build
ing Tuesday and attracted the atten-
ton of everyone passing. On enter
ing the door a scene of enchantment
greeted the eye and one could tell at
a glance that the luncheon given by
the ladies' of the First Presbyterian
church was success. Rows OF tables
with snowy white coverings, each
with it's especial decorations of vel
vety pansies. the modest violet, feath-
cry ferns and lovely roses. The menu
was enough to tempt the most dainty
ppicure big fat turkieS that were
done up brown" juicy hams that al
most led me to believe the young pork
err must have believed in fire Ordi-
nation and prepared for this Occa-
sion. the tempting bivalves and the
delicious salads that would have been
the envy of any chef. lovely cakes and
cream, finest of coffee. all served by
the dainty hands of the charming Ia
dies, whose pretty faces end sweet
smiles only added piquancy to the
many condiments and not least of the
many allurementS was the big DOWl
of lemonade with luciOuS cherries
which almost rivaled the red of the
spicy carnations surrounding the bowl
| am sure everyone must have telt
like offering Il vote of thanks to the
ladies' for giving them an opportunity
of partaking of so many good things.
The ladies of the different churches
knew how to take advantage of
good opportunity, Judging from the
number of lunches served Tuesday
during the Cattlemens convention.
The ladies of the Prospect Hill Meth
odist church gave barbecue lunch
in a hall on Commerce
street and the delicious odor
of the meats carried us
back and to our childhood days, when
watched the men pour the ladies of
we stood beside the big pits and
ueppery sauce on the meat. There is
no other way of preparing meats that
will give them just that delightful fla
vor. Mrs. Bayard Craig superintend-
ed a tempting lunch also given by the
ladies of the Christian church and
am sure the visitors could not COM
plain of the scarcity of edibleS.
The strangers within our gates re-
cciyed royal welcome indeed. They
were fetcd. dined and wined and ev-
rrything was decked in gala array;
even nature tried to honor them by
putting on her spring dress, for the
Jnliro TO LITTLE budS are DppDinC forth