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studies in Graces and Cool Lonks- Ir cks
of Face and Manner Xxi 'g G!ares #
Defects Cham is Karcr than Beauty
Influence of Manners on the face-iow
to Hold Ones self.
Rarer than red amber or topaz Is
woman beautiful in the complete sense;
but to be charming is within the com
pass OF most women. For them the art
OF arts, pour etre belle, signifies not so
much mere beauty, ms it does the collec-
tive charms of spirit and wit pleasing
manners, airy gayety, spice and device,
the colurs Of health In cheek and lip, its
gloss In the hair. its lighCnoss OF step and
buoyant carriage s-above all, a kindliness,
a generosity of spirit, that is the very
finish, the ribbon and star OF human
nature Who has not in memory such
women, having no uncommon snare OF
freshness ard comeliIess, hut lively ana
full Of captivating humor, able To give
and take loyal Gnd devoted friends, wEo
never lost their power Of charming, even
to gray hairs ana worn-out faces! How
much beauty had Jane Carlyle left when
Sterling and Hare went 20 Chelsea ia
spend evenings under tic spell Of her
droll caustic converse. rather preierring
10 find Carlyle out of the way FOR the
sake OF "a chat with his MIN blc-wltt%
Jean. Helen Hunt Jackson held her gilt
OF charming 10 the last though the fair
III Enr "a and lg lp ~
tore she said good.Ly
Beauty alone has rot pOwcr c. Eold the
veriest scnsuaIist. Louis Nv mad tnste
and means To indulge In as LrilliGUt
gallery of beauties as any king since
solomon; so did Charles Ia; but 10 houri
ar court belle was able 10 hold the fancy
of either OF tho three monarch $. Coming
down TO common lie, the most beautiful
won en- are bitterly jealous of their bus-
bands nnd not without cause. And have
we not tho admission oi two geDtl men
credited with "a pretty taste-Lord Byron
and y. l.. Willis-tha5 they would each
weary Of Venus herself If she sat opposite
at table SIX monthsY lt is pam that
beauty will not do TO trust to, since the
line gentlemen tell IT, so quite as lainly as
Miss Hannah Moro or any of Ito murnl-
lists The gift of charming is soI,4 4ething
more composite.
Beauty as the sign OF health. l. irInoni.
Gus development and fDo feeling, may
we'll draw our eyes after IT, ard in this
view is not beneath any woman : regard.
IL she makes il the end and ambition of
life to be beautiful fer the sake Of
sovereignty over others she will reap
ashes But tho time has come for 4 i!Ier
civilization, which will realize higher
health, longer life and richer delight than
tho world has yet known. The first step
toward this will bo an awakening TO the
IA ....I tEa n f,snN - ~
roligion is TO secure perfect Eealth--so
much the usefulness ana purity of tho
spirit depend upon IL. lt has bcen writ
ten for centuries that obedience is better
than sacrifice" got we fail to obey the
laws of self-prcservation, which insure life
20 those who prize IL and beauty To women
who value 1t more than life. The ancients
round the parts OF beauty so wonueri III
that they counted them Of heavenly
origin, and tho Book of Enocb, In the
A pochrypha, records Tint before the deluge
the angel Araliel taught women the art OF
painting themselv Smile at the web OF
fiction woven in hazy minds, who found
scarcely less than celestial the fares
touched with saffron anu cerus", stipiunl
and henna, seen through the parting oi
the tent q or There lis a pretty reminder IN
the fable, and all the rites OF religion link
personal and spiritual purity IN baths aud
baptisms and putting on of clean llnen.
which nre the essentials OF health. We
have already seen tho average OF huna:
years raised from seventeen to forty-flyo
and the world will yet SEQ that age
doubled and the comeliness Of youth pre-
served with It,
To be beautiful Is one thing; TO bC
charming Is quite another. III beauty Is
not quite as common us Strawberries,
charm is rarer still. The magic girdlo OF
Venus was the gift OF charming. wanting
which she was merely pretty woman
with IL. She was supreme. Juno without II
was fauItless and undesired. The myth
wns "A lesson TO women. You may 500 II
repeated every day the self-contored
woman, selflshly eager To please for her
own ends coming short OF her calcula.
tions, while another woman less careful
in complexion, toilet and air, Dy virtue OF
good humored I'm born instinct sets society
playing tremendously. and leaves n pleas
ant impression on every creature with
whom sho has speech. DisseCt tho charm
as you pleuse, make many words about
IL. Won will never come nearer the secret
than it il natures line magic, only not
like magic, transferable This much we
discern, that charm Is not of The
sense wholly or chiefly, but q
thing Of manner and expression the
glcam I'm the dew, the lustor in the
air. the gnuze of the mist upon blossom
ing valleys. The blessed truth is that rs
beauty may exist without charm. charm
NAV exist without beauty. IL comes Of n
sort OF warmth and generosity of temper.
added TO little inmate humility, which
thinking no great things of itself. offers
of it's best with no other purpose than "a
mako tho hour pass pleasantly and leave
/ its company pleased and comfortable a
| worthy ambition In this commonplace
world There Is nothing moro modest
| and unsolfish than the attempts OF som,
delightful women 20 be agreeable. They
| feel IL unworthy of themselves To be dull,
stilted OF Indifferent and unpardonabl,
rudeness 10 permit such conduct toward
| another. Any human being left in THEFT
comuany half an hour with the shadow
| Of excuse for courtesy is sure OF being ~
| delicately entertained "a " he were tn,
| most distinguished parsonage they wisf
| 10 know. Aud distiDguishJd persons arr
4 no losers W hon this practiced courtesy u
/ turn.l upon thom. AZ iny Indy Nas brigh