The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-08-21
PRETTY GIRLS, THEIR FUTURE.

Pretty girls are delightful to
look at and very nice to know, but
! there are great many people in this
| practical workaday world of ours who
have very tender spots in their hearts
for the plain girls. While they may,
and probably do, adore prettiness, they
long ago learned that there are many
! pretty girls who base all of their ideas
of present success and future hopes on
their good looks, and overlook the fact
that there are much more substantial
things in the world than beauty, even
though the world puts a very high
value upon that most desirable com
modify. 1t is a misfortune to be pretty
if one depends solely upon that fact
for ones currency in society and ones
| material prosperity.
The parents of beautiful children
are often envied by their associates
who have no children or only those
who are ordinary looking and not spe-
cially attractive. But such parents
very often make the most complete
shipwreck of their children's lives by
their injudicious management and the
very evident pride they take in the
appearance of the little ones. They
must not study too much, as that
would make them dull and spiritless.
They must not wear old or unbecom-
ing clothes, as that would detract from
their loneliness and mortify their
pride. One woman, the mother of a
very beautiful daughter, made the lives
of her friends miserable by constant
exhibitions Of her child's attractive
ness. She was always on the alert for
some opportunity to draw compari-
sons between her daughter and other
children, and ever, of course. to the
credit and advantage of her own.
1t is one of the greatest of bless
ings to be beautiful if one has judicious
parents and friends and is carefully
trained and taught the true value OF
beauty and the advantages to be
gained by it's possession if it is sup
plemented and aided by good sense and
good breeding. Everything that adds
to beauty and tends toward it's per-
manency has high value in all of the
relations of life. Whether it be a
house, a horse, work of art or a
child, beauty adds in every way to it's
consequence. Physical symmetry and
perfection are rarely found coupled
with exquisite mental balance and a
good stock of sterling common sense.
But once in a while this admirable
iC
its price is above rubies. If parents
could comprehend the importance OF
bringing up these jewels of untold
value in the right way, what treasures
they might bestow upon an apprecfa-
tive world!
The diamond must be cut and pol-
ished by hard work and the severest
treatment before it comes to its ful1
commercial rating, and the finest gold
must be tried in the fire, but these
spiritual gems are allowed to come up
and develop as they will, with no spe-
cial shaping or forming save that
which the vanity and weak affection OF
too partial friends give them. And
this is often given in a feeble half
hearted way, and, to a great extent.
because public opinion demands it. In
many cases this weakness and folly are
so pronounced that the parents seem
to think that everything in the way OF
ignorance, i'll temper and bad manners
must be allowed for if their darling ts
the culprit. How much better it wouId
be to be bright, lovely in spirit and in
telligent in mind as well as beautiful