The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-27

ing equal, a gentleman has the advant-
age Of d boor in whatever station it
may please heaven to place him
Volumes might be written in support
of the contention that personal beauty.
magnetism and charm are qualities of
the highest Importance to success in
public and social life and study of
fmeans to develop and retain such per
sOnal advantages as legitimate and
praiseworthy as the study of mathe-
MATES and the sciences which increase
mental power.
That there is a true philosophy of
correct living, by which the Individual
may overcome inherited or acquired
disability, and not only develop, but re-
tain, personal charm to old age, my
study and observation leave no doubt
That tens of thousands Of men and
women are eager for such knowledge is
proven by the fact that every line
written upon these subjects, whether
/ reliable or not, finds eager readers.
Every day / receive letters from
women asking advice about how to
overcome g variety Of physical defects.
Many of these letters urge me to sug-
gest external antidOtes in the nature of
tonics. balms, lotions and mechanical
appliances for defects which can only
be corrected by earnest and persistent
personal effort.
These are the people who easily be-
| come the prey of the INSCRIPTIONS.
| Loudly advertised beauty specialists
and vendors of worthless, if not act
ually injurious, cosmetics and patented
! nostrums, make fortunes from the ig
norance and credulty of those who
suppose that beauty can be bottled up
and sold at so much an ounce, There
4 is but one way to acquire and retain
personal beauty and charm-by work!
/ Work in harmony with the laws which
govern the physical organization. This
is the foundation principle upon which
the superstructure must be built.
/ A certain amount Of physical knoWl-
edge is essential to intelligent self-im-
4 provement Enough to induce har-
monious cooperation of brain, muscles
and nerves.
Nerves What American is without
them , and always in evidence!
At least one half Of the defects which
women ask me how to correct are due
to overweight and unstrung nerves,
which are responsible for many of the
lraost distressing ills that flesh is heir
/ to" But tell a woman the plain truth
that her complexion has gone to the
bad altogether because her nerves are
out of tune and that nothing except re-
organization of the nerve tissue will re-
store rounded and brilliant contour to
her wasted and sallow cheeks and nine
/ times out Of ten she will resist the
statement. and keep up her hunt for
perpetual fountain of youth" which
may be applied daily with a sponge.
! Upon the other hand give her the
name OF q lotiop--a paste, a cream or
anything else which she may put ON
/ without work, and she win spend her
last dollar cheerfully. to buy it.
Such are the contradictions Of poor
human nature, that we constantly neg
lect the means which divine wisdom
provides for our healthy and complete
development. The exceptions only
prove the rule.
/ A rr-lecr system of education pays
as M J attention to development of
the body as the brain. Physical laws
Iunderlie sound mental growth, and may
not be neglected except at the expense
Of symmetrical character. Consequent
Ily. physical education and mental
| trimming should, and must, go hand in
/ hand in the future. We must make
the two cooperative i'll our public edu-
cational system to raise the physical
| standard CT the great rank and file OF
| the American people.
Resent examinations for the army
| have proved that it is the occasional
and not the average, man who is sound
| of body. Yet it is no more true that
a mechanical instrument, when out Of
| tune. produces disGoEd than that the
1 human organization, When subject TO
the friction of disorgSnized parts, tends
irresistiblS toward incapacity, nervous