The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-16
WOMHNS WORLD.

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feminine character is the invariable ten
z.ncv to shirk responsibility and shoulder
,.,.srvthing off on Providence. II is so
.,rcb easier TO say if the good Lord didn't
mike me pretty 1 can't help it, than 1t
J., ~ rake the matter in our own hands
- course we can't make beauty, but we
at least help nature out, and polish
~ rough job, but how rarely is it
sanoq II is easier to surrender than to
$50 and we give it up, and lay the
b,ame on our creator.
w, remember in one of Barry's charm
-, i5vls when Leeby tries to make her
brother say he loves her he fatty re-
frses and says: Loves fearsome-
,u,a word TO use when folks are WE'LL
heautv Is a fearsome-like word to use
Ao,,t peonle who are not Maxine FL
1,otts and Lillian Russells. What we
oean when we apply it to our everyday
a-,1aintances is something that is at
fractive, harmonious, artislc' something
ttat eratifes our aesthetic sense, and 1t
nc nc e often means womans gown as
- few people, says Dorothy Dix in
49, New orleans Picayune, have CLASH
ally correct features, still fewer nave
mi
~, the freshness of youth for many years
1f+or that. if a woman is still account
- good looking, Ii is a matter of gowns
,nd honnets. and ways and means. Thank
-oodness most of us don't discriminate
much or analyze an agreeable impression
- Is enough for us if we are pleased, and
.ba woman who dresses intelligently
koso frocks are designed 10 emphasize
eood noints and conceal bad ones, whose
&c are neither accidents nor errors. and
whose frills are fresh and clean, may de-
caive even the very elect among her own
sex into giving her credit for good looks
Che never possessed. We admire the tout
snsemble and don't go into particulars.
heretofore no one has ever dreamed of
.raetioping Woman's right to look as
r,af as she could. Rather have we esteem
Oh il her sacred duty, and most of us feel
a sense of personal gratitude towards those
women who, by good looks, pretty frocks
and general charm of appearance, have
beIned "fll in the picture as stage folk
sav and made our daily life more attrac
tive Assuredy we have never considered
II our business to pry into details and see
how they did it, We rest satisfied with the
result and if 1t is in reality triumph OF
art over nature so much greater our in
debteCness How absurd to call such
woman to account Suppose she does use
cosmetics and pads, and false hair! Not
IA use them when she needed them is sim
NV Aving in the face of Providence and
refusing the means of grace held out to
her.
one another and where we are dependent
on our neighbors for impressions 1t may
well be doubted If anyone has a right to
wound our feelings and trample on our SEN
sibilities by unnecessary and gratuitous
ugliness. Has the woman with a saleratus
biscuit complexion any moral right to wear
-. ,11x~ Ina f= flsaf q nf
tense punishable by law? Is a woman
with a scrawny, yellow neck showing
Christian sympathy with the sufferings of
her feuow-creatures when she appears de-
collete at the opera? Is there any earthly
excuse, with cotton at 5 cents a pound,
for any woman going about doing the Giv-
ing skeleton act? These are solemn ques-
lions for every woman to ask herself, and
they admit of but one answer.
There is no earthly use in any court try
ing to hold a woman responsible for max
ing herself attractive If she can. 1t may
be true she wears false frizzes and plump
ers the same with intent to deceive,
like Bret Harte's heather Chinee, but so
long as the result is satisfactory and pleas
ing she will be enthusiastically supported
by the general opinion of the community.
Furthermore ugly women should be en-
couraged to renewed efforts along this
line For If the man is blessed who made
grew before, how much greater shah be
her reward who creates an effect of beauty
where none really exists?
War develops patriots as well as heroes.
Some for love of country give their lives,
some give time and money Both count
for patriotism in its highest phase. Helen
Gould could not go into the thick of bat
tie like Roosevelt, nor into the hospitals
like Margaret Chandler, and Miss Wheel
er, says the Chicago Times-Herald The
one was forbidden by her sex, the other
by her vast financial interests and the
care of a younger brother. But, like the
woman in the Bible, "she did what she
could" and that was a great deal. NOT
one whit less patriotic than the Rough
Riders has been this grave, slender young
woman. She has in all modesty shown
the perfected beauty of American woman
hood. Possessing millions, she has given
freely and wisely and well. There has
been nothing of show, of self-aggrandize-
ment. 1t has all been gentle and dignified
and modest 1t has not been the mere eX-
penditure of money. 1t has had thought,
plan, Management behind it, and the sweet
woman of her has not shrunken from 60
ing into the midst of the camps, seeing
with her own eyes what was required, and
comforting with voice and touch those
who most needed comfort. This is Helen
Miller Gould, mlllionairess and American
patriot, a jewel of womanhood and an
Aonor to her country. Miss Gould is an
od-fashioned girl 81 do not dislike So
ciety, l am simply too busy to for it,"
Is her calm reply to all persuasions to-
ward the gay world. And she is busy Her
creed is a busy one. Il expect to pass
through this life but once; any good that
can do, let me do it now; let me not
neglect it or defer it, for 1 shall not pass
thls way again." But it is not work with
our faith. In her the two are admirably
blended She is a sincere, earnest Chris
udn' communicate of the Presbyterian
Church' and to her this world is but the
preparation for another and a better one.
one Is not beautiful, though her face is
"Vmdhly and sweet, but with $4,000 000 in
ner own right she might easily become a
great belle Only she will not She had
que large party, which her father insist
W upon TO Introduce her into society. She
was part of the festivities of the famous
SasleIane wedding But that has counted
~ ~ nearly all the social junketngs of her
~ oI thlrty years. Most girls have had
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