Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-30
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influenced the health
and comfort OF the
people than the Royal
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like saints, although, Of course / respect
them hugely. l simply mean that this
is good philosophy and easy to follow
more than that. IL Is a great beautifier.
Outside of the smallpox, don't know Of
greater destroyer OF female beauty
than this same sin OF fretting.
Next to the sunlight of Heaven Is the
contented cheerful face--the bright eye,
the unclouded brow, the sunny smile all
tell Of that which dwells within. There
Is something magical in the beauty OF
such a person. something that radiates
from within beyond ones power to ex-
press.
And It is quite independent OF form or
coloring.
The most fascinating woman / have
ever known possessed this charm. She
was thoroughly at peace with herself
and with the world. l do not think she
was overly good or lovely, though women
liked her and men thought her beautiful.
She had only laid out her life for having
the good Of II, and positively refused TO
fret over the rest. l know she had
wonderfully restful influence over every
body who came near her. Her face was
as sweet and as calm as a sequestered
lake in some shady wood. her eyes
violet, and her features an oval round
ness-outside of mere beauty--that imme-
diately impressed one with the idea of
placidity and smoothness. There was an
occult fitness between the mind and the
form OF this girl-tall. and slim, and
moving with timber grace-which l have
never been able to find out. l don't quite
know how It was, but she had had losses,
and what would have been giant worries
to other people. She worked hard and
rested well and slept soundly, and was
always as fresh as the morning, sweet as
bath and becoming gowns could make
her, and as reviving as the fragrance OF
a newly opened rose. Perhaps the great
secret was that she took hold OF her
worries by the handle, and not the poker,
end. as most OF us do.
III people only would copy nature,
much that Is disagreeable and trying
would melt out of our daily lives. See
bow carefully she removes, then hastens
to cover up, the unsightly things Of her
kingdom. No housekeeper is so Clearly.
The flowers wither, their dainty petals
droop and scatter but the wind blows
them, with falling leaves and ugly stalks.
far and wide, and at last the kindly
earth buries them out OF sight. The
cleansing tide carries out the refuse from
the shore.
Does it pay to fret2 Is II not better
far to hide the worries and keep to the
surface the pleasant, agreeable. and
wholesome things which abound on every
hand?
II you wish to be laid up and have the
blues worse than trinity OF bad weather,
Illness. and debt could give you,
keep close in the companionship OF
a fussy. fretful, worrisome person. Bet
ter as a mirth provoker the bleak north
winds, the hungry little birds, and the
snow-storm bowling in the wastes be-
tween the valley and the mountain top
THE most completely lost of all days.
says Chamfort. "is the one on which we
have not laughed"
Miss Minnie Goodloe. who has been
visiting her sister in Charlottesville, has
returned home.
Mr.. John G. SPOTS and wife, are agair
at Avon, from a pleasant sojourn in
Portsmouth, Va.
Miss Edna Belle Lipscomb is again at
'Redlands."
A family from Ohio are here looking foi
fruit land. They will locate in the. vicinity
of Alton.
Mr.. John S. Hays, Jr., who has beer
under medical treatment in Charlottes-
ville is home and convalescent.
Captain Hays, of Chestnut Ridge. con
tinues i'll.
Large shipments OF winter apples are
being made, and prices are first-class.