Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-11-20

Every girl wishes TO be beautiful
and for that matter, every woman too.
But where beauty is born, not made,
and lack OF 1t in face and form Is often
irrepairable, any woman can make her.
self so charming that the loss will ney
or be noticed. In the last number of
that we'll edited periodical, the Mich.
gan Tradesman, Dorothy Dix, its ia
nous editorial writer, gives some ex-
cellent ideas on the subject and a few
extracts will be OF interest to BANNER
readers.
"If girl is ugly she cannot make
herself pretty, but she can make her
self so agreeable that people will forget
all about her plainness. In the first
place, she can cultivate beautiful
speaking voice, that Shakespeare de-
clared to be the greatest charm in wo-
man, and that is an opinion that no
body feels called upon to dispute.
Nothing is 80 repulsive as the high,
harsh, loud, parrot-like voices with
which so many women speak | once
knew beautiful young girl who had
such a voice-a voice like file, that
set his nerves on edge-and | heard a
man says of her: Good heayensl think
OF having a voice like that discuss the
bills with you over the breakfast table
or remind you of the things you forgot
No girl can change her nose II nature
gave her tip tilted one, but she can
moderate and modulate her voice, and
al the world is captive to a sweet, low
voice in woman.
"Then she can cultivate that power
of expression that is far and away the
most subtle beauty in the world. The
woman who has no soul in her face;
whe has nothing but regularity OF fea-
lures and perfection Of cooring, is
nothing more than a chrome, of which,
in time, we will tire when its colors
fade and its subject becomes hackney
ed, but the woman whose beauty is
made up OF flushing expression, OF sym
patty and of intelligence is living
picture OF which we can never weary
at is intelligence, heart-sympathy,
understanding, that makes a woman's
face like that, and any woman may
have it for the cultivating.
"Another attraction that every girl
may have is that OF being an agreea-
BILE companion. There is no excuse
for any woman not being a good con-
versatonalist. This does not mean
being a continuous onversationalist,
which is the greatest affection on
earth. To be entertaining means TO
be a good listener as well es a good
talker. Every hnman being has some
topic upon which he or she can expa-
tate endlessly, and the woman who has
the wit to find out our hobbies and the
unselfishness to lead us to speak OF
; them; who will listen with an express
sion Of rapt delight while we talk about
our babies, or our business, or our am
billions, or our triumphs, or our troub-
les, has that charm that will enable
her to snap her fingers at beauty.
Sympathy and tact-these are two
other substitutes for beauty that not
only take its place but far out distance
mere good looks in their ability to
charm. They have also those other
advantages over beauty, that while
beauty may not be cultivated, they can
''To my mind the most charming
, sympathy-that exquisite sense that
enables one TO to enter into the joys and
sorrows OF others and to literally fulfill
the Scriptural injunction to rejoice
: with those who rejoice and weep with
those who weep. Beside such wo
man, whose face CLOVIS with interest a:
! you talk to her; whose eyes grow hu
: mid rs you describe the grief that has
! torn your own heart, or whose lips cur
5 into laughter as you tell her a funny
!, story, how poor and Insignificant The
faultless beauty of cold, self-centereC
woman, who listens to you with Dor
/. ed air, and when you pause 10 take
breath begins TO relate the sensation
she created at such and such ball.
] 1--WE do not ask If the woman of gra
\ cious manners and tact and Gentlenes
has features of of classic perfection o
coloring that an artist would like I,
paint. We only know that her face ]
the face that we like to see best abou
our hearthstone; that we look towar'
when we are glad or sad, sure that W
shall always see in the eyes the love
light that makes beacons OF hope an
cheer and happiness to us, and tina
o her face is one that we hope to Sc
bending over US when we look our las
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