The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-27

Every woman wants to please-at least
she does not like to feel that she Is dis
pleasing. There is a great deal Of talk
just at this time about woman's mission,
but amid all the theories that are ad
vanced in regard to the status of woman
there are none that attempt to get wholly
around the fact that womans first and
final duty is womanliness. Whatever else
she may be, she must never cease to be
womanly, for that is the universal charm
greater than all things else. And the
truly womanly woman will wish to be
beautiful. "a.
Y Contact with the world will readily con-
vince every one of the Importance of good
looks, and their value to women. No
matter how small your world may be, the
necessity for beauty is there just the same
and sooner or later the day must come
when you will acknowledge it's power. If
that power is. your own you will find 1t
has added much to your joys; If it is an
others you may discover it has robbed
your life of it's bliss by claiming the one
whom you thought your own.
Woman cannot evade t1ev issue. So
long as the sacred ceremony Of marriage
shall exist, SO long as it remains appar-
ent that men and women were created one
for the other, so long as nature rules and
the heart reigns, men will choose their
wives for their beauty. 1t is only natural
that they should do so, and very fitting
and proper. It is useless for any woman
to contend that marriage is not the chief
aim Of existence-if that were true this
world of ours would soon be at skies and
: sevens and prove a most dreary place tc
dwell in! do not wish to appear unkind
but when 7 hear woman talk in that
strain I always feel very sure that she
has suffered some great disappointment
1t is the bravery Of resignation. There is
also something strangely pathetic in the
life Of the so-called "bachelor maids who
boast Of their freedom and independence
That Is contrary to the true order o1
things. The real woman with true fem
mine insttnts in her heart does not want
independence, and freedom is the last
thing on earth she is looking for! She
merely accepts that as a last resort, be.
cause perhaps she had been ''weighed il
the balance and found wanting" 1t be.
hooves all women to see to it that they
{, have Suoh requirements as are necessary
to g. choice
When you get right down to the frs
principles Of human progress you will
be brought face to face with the fact tha
beauty controls the destiny of our sex
Study the problem Of living in any man
y ner you choose, or view the subject il
any light that may be presented, and yo,
will find it is so identified with the aim:
and hopes Of women that they canno
affect to ignore it. Make yourselves
'Nr,n,A$ I>.~>
becoming a. woman. -. ... ...s
There is also another side to this aues
tion, one that is further advanced. il
Which there appears the imperative neces
slty for the woman who is happily mar
rfed to preserve her charms. Men de
velop with years, whilst women are ap
.4 to fade If they neglect proper care O
themselves. I would hold up the miro
to this woman that she may see hersel
Y as she Will appear a few years hence un
Z less she improve the moments as the
q fly. For the present she is beautiful an,
4 wealthy and happy-the fulness Of tn
earth is hers. But she fancies her beaa,t
rs will never perish, she is safe in her hus
!. bands love and thinks not of tomorrow
IS when her beauty will have become
thing of the past. She believes he
y charms. like the brook Twill go on for
ever" but there comes a fatal day whe
3 she discovers that she is but shadoy
3 tiful complexion is gone, and here an
there stubborn dark lines furrow her fac
M and the skin appears pinched and with
ered-and she begins to notice that he
u husband no longer greets her with tn
usual kiss and that he seems abstracte
and distant, and remains from home NOR
n often than formerly. She attempts t
A cover her 4blenishes with the riches {
ornament and splendid apparel, but ever
s. time she looks In the glass the ghost {
her former self rises up to mock her.
And, think you, does her husband fe,
g compassion and pity for his wife's fade
s beauty? Does he love her all the NOR
for her sorrow? That is not aatrait I
mans nature: he more likely feels cheated
and then probably there happens ths
sig which is the woman's croWning sorrow
81 he seeks the charms in another who
fate has denied him at home! And til
u faithful WIFE whose only fault has bee
the neglect of her own charms. how hear
tily she hates the other for her pink sand