Woodville Republican., 1903-02-14
BEAUTY and PURITY
Ancient and Modern Ideas on the Subject.
Time and Disease the Effacing Agents
of Beauty. What Has Science Done
to Restore the Lily and the Rose?

Socrates called beauty a short-lived
tyranny, Plato privilege of nature,
Theocrltus q delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus O silent cheat, Carneades
a solitary kingdom, Homer glorious
gift of nature, Ovid favor of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of recon-
mendation in the world, and yet none
of these distingui shed authorities has
left us even hint of how beauty is to
be perpetuated, or the ravages of age
and disease defied. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the pallor of
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutaneous designations and crimsons
the Roman nose with unsightly fiushes,
moth, II not rust, corrupts the glory
of eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful by
defacing the complexion, and fills the
sensitive soul with agony unspeakable.
II such be the unhappy condition of
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
what must be Che feelings of those in
whom torturing humors have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become part Of the system until
death2 II Is vain to attempt to por-
tray such suffering. Death In many
cases might be considered blessing.
nrsgnated With = aerv slemant which
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nails ord rot nn,iI tba Mood so,ys
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~ sosts, to'AS- S0'--' W S''''N's AA''A
" Thns ] a. .o,nn,ov,oro, aofoc,s roroo
irtn 10 tortrr,n, nv n d,saasa ana nionad vS ,ay ~
irv S Give IL. ~ nlace ~ yeai I s,f,,.rina f a
i;ttIe ,yert IN tbe nosa or cheaL 9roxvs
~ ,se ali I'll. .aavonr,ro az @ | l,,ns nateh 1,e
te,tar On tbe nalnn ~ tba hand or on
the limha anddaniv envalons tba hodr
in its flarv ennhrace = hrnisa nm the leo
exnands Into ! gnawing nIcer whic5
reaches ont its fanos to the snt,erar,a
Hart ~ avars narnvysm ~ nain
small tarne, a. tbe necI n,,,,tir,,es ;nta
. dnzen which ast awav tha yitalitw
great nearl-lika scalss grow from IitfIs
Tash- -,ika ,nf,ammsiions IN srch ahnns
dance as 20 nasa cradnI,tv. | and 80 ~
,nav Voc dan;nt tha s,,f,s,.;rcs 80 -. ,,b,oi,
nnor 2 snas, ~rsSo a,,,ra @ = s,,bise. ~ % ~ ee
which ,nwa,ra rraa. ,non,sI S,s4ras. ~ :.
hocansa oe naro onaI d,st,rn~a,,oas
Tf tbara wara nat anathar a1tnu,
disease nnown ao-e,,a - - aIonn ,..A',,d .,a 10, ha
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nervades ali ciassas ond dascands ,,r
nartiallv throngh gsnarations Whiia
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ne,ches ~ tbo oars ~ ~ ~ a,
tho hrsaat an tba ns,,,s ~ an p, hp,d ~
~, on ,hs i,,,,hs ~. s..s p,A'' hn. =. snv naaas,
Sist,rctiva faetnra I a. y .a,, nnsas -. ITO
hlistar ,yh,ch d,s.har "as
Amid cars,ng baot inasm,nat,a a. "s,.S a.S
intense ;tch5ng Ringsworm .a+.a. ,na
scaIled bead Sandrrfy hoiana [ - s,t, NJ,
scaiv and itchsng order ~ d;so.sas - sass
psor,aais onr ncdarn ,anrosr ,',;.,,
its mother-of-naari scala s,,nota 49,
a reddened base which h,sods 49,. ~
the renewal ~ tho sc.la ~ opIn
dreade5 and avoided % ~ oIa 10 - Do
netiyo harher,s itch arrs;a,a M a
score Of minor disorder yrs,1e sia' ~ nnu C
part the catalogue of erternaI d,sopsas ~ -
of the akin rims far rvo hs ha,.n u,SSasss s,sass
no allusion to those aft,ictions xxh,ch [
are manifestiv imnnritias of he tho h,un.l TnaSu
viz swelliny ~ Az s,,oa5n ~ sne " p.oou, ~
throat nlcers IN tba naeS l sna ~ m.,,n tne
tumors. abscegses and marnnr's, @
poisons. with loss of hair haca,aa ,al
tha ,vhnIa l,st oo. a pSSause