The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-29

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIo.
There died recently in New York . man
who did moro than any other man had ever
done to foster beauty in women.
His hobby was charm and tho cultivation
Of 1t. for he held that charm was quail
ty that might 90 on increasing forever.
Unlike beauty. which begins to fade At
youth. charm would 20 on Increasing for
ever, as long as woman lived.
This man, q millionaire, society leader.
4 great entertainer and social diplomat
once offered, in q summer hotel. q prize for
the best essay on charm; and when It was
awarded, he insisted that the winner, who
was charming woman, read the essay
aloud .
In that essay she declared charm to be
the loveliest flower that ever blossomed in
the vale of teara
Charm was, to him. the key that opened
all doors to the wayfarer through life.
Charm is what?
Is 1t anything in particular. Does It lie
in anything special? Is 1t trick Of man
ner, an infection Of the voice? Is 1t facial
appearance? Is It figure? Is 1t suggestive
ness? Is 1t any one thing which you can
name?
You cannot tell what 1t is. Yet you know!
So does everybody else. How charming
she Isl" Is an exclamation you often hear.
And how verv often you think to your
self. ''Oh! II were only as charming as
Mrs. X, or Miss Y!''
Edward Everett Hale would tell you that
charm lies within or comes from within.
Mrs. Margaret Bottome would doubtless
call charm a Climate" And she might say
that certain people carry q climate about
with them. q charming climate.
Yet there are charming people who are
charming in different ways. but charming
just the same.
They used to tell you that charm lay in
hypnotism, and that there were some peo-
pie so strongly. endowed with personal
magnetism A. to charm you. whether you
wanted them to do so or not.
But that hypnotic charm theory 10 ex-
ploded. People are not charmed against
their will; and when you srs charmed" It
IS because you really want to be charmed
A CHARMING HEART. =
They say that to DO charming one must
carry. first a loving heart, or one that is
kindly disposed toward all persons
The love rays" as they are called must
be started In vibration by yourself. and you
must not only be surrounded by them, but
you must be all the time sending out new
pnss. -
There are many people who are earnest
and ardent believers In the '1ove rays"
The charming person does not get Of
Tended easily.
The woman who 10 truly charming IN one
who passes over your faults a. though she
did not notice them. and 10 ready to meet
you always upon . new footing, to start an
over again. az the children say
Men like this sort Of Q woman, for si,s
bears no malice. and ahe II restful
There II no danger Of meeting with that
masculine aversion-A 'scene."
Tho charming woman may be anRry IN
wardly. but eutwardiy she IL calm, snil-
ing. semiplayful and willing to treat Won
seriously or PECULIARLY. Just a. you prefer.
The charming woman must b . woman
who can laugh. -
And. unless she can laugh. she can newer
hope. no matter how hard she trieA TO hava
charm.
Tho charming woman must have q rood
mouth and she must be able to break into
. smile. This IL one Of her greatest and
best secrets. the secret Of being able 10
smile. =
And how few women can smile, The
woman who takes Life seriously, with
wrinkles across her forshead and Z pucker
between her eyes. b not and never can be
charming.
He own etrcis may love her for hsr vir-
fues. but OIL to the world in general she
d not charming.
Tho charming woman meets trying stu
atoms with . smalsI When she dQsa moi