Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-08
TELLS OF
POPULAR GIRL
ADVISES WOMEN TO LOOK
PRETTY
Says Il ls a Mistaken Ida Of PIety to
Assume Extreme Plalnness, as
Love Of Beauty Is
Unborn

At the Central Baptist church, corr
ner Alvarado and Pico streets. Arthur
S. Phelps preached last night the
first of a series Of five sermons to
young women, from the topic, THE
Popular Girl" His text was Prov.
s1:SO Grace is deceitful and beauty
Is vain; but a woman that feareth
Jehovah, she shall be praised"
He said: "A young man said that
there were three things that he could
not understands girl, married
woman and a widow. Womankind has
always been an unsolved enigma to
the other sex. once In the book Of
Revelations we are told, L will tell
thee the mystery of the woman but
those words were spoken by an angel
u shall therefore promise to do only
the best can tonight. And. first, IN
the face of the text, l say let the girl
that would be popular look as pretty
as she can. It Is a distorted piety that
aims at extreme plainness. There is
practically nothing black in nature but
darkness, charcoal and bears. God
has endowed us with a love of the
beautiful He wants every desire to
be gratified. though not wasted.
Advice on Reading
"The popular girl will cultivate the
gifts with which she is endowed. Not
by initiating others, nor by silly talk
in the parlor about culture Her
reading will not confine itself to the
dashng hero that rescues the girl with
the languishing eyes, but she will read
for inspiration books that are worthy
of her. She will also cultivate prac-
tical knowledge that will fit her for
a home-keeper. The best holy roller
is that which rolls out a pie-crust
Military in boys schools turns friends
into enemies, but millinery in girls
schools turns enemies into friends
Military hath slain its thousands, and
millinery it's tens of thousands.
But the graces Of beauty and in
tellect and practical culture the pop
ular girl knows are not for herself.
Grace is deceitful and beauty is vain.
She will forget herself in devotion to
others. That is why she is popular.
A gracious disposition makes woman
kind winsome. We seem to forget
that she is not pretty; she may be
trifle impractical, but she leaves the
butterflies behind. Her conversation
leads to the inner citadels of the soul
An imaginative sympathy is the secret
Of feminine grace.
Be Like Mary
Sne VIII take tne mana OF the Mas
ter and walk with Him. The Lord
Jesus Christ is a Savior to whom you
can pour out your hearts devotion.
1t is because we do not know Him
that we shrink from Him. Mary Of
Bethany, after His resurrection, meet
ing Him, supposed Him to be the gar
dener. But He turned to her and said
the one word. Mary and she
threw herself at His feet and clasped
His knees. He calls you as He called
her. The progress of government has
been from anarchy to monarchy, from
monarchy to oligarchy, and 1t is now
a panarchy-the rule of the woman
love, every woman a queen. Adapting
Tennyson's words, you may say;
IF 1 were Joined with him,
Then, might we live together as one
life,
And. .reigning with one will in every
thing,
Have power on this dark world to
tighten it,
And power on this world to make it
live"
Mr.. Phelps will speak next Sunday
night on THE Young Woman in Busi-
ness"