The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-15

-. .nc uimy uIuuus ana Try to read the
| mystery of that life gathered long ago
into the no less mysterious beyond.
Man and woman will be arrested by
that stately woman in trailing sable,
erminelined cloak worn negligently
over a creation of satin and lace. sill
yer web and diamond spangles, with
coronet on the naughty head.
All this will be bequeathed to pos
terity-the outline. the lights and
shadows. the richness, the grace, the
style characteristic of the epoch.
Yet this is far from all that is need
ed by woman. She must be doubly
charming by intellectual culture, by at
tainments and accomplishments by
higher thought, by loftier ideals than
the setting-Off to its best advantage,
, Of mere physical beauty adorned by
matchless productions of the masters
in the art of creating marvels Of ele-
gance and loveliness of beautiful fab
rics. The most perfect beauty as to
form and features, enhanced by the
most exquisite conceptions OF the at
tire becoming her style, will say noth-
ing to the heart and mind. il soul does
not shine triumphant from her eyes.
thought does not dwell on her brow.
she will be but beautiful doll, appeal
ing only to the coarser instincts. leav-
ing the higher and nobler feelings un-
touched. Her shallowness, her friv-
olous talk her pretty smiles, her sill
very laughter. to which SO much study
is devoted may be good for time. a
short time only. For beauty, as all
fair things, is eyanescent. and the
years tear pitilessly the wreath Of roses
from off her head. Then nothing will
remain to her except the fear and
horror OF losing her adulation which
for SO long has been her daily food
and which turns it's flight toward 9th
er business. An empty life is what
awaits the woman who has made god
OF her beauty. has sacrificed every
thing on the altar Of vanity, and more
/ than one has ended by taking her life
which became meaningless to her when
age had dimmed her eyes, silvered her
7 hair and withered the roses on her
cheeks
! This the women or france and Italy
had well understood and their salons
were the field in which the genius OF a
J Corneille. a MOliere. a Racine and 9TH
er great poets and writer's found ex-
preston. development and encourage
ment. To assemble such men around
her. a woman must not be merely a
! dressed-up doll: no matter how ex-
/ quiSitely she is dressed she must pos
sess intelligence and knowledge. great
tact and refinement to be able to lead
the conversation. draw out the Oft
! times shy and modest man of letters.
bring out his happiest thoughts. his
most eloquent flow of language. argue.
discuss to make his genius shine forth
more brilliantly-then her fan be-
| comes q scepter and leaders baton
and her seat a throne. But all this is
gone: great men are lionized. invited.
shown off for vanity's sake to friends
and acquaintances as rare animals, the
poor men being rendered greatly un-
comfortable and deeply miserable by
all sorts Of incongruous questions. To
draw out a man of genius or talent to
spur him on, woman must not be too
far below him herself in intellect, in
knowledge, In the understanding OF
greatness. in refinement OF feeling and
depth OF thought Though genius and
talent are given but to the few elect.
every woman OF average intelligence
may reach the attainments mentioned
| if she take but the trouble Of develop
ing it.
Thus not every thought must be
given to fashion, to enhancement OF
the charm of the physical self. not
everything must be sacrificed on the
altar Of beauty. The mind must be
adorned as we'll as the body. the last
ing must not be neglected for the per-
! ishable.