The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-03-16

Of the fllmy clouds and 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,
ermine-lined cloak worn negligently
over q creation Of satin and lace, SILL
yer web and diamond spangles, with q
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 IL 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 loneliness of beautiful fab
RIGS. The most perfect beauty as to
form and features, enhanced by the
most exquisite conceptions of the at
tire becoming her style, will say moth
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 I'M
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 q time, q
short time only. For beauty, as all
fair things, is evanescent. and the
years tear pitilessly the wreath of roses
from of 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 its flight toward 9TH |
er business. An empty life is what
awaits the woman who has made a 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 |
hair and withered the roses ON her
cheeks.
This the women or france and Italy
had well understood and their salons
we're the field in which the genius of q
Corneille, Moliere. q Racine and 9TH
sr great poets and writers found ex-
preston, development and encourage
nent. To assemble such men around
her, a woman must not be merely Z
doll; no matter how ex-
Iuisitely she is dressed she must pos
less intelligence and knowledge, great
act and refinement to be able to lead
he conversation, draw out the oft,
lines shy and modest man of letters
,ring out his happiest thoughts. HE
most eloquent flow of language, argue
liscuss to make his genius shine forth
more briiliantly-then her fan be.
ONES scepter and a leaders baton
md her seat throne. But all this ID
,one; great men are lionized, invited
hown of for .vanity's sake to friendi
nd acquaintance as rare animals. the
'oor men being rendered greatly un,
and deeply miserable BY
II sorts of incongruous questions. tt
raw out man of genius or talent Il
pur him on, woman must not be too
ar below him herself in intellect, In
in the understanding OF
reatness, In refinement of feeling and
epth of thought. Though genius and
alent are given but to the few elect
very woman Of average intelligence
lay reach the attachments mentioned
she take but the trouble Of develop
,g 1t.
Thus not every thought must b.
iven to fashion, to enhancement oil
he charm of the physical self. moi
must be sacrificed on the
ltar Of beauty. The mind must b.
dorned as we'll as the body, the last.
lg must not be neglected for the per,
IN q h1o