The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-15
BEAUTY OF WOMEN.

From the DAYTON News.
\ Tennesseean not long ago slew his
brother because the brother claimed that
the Young woman with whom he asso-
eiated was more beautiful than was the
one with whom the slayer was i'm the
habit Of keeping company
This beauty question has disturbed the
world for a thousand years az least.
nay. ten thousand years. perhaps Ger
tainly IT has influenced the world since
human history began 20 be written. or
scratched upon the stones or IN the mud
II has caused wars and rumors Of wars.
n has changed the map OF the world
a hundred times. II has Influenced ma
tons; il has caused strife among the
heather gods and quarrels among the
angels.
And what is III What is it that
causes one man 20 believe that his girl
is the most beautiful creature in the
world. and another man 10 slay him FOR
doubling the beauty Of hIs own giIa
What Is IL that gives TO woman the
mystic charm. leading man 10 believe
that she is the personifcation OF the
beautiful regardless 81 the contour Of
her face or tine meaning Of her features
For there can be no doubt that 90 some
man every woman is this ideal beauty
spot.
OF course. We can understand the
beauty OF babyhood. the beauty Of the
little child. rompiug and PLAYING upon
the floor The soft coIoring Of its face.
lis dimpIes. shadowy hints OF the curves
of beauU-we can understand why a
baby is beautiful II is because IL u.s..
that explains &c.
We can also. understand the beauty
Of youth-its eyes, its cheeks, its flowing
hair. its curves and angles We know
why the school girl is beauuful-the most
beautiful thing appertaining 10 the
school as the lawyers would say. That
also is just because il rs. and that also
explains the beauty Of the school girl. OF
Of youth
Then. the beauty Of the young woman,
late blossomed into ethereal radiance. A
person who could not understand the
beauty Of Young woman could not
understand why the sunset is red nor
the colors OF the rainbow. nor the tints
Of the Waters. He would not know the
Joy of the 1ceCy clouds, nor appreciate
the full-blown rose, nor enjoy the frag-
rance Of the fields or meadows We
understand the beauty of the Young
woman perfectly. and know that some
where in the universe gracious God had
10 have "a standard Of beauty. and thar
he thus devised young woman. beyond
which nothing more beautiful might he
shapened. That, Of course. explains her
beauty.
Then, the beauty Of matUrity-that also
is eXplainable. As the perfect fruit is
more pleasing than the blossom: as the
task completed is more consoling than
the task unfinished; as the promise full
filled is more satisfying than the prom
Use made 20 be broken. so is the beauty
Of maturity more glorious than the
beauty Of the bud or blossom. more con-
soing than the broken promise more
hopeful. more alluring than the dreams
OF the past.
There is beauty Of old age which
is also sweet and calm. but which can
be explained. As the sunset is the most
soothing part OF the day, as the twi-
light is but TO prepare as for the night;
as the shadows leugthen TO show MS
the path we have Travelled since the
morn. so is the beauty Of age the most
consoling Of all which we meet through
life It is a beauty Of judgment: the
beauty Of perfection, endowed with the
blossoms Of time-a beauty that is in
spring. and which comforts as the sill
yer comes into the crown. Oh we under
stand the various degrees Of beauty as
seen in the various ages OF the women.
from the cradle 10 the grave, but. the
beauty of woman; magical enticiug.
bewitching-who is there that can OK
plain this subtle something about which
brothers kin each other and for which
men make every sacrifice?