The Washington herald., 1910-09-25


of It's ability. appeals TO the true lover
OF beauty The mind that spontaneously
creates for itself and others chaste
images. that throws about itself an at
mosphere of purity and nobility. despite
its dress. that studies out the problems OF
life in more than a mere off-hand man
ner is beautiful The man OF good. jolly.
sympathetic disposition. the cheerer the
helper, the friend-the one whose actions
are unselfishly for the benefit OF man
kind: the one who can suffer and smile
at the same time he counts for far more
than the we'll dressed. brilliant minded
genius. Beauty In a word. is the perfec-
ton of ones character, and not the per
lection OF ones dress,
THOMAS V. MURTO.
Beauty, like truth and justice. lives
with US; like virtue and Ike moral law,
il is a companion OF the soul. The most
natural beauty in the world Is honesty
and moral truth. for all beauty is truth.
True features make the beauty OF face,
and true proportions the beauty Of archi-
lecture. as true measures that of har-
mony and music. That which is striking
ard beautiful is not always good. but
that which is good is always beautiful
J,LEE,
There's a bloom that's blown over the
meadows,
There's a starlight drawn down from
the skies;
There's a lyric OF love in the throat OF the
dove,
There's the song of the swan ere he
dies
In the God-gifted heart OF the poet
There is beauty akin TO all these;
When his soul is in tune 10 the laughter
of June,
Or the deep cadenced voice OF the seas.
EDNA BENNETT.
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, In midst of other woe
Than ours. a friend TO man. 10 whom
thou sayest
Beauty is truth. truth beauty"-that IS
all
Ye know on earth. and all We need TO
know" Mrs. J. J. ocOSSEIL.
Beauty means a healthfuI. spiritual
grace which flows from a soul whose
gentleness and sweet simplicity We find
in a greater consciousness whereby the
true sympathy is felt.
We see behind the most irregular fea-
lures, and sometimes undevelOped bodies
the most beautiful character, which, If
understood. may inspire one to think
more of his own beauty and TO delve into
its innermost parts of self TO rectify so
much OF the undue reality IL appears TO
have TO outward show.
We do not compare personal beauty
In regard 10 the soul. for without recOg-
milton OF that inward growth there can
be but lisile beauty and no purpose back
of il. only a skin deep which is seen but
never felt.
True beauty is a magnet that draws
all men unto il. II is purity of life in it's
most wholesome form. 1t grows as the
flowers grow. so in the thought Of the
dream garden so beautifully portrayed by
one OF our gifted writer's and members Of
this club. We do miss her, but hope she
is getting the rest needful for such a
busy life.
He hath daily beauty in his life that
makes me y."-Shakespeare.
GRACE HUGHES.
What beauty means must necessarily
depend. 10 a grea; extent. upon the in
dividual. under whose observance the OBJ
ject of beauty falls. higher apprecia-
ton of the real meaning of the beauties
OF nature which God has given to us may
never be fully exemplifed until edu-
Gated up to that standard where a love
for the beautiful predominates over the
CoHTser and baser nature OF man. Beauty
means not alone the face that is fair to
gaze upon, but beauty of disposition and
of character, as we'll Abraham Lincoln
had not regular features, yet all who
knew him well. unite In saying that he
was possessed OF a beauty of undying
fascination-a beauty that dwelleth not
upon facial expressions or regular out
lines, but lieth deeply hidden in the
heart. until brought out by noble deeds
and kindly acts There is beauty every
wherein the silvery lake. the singing
birds, and the golden sunset but back
Oh IL ala lies the UtdTI OF man, ana all
of these beautiful sights may pass I'M
seen, unless the heart Is In a receptive
mood. Beauty means a harmonious
blending Of all that goes 10 make for
man or womanhood. and then. in such
beauty. there will be a full appreciation
OF all of the beauties of nature which
God has placed before Us, upon which
10 feast the eye and TO gladden. the
heart, for then self will, at times, be
almost forgotten, while We revel in the
greatness and the purity of Gods handi-
work H, SYLVESTER WILSON
In the ordinary sense of the word the
term, beauty, suggests something which
attracts the attention by reason of its
loneliness. be it of feature or of form:
viz, face in the crowd, a statue In the
park. painting in the gallery. stray
poem in the magazine. flower by the
wayside
Again, I'm an ethical sense. we know
and appreciate the beauty of friendship.
of a steadfast love, of the kindred mind,
and lastly. in the spiritual aspect, there
is the beauty OF God visible to the soul
that looks beyond its moral limitations
TO a beauty imperishable
Poets have sung in praise OF beauty
"a JOY forever" according 10 Keats;