The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-19
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Girls are 80 beautiful that painters have
always represented the angels with giri
forms and faces. and that In spite OF tne
fact that every angel that e mentioned
In the Bible u male. It's no matter;
here we refuse TO follow the hint Of reve-
Iation and insist that nothing on eartn
can be angei-sweet except q girl A saint
may have whiskers, but an angef-periSn
the thought.
No wonder. seeing that beauty has such
hold on men. no wonder there = sucn
universal struggle on the part OF Won-
en- to beautify themselves. Every news
paper has its beauty column Every
magazine has Its collection OF stage
beauties. Every advertisement must por-
tray q pretty girl, even II 4 is an adyer-
tise1nent Of soap, or automobiles, or ham
For the woman face - more lovely
than the flower or the Landscape or any
other thing.
The Secret OF Beauty,
But, the human face is different from
flower or a sunset or any painting. 1t
Is . living thing. And the beauty Of It
is the life that Is in IT.. The expression
that sits in the countenance. the feeling
that turks in II. the thoughts that peep.
the history and hope there. the habit OF
manent elements Of charm
In q word, IL Is the soul that shines
through the face that makes It beautiful
or ugly.
Beauty, it Is said. Is but skin deep.
There never was q more serious mistake
Beauty Is far deeper than the skin, and
Is 10 be found in the most hidden depths
Of life. in the very soul.
So little does mere face prettiness have
to do with the matter that the famous
beauties of history have not been what
you would call pretty women at all Cleo
patra whose wiles and ways brought the
masters OF the world TO her feet, and
OF whom Shakespeare said:
Age cannot uither her, nor custom stale
Her tnanite variety
was, from all accounts, rather plain
woman. And this same may be said Of
NInon de rEnclos, who preserved her
sway over men even down to gray hairs,
Of AspasIa, who so dominated the great
Pericles. OF Beatrice. who inspired the
mighty musing OF Dante, and OF Heloise.
who captured and held the love Of the
learned Abelard.
50, woman, get a great soul. q lovely
soul, q center of life that glows like the
rose, and you shall hold your scepter OF
charm long after the cream-faced darl-
ings have faded to skim-milk, and the
pomegranate mouths have shrunken. and
the peoples and lilies OF young blood have
wilted upon the cheek.
Now I will tell you the kind Of soul
like to see in the woman face.
Charm Greater Than Intellect.
do not emphasize intellectually. OF
course, one cannot be attracted toh more
fool, and one likes sound sense in a wom-
an. Mental brflIIancy has its place and
nF q
not among IT'S rewards. Perhaps. how
ever. you don't care whether you charm
them or not. II you are one Of these
superior women, the reading Of this ar
ticle is a waste Of time.
1 do emphasize a highly developed
sense OF rectitude. do not love to see
a bad woman, and love goodness, but
men are not usually drawn TO the Fault
lily faultless. Jelly regular. splendidiy
null" Righteousness Is most desirable.
but II wants to be kept human. and Il
doesn't hurt a woman to have few
saving flaws.
But. passing from neEations to positives.
first of all let me humbly confess that
the women / like best OF all are the
women who like me-and men.
There's no use apologizing for this. The
fundamental fact in the relations Of men
and women is sex. This does not i'm
ply anything coarse and low. but It is
a recognition OF the truth that it is the
order Of nature that men and women
should crave each other, and be unhappy
without each other. and fnd their nor
NAL happiness in each others compan-
ionship And I like women who like
men, and don't especially care for those
men who do not like women
It Is the desire TO love and to be loved
that is the prime element Of the soul