The Alaska citizen., 1913-08-18
Enduring Beauty Comes From Within



 The following excellent article Ey Lillian Russell taken from a recent issue of the Denver News.
 While lu Boston recently. after ar evening a, the thea,ar. noticed while awaiting my carriage an incl 3eur of a character which vas 10. 3nela'ea uheu Rns' u's attributes of refinement We're rccknued -o tha. ,Ae ety should he haoan a- the metropolis os culture.
 \ youn- woman who at a glance I sav vas os refined and charming manner. was awaiting her carriage. meanwhile chatting with several friends ph9 accompanied her.
 Jf-' sew steps disran. a middle aged woman. no aoah, very wealthy, jaI4irs rom her beievelsj adeor- .szem-a- ef riches. stared mzst n. solaa.1y at the youue woman I first me#iaaea. aH3 .hea remarked lnpd- lv enough to he overheard by all near her:
 70. dear, she looks more like chorus girl every day,"
 There vas malice in her voice: there ~as envy and jealousy in her eyes. ant in fact the woman seemed f ia rIv radtare a petty. despieable nature
 Yet she was to ho pttiel. Th.s rrHad dame of the drawing rom. eH.h all her diamonds and rich 2nVrs. Has 'u= q panfer in the ~os,d of .rua womanh7od.
 She gurSea malice t0 her heart. she entertained hatred in her soul and she paid the penalty. Hcr sea- lures mirrore1 her thoughts. Bad thinking stamped her face so all who lokked at her red her character Indeed i' Wa- H5 wonder tha- she @4z srraaci 9. rEa seh. of one SO maeh more charm.n@. refined and gentle than herself
 Ha4 th's woman. I thought known years ago that po.zonous thought T Inc mind is worse for Ho.h fea. tfros and complexion than poison oHs iaar dtent in comcstic. she would have acen better off. So al Sa would those with whom she came in contact.
 Had she known that heanty of the mind s tho greatest step in the maximum development of personal charm her very sel.ishness might have gained her a more enrfable re pu'a, on among her friends
 The frs, lesson To bc learned by the girl or woman who seeks to de velored her beauty is that enduring beauty comes from within; that lovely th ughts create curves of lovelness in face and form; that the more susceptible she becomes 10 their elevating influence the great CT is their vitality and the more ef- fect've the work Of the refining chisel.
 So euard your thoughts most care fully. since they are the die which stamps your countenance
 You may have the most exquisite lv nodded features in the world, but if v-ur mind harbors malice or envy or jealousy your soulless face will arouse only aversion.
 It may seem a contradiction, but it is possible to be lovely without being beautiful; for that personal at tribute which carries all before it with the same irresistible force as beauty-fascination-is largely the result of beauty f mind
 Don't think for moment that fascination is trick of graceful poses or how you are clothed. The external things are all valuable ac, cessories by no means 10 be de precatcd, but secondary to what you do.
 Actions speak louder than words" and the reason is that they are the title page and full index to your heart and mind. It is by the beauty of these-the outward expression of your thonghts-that you shall charm. They make the atmosphere which surrounds you and in which you are a pr soner for life.
 Your soul shall easier walk out through your eyes and confront you with twin personality than von shall escape your atmosphere. And II depends entirely upon yourself whether it shall repel or attract.
 gentle courtesy to all humanity. especially to the weak and lowly. tenderness for all suffering, appre- ciatisn of what is good and noble, large compassion for human fail ings-these create an atmosphere that makes yeritable halo round your head and attracts to you the best minds and the rarest natures.
 The lovely and encouraging fact about it is too. that this sort of beauty never fades, but develops rapidly when given the right nour- ishment. It increases with use, ex- perience and years.