Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23
The Eternal Quest
for Beauty!
Bv Ella Wheeler Wilcox

colored petals, that she might
hand down her peculiarities to
future generations.
Woman originally was I'M
clothed. The flower, originally,
was without petals. But as time
went on, cunning flowers OBJ
served that the insects who visit
ed them in search of honey were
most attracted by brilliant mass
es Of color. which the stamens OF
some plants displayed.
At the same time they observed
that the plants so visited were
fortified by the insects and their
species perpetuated.
Even the Flowers Know.
Then into the mystical hearts
Of the flowers crept the ambitions
desire to be brilliant and gay in
color, to attract the bee and the
beetle, and to survive in their
children. The more they thought
about 1t the more effort they
made to achieve their aim. and
so their stamens broadened and
fiattened into petals, and strange
new colors began to tint these
yellow petals; blue because II
pleased the bee; purple to at
tract the beetle, and red to suit
the fancy Of a meat-loving blue
bottle fly.
This is the accepted doctrine of
men who have devoted their lives
10 the study of plants.
1t is a scientific fact.
And woman has this support Of
science in her efforts to beautifv
herself with garments which rem
der her more attractive in mems
eyes.
every religion represents an
gels as beings of beauty attired
IN lovely robes, and heaven is al
ways described as a place of sur
passing beauty. 1t is, therefore
rlgnt for us to anticipate heaven
and the angelic state by making
ourselves and our homes here a.
beautiful as possible. But remen-
Der always the greater power of
the mental over the material
Home is the earthly expression
or what we will find waItine o..
us after death.
II you are letting the frs+r,,J
tone and the irritable mood ava
the nervous habit DESTROY tba
comfort of your household Won
are wasting the w.sole effort a,
your life, the effort to bestov,
happiness. TIP
II you sit down to a eIoor,,k
table, where dependency ana M
temper prevent sociabintv Won
might better stand in the brad
line now, and take your repest IN
the park. There, at least vo,
would not depress others bv vovr
preser .e.
IL man prepared a bower ~
beauty for his family and than
introduced a swarm of mosoui-
toes and carefully bred the insect
so that the bower was never free
from them, you would think him
a fool or a lunatic.
Yet many a man ana noanv
woman do similar act bv bulls
ing and furnishing a beautifn,
residence and filing It with irri-
liability, petty tempers and self
ishness.
Irritating tri1es present them
selves to every life. They await
us at every corner along the Jour
ney.
They should be treated as fri
Hes, and brushed aside; not dig
nified to the position of Tragedies
and permitted to destroy the
peace of a household, to shadow
fessts and darken the hours Of
repose with bitter memories.
When we allow the small vor-
ries a"d annoyances of daily life
tn h MI esskes of others and the
1arring of domestic machinery to
ruin the pleasure OF a home Wa
insult God
Happiness for Others.
Money, education, position.
power-all are worse than useless
unless they bring helpfulness and
happiness to others.
To do this they must be sun
plemented by affection, good will
self-controL Though you give 10
your family all the ADVANTAGES
wealth can offer you are worse
than highwayman IL you deprive
your household OF peace. love and
contentment in the family circle
In fact, in this pursuit of beauty.
in this effort to find satisfaction
for the beauty hunger which "a
born In every soul, there is an
immortal phrase which may serve
as the best guide SEEK We
FIRST THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN AND ALL OTHER
THINGS SHALL BE ADDED
THEREUNTO.
And the Kingdom OF Hsav.r A..
WITHIN. 40