Year: 1861

Miss Sallie Goodrich, Of Sacramento, thu


comments on the above subject in al articl


contributed by her to the Mrrior:


External beauty is vain thing when ii


INDUCED in to excess. There are some wo


men who do not care for the appearance o


the soul and mind but if they have fin,
complexion, rosy cheeks, pearly teeth anC
sllken ringlets, they imagine themselves per


Iect paragons of loveliness. But is not sucl


beauty comparatively worthless? Is it no


trail and transient as the summer rose &? Yes,
and like that tender flower, cannot live thro
the chilling blasts of winter 1t blooms il
dazZhng lustre through season only anG
leaves Its possessor entirely devoid of attrac-
ton. But an amiable disposition, cultiva-
ted mind, and an affectionate heart, are price
less attributes which will bloom in eternal
beauty. Neatness is one of woman's greatest
charms; therefore, we would have no young
lady neglect her toilet or become untidy In


her external appearance. But, on the other
hand, she should not spend her few precious
moments before the mirror, admiring her
beautiful face or superbly proportioned form
This life is short, aud in its drama woman
has high and holy part to act therefore
she should waste no time in cnltivating ex-
ternal beauty. Every moment should be
spent while lites spring time fingers, III
qualifying herself to become in womanhood
an ornament to society, an honor to the
world, good wife, and wise tutor to the
infant mind, which will one day require OF
her mothers tender and instructive care
and she should feel, even while performing
these simple acts, that she is studying and
preparing herself to fulfill the highest and
the nOblest destiny of true woman. This
is her mission-for this was she created, and
In tbs sphere she is truly beautiful Innu-
merable are the ladies who, while admiring
their own faces, and delicate fingers. which
have never been in dough, exclaim, II WON
der the gentlemen do not admire all these
attractions, and make proposals." Now
here Is where the fair ones make their fatal
mistake. The gentlemen do admire" all
these beauties, they like to hirt with and
gaze at them, but no sensible man will pro-
pose for his lifetime companion to woman
whose only attractions consist of fair COM
pleXion and snow white hands that have
never been in dough. Gentlemen do not ex-
pect to make slaves of their wives, but they
must understand the superintendent of life's
domestic duties. Men look for wife whose
mind is educated, who will light his hearth.
however humble, with cheerful smiles and
keep his home paradise" of love on earth.
Let young aspirants for the name of wife not
be led away by the false belief that bv sit
ting in the Parlor and reading novels, they
will accomplish the one great object of their
life A worthy husband can only be won by
woman who can direct with equal grace
the duties of parlor and kitchen Let Ma
ture beautify her own works Strive only to
cultivate the mind, keep pure the heart and
hit yourselves to adorn the sphere, however
high or however humble, IN which Prov-
dance may design you to move. A woman
highly educated, truly refined, with an open
heart and cheerful smile, is looked up to by
the world as a queen, let her throne be the
elegant drawing room OF a costly mansion or
the humble ireside of lowly cottage; and
with these attractions she will be, in any
path of life, truly beautiful.