| Show physical charm and beauty exercises a powerful now erful influence in certain directions but we un must st all admit from per personal sonai experience that the most beautiful face does not always reveal the most beautiful character where a supple forni form and pretty face are not associated with an intelligent spirit noble ideals pure buic intentions a kind heart and sunny disposition the possessor becomes merely a wax doll the courter counterpart part of chany artist could model but where the ennobling attributes are found it makes very little difference whether the face is beautiful or the form perfect that person is beautiful the old adage beauty is only skin deep can be applied with force in too many cases we ave clip froman from an exchange the following which goes to show that in olden times personal beauty did not conquer men like other qualities lid did most women overestimate th the power of mere physical beauty and underestimate der estimate the power of personal charm some of the great leaders of french society who had infinitely more influence than the monarchs on the throne during their reign were very plain physically madame pon was anything but beautiful and yet the kings influence was little littie compared with hers cleopatra and johanna of naples had striking physical defects which marred their beauty madame de who declared that she would gladly give all of her learning and brilliancy in exchange for physical 1 beauty swayed the hearts of the great greatman men of france with a personal charm which was absolutely arres si stable it isbee that physical beauty gives a mere temporary satisfaction to the eye but ut it does not hold and fascinate the mind as the charm of 0 per fY does there is an intellectual quality in the he charm of manner which the ignorant physical beauty never possesses I 1 the ignorant woman woH iau no io matter how ho great her physical beauty cannot hold bola the interest of intelligent men very long there is an incongruity and disproportion in the combination of ignorance and beauty kalch men ot of brains cannot stand so that the possession of mere mele physical beauty when associated with an ignorant mind is even a handicap some one has said beauty only has the start in the race raca jt it frequently clu ertly happens that the beauty is egotistic ego 0 and makes the mistake of expecting to be entertained by her er admired s and does not nol evert evs herself to please and hence never develops the charm of manner which beats any charm of face or form the plain girl however how evar is of often ten superior in tact for being obliged to study human nature closely in order to get the roost most out of companionship ahe he learns to depend upon this knowledge in hir her efforts to please she Is not dazzled by admiration nor Is she unduly confident when she r he obtains it that ab she will ill retain it TO jt |
