he midnight hour, the dance, shall not
recur too frequently, must relinquish the hope of preserving her
charms till the time of nature's own decay. After this moderation in
the indulgence of pleasure, the next specific for the preservation of
beauty which I shall give, is that of gentle and daily exercise in the
open air. Nature teaches us, in the gambols and sportiveness of the
lower animals, that bodily exertion is necessary for the growth,
vigour, and symmetry of the animal frame; while the too studious
scholar and the indolent man of luxury exhibit in themselves the
pernicious consequences of the want of exercise.

Many a rich lady would give thousands of dollars for that full rounded
arm, and that peach bloom on the cheek, possessed by her kitchen-maid.
Well, might she not have had both, by the same amount of exercise and
simple living?

But I weary of this subject of cosmetics, as every woman of sense will
at last weary of the use of them. It is a lesson which is sure to
come; but, in the lives of most fashionable ladies, it has small
chance of being needed until that unmentionable time, when men shall
cease to make baubles and playthings of them. It takes most women
two-thirds of their lifetime to discover that men may be amused by,
without respecting, them; and every woman may make up her mind that to
be really respected she must possess merit; she must have
accomplishments of mind and heart, and there can be no real beauty
without these. If the soul is without cultivation, without refinement,
without taste, without the sweetness of affection, not all the
mysteries of art can make the face beautiful; and, on the other hand,
it is impossible to dim the brightness of an elegant and polished
mind; its radiance strikes through the encasements of deformity, and
asserts its sway over the world of the affections.

GALLANTRY

A history of the beginning of the reign of gallantry would carry us
back to the creation of the world; for I believe that about the first
thing that man began to do after he was created, was to make love to
woman.

There was no discussion, then, about "woman's rights," or "woman's
influence"--woman had whatever her soul desired, and her will was the
watchword for battle or peace. Love was as marked a feature in the
chivalric character as valour; and he who understood how to break a
lance, and did not understand how to win a lady, was held to be but
half a man. He fought to gain her smiles-