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Beauty can be cultivated and grown from a very
small and poor beginning, just as Burbank grows
glorious flowers from puny bulbs.
The body must be grafted upon the spirit to do
this. Spirit, mind and body must all work together.
I believe in great care of the body. The specialists who teach us how to preserve the eyes, the teeth,
the hair, the complexion, the figure, are all blessings to
this age of progress. But unless a woman gives more
attention to the counsels of that great Inner Specialist, the immortal spirit, and unless she heeds the advice of
her brain and cultivates the mental graces, she will
make only partial progress in her beauty culture.
Although you may possess a magic cream which
softens your skin and keeps lines at bay; though you
have learned the massage which will keep your hair
glossy and abundant, and the physical exercises which
bring your figure to the curves of beauty, you will not
remain beautiful if you are harboring jealous, sarcastic
or bitter thoughts in your heart, or if you are indulging
in tempers and sulks.
Every envious, ungracious and irritable mood is
like a frost which destroys some of Mr. Burbank's
lovely experiments.
Every loving, forgiving and sympathetic impulse is
like a sunbeam upon the plant of beauty.
Cultivate them assiduously. Even if your nature is
not naturally loving you can develop these feelings.
Look for the things to admire, and to love in each
person you meet. Say over the word Love often to
yourself, mentally.
As you walk along the street, or sit in the public
conveyance send out a blessing to the world. Say in
