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The <DW52> Girl Beautiful




   THE

   <DW52> GIRL

   BEAUTIFUL


   By

   E. AZALIA HACKLEY

   Author of "A Guide in Voice Culture" and
   "Public School Lessons in Voice Culture."

   BURTON PUBLISHING COMPANY
   PUBLISHERS
   KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI




   Copyrighted 1916
   By E. Azalia Hackley




Dedication.


To <DW52> women in whom I have faith and to <DW52> children whom I
love, I send this little message.




Foreword.


This volume has been compiled from talks given to girls in 
boarding schools. The first talk was given at the Tuskegee Institute at
the request of the Dean of the Girls' Department.

It was an impromptu talk after an hour's notice. Just before the Dean
closed the door to leave me alone with the girls, I repeated my
question, "What shall I talk about?" The reply was, "Tell them anything
you think they should know. They will believe an experienced woman like
you who travels and knows the world and life."

As I looked at the sea of faces, "wanting to know," and as I thought of
all they had to learn, the vastness of all of it almost overpowered me.
"May I sit down, girls? Now, what shall we talk about that is
interesting to every one of you?"

"Would you like to talk about Love--real Love?" "Yes, yes," came the
answer. "Would you like to talk about Beauty--real Beauty?" "Yes! Yes!"
they answered and the chairs were pulled forward. For forty minutes we
had a heart to heart talk. The dean and teachers had perhaps told the
girls the same words, but the message seemed to come more directly to
them from one who had daily contact with the great, busy world.

The talks were very informal and personal and as the girls asked
questions the thought came to me to jot down the points, that similar
talks might be given to the girls in other schools. Then came the
request, "You come so seldom, can you print the talks?" Much of the
talks could not be printed because many of the questions and answers
were personal.

If I had a daughter I would desire that she should know these things and
more, that she might be a beacon light to her home and to the race. As I
have not been blessed with a daughter, I send these thoughts to the
daughters of other <DW52> women, hoping that among them there is some
new thought worthy of a racial "Amen."

   E. AZALIA HACKLEY.

   Chicago, Ill., August, 1916.




CONTENTS


   The Future                                    Page 17

   The  Child Beautiful                        23

   The <DW52> Girl Beautiful                         41

   Laws Of Attraction--Vibrations                     55

   Love                                               61

   Personal Appearance                                71

   Deep Breathing                                     79

   Originality                                        85

   Youth And Maturity                                 97

   Self Control                                      101

   Her Relationship With Men                         109

   The Religion Of The <DW52> Girl Beautiful        117

   The School Of The <DW52> Girl Beautiful          133

   The Home Of The <DW52> Girl Beautiful            143

   The  Working Girl Beautiful                151

   The <DW52> Woman Beautiful                       161

   The <DW52> Wife Beautiful                        169

   The  Mother Beautiful                      181




The Future.


The beautiful part about the <DW52> race in America, is the future. As
a mixed race we are undeveloped. We may become whatever we WILL to
become.

This race is a growing people. The future is veiled but it may reveal
some strange things to the world. What opportunities there are for
leadership! If there were only some ways to "squelch" the fakers and
arouse the dreamers!

If each would only think out a different plan for race advancement,
there would always be followers. Some would be attracted in one way and
others reached in another way, and so carry lines of thought.

The gardener is aiming towards better vegetation. Scrubs and dwarfs are
sacrificed totally to produce a more perfect plant.

The horse breeder, any animal breeder, the bird fancier, all aim to get
a better breed of stock in each generation.

The cry of the hour is "A better breed of babies." As it takes several
generations to breed a prize winner, it is time for the <DW52> race to
look into these things and prepare for the future  child,
handicapped as it