In the matter of dress, girls are more influenced by its grandeur than
are boys, and the wise mother will do well to teach her daughter
simplicity in everything. Never allow her to wear imitations of precious
stones or jewelry. This is not only bad taste, but it is a bad habit to
form. Many a poor girl has fallen from grace just through the love of
glittering baubles. Teach her never to rouge her cheeks or use
cosmetics. If Nature has not given her a perfect complexion, she can
never get it by imitation. “You can’t cheat Nature,” but you can aid it.
Have her imitate God’s creatures by copying cleanliness, simple eating
and regular habits. She may not get a faultless complexion—few people
have this gift—but she can get that soft texture of skin, that buoyancy
of spirit, that brightness of eye with the soul showing through. Let
these be her models and the imitation will be of real worth.