No word in the language is more abused than “beauty.” A pretty thing is a thing of _beauty_; a pretty picture is a picture of _beauty_; and so following. Lacking a proper descriptive term for anything attractive, we, too often, employ the word “beauty.” What term have we then with which to pay just tribute to true beauty? The real, final test of beauty is that it _wears well_--not in a material way, but in the qualities that are truly beautiful. The rose is fragile material and its life is brief, but rose beauty is lasting and rose fragrance clings sweetly to the memory--so that the rose has become a synonym of beauty. The message of true beauty is enduring and, oft repeated, grows in charm…
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