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ian beauties conform to one type. Also that there 

 is a striking resemblance between many of Italy's 

 fairest women and Raphael's masterpiece, "The 

 Madonna." Copies of this great painting are 

 found on the walls of almost every Italian home. 

 It is thought that the continual worshiping of 

 Madonna*. tn ^ s beautiful picture by prospective mothers has 

 done much to shape the features and expressions 

 of thousands. Little did Raphael know when he 

 wrought so well that he was making a model to 

 be reproduced in life. And how do we know but 

 that in the inspiration that enabled Raphael to 

 produce this beautiful painting God was express- 

 ing one of His own ideals to men ? 



There are many instances where a mother has 

 given to her child a facial expression not unlike 



f a much admired picture or loved friend. Frances 

 Frances Willard. _ , xr . 1t , . .jf , , u i i 



E. Willard is said to have resembled very strongly 



in personal appearance a sweet young woman of 

 whom Miss Willard's mother was very fond. 



While in Boston recently I studied two sisters 

 who manifested in a very marked degree the in- 

 fluence of the mother's environments. The elder 

 daughter, born on a Western ranch, where her 

 parents lived in a sod house amid crude surround- 

 Opposite Tastes ings, with Indians for neighbors and no relaxation 

 m Sisters. f rom cease i ess toil, was strong, practical, mat- 



ter of fact, rather uncouth, with very little ar- 

 tistic or decorative ability. The younger, born 

 twenty years later, when the family lived in a 

 comfortable home, surrounded by beautiful 

 grounds, flowers and works of art, is a natural 

 artist, refined, poetic, imaginative and graceful 

 in every motion. Some of this difference undoubt- 



