"…I want you to grow as fine a girl as Phebe.”
“Phebe!” and Rose looked so amazed that her uncle nearly went off again.
“Yes, Phebe; for she has what you need, - health. If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so, you’d save an immense deal of time and money and pain. A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman. Do you understand that, my dear?"