Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-06-07
The English Ladies,
From a late English Paper.
Reviewed by a Frenchman.

The following article, from \ Pari-
sian Journal, is review OF book
published at Paris, called +" Sin|
months II, London" being the sequel
of work entitled " "A Fortnight inl
London at the end Of ts15;s by theI
same author. o
"The author of +" Six Months att
London" is not a very profound OBJ
server, but he is faithful Us he so y
He has thrown the glance Of an anna
teur upon the women. 1t is a subject
on which he expatiates with compia-
eency. will add, to make use Of a
romantic expression, that he is faith
full to the worship of memory, and
that he prefers the graces of our Pa
risian ladies, to all the charms of the
. most richly decked English. He has
depressed this preference in terms
rather too lofty. of which any one
will be convinced who reads the fol
lowing passage
u Let US leave the handsOmcst of
!, the Sirens of the Thames to deck
. herself in her most splendid attire. in
which riches and elegance, art and
nature combine to embellish her
she will always neglect la nuptialt
Z robe, without which she can never be
admitted to the banquet of the graces,
E that charm which cannot be described
: which crowns all the rest, and which
:, is the peculiar attraction Of the
nymphs of the Seine, la tournlre."
Y "The recollection of the nymphs
Of the Seine. and Of their la tonrnure
idocs not prevent the author from con-
!. Tossing that there are many pretty
and amiable women: but he wishes
that they would take the trouble Il
walk with Il little more grace, and Il
I hold. in better style their arms
Sc which seem" he observes, $. as il
they were two pendulums alternately
set in molten.
"Ihe English women paint red ana
lschite! This last cosmetic is within
the reach of every body. A." 1t is with
|ti,e powder with which they at otl,c,
time adorn their liair,.' adds our ira
weller, " that they cover their faces.
their Decks, their breasts, and that
part Of their arms which they ex
pnse SO that they are powdered all
over like the tarts that arc sold at
our coafectioners. This kind Of paint.
; they say, has the advantage of spoil
1 ing the skin like various kinds Of
d white that are used for a similar pur
) pose. But il is not without its incon-
! veniences, and here is a proof it. /
found myself in coming out Of the
Opera, near lady who had made use
{ OF this cosmetic, which could not
have been discovered by any one not
E previously informed of it. Unlucky
it rained very smartly; and il was
) necessary that she should cross the
/, pavement TO get to her carriage for
in no part OF London can that be done
!. under cover. In spite Of an umbrella
with which her fOotman endeayored
D to protect her, several drops Of rain
0 fell on her figure and on her arms,
D and little rivulets of whitish color
furrowed the wrinkles, which changed
the countenance of Psyche into that
D of Sibyl." (Will the English wo-
I men say that this is faithfully
q =" The English women love aice bits
much more than French women do,
Here is the proof Of it. Never (says
! our traveller) have l passed between
: noon anf four, o'clock, those shops Of
y pastry and confectionery, of which
u the number in London is so considera-
I bic (uniting the two descriptions OF
: trade without seeing in them several
:, handsome women regaiiing themselves
u with creams, .iellies, comiits, custards.
0 and tarts, of which the variety, l fan.
ICY, is still greater than at Paris.
y have even seen fruits, which have
/ been preserved in brandy, enter more
= than one pretty mouth
ST " There is one point on which oui
yIfair ncighbOrs across the channel at
. least excel the French women. 1t is
lin education.
/; Almost all the women (observe
I our author) know French and Italian
i and speak those languages infinitel,
5 Shelter than their husbands /; to which
= isome Of them join Spanish and Pcr
J |tuguesc. They successfully cultivate
d lagreeable talents. They have grea
Literary knowledge, and some ofthen
|are not strangers to sciences will