Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-12-11


Curious Pdf7eties Of Taste in Female
Beauty and Dress.
The ladies in Japan gid their teeth;
and those of the Indies paint them red.
The black teeth are esteemed the most
beautiful in Guzarat, and in some parts
OF America. In Greenland, the women
color their faces with blue and yellow.
However fresh the complexion Of a Mus
covlte may be, she would think herself
very ugly if she were not plastered over
with paint. The Chinese must have their
ieet as diminutiye as those of the She
goats and, to render them thus, their
youth is passed in tortures. In ancient
Persia, an aqualine nose was often
thought worthy of the crown; and, if
there was any competition between two
princes, the people generally went by
this criterion of majes In some coun-
tries, the mothers break the noses Of
their children; and in others press the
head between two boards, that it may
become square. The modern Persians
| have strong aversion to red hair: the
Turks, on the contrary, are warm admir-
ers CT these disgusting locks. The In
dian beauty is thickly smearcd with BEARS
fat; ard the female Hottentot receives
from the hand of her lover, not silks, or
wreatlis of flowers, but warm entrails and
reeking tripe, to dress herself with en-
viabIc ornaments.
| At China, small eyes are liked; and
the girls are continually pluckins their
eyebrows, that they may be small and
long. The Turkish women dip a gold
brush in the tincture of black drug,
which they pass over their eyebrows.
1t is too visible by day, but looks shining
by night. They tinge their nails with
rose color.
| An ornament for the nose appears to
US perfectly unnecessary. The Peruvi-
ans, however, think otherwise and they
hang on it a weighty ring, the thickness
Of which is proporiioned to the rank Of
their husbands. The custom Of boring
it, as our ladies' do their ears, is very
common in several nations. Through
the pcrloration are hung various rhatc-
rails such as green crystal, gold, stones;
Ia single and some times great nuMoer
Of gold rings. This is rather trouble
some to them in blowing their noses
band the TACT is, some have informed US,
that the Indian ladies never perform this
very useful operation.
| The female hcad-dress, is carried in
:! some countries, to singular extravasance.
| The Chinese fair carries on her head the
/, figure Of q certain bird. This bird is
composed Of copper, or Of gold, accord
{, ms to the quality of the person; the
wings spread out, fall over the front Of
.the head dress and conceal the temples.
4 The tail, long and open, forms beauti-
| !ul tuft of feathers. The beak covers
the top Of the nose; the neck is fastened
to the body of the artificial animal by a
j spring, that it may the more freely play,
and tremble at the slightest motion.
! The extravaganza of the Myantscs is
far more ridiculous than the above
4 They carry OH their heads a slight board,
rather longer than foot, and about six
inches broad with this they cover their
/ hair, and seal it with wax. They cannot
1 lie down, nor lean, without keeping the
neck very straight; and the country being
VERY woody it is not uncommon to find
them with their head-dress entangled in
the trees. Whenever they comb their
hair they pass an hour by the fire melt
ing the wax, but this combing is only per-
formed once or twice year.
To this curious account, extracted
from Duhalde; we must join that of the
Inhabitants of the land of Natal. They
wear caps or bonnets, from six to ten
Inches high, composed ofthe fat Of oxen.
They then gradually annoint the head
with a purer grease, which mixing with
the hair, fastcns their bonnets for their
lives.
| Right Of sufraSe-A great variety
\ (says the Richmond Enquirer) occurs in
the constitution Of the different states.
II appears from an energetic speech
of Judge Bucl in the N. Y. convention,
THAT s'of the twenty four states which
compose this union, twelve states require
only certain time ofresidence as quail
ication to vote for all their elective off,
cers-eight requires in addition to resi-
dence, the payment Of taxes. or the per-
lformancc ofrniiitia duty-fourstates only
j require a freehold qualification, viz.
New ! ork, (since changed by the con-
yeniion,) North Carolina, Virginia and
Rhode-Isiand."