The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-03-20

been irresistible =" And the same beauty when ira.
yelling among the Swiss Cretins, heard several of
the men circulating, How handsome she is what
pity that She wants Goitre ~ Plain women were
formerly so common that they were termed arthur
~ to s'guity the frequency Of their occurrence in
these happier days the phrase eltruorlhnarN would
be more applicable, However parsimonotls or
even cruel Nature NAV have been in other respects.
th'y all cling TO admiration BY some soltal, tenure
that rtdecms them from the unqualified mDutatlou
OF unatrlctveness. One has an eve that Ike Cha
rty, covers multitude OF sins another IS female
sampson, whose strength consists in her Il,;l a
third holds Your affections by her teeth; fourth is
Cinderella, who wins hearts BY her pretty lttle
foot; fifth makes an irreslstibleNapp from her
face to her fgsrc aud to the end Of the catl-
>1oguc. IN expressive Counten3nce MAY always be
claimed IN the absence of any definite charm if
even TINS be questionable, the pAl} general, con
rWes to get reputation for great c,cvernc,s and
II that be too lnhunanly dspuled, envy itself must
allow that She is excessively amiabc"
Still II must be acknowledged, that howcvcrucl
may ditfer as to details they agree As to results and
crowd about an acknowledged beauty, influenced
by somt secret attraction OF which they are them
selves unconscious, and Of which the source has
never been duly explained 1t would seem impos
slbe that It should originate in any sexual sympa.
tines, since We feel the mpulson without CARVING
ourselves, evenln idea hey ond the pleasure OF gaz
beautiful children vet it cannot be an abstract adj
fatlon for it nconcstiblc that neither men nor
women arc 50 Nchemently impressed by the con
temptation OF beauty IN their the opposite
sex TIN, injustice towards our own halt Of hulnau-
" mBht be assigned to latent envy, but that the
same remark applies to the pleasure we derive from
Statues, OF the proportion Of which We could hard
y be Jealous gly statues may be left to their
tate ~thout any cpmnuncuous visitings of nature;
but our conduct ,'ds women, whom we CON
cclNc 10 be IN SIMILAR predcAnent is b 10 means
entitled to the same indulgence. We Snuff away
from them at parties, and sneak to the other end Of
me dinher-tabe As # their features were catching,
and Is to their falling in love and possessing the
common feeling, OF their sex, we laugh at the very
idea And YET these parAs Of the drawtngrnom
generally atone by interior talent, tor Whit the,
want ia eNcnor charms if the Medusas head
were stlli destined to be carried by Minerva. Ma
turc seldom l4vishcs her gifts upon one subject =
the peacock has no voice the beautiful amelia
JAPonica has no odour and bellies generally speak
ing, have no great snare OF intellect. Some yislona-
nes amnse themselves with imagining tia, the com
pNicency occAs onel BY The possession Of ph,sica
charms conduces to moral perfection 60
why doth not beauty, then, refine tie wit,
And good COM leN,on recttl tie Will -
This IS fond conceit, unwarranted by earthly test
though destined, perhaps, to be realized in hap
pier state of existence.
What u blessing for these unhandsome dam,els
whom we treat stlll more unhandsomey bv our tas-
udlous neglect, that some of lis are less squcaush
IN our tastes and impartial IN our attentions
solomon proves the antiquity OF the adagc De gus
thus MI dlsputandum' for he compares the hair of
h's beloved to flock of goats appearing from Mount
''ilead, and IN STRAIN OF enamoured tiatery eX-
CLAIMS, $ Thy ewes are like the fish pools in Uesh-