Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-03-10
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asked an old bachelor, ofmy noisy friend
William Templeton. >" To puzzle old
bachelors" was the waggish reply. 1t
was correct. To an old bachelor. a
beautiful girls ia poser. His metaphysics
suggests no excuse, before such an OBJ
ject, for "single blessedness." The
power Of beauty has, in some respect
spects, been productive of much good
in the world. On it was based the insti.
tuition of Chivalry, and from that code
OF true honor, many of our best laws
and nobest principles date their origin.
|"But,' in the language of Burke, the
age of Cbivalry is gone" Now a-days,
beauty is a drug. Accustomed as /
have been, for the past twenty years, to
mingle in the most fashionable circle, [
confess that never look at q beautiful
woman, without thinking of the suffer-
ings of that poor fellow who is so unfor-
tunate as to cham himself to her capri
ces. Out of thousand beauties, new
er knew or heard Of more than three hun
dred sensible beings, The chance for
man to marry sensible and beautiful
wife, is rather slim. .
Beauty, before marriage, enjoys every
advantage and claims every indulgence.
The doors of society are thrown open to
its possessors, at an early age, be she
rich or poor. She soon becomes "the
admired of all admirers" and as Haynes
Bayley says, +" the bright centre of a
brilliant circle" She captivates, allures,
overwhelms, and her very faults out
shine the virtues of commonalty. A
man of sentiment loses his reason, when
lever she steps athwart his path, and te.
comes as submissive as lamb. She is
the " conquering Of all conquerors."--
Alexander, Anthony and Napoleon,
counted their victories poor, when in the
presence Of beauty.
ltis rare gift to be beautiful, but
great curse to know it. A woman can
not bear that knowledge. She admires
herself so much more than any body
else, that reason is put to flight. Reason
with Beauty about her faiings! Why,
she discovers thousand charms, where
you discover one. She fancies thou
sand excuses while you are framing a
single objection. Beauty is a thing Of
itself. and possesses all the darker pas
sions of our nature without either head
or heart to control them. Its malice is
terrible-iis revenge cruel and relent-
less.
Beauty is singular in its choice Of a.
musemenf. 1t is never grave, and when
not gay, it is melancholy. 1t is a crea-
ture Of extremes. Its haunts are the
ballroom, the party, the sleigh-ride. and
wherever else it can become the " OBJ
served of all Observing" 1t is particu-
lar inits attire. An humble garment it
cannot wear. The face, the feet, and
the bust are objects of its decoration
Like the serpent in Eden, it is the most
tempting OF all tempters-like the fabed
Sybil Of old, it is the most charming Of
all charmers.
Thus matured, INDUCED, and pamper-
ed, after breaking thousand fond hearts,
Beauty is married. Woe to the peace
and happiness Of the unfortunate hus-
band After marriage, Beauty seeks
more liberal qualifications than before.
1t uses the husband as treasury, whence
to draw the means which shall satiate its
Considering her acquiescence
to the question, "Will you be mine 2" as
the key to his hard earned gains, the
Beauty unlocks the portals of his fortune,
and squandersit it in ornamenting and a.
dorning her external person. Upess the
indulgcnceis readily granted, the house
is thrown into an uproar. The fortune
is soon gone, debts accumulate, misery
ensues, the wife becomes clamorous, the
turns sot, the rose fades on the
cheek Of the Beauty, and pining in want
and sunk into obscurity, she dies VIC
tim to her own caprices. How many
thousand such cases are there in the
world /! WI
All this evil is brought about by the
dattery Of mankind. Human nature
cannot bear this superiority overitself, +
without a consequent fall, and usually it j
destroys itself. If young ladies who are
gifted with beauty, would remember the
yiverinstead of the gift, and devote, as
hey undoubtedly should, that portion Of II
ime to Him, which they are apt to en-
hoy in plotting conquesis, and decora-
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