Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-08-22

The last NUMBER vi lne Soisoh "'''
the 70 lowing article from the pen Of N.P.
Willis, who is now in London -
| was at Almack's on Wednesday,.
All at once, at quarter to II, the car
riages began to pour into King-sl., The lei
down steps rat-tat-tated, the "all right !"
of the foo,men followed like the answers
10 roll call, aud up the broad staircase III
long aud steady procession, came the
shaw le,I aud lowered advent of arlstocratlc
girlhood. Five hundred Jelles, beaux and
chaperons, entered the dazzling hall within
fifteen minutes, and within twenty minutes
from the hushed and complete deserlion |
have described, Weipperrs band was
pouring forth its intoxicating music and
the five hundred brave and beaull-
full" whirling m the waltz.
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The bust and neck of almost every lady
within reach Of onr eyes, might have SER
we'd as mudels for scul p'ure. From the
zone TO the chin English women from Sc
ventcen 10 thirty, are almost invariably
superb. We looked in vain for hollow
chest or a bent back. or what is some tunes
called Thread paper looking girl. -
The shoulders full, were dazzling fair, aud
of The healthest linl ofwhite, and the car
riage of lhrwhole bust graceIul aud stately.
Within these limits think (and my friend
agreed with me) lie adj the projections OF
The English Venus. We looked al features.
There was scarce classic forehead or
nose in the room. At the teet-they were
rather of useful than ornamental proper
,ion to the figure. At the grace OF the
dan, ers-you could not find in all France
So indifferent dance as the best at al.
mack's. At the coInplexion-ruddy and
coarse though Eorlhe best 0freasOns, tnat
probably every lady OH the floor had been
on horse back TOR three or four hours every
day in the season, exposed 10 the tender
mercies of a riding hat, aud such sun and
| wind as pleases The clerk of English wa
ter.
We busted ourselves composing Ven
US from the national beauties. The French
furnished the limbs and grace OF move
ment, the Greeks and Asiatlcs The nose and
forehead, the English hair, throat, neck,
and busts; the American complexion, feet
ewes. The mouth was still 10 be provl-
ded, hut we agreed to share the honors OF
that feature between us. All this OF course
might be disputed on individual exceptions
but i, is curious how nearly universal are
these perfections TO the nations to which
we named them.
In the course ofthe evening / found my
self ois-o- uis in the quadrile to the Queens
most beautiful Maid of Honour. She is
daughter of Lord Rivers, rather tall, and
combining a most majestic enbonpoint OF
figure, with slightness of limb, and a
slenderness aud staleliness Of neck seldom
seen in such graceful proportion. TO the
s3OO year, which the maids of Honor
receive for dress, the Queen, my partner
informed me, has. added another hundred,
thinking The sum insufficient. You know.
probably, that on their marriage they re-
ceive also. dowry of fl000. Then there
are the Ladies in Waiting, who are of the
highest rank of nobility, and the Bedcham-
Der women. who receive also f3OO year,
and are generally ladies Of good birth in
reduced. circumstances. These all take
their turns of service for two months TO-
gelher.
Nv pretty and noble informant gave
me these household statistics very good
D.