Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-17
From the New Niirr,r


think see a slight iucliaatioa Of !
your head.
Quite between ourselves, then-auitc
out OF hearing ofany PLAN person Of
your own sex-l wish 10 say u word to
you about your beauty what is il worth,
here and elsewhere-how adorable il is,
and IN some places how more than in
others-snd how your leaf OF life (you
being born in Americal
--by s'me DER hssty angel was misplaced
In fsSe's eternal volume
FIRST listen TO our confession OF faith
Porcelsir ard crOckery, champagne and
cider, sun shine and candlclight silver
cup aud TIN diPpeT,ar not Of more differ.
ent quality, to our apprehension, than
people beautiful and plain. We do not
believe that the plain and beautiful are
10 be reproduced in their own likeness
nn another world, and that beauty must
BE paramount alike among men AMI an.
gels. We believe everything should be
gwen 10 beauty that beauty wants-eve
rything forgiven iC beauty err. We
have no limit TO our service Of beauty
no imaginable bound to our DEVOTION
We are neutrality-suspicious. III rail-
70 beauty. And in this faith we shall
die.
But beauty in America is a very diff
terently priced commodity from beauty
IN England. Let US keep clear Of ma
king an essay Of this, and show what
we mean by parallel examples. Take
two beautiful girls of the same compare.
tive station-Miss Smith,, Of London,
daughter Of a master-in chancerv, and
Miss Brown, Of New York. daughter of
a mAster-carpenter:-f the former
gentleman is about as far below on earl
as the latter is below any aristocrat of
New York, supposed or acknowledged.
Miss Brown, Of the Bowery, is love
~ CREATURE. She excitss curiosity in
Broadway. She hindcrs devotion, right
and leh,when she turns round in church.
I'm the best society Of New York there is
not prettier girl, and nature has made
her elegant in her manners, and educa-
lion has done as much for her as was
ut all necessary. 1er father delights in
her beauty and her mother is very
proud of her, and she carries her hear
IN her bosom TO do what she pleases
with it-but neither Mr. Brown, nor Mrs
Brown, nor Miss Brown ever dream that
her beauty will advance their condition
VA lie one peg They love her for it
Shecontrols the family by it-she exer-
cIses influence as a belle in their own
circle OF acquaintnnce-bu that is all.
She lives veTy gay and pleasant life,
hears oil balls IN more fashionable parts
OF tho town without dreaming that, for
her beauty, she should be there,and con.
tinues Bowery belle till che marries a
Bowery beau. And beauty, ono, mar
TIed, IN that class OF our country, is like
aPair Of shoes once soId-neYer INQUIRED
for again.
Miss Smith Of London, is superb girl.
Her father was Of dark COMPLEXION
and her mother blonde let and
pearl have dono their daintiest in her
dark eyes and radiant skin. At twelve
she Is considered beauty past accident.
Her sisters, who are either, 'all father
'orNeH mother, giimy dark, or parsnip
blonde ARE married off to such husbands
a. would undertake them. But for the
youngest there is different destiny
Tor she is a beauty. The father wishes
Tor advancement and title. The mo.
'thsr wishes TO figure in high life before
she dies. And Miss Smith, young as
che Is, is taught the difference between
N,Plain young lord in a cab and hand.
some lawyers clerk with a green bag.
Beauty, we'll managed, nay be made 10
open every door in England. Masters
tho best Of Masters for Miss Smith,
More money is spent in finishing her
than was given TO all her sisters for
dswries. She is permitted to form fcs
acquaIntances Of her own sex, none Of
the other. And when Miss Smth is
sixteen, Mrs. Smith makes her frs,
strong push at Lady Frippery. flor Mr
Smath has put Lord Frippery under OBJ
legations, which make it inevitable
That the hrst favour asked should be
granted and out comes Mrs. Smith,
ehaPeEOued by Lady Frippery al a mix
ed subscription bail. Il IL Cor the bene.
ut OF the Poles, and the liberal nobility
are all there-and all the bea0x Of ST
James Street. Of course, Cor they ike 70
'sos what novelty vill turn I'D in sucb
places OUe hour after the bali oocns.
Miss Smiths beauty has been pro
nOanoed uPon by half the noble eyes Of
London aad Lady FriPpery u aSsaIEsd
aor IutrOduc1iOns- The beauty tyrnx
out h'gh bred Lord George and Lord
FredeSark tnrmsnt theiC Right Hoaoura-
p's ana T'aE1a into caiiing on Mrs. So,ith.
'Ann HsviaR he Beauty AZ their newt h,U
~-Ana 80 climbs Miss Saiith IN a sf,ssuo,
0of noeacsy uszILainahls w b.r f,,L,.1.
ksW or her alothcr's wealth mr. go
khiag IN tie woCi bot beauty. Sh. s,
GarefaHy watched, ksss0s herS..lf -.