The Arkansas banner., 1850-01-22
frrm ,he I.caisvIIls Journal. Foreign CefFespondeHte--N0. ik
l.oNpoN, JuIY, l9t0

LONDON, July, lsS9. 1gwfLHmEN, Oar sweeihsaris at h.ane need have eAusls fears of Engiish charms, as We have not heeR % fofanate ta pretty ~n'nsn since ws have hrvn tn ihe isand. They are all very fine. kesiihy .lrrkjng yOung woinrh, w'ih paliicaiatiy tersh camplexions, in which the collars ol The peony ana tbs snow bali are uneh frequently blended than he portc ilnis ol ii,r lly and the rose And aist Bssiv bnl poet would discover in their tne,alhs. which are v.ry large, much more fesrm- hlunee td ciett beei ihan "et~tt pbmsgrAniir." But theY are Ali bpsspri with exceedingly tine teeth, aHd, tn in thstn justice. never sew young dAnses hsks better ns- oi ,h~in. ] an not my-clia !" TGr drink .f Hat good itrnchetmaa." but have been hsekSntn witnessing oi Uncle Nslhaus pefipt. snaaces tn the eating line and feel coiiiient that The venerable gentleman id biu<h 70 see how very lar his capacIfi~S surpsssr. by these taIr feeders. They sd and drink iO an rxteih somew hat Ama1ins to any Asaeticsn. hut morr especially so 10 deiicair ycHny gentleman lately removed from " the chills."
 English ladies are masculine in both their appear ahee and ,nanarrs. They lack thai exquisite dsiI. eseg ct io fn and EAurr, Iha' refinement eI nauuei aRd winning dSp~ariancP nl'on uur sex. which make 0ar Aneeican women sosnnrremine nily 1Ascifatitg Their features are large and them comaiexioas ale coarse t0t the rpar>, which the poeis of England have discovered in them. hu foo often deg.is tRia l" hlosso ns" Their feet and hands are veIy large and have none of thos- tiny proportions so tUaftntHk tn OuE AmPItfSn women. All AtHfrtCdn e,hnnt properly appreciate how bewiichng it1is to see Iittte toot pe@plbg lrom beneath peiicoat to have soi white hand Of iary ioin ronhdinsy piac~d in his until he has exa,ained in. feet aud se~h the hanis of English wornrn. They are Ger. sAinly very gooi hands and ieri to sat and o walk wtth. hiii th@y are much better adapted io these oftgiahl uses, prescribed by nature, than for any o the Ptaioaic sceompaaimeas ot iunocent hIraiion They sie destitute T at thai iiie preiiiness eaten. lated io exriie thr imaginaioh and inspue tIe Tosnaniic portion cf ihe grand passion.
 Heaven knows do noi iat-nd 10 ihsinuaie that they ss not The most exemplary of wives, and even C did, the dense popnlaion ot England and il,rir own acknowledged skill h pudding. would conira- dict my assertions hHi the English thr last women iH the world calculated 10 asclhate h filtration, which is the refined rx;ract ot love. wonld a sooH think oi Hitting with great lubbrTIy boy, at ihs inieres ing period of hi' ad"Isecence when he assumes the down and ihs sqna~k ol gosIin, as with one Of these fair tasnsrs. with hands and feel ike men. A pretty little hand is as indis spensabie i1 . hiFta'io. as hand 10 ctoek-the ihing can't go m without it.
 Gold and reserved by nature. that awful sense oi etiquette, aud that apprehension oI departing from the prescribed rontlne which have baore remarked in the men, makes them painfully proper. And 10 sec them st the opera ranged m stately rows--al euTs and propriety--ihry look ml- like iATgr collection ot prin siaiues o pIndey than gay young hamsels, who cnine to the theatre io enjoy them.
 
 rlaHse Is uhieit-ami all their m ,vsnrh,s : .rIn regulated by nice regard oi the order O! the ios- mai hedges oi cBrfs through winch they peep ln their eitosis u assume the they succeed always iH looking very stupid and by their giggling answers and absent looks clearly show that their minds neither wiIh lie opera nor their b"anx but inst in those lsbyfinihs al siif cnrl. of which at are % vain. IL IS considered unbecouing for them to express even 10 have an opinion of iheir own, and they inuocenily look 10 !" Mamma :" for sa answer 10 the simplest question. They talk they daBce---lhd thHhk hy norr. Their minds are even more ciamped by the maternal authority than their bodies by stays and they are afraid lo look, much less te talk, before first consulting "Mamma " ss to the ProPrtefy of SO doing. They are but highly ornasBented pawns upon huge chess board, with which fnanoeuYPring iaohers play for the great stake of the game !" establishment ' -and when moved by sknI players they are really very wonderful pieces oi mechanism.
 SIoai, silsat. and iuanimate, they look like we'll gotten np figures, that wen appear much heiirr under glass considerable distance otf than when sealed with yon npcn sofa [" by the light of a chandelier" They seem made 10 be lsoked al in large ihrar. ,out an opera glass; for there they present bold, dashing appearance, which shows itset 10 be coarseness when ron come rearer 10 them. But they such wax figures as 10 make il unnecessary to paste upon them the pa. card uf halds oil - most men would feel as little disposition 10 touch them as they would 10 handle . large piece oi ice in December. Nj.