The Arkansas banner., 1850-12-10

eOaIa stand thst baalias back of the thick hair = How few E0Fma woila show wetl hensssh the snt,ts robe. without stays e slia pessieassss How few { feet woaia he eBiagabse lB aAs.eiass kAaw few winds winch would soon reduce then te the palisea I aai iosm ef a wnsheVwoman's.
 Perhaps the Jewish costume of Rebecea and na. 1 eh~i may have been a stads heties, hat here was
 The stme exposure ot neck and aFHAa, with the ads
 ditioaai disadvantage cf Tobe that showed tea
 eheased h hideeas hools an hose saa that fefased
 10 sweep. with GFeeisn amplisads, Foaad the lines 1 of the tair wearefs.
 Cleopatra. who is represented as being bosh dark and stout, could wear only Jha s1bes of white og paVp@. she heavy diadem. the strias q pearls thaa
 were allotted to the gafb of Egyrtian priWeessess | How dark and a"comsly must have been the iosi'y ot hev country women, snAy he iadged from | the sensation she made.
 The Roman ladies were iasaed Eos theis stately carriage aEd son,ewhat :aFge but noble irasuses aa
 when to those charms added those of regularity sad dslcacy, snd hesa,ial eoioFiax no doshi tlasr smple sgeH eoqHetts style of dress was especially becOming to hemg hut withoaf these latter Qaaiif- cations how gsuat and eoarss they mast have ap. pesred.
 What can be mose lovely shan she aturs of Agrippins-- bending thst stately head above the ashes of Gsrnahieas the robs fails in lrs swsep~ tne tods the bare arm, naked 10 the shonhieg snI. ports the urn; ihe hair brsitied hack. the smooth brow, the magnificent eye, ia its large nna iosly HteatHtb& tet9N4s breaks the calm oatIine, dssatbs the severe unity Pe'hsps among the circle of acquaintance theFs afs iwa od three women who would Appet to asvAn lage thus attissd but oh how well tos Inc dmmpy aud ths scraggy 'aex refroHss. and the ssass sahs that they fat Hpon better days.
 Az we desesaa the stream ot time, the aumbes Of celebrated beauties decreases this ws my attbute 10 the increasing knowledge of the art et tstha la dress; indifferent eompiexiohs. bad hgarea, isfsgu-
 lar features. begin 10 have something like tar paY AAa assistance ir"n costumes; and n ths degree ss 'he plain woneH were made to appear iess psin, were the bea1ties ss prominent. and the disaanee between the parties essened.
 Stili we hear ot sems % stIkingly lovely. e t0 be known to ell the woTii by the Aae of their eyss oaiy; of those we may name Filth, of the swan 1eck SO called from the brilliant whiteneas of skin capable of resisting he exposure io sun aRsi wissA w'ich tanned and ireckled into i,ightfalaess the queens aud lofty ladies ot those radedays; Rasamond the Fair--so fair that 1t said Of her none but jealon. and exasPerated woman ceaid have haslnsd heI;" Beahiee Cenci, whose beauty makes aaa shutleT, mysterious tie sht in those tarRe anironbied eyes, soon about to close beneath tha pressure. Of so awful fate, Lucfecia Dorgia, an angel n lace, demon in hestt; May of Seotlaah whom no ever brhsid without love," aud some few others until we reach that famous tia. recorded tn the isit~fs of Horace Walpale as the ioveest women Ot thtH isne, he Misses Cunning. lIOne Of these, tho Duchess of Hamilton, was ss Spfead and near. Insomuch. that when travelling oase from the North 10 the town, the mob in the places where she rested al nights assembled round the hotes noe would they depart pa she hAd appeared on the basohiss io display to tssm heS wet t- ssaed iaes.
 And there IS something strangely sad in the st- count oI death ot another of the sslers--LAdy Gov. enirJ who prrshed of consumption while in the highest ptide Sf youth and beauty. She is recorded as patiently awaiting the approach oT dsath--Asr hooking gAss her constant compaaioR--as scarcely ever removing her eyes ftom the reflection of hef own lace, and as b. ailing ony the too eaEiy sx. tinefion of besafy worthy 0t lBmertaliity.
 At later titne, when the names of sDsne Eavosise beaattes are sgaIB recorded. the costume totally different. was 20 hideo1s. that aa eae could wess M ~ilh mPanity-hrner the high repaisssoa Sos beauty oi Pauline Bonapare and Madame Reeamier. The former Is described appearing al party given hg her mighty brother, m a taAic of white Inuslia. reaching hide below the knees, and eemiE sneins fA below 'he shoulders. the waist exceedingly short and bound with narrow ghdie-- saRdais eipahed the small feet, while manile Of leopard skin hung around the form of Canovas fairest modei.
 And there many who can remember the ap- peArance O Madame ReeamieF sa the parks of Lon. don, clad m robe as sesA and ss simpe--hss dark hait wreaihed around Aes head and fastened ~iih oodkn to the summit, and a scarlet a,antls wrapped around her.
 Now-a-days. the toilet of lady k exactly con. dactei upon the principles most beeeming Ia all {; !e~ agagss look II n The sgeeelng seh. sad e..gsh- ened corsage-aInple esd stately wilhsst stiffasss ankles, however thick, concealed by the long dresses now the mode. Features, however coarse. eau be softened shaded into something ike symmetry, by the ludicioos arrangement of locks, permitted 10 be worn in bands bralds. rsglsis. just as best suits the face they surround.
 And while no arbitrary fashion forces the expo- sure Of frighlfui profile. eiaussy arm, poader- ogs ankle. rule exists to prevent the reverse of these being shown Every lady h at liberty to bring out her own good points" she thIsks best. aud II is easy to do 50. well 10 conceal h.r weak ones, without departing from tho fashions ihs, pro- vail.