Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-03-15

Agripplna could bear that style, FauStlna
and MesSaina We're less and looked even
better. Perhaps among the circle Of our
acquaintance there are two or three women
who would appear 10 advantage SO attred +;
but oh how well for the dumpy and the
Scraggy, "aes refrouSSee" and the 'nez sn2.b"
that they fall upon better days.
Still We hear of some so striking lovely
as TO be known to all the world by the
fame OF their eyes alone; of these we may
name Edith Of the Swanneck, so called
from the brilliant whitenesS of skin capa-
bic of resisting the exposure to the sun and
wind, which tanned and freckled into
irightfulness the queens and lofty ladies of
those days Rosamopd the Fair-so fair
that it was said of her-"NoBe but Jealous
and eXasperated woman could have harmed
herr" Beatrice Cenci whose beauty makes
one snudder, SO mysterious seems the light
in those large untroubled eyes, SO soon TO
close beneath the pressure of so awful
fate Lucretia Borga, an angel in face de-
mon in heart Mary of Scotland, whom "no
man ever beheld without love-" and some
lew others, until we reaca that famous trio
recorded in the letters of Horace Walpole,
as .he loyeliest women of their time, the
three Misses Cunning.
One Of these-the Dutchess of Hamilton
was SO. renowned for her charms, that her
fame spread far and near inasnuch that
when travelling once from the North to
town, the mob in the places where she
rested at nights assembled round the hotels,
nor would they depart until she had appear
ed on the balconies 10 display to them her
world-tamed face.
And there is something Strangely sad ir
the account of the death of another Of the
sisters-Ladv Coventry-who pprished Of
consumption, while IN the Highest pride of
youth and beauty. She is recorded as pa
tientIy awaiting the approach OF death
her !ooking-glass her constant companion
as scarcely ever removing her eyes from
the reflection of her own face, and as be-
walling only the too early extinction of q.
beauty worthy of Immortality.
1t the time in which these fair sisters
lived, the style of dress, although magnif-
cent and graceful, was eminently trying to
plain people, and as eminently propitiouS
10 those favored ; hence the exceeding
value OF beauty-hence the extraordinary
renown of those ranking as beauties-hence
the apparent rarity of that renown.
THE hair was then worn completely lift
ed of the face, leaving exposed every fea-
ture; unless those features were regular to
perfection, unless the complexion was
smooth as marble and pure as snow, who
could look well And how very well
those must have looked who did possess
such advantages
At later time, when The name of some
idvorlte beauties are again recorded, the
costume, totally different, was so hideous,
that no one could wear it with impunity-
hence the high reputation for beauty of
Pauline Bonaparte and Madame Recamier.
The former is described as appearing at
party given by her mighty brother in tu-
mic Of white muslin, reaching little below
the knee and commencing far below the
shoulders, waist exceedingly short, and
bound with a narrow girdle; sandals cloth
ed the small teet, while mantle of leopard
skin hung loosely round the perfect form
of CanOva's iaireSt model.
And there are many who can vet remem-
ber the appearance OF Madame Recamier
in the parks of London, clad in a robe OF as
scan'y and as simFe-her dark hair
wrpahed around her bead and fastened
with bodkin TO the summit, and scarlet
mantle wrapped around her.
Nowadays, the toilet of a lady is ex-
actly conducted upon the principles most
becoming to all few figures look i'll in the
sweeping robe and heightened corSage7-
ample and yet without stiffness; ankles,
however thick, are concealed by the long
dresses now the mode. Features, however
coarse, can be softened and shaded into
something like symmetry, by the udicious
arrangement of locks permitted to be worn
in bands, or braids, or rnglets, just as best
suits the face they surround.
And while no arbitrary fashion forces
the exposure of frightfu profile, a clumsy
arm, a ponderous ankle, no rule exists to
prevent the reverse, TO bring out her own
"good points" as she thinks best, and it is
easy to conceal her weak ones, without de-
parting from the fashions that prevail.
Under these circumstances, il must GER
talnly be a consolation to our fair friends
to feel, that although It is difficult now tc
earn the reputation of pre-eminent beauty
1t IS difficult to appear remarkably plain
and 1t IS surely better TO possess only mod
crate charms, and 10 know that there art
few of the sisterhood without some redeem
ing attraction, than to have been very
goddess of loveliness, and to have felt tha
your own divinity was created by the sac
rtice OF whole hecatombs OF less fortunate
faces.
THERE exists IN Bengal particular class O
Brahmins, known by the name OF Kulins, wh
are notorious for The number of their maria
ges. One member of this caste has bee
9 known 10 have formed three hundred matr
monial alliances, and TO have had wives sea
tered over a vast extent of country
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