Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-05-18
THE LADY'S MAN.

Of all the animal nuisances which afflict So
ciety, we think the genuine ladys man takes the
lead. His face is eternally wreathed with un-
meaning smiles and when he addresses lady,
it is always in such strain of absurd nonsense,
that we have often been surprised that any lady
armed with a fan, and so addressed, did not brain
the animal on the spot. If the lady man does,
by any possibility, possess the least degree Of
common sense, he takes especial pains to con-
ceal il, for some how or other he has taken it
into his wise head that empty sentimentality
and absurd nothngs are the offerings fit for the
female mind. In order to be true to what he
conceives to be the entertainment and amuse-
ment of the ladies, he turns traitor to manhood,
and so becomes epicene himself without pre-
senting just claim to bo cassed with the male
or female sex. His best qualities are those
which he possesses in common with certain kind
Of dogs-to fetch and carry. Ladies, who laugh
in their sleeves at the fool, may not object to
the attentions of the servant, and out OF sheer
commiseration allow him to carry fan, or es-
cort them to the opera, when the men of their
acquaintance are not accessible. The ladys
man is sufficiently rewarded for attending them
through whole evenings entertainment, ifthey
will only drop smile into the poor fellows
hat at parting. With this substantial blessing
ne Is encOuraBeu 10 luluTe eAeTtlOuS III tillS Wuc
field Of masculine ambition.
If mans duty to a lady consisted in picking
up dropped ocket-handkerchiefs and fans, or
twrling her round to the point of giddiness and
exhaustion, in the waltz, we should, perhaps en-
Wy the accomplishments of a mere lady's man;
but believing, as we do, that the delightful and
lovable dependence of woman upon the sterner
sex demands the exercise of more manly quail
ties for her protection and guide, we have little
else than contempt for the effeminatc accom-
plishments Of the other
To treat woman like a doll-only present to
her mind the gaseous eructatons Of false senti-
ment, or the frothy nonsense Of fashionable
frivolity, is surely no way to win the esteem and
respect of any woman no: the victim of congo
nial worthlessness. Women are excellent
judges of character; and, although we have fire.
quently seen them entertained with the follies
of :he lady's man--we have seldom seen a SEN
sible woman apply them to any better use than
their mirth and laughter. Few would be will
ing to trust the guidance of their lives to such
shallow and unreliable pilots. N. o. Delta
THE MADoNNA.-MIrs Jameson, in her Le-
gends of the Madonna as represented in the
Fine Arts" gives description of the person of
the Virgin, extracted from the history of Nice
phorus Calistus, on the authority Of Epiphanius,
who himself had derived it from more ancient
authority: "She was of middle stature; her
face oval her eyes brilliant, and of an olive
tint her eyebrows arched and black her hair
Of pale brown; her complexion fair as wheat
She spoke little, but she spoke freely and affa-
bly,; she was not troubled in her Speech but
grave, courteous, tranquil. Her rdress was with
out ornament, and in her department was moth
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general belief, in which she apparently concurs,
for, she observes, {" it is argued, Christ had no
earthly father; therefore, he could only have de-
rived his earthly lineaments from his mother"
All the legends assume that the resemblance be-
tween the son and mother must have been per-
feet. Kuglar, in his "Hand book of Italian
Painting" gives two descriptions Of the person
of the Savor-the first is from the letter of
Lentulus to the Roman Senate, originally writ
ten about the end of the third century, but not
found until the eleventh.; the second, BY John
| Of Damascus, dates from the eight century. In
the former, Christ is described as &c man of
stately form, dignifed in appearance, with a
countenance that inspired veneration and which,
those who look upon it may love as well as
fear. His hair, curling, rather dark and glossy,
flows down upon his shoulders, and is parted in
the middle after the manner of the Nazarenes.
The forehead is smooth and very serene; the
countenance without line or spot, of a pleasant
complexion and moderately ruddy. The nose
and mouth faultless, the beard thicl, and red
dish like the hair, not long but divided The
eyes bright and of a varying color" John of
Damascus describes Jesus as ofa stately growth,
eyebrows joined together; beautiful eyes, large
nose, curling hair; somewhat stopped in the
bloom of life his beard black his complexion
olive, like that of his mother; with long fingers,
&c. The description given by Lentulus agrees
with the account by Epiphanius of the person
of the Virgin 1t is the European, and one
might almost say, the Greek type. Mrs. Jane
son favors the fair type, and in this she has the
sanction of the great masters Of art.
N. Y. Eve. Post
TYRANTs OF THE HoUsEHoLD-THE SAD LAW
OF Domestic SLAvERY.-And so it is and for
his rule over his family and for his conduct to
wife and chdren-subjects over whom his pow
er is monarchical-any one who watches the
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