Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-15


Foreign Lands" Its publication has been I'M
avoidably delayed, but we are informed that it
will be issued on the 18th instant.
ENGLISH WOMEN.
IA lady asked me this evening what
thought Of the beauty Of tho ladies Of the Eng
lish aristocracy she was Scotch lady, by the
by; 80 the question was q fair ono. replied,
that certainly report had not exaggerated their
charms. Then came homo question-how
tho ladies Of England compared with the la
dies Of America Now for it. patriotism said
to myself and, invoking to my aid certain
fair saints Of my own country, whose faces |
distinctly remembered, | assured her that /
had never seen more beautiful women than |
had in America. Grieved was | to be obliged
to add, But your ladies keep their beauty
much later and longer This fact stares one
in the face in every company; ono meets ladies
past fifty, glowing, radiant, and blooming with
freshness Of complexion and fitness of out
line refreshing to contemplate. What can DO
the reason? Tell us, MUSES. and Graces what
can it be- Is it the conservative power Of sea
fogs and coal smoke - the same cause that
keeps the turf green, and makes the holly and
ivy flourish How comes it that our married
ladies dwindle, fade, and grow thin--that their
noses incline to sharpness, and their elbows to
angularity, just at the time of life when their
island sisters round out into comfortable and
becoming amplitude and fulness? If it is tho
fog and the sea coal, why, then, | am afraid
we never shall come up with them. But per-
haps there may be othor causes why country
which starts some Of tho most beautiful girls
in the world produces 30 few beautiful women.
Have not our close-hested stove rooms some
49, n II go
amount OF hot biscuits, hot corn cakes, and
other compounds got up with tho acrid poison
of salerat1s, something TO do with it? Above
all, has not our climate with its alternate ex-
tremes Of heat aud cold, tendency to induce
habits Of indoor indolencel Climate, certain
ly, has great deal to do with il; ours is eyi-
IDENTIFY more trying and moro exhaussing; and
because it is so, wo should not pile upon its
back errors Of dress and dict which nre avoid
ed by our neigbbors. They keep thoir beauty,
because they keep their health. II has been
as remarkable as anything TO me, since have
been here, that ! do not constantly, as at home,
hear ono and another spoken Of az in miscra-
be health, az very delicate, &C. Health seems
TO be the rule and not the exception. For my
part, must say, the most favorable omen that
know of for female beauty in America is, the
multiplication Of water cure establishments
where our ladies, if they get nothing else, do
gain some ideas as TO the necessity Of fresh
air, regular exercise, simple diet and the laws
of hygiene In general.
"There is one thing moro which goes long
way towards the continued health Of these
English ladies, and therefore towards their
beauty; and that is the quietude and perpctu-
ity Of their domestic institutions They do
not, like us fade their checks lying awske
nights Illuminating the awful question who shall
do the washing next week, or who shall take
the chambcrmaids place, who is going to be
married, or that Of the cook who has signifcd
her intention Of parting with the mistress
Their hospitality is never embarrassed by the
consideration that their whole kitchen cabinet
may desert at the moment that their guests
arrive. They are not obliged to choose Boz
tween washing their own dishes, or having
their cut glass, silver, and china, left 10 the
mercy Of q foreigner, who has never done any
thing but field work. And last, not least, thoy
are not possessed with that ambition 10 do the