The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-11-27
WHERE ARE THE UGLY WOMEN,

This is question which occurred to us
more than once ut the Fair, last week, when
we were wedged in the crowd-owinc to
the narrowncss of the passages; fault we
hope the Committee oe3Arrangements will
H"' 's'aSI "':A.; yea:. fo, we intend to be
'"rt .'-. ':''- ";''ting for the ladies to
."-f, ''"' sc "pu;. not look up with the
n'H ;:'"'l eye - :. :..pnoisseur Of beauty
At !h' :;"'S g f. elegance, to see
"''"i'''' ';.,r = 20 "a, i, up of female love-
:.i.c-- a. .,:.l: il i"'s Cur mater to stare
woman in the face, much less five hundred
"V'''1'; tut we ineau gusfty a, ,.,.s ....-
be-to looking Buchanan.wisc, (that is out
of the corners Of our cycs-the way he
looked when lie tempted CIay,) at them
sometimes. But-have you ever tried it {?
or rather, havn't you-wl'cn you get
wedged in crowd, where lsdies are passing
in or out, and you see some particular point.
of vacancy which you wisl, to contemplate,
arc you to turn away your gaze because the
ladies will be tlrusting their faces across
your line of visiona That's piece of
Turkish tyranny Which we could not think
Of beginning to submit to.
Well, as the ladies passed, our eyes were
dazzled and our brain was hewildcred our
gaze wavcred from its fixed point in searcl,
of something ugly to rest on for few Sc
conds, if only to prepare itself for taking
in another draught of lovcliness. There
comes an ugly one, thought we; but when
she came near, her features faded into
comeliness, and, in one or two instances.
subsided into something like actual beauty.
One woman, past the middle age, we
thought was ugly sure enough but as she
came On, attended by two or three daugh-
ters-and not very handsome daughters
either-we could not help transla,ing the
expression of her face into "my girls are
not absolutely beautiful; but know they
are good; too good, indeed, for anybody
here;" and we thought size was one of the
best looking ladies on the ground. Thus
were we again and again disappointed-the
ugly women were not out.
Now, female ugliness is an old institution,
and ought not to DO allowed to fall into
neglect. Who has not seen choice speci-
mems of it in the cities, braceletcd and neck.
laced, bejewelled and befeathered, in token
of the great estimation in which it is held :
Shall We, a lasceat city, be behind tho au-
cient corporations! No, let there be a
prize proposed Mt the next annual exhibition
say hundred dollar bonnet-for the best
ugly sooman.-Pra;rie News.
"Louder "A man lately went to the
post office, and putting his mouth close up
to the delivery boy, cried out, Louder +
The clerk supposing the man to be deaf
and that he was making a request Of him
TO speak louder, 80 that he could hear
asked him in very loud tone, the name o
the person for whom lie wanted the letter
Louder r, cried the man.
What name y yelled tho clerk.
"Louder I" again bawled the man, vhe
now supposed the clerk to be deaf.
The clerk took long breath, and with
all his might again beloved out in til,
mans face the same question, awha
narnea" This,was done ID 90 loud 4 tom
that The echo seemed tore.urn fronl he fa
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4 The man started baek ,iip y. slsssa, slIsoiutin.
% the ysry top u Bic Big lasgs
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