Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-27

never eat sea fish except nj great distance IRON
the sna when they acquired the taint he loved.
Ills delight then to distribute vast qnanti
ties Of tho rarest sorts, brought at an immense
expense, to the peasants of the inland country.
Renutic..
The comparative beauty of nations will proba
bly, be n mntier of dispute until the worlds end
Customs, tastes, circumstances, and necessities
form the standard Of national beauties. 1t Is no
torous that the African admres thick lips, cor
pnlence, oily skns and deems black the perfe cion
Of color, if color it eau be called. The Chinese,
whose eyes are formed in his Tartar state into two
Sits, by gazing the alternate frosts and fire OF
the Tartmian sands thinks the large European
eye dctestable The Freedman worships drum
shaped forehead n turned up nose, and pair OF
eyes the color of rnppee. With every foreigner.
brown. varying from the color of tobacco water,
Ia coffee grounds, is the original color of Eve in
Paradise. and is indispensable TO all living lowell
ness With the Englishman, red AID white. by
Natures pure and cunning hand laid on. is es
sential TO beanty.-lt is fortunate that diversity
of taste exists, aud that each man most values
the beauty Of his own country; because 1T Is OBJ
vipns that this diversity of hue and color Is the
necessary result of time and climate. The burn
ing sun of Africa aud India, by natural process
hlackens every compile xion- Even the m"re fem
perate glare of southern Europe necessarily en-
browns the check the features, too. the for
caa brow the deep sunk eye, the projecting lips,
and the high cheek bones, are the palpnbe result
of tho Datural effort to escape the glare OF fierce
sunshine. The eye, equally delicate, perhaps, in
all countries, is in all the chief object of protec
ton; the whole contraction of the features seem
TO exist solely for the purpose Of protecting the
eye. 1t is rcmn, kable thnt the same effect is pro-
duoed in cold countries as in tempcstnous coun.
tries broiling under the tropical noon. The Tar
tars. the Laplander, and the Esqumaux, have all
height or cheek bone projection OF brow and
narrowness Of eye. In every country OF the earth
tie man of tho Highlands the mountainecr, ex-
posed to storms in narrow eyed and cheek boned
iaee. There are of course exceptions; for there are
African tribes with European features. Some of
the East Indians have features formed on classic
models; but we speak only Of the great classes
of mankind. In every instance the more temper
ate climate, the less exposed the rational phySi-
ognomp Is 10y dress or circumstances to the IN
tluencc of sun and mir; and the less glnrug the
sky; the more perfect is the Development of the
human couutenance. All these advantages are
probably in favor Of EngIond; the temperate eli
na", the cloudy sky. the general absence of harsh
winds and even the hnbilual hat or bonnie: which
shades the eyes, are all in favor Of the sofness
shapcness nd bloom ofthe English physiognomy
he French peasaniry have no protection Tor the
female bend in general except the little twisted
handkerchief, which leaves the eyes and whole
tHcr exposed 20 the burning sun, and N the cnnrsc
ii II few years makes the skin the color of Russia
leather. Thus English beauty has the natural
right, al least DO to the loveliest If the European
world. 1t is trun that beauty, even in Bingham. is
rare, but this is evidently owing in great degree
the extraordinary mi xture of the English blood
during the last century. Our colonies have spoil
ed our national features; the population Is min
glrd hourly with the sunburnt sloguomy OF
the West Indian, tho SCOT colored skin of the A
sIaf Dplth n ~ IN a
dion. We have kept ourselves clear of the negro
blood but the progeny of the halfraste and the
Creole make fearful inroads on tho national coun-
tcnance 1t is chiefly in the retired districts of
England that the original beauty of the English
eountenanco l. discoyerable, and there it some
times exhibits specimens Of avery high order
Cooper, in his book on England, partly claims
tho pre- -eminence for his cnuntrywomen: The
! English female face" says he, sis essentially
the same the American" The means, we pre-
sumo, the American of the United Stntes,) though
national pecuarities are 10 he observed in both.
| There ia a sottncss. an Innocence II feminine
sweetness, expression of the womnnly virtues
! in the Anglo Saxon female countenance that is
met with only an exception in the rest of
! Chrstendom. Between thr English and Amer
| can divisions of this common race, think one
may trace n few general points of difference
! The English female has the advantage in the bust
| shoulders and throat; she has usual more col
! or, more delicacy Of complexion. The American
| is superior in general delicacy of outline; she
! has better person. bust and shoulders except
! ed tive should conceive that this exception
| proves the rulr,) land smaller hands and teet
Those who pretend to make critical comparisons
say, that il is usual to more beautiful women
! in England, aud more pretty women in Amcri
ca. OF one thing am certain dsagreeaLIe feat
ures nre less frequently met among the females
| of America than among any other people | have
! ytsitnl 'Iha l'upli slyon man hpttpr in
! high dress. the American in aemi toilette |
have remarked that fnces in England often fail
in some necessary finish or doleacy when view
ed closer; and should say. As a rule. that the