Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-04
,I.,,,,n to.n,1a westl Spectator, July 99.l


,,,-s nj, Rs1utjfaL IFomen-IHc three Preserte-
t;res M Female Beauty-L0la objects 10 CGs-
,,eties-As we have not seen notice Gy M Ile
r,r,ss Of Lola Montez' lecture on Beautiful W o.
men we conceive that Hamilton audience mas
been the first to hear it publicly delivered. y
The Mechanics Hall was crowded to It's ut
most canacity on Monday evening, by very
proniscuous assembly-the gentlemen Sre'''!
outnumbering the ladies present.
Considerable impatence was caused by Ilie
dclav in commencing the lecture, but when L"-
In appeared, all noise was hushed III an l"sth''t
every one critically scanning the lineamentS oil
this celebrated beauty. The silence was nut I!r
n moment, a burst Of applause was the h"o'ic
tribute to her charms, and was gracefully ac-
knowledged.
Lola is a living lecture on beauty. She is an
example of beautiful woman. Her face IS
eharmatlte, especially the forehead, eyes ana
nose Her movements are graceful in the OK
IRENE, and the way she handled a fan was a les
son to the Canadian fair. Her history Is evil
dence of the power of beauty, as, also, perhaps
of its frailty.
Her lecture on Beautiful Women is open to
criticism. 1t is hardly one to please general
audience for its illusions cannot be understood
and admired without more intimate acqnaln-
lance with the literature Of ancient and modern
Europe than is possessed by the great majority
of our population. Lola Introduces most APP
propriatcly an elegant old story. When Nature
| has given valors to man, swittness to the hare,
horns to cattle, apportioning to the various
creatures various qualities, she was unmlndinl
| of woman, until her supply was well nlgh eN,
I haustcd Then, suddenly rejecting, she atoned
| for her neglect by the gift of beauty, which m
deed rendered woman superior to all the others.
| Lola attributes this story to AriOstO Ariosto
merely translated for AnacreOn. a tashdlous
critic would find fault with double enten@re
4 where Lola speaks Of the constancy OF nus
bands to wives rs necessary to ensure that oil
wives to husbands.
We hardly think that in the anecdotc about
the Partisan ladies bathing in milk, 50 minute
an account should have been given. with 'heSe
| executions, there was nothing in the lecture to
offend the most flstidiouS while there was
something to amuse and great deal TO instruct.
One fine passage acquired additional force from
the experience of the speaker. She was asking
wherein beauty lay. where" she said "sha!l
we look tor the source of power? Often per-
haps in a mere dimpe, sometimes i'll the soft
shadow of dropping eyelid, or again, beneath
the tresses of little fascinating curl. Alas!
and she spoke it most impresSively, "AlaS, l.
am ashamed to think what small things Will
| often move the strongest and the bravest o
men! Many times i'll my life, in the company
of kings and mobiles, have l been forced with
sadness to reflect on the words of the sublime
Milton, in which he speaks of woman as:
Fair, no donbt, and worthy well
Thy cherisling, thy honor and thy love-
Not ny sHltsc'ioa.
Lola considered the English, Irish and Scotch
women to be the handsomest. Speaking of bcau-
ties, she gave the palm to the well known
Dutches of Sutherland, who moved natural
queen and was the paragon among the beautiful
aristocracy Of England
Lady Blessington was a marvellous beauty
Kings and mobiles were at her feet In Italy
they called her La Diva-the goddess. She was
l,nF cofn m hnT
ders like the most charming Greek models
She had a wonderfully beautiful hand, and an
eye when it smiled captivated all hearts. She
was Il far more intellectual style OF beauty than
even the Dutchcs Of Sutherland.
The present Duches of Wellington (when Lola
saw her, Marchioness Of Dauro1 was an adn-
rabiv beautiful woman, with little intellect or
animation. She had fine piece of sculpture,
and us cold as piece of sculpture.
The most famously beautiful family IN Eng
land was the great Sheridan family There
were two sons, both, said Lola, known to herself.
who were considered the handSolneSt men OF
their day There were three daughterS-thc
Hon. Mrs. Norton, will known on this side OF
the Atlantic through her poetry and misiOrtnneS
Lady Blacllwood and Lady Seymour, the latter
of whom was the queen of beauty at the famous
Ellington tournament. These three were called
the three Graces of England. .,,,... lrsr praised
the Marquis dc la Grange, and afterwards the
Empress Eugenia.
When Lola last saw Eugenia, she, (Eugcnia,)
was certainly one of the most vivaCions, witty
and sprightly women in Paris. All the portraits
in this country greatly exaggerated her Size
for Eugenia was really small woman. Before
her marriage with the Emperor, and when she
was the belle of Madrid, she cvinccd high adj
miration for Louis Guttschali, the pianist, who,
by the way, had carried off, unwittinSly, half
a million hearts from the United States. Euge-
gena caused him To be received into the most
aristocratic families of Madrid
Lola then passed TO sketch the various
characteristics of the beauties Of various conn
tries, and took occasion to hit Lord Brougham
(aItIough we fancy we have heard the cnnceit
bcfnrc) The ConStantinopolitan ladies', with
whom corpulency was beauty, would, she said,
have elected from that polished gallant the OK
camaton, "t1hat quantity"
Lola decred all cosmetics. She recommen-
ded three things-temperance,e exercise and clean
illness, as personalities Of beauty. The bath,
she said, which was universal everywhere but
in Britain and America, was the best wash
that could be desired. although indeed it was
mentioned that tincture of benzoine, prccipita
ted by water, was used by the beauties of
Charles IFS reign, and really brought blood to
the surface. Bran might be adyantageously
used in connection with the bath. y well Gull
tvated mind was that which gave not only elo-
one nee to the tongue, but lustre to the eye YER
million to the cheek, and lighted up th, whole
person as though the very body thought Lola
mOraliSed much and well, and when in tbs vein
drew forth the heartieSt applause.
Perhaps we may be thought hypercri;i.al, if
VIC say her utterance is too uniformly slow
Her voice is SWEEP, yet without sufficient
strength and her delivery would be charming
if there were little more variety in the rate of
speaking. The lively passages should be spoken
more tripping on the tongue
The nett amount in the U. S. Treasury, sub
iect to draft is Sls,6G6,OOO or this New York
$s,OOOoOO, Philadelphia 88,oOO,OoO, Boston