Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-15
Lola Montex in Proper Person.

received such an unenylable notoriety. She
appears, at last, to have found her proper
sphere, and she shines in it with all the
splendor she or any other woman should be
content in aspiring to. What could have
ever possessed woman with such really
fine sepsibilities to become so coarse will
now forever be mystery, after tho recent
exhibition she has given of herabilities.
She has recently been delivering a lee.
turo in Canada and at Buffalo, where she
enraptu d her audiences, not only with
the manner of her delivery but also witls
the matter. She, possesses, perhaps as
large a fund of knowledge of the follies of
life as any person living, and isfully capa-
BILE of holding UP the mirror rejecting these
follics as any one
We extract FROM the Hamilton Canada
Wcst) Spectator, the following paragraphs
relative to portions of the lecture, descrit-
ing certain ladies of England and France
celebrated for their beauty:
Lola considered the English, Irish, and
Scotch women to be the hondsomcst9-l-"
Speaking of beauties, she gave the palm 70
the wcll-known Duchess of Sutherland,
paragon among the beautiful aristocraey of
England
Lady Blcssiugton was marvellous bcau-
ty; Kings and mobiles were at hcr feet. In
Italy they called her La Diva-the god
dess. She was voluptuous, with. a neck
that sat on her shoulders ike the most
charming Greek models. She had q, won
dcrfuly beautiful hand, and an eye that
when it smiled captivated all hearts. Hers
was far more intellectual style of beauty
than that of tho Duchess of Sutherland.
The present Duchess of Wellington
(whcn Lola saw her, Marchiouess of Dour-
no) was an admirably beautiful woman, with
little intellect or animation She was at6he
piece of sculpture, and as cold as picco
of sculpture.
| Tho most faInously beautiful family in
England was the great Sheridan family
There were two sons, both, said Lola, known
| to herself, who were considered tho hand
soonest of their day. There we're tbrce
daughters-tho Hon. Mrs. Norton, we'll
known on this side of the Atlantic through
her poetry and her misfortuncs; Lady
Blackwood and Lady Seymour, the latter
of whom was the Queen of Beauty at the
famous Eglinton tournament. These three
were called the three Graces of England,
Speaking of French beauties, Lola first
praised the ,bIarquise dc la Grange, and
afterwards the Empress Eugcnia,
When Lola last saw Eugenia, she Gu
genia) was ccrtaiuly one of the most viva
cious, witty and sprightly women in Paris
All the portraits in this country greatly cx-
aggeratcd her size, for Eugenia WAS really
small woman. Before her marriage with
the BmPuro,, and when She was the belle
of Madrid, she evinced high admiration
for Louis Gottschalk, the pianist, who, by
the way, had carried off, unwittingly, half
a million hearts from the United States.
Eugenia caused him to be received into the
most aristocratic families of Madrid.
Lola then went on to sketch the various
charactcristics of the beauties of the vari-
Gus countries, and took occasion to hit Lord
Brougham (although We fancy We heard
the conceit bcforc.) The Constantinopoli-
tan ladies, with whom corpulcnce was beau
ty, would, she said, have elected from that
polished gallant the exclamation, " ,chat
quantity"
Lola decried all cosmetics. She recon-
mended three tbings--temperancc, cxcr-
else and cleanliness, as .prcservatives of
I 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 men
toned that tincturc 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 advanta-
geously used in connection with the bath.
A we'll cultivated mind was that which
gave not only eloquonce to the tongue, but
lustre to the eye, vermillion to the cheek,
4 and lighted up the whole person as sthough
the vc-y body thought. Lola moralised
much and well, and whepin this vein drew
forth the hoartiest applause
| ST.LouIs, Aug. .-Adyiccsfropyds cav
enworth state that the most intense excite
mont prevails at Kansas city,, growing out
of the robbery and murderof Sir. Ste
yons, on Friday last -as also the subsequent
discovery of an organized band of murder
ers Two men named Barnes and Quarles,
were Immediately hung by the oitizcns.-.
Barnes made a confession inpliciting sever.
| al respectable citizens as contcderates of tho
band. ft
I Further adviccs from Leavcnworth on
Monday, say that Woods and Knowlton,
companions of those hung on Friday, arc
being tried by the Judges. The Vigilance
Committee and the people are intensely ex.
cited, and have expressed a determination
toLynch the prisonersatall hazards. Judge
Lecompte and Gov. Walker had addressed