Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-06

feet and slipso SO, lthinithat they s.conld
scarcely bedceped lips, at al; in2 Circassiia,
straight nose; in Tartary, which was
only divided from the last>named 'couh!
try by. mountain. fat noses; and eyes
threea Inches asunder. = V" -'-''S "'' =
To show how 1iiff6dit it was to define
aiebeautifu1 woman she might mention
that rGarnovaahad no lessnGanpsixty diff
{erent women; toIsit forthis, Venus. STAN
zafs in q praise OF beauty were quoted fIom p
Homer, Ariosto, aTasso and Milton, She
| (the lecturer)o once Knew a nobleman
Who frequently Said .3swl'en hersaw a
beautiful woman, that, she wouldrerelong
get old and, wrinkled; and this. was sad
truth. for the. most, beautiful girls would
get ,wrinkled and wizened as their grand>
1i6tbers had done before them. TLaughL
ter. The lecturer here drew a sonnet
what gloomy and overdrawnapictureo OF
old age when The charms, of youth had
faded like leaf. The lecturer then gave
the names of the most beautiful women
she had ever seen. The most besutiful
women weretd doubtless to be foundiin the
rariks of'lhe mobility. The most ,beauti-
ful women. she had ever seen were Eu1
glishwomen. Irishwomen and Scotch.
women. Among these she mentioned
the Duchess of Sunderland, and Lady
BIessington, who, said the lecturer. had
kings and mobiles atitheir feet. The beau
ty Of Lady. Blessington was OF a higher
intellectual style than that of the Duchess
of Sunderland. The present Duchess Of
Wellington formerly MarchiOness OF Dou-
70, was described as beautiful as a fine
piece ofsculpture, and she was cold and
inanimate as sculpture. The most beau
tiful family she had ever seen were the
great Sheridan family. The two sons
we're regarded as the handsomest men OF
their day. The three daughters. the
Hon. Mrs. Norton. Lady BIackwood and
Lady Seymour we're pronounced at the
famous Eglinten tournament as the Three
Graces OF England. The women Of
France we're not generally beautiful. but
very charming. The art of pleasing was
the first idea of the men and women Of
France. The Empress Eugene. when
she (the lecturer) saw her was one of the
most vivacious, witty and versatile mo-
men in Paris. All the portraits in this
country greatly exaggerated her size. for
she was q somewhat small woman. The
ladies Of the imperial family Of Russia
were described as all exceedingly beauti
full. The wife of the Emperor Nicholasy
when she appeared in public, was greet
ed with. shouts of.opplause. ias /
In Turkey, the style for. beautiful wo-
men was an unwieldly fatness. and what
was considered beautiful woman, the
lecturer styled good load for a camel.
] Laughter. To make themselves fat,
they were fed on powdered: rose-leaves
and butter. The women ofiTurkey. were
treated as the gentlemen of Canada would
treat their geese, i. e. feed then, to make
them fat. She (the lecturer) had visited
the Sultan's harem at Constantinople on
letters OF introduction from Sir Stratford
Canning, the English Ambassador. and
had found there FIVE hundred ladies Of
unwieldly fatnesss Laughter. Had
Lord Brougham been present. he would
most assuredly. have exclaimed, What a
quantityl' ELaughtem The: )eanness
OF the lecturer was)a subject ofgrent as
tonishmentsand disgustM The most beau
tiful women of the East t'wkre thnse of Or.
cassia and Georgia. The East Indian fe,
malesl we're addicted,to eating cons.
pound OF tobacco andiopium, which was a
great destroyer Of beauty. The Italian
ladies were distinguished by7ardentlloves
gesticuation and intrigue. Their hus-.
bands paid them but slight attention. and
the wiVeslhad consequentlytto look eises
wherefor what satisfied them. This state
of things, Remarked the lecturery was, a
characteristic ofsome other countries be-
sides Italy. Laughter. ai!H laa4 yI- ag
Asia general thing. Husbands may
thank themselves if their wives affec.
tions wandered away from home. Ma
ture abhotredI a. vacuum. The women7of
Italyahads dark eyes and dark hair. a
minority were blondes ;hof this latter
was,the mistress of Lord Byron, with
whom she Lola Montez) had the pleas
ure TO meet in Paris. The Spanish wo-
men in the northern parts Of Spain were
generally fair and blonde. In the South,
where traces Of Moorish blood were dis>
cernable, women were darker complex
Toned. and had deep grey eyes. The
Spanish aristocracy were generally fair.
10 Germany she had seen some Of the
most beautiful blondes in the world, they
are as fair and cIearassnows The beau
tiful women of Germany came between
the English styles of and Frenchelove.
illness. I 20 sc:'
The lecturer then proceeded to give a
history of female attire and decorations,
and enlarged at some length on hoops.
crinoline, whalebone, high~heeled boots.
padding. false hair, enormous head>dres.
ses. She recommended aIoose style of
dress as mot only conclusive to health, but
as rendering female claims still more at
tractive. The history of fashion was
traced from the time Of the Norman Con-
quest, and some severe animadversious
were made on the fiitnsy style of dress