Smyrna times., 1858-11-04

10 n -, aoie' Inc Secretary of Stat
hey wealthy man, and occupies a large
'Han any OF his fellow ministers but
pam tenement, with no signs of wealth g
station about it. The Secretaries of the Trea
SuIy' OF War, the Navy and the Interior. al
'e"t 'enements, which would hardly be ollowe,
pace IN Beacon street. These officers civ,
OIo"S'onai parties, but they never attempt dis
pcc"y oeyohd the style of ordinary fashiona biz
re ana thelr receptions in winter Ike those
VI '"e FFeSldent, are open to all who are dis
posed to pay them their respects"
@hy Ladies should Rouge, etc.
1t Is ariistically necessary, SAYS the celebra.
ted TheophiIe Gautier; and thus he reasons
WIN the instinct of harmony which charac.
terlzes them, women" observes he, " have felt
'hat between their da zzling conventional dress.
between Ia grand toilette and their own plain
beauty of face and feature, (unassisted.A there
was dlssonance-the whtish skin looking
grayIsh by the side of their moires and satins
lhey have done painters do in order 10 har.
monIze the various shades of complex on and
draperIeS; they have undertaken to whiten m.
SKIN nature gave them, till it should be in keen.
where.
ny they enshroud their persons" When once
this necessity of applying white to the female
skin has been admitted, the rest follows: the
white Is too white, tnge of rose color on the
cheekS relieves 1t; and a delicate streak of
black under the eyelashes gives brillisncy to
the eye; and IN this wise we are brought to the
apology Of paint.
BuiWer and Disraeli at present.
correspondent Of the Christian Croyiyer
thus describes the two men commonly nam.J
IN the same sentence:
"Among the cubnet ministers. BuIwer and
Dlsraell, who sat side by side, (and took snnd
from the same box,) interested us much. Both
won fame first by their romances; DsraeI !,
ABOUT the same size and figure OF F.ank Pierce.
though not SO graceful in his Carriage. He
speaks IN concIllatOry manner.
" DuIWer Is small and spare, with rro(usc
lgnt haIr, "hIsGets, aud musiGche, with a hirh
ofehead' aquiihe nose, and edgle eye. He l.
Iow, as most o. your readers may Le aware
Secretary for the Culonics aud. like ali the cab.
let ministers, has salary VI five thousand
pounds s;etlIng per annun.
Though now iilly-fyc years OF age. he seems
o be IN the prsmc ut life, ami with scrrcely any
It the marks OF age. excepting a siight deaf.
less, which leads him to put ms hand to ms ear
o en1ble nun to hear better.
HIS WIDE reputation as linguisi, novelist.
ott, aud historian, Is also sufficient to make
I'm man OF mark, To say nothing OF his states
nanshiP. We thought while looking at him.
low much wiser had been bis INTERPRETATION ot
nc than was TINT Of Byron, with whom he il
ten compared"
sevival of tie Olympic Games.
We have already published the fact that the
euecn-Rcgent Of Greece has issued decree,
e-esta bilshng the Olympic games after being
discontinued for nearly 1900 years and a let.
er from Athens gives the following dctails:-
The games are to be held in Athens, in the an
lent stadium, which is still in a very perfect
tate Of preservation, and requires very little t
nore than good cleaning oui, aud are to take
lace on tie three first Sundays in Ocl0bcr,
very fourth year, commencing IN 1859 The /
-ames are to include horse races, wrestling.
hrowiug quots, and other athletic sports, slug-
ng, music and dancing; besides which there is
o be an exhibition OF flowers, fru 8, cattle, nd
ther articles Of produce or manufactures
This eccentric idea was formed by wealthy I
named Evangelos Zappas, who
esdes at Jassy, in Moldavia, and who has lib
rally endowed the game y placing at the dis |
osal of the Hellenic Gov rnn ent 400 shares I
n the Greek Steam Navigation company, be-
ides the sum of 5000 Dutch ducats in natura.
The prizes are to be awarded by a committee
PPointed each Olympiad by the Greek Govern 4
lent, and will consist Of gold and silver medals b
nd wreathGs of silver leaves and flowers The |
winners of the prize medals will be entitled to
wear them at the button.hole, suspended by :
lue and white watered silk ribbon.
True Woman's Rights.
A Womans Library and Educational Iusti-
ute was inaugurated on Tuesday night. in New s
FORK, when a very large meeting of Influential
ersons was held at DIR. Chapn's church, and
Eloquent speeches in support of the establish .
nent were made by Rev. Mr.. Beecher, Jas. L. &
Brady, Esq, and Mr.. Solomon Robinson His
Ionor the Mayor presided, aud took a deep in
crest in the proceedings.
AS we understand it, the intention is to erect
building which is to serve as library aud
eading room for women who can there spend