The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-08-27
Female Beauty.

"Dean Swift proposed 10 tax female beau
~, and to leave every lady to rate her own
charms. lie said the tax would be cheer.
fully paid, and very productive"
"Fontenelle thus dain,ily compliments
the sex, when he compares women and
clocks-thc latter serve to point out the
hours, the former TO make us forget them" "
"The standards Of beauty in woman vary
with those Of taste. Socrates calls beauty
short-lived tyranny Plato, privilege of
nature: Theophrastus, silent cheat a;
Theocritus, a delightful prejudice Carnea-
des, solitary kingdom and Aristotle af-
firmed that it WAS better than all the letters
Of recommendation in the world"
"With the modern Greeks and other ma
tions OH the shores of the Mediterranean
corpuleDcy is the perfection Of form in wo.
man ; and those very attributes which dis
gust the western European, from the attrac-
tlons Of an oriental fair. It was from tho
common and admired shape of bis country
woman, that Rubcns in bis pictures delights
SO much in vulgar and odious plump
ness when his master was desrous to rep
resent the beautiful" he had no idea of
beauty under two hundred weight. His
very Graces are all fat. But it should be
remembered that all bis models were Dutcl,
women. The hair is beautiful ornament
Of woman, but it has always been dispu-
ted point which color most becomes it.
We account red hair an abomination ::
butin the time ofElizabelh it found admir-
ers, and was in fashion. Mary of Scotland,
though she had exquisite hair Of her own,
wore redsfronts. Cleopatra was ed-haired
and the Venetian ladies to this day counter.
felt yellow hair"
after all that may be said or sung about
1T, beauty is an undeniabIe fact, and its en-. ::
dowment not to be disparaged. Sydney
Smith gives some good advice on the sub
Ject. Never teach fu'soine morality. How
exquistety absurd to teach girl that beau.
ty is.of no value, dress ONO use Beauty
is ofyaiue-her whole prospects and hap
pinesgip life may often depend upon a
new jgowaor becoming bonnet =; if she has
i've grains Of common sense she will find
this out. The. great thing is to teach her
their jpss value, and there must be some
thing better under the bonnet than a pref
y face, Tor feal Happiness. But never SAC
arifice truth. ."asalad for the Social.
.slsEs.-f.say one dcsires.o know Lex.
{ sesly s6at quantity of sleep bis own si,ua- m
sSgs sSg Requires they 6aay. easily make the
Experiment which 1made aboutssisty years
asesaL then walked every night about
-twsiyg or one, apd lay awake for some time.
EsssG lsssese, I'd tdat this arose from ".
iaGk kSd,srs than NATURE required. To
fosared an. alarm, which
aSakedsgShe next, morning at seven,
snsSsf su B9a srRsetbah rose the day be.
IDS; yesJsg awake agaid, 81. mid 6. The
j S4Snd morning ] Tosssat six, bhs Scsxith.
taaiRg tbb, Is1ay awake the e;sssoDd uight
Rlet third negpiss.I rose at fits,:but ,nevas,
4lslss I b kake4he lhirdsSniebt. The
sfSSs morning ; s'6se's AZ four a., Stbsy. the
ej3S9 God II Eaysd d6ns .ssF siaee, nd
j 3 sags 81 Asa5 ,do % a6s & nov ,ss;
1ia sksk ks tskipg ths year nohnd, q quarter
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ssp sPVhnae. may ss oss yand how
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