The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-08-19

Celebrities...How they Look.

Tho lively New York correspondent oil
the Springfield Mass. Republican, after
snyiug that men Of moderate tnlunt arc ac
custOmcd to mako n show of all their intel.
lcctual powers, remarks;
As far rs my personal knowledge extends
those who stand in tho first ranks of intel
lect IN America do not belong to that class.
Ihoy carry no stark sign on faco or gar.
mrnt, dcclaring--"l am n genius. Behold
the eighth wonder of the univcrsc.' En-
Crsnu looks like u art fined farmer. mcdiiativc
aud QUOT longtolow Iiko u good.natured
beef cater. Holmes like ready.to laugh
llulo body. wishing only TO be las funny Us
ho can. Everett seems only tho graceful
gentlemen, vino has boon handsomc-Bccch.
cr ruddy. frolicking boy. Bancroft II plain,
negative looking man. Whittier tho most
retiring OF Quakcrs. Bryant plain, serene
looking man, dress in gray. And thus
'nlSht hamo othors. Not ono Of these gen.
tcmcu eau be called handsome. unless we
except Bccchcr, who might be deal hand
somor. In this respect they can beat no
palm away from very intellectual women.
who havo always boon called worry homoly.
There is nothing in dominant intellect. in
continuous, far.rcaching. wearing thought,
TO favor toe curves of beauty; it consumes
~
supplies. 1t dllatCs tho Cvo, but dCcpcns
tho linCs, sharpcns the bones, and often
wears the Ecryus TO torturing Quickncss.
50 this is ono reason why intellectual wo-
men should carry their quantum of uglincss.
l'ct us look at them as they pass. Mrs.
Sgnurncy, tho grandmother of American
"tcmaIo literature, in her prime IL VIC
may belinvo her portrait was quito hand.
souio. Catharinc BcCchCr is hOnely. Mrs
BGcchor Stowe so ordinary ~ looks. sho has
boon taken for Mrs Stoves "Hiddy. Mrs
[. NJ Kirkland is fat dOwagor. Mrs +.
i. Eliot looks like II washerwoman. Mar.
garot Fuller was plain. Charlotte Cushman
has face as marked as Daniel Wohstcrs
aud quito rs strong. So has Elizabeth
Blackwell. Harriet Ilosmcr looks like man.
Mrs, Ann ). Stephens hoavy and coarse
Mrs. OLkcs Smith is considered handsome
Mrs. Julia Ward IIuwo has been a Now
York 5cllo. Frances Osgood has lovely.
womanly face. Amelia +. Wclby was
almost beautiful. Sarah ]. Hale, in her
young Gays, quite, unloss her picture fibs.
The Davidson sisters, as well rs their gifted
mother, possessed beauty. If wo cross the
ocean, we find Madame dc Stahl was Il
fright; but Hannah Moore was handsome ;
Elizabeth Fry glorious; LeIitia LlngdOn
pretty; Mrs. llomans wondrousy lovely {;
Mary llowitt fair and matronly; Mrs. Nor
ton rogally beautiful but, alas ! she who
has ;ho largest brain of all. with MS great u
heart. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in ply
siQnc is angular, aud though sho has mag
n'iiccnt eyes, her face is suggestive of Il
tombstone. Charlotte Bronto had n look
in her eyes better than all beauty of features
But if we look at British men of first class
craniums-Shakospearc and Milton were
handsome: DR.. Johnson was IL monster of
nglincss so were Goldsmith and Pope (;
Addison was tolcrably handsome; and Col
crIdgo, Shelly Byron, Moore, Campbell,
Burns all were uncommonly so. Sir Walter
Scott locked very ordinary in spite of his
fine head. MacauIay is homcIy. Rulwer
nearly hidcous. although dandy. Charles
Dickens is called handsome. but must be
allowed to diiinr. and covered with jcwclry.
hc can but look like Il simple'on. | might
20 on almost nd Infniium--b 1t, after all IN
proportion. is this class aEy homoler than
any other