Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-15

but under all circumstances, favorable or unfavorable, it is never to be seen except
 in full buckle. nc Unlike ordinary flesh and
 blood, she is not forced, at evenings close, to dosup (so to speak, those glossy tresses in unbecoming papillottes sand then repos-
 ing as best she may, with bullets as il were pressing into her temples;' but each little spiral curl is readysa at moments notice, to do duty, and fall in beautiful confusion upon her snowy shoulders. And then her eyes are of such heavenly liquid blue-ihat brow so dazzlingly pure, and ]those fair lips so tinted with the hue of the rose bud, that one touch of them would be worth kingdom; and that armis so ex- quisitely moulded, and that hand, that tiny hand, formed only to be worsbiped, and. l if worse comes to worst, to be kissed And that crowning beauty, the 'sfairy little foot.Y which peeps forth so daintily from the surrounding mass of " crinolne. 7
 En passant, 1t is a singular physiological fact, and one which I leave to wiser heads than mine to explain, that no heroine has ever achieved her conquests in slippers of larger size than :. number tive - think of that, poor mortals, who strut about in capacious .ssTfiyes" and "sixes Y ) It is strange, and stranger still, that, mounted upon such mere points, she should be able to trip about with such consummate grace and elegance And then her voice is so :" low and musical" and exercises such q bewildering power upon the heart; and her light .sringing" laugh is enough to vile the very birds from the trees!r But fthe best part yet remains untold; her I loving heart is so truslful and con6ding, inst she cannot control its impulses, and is ready, the moment the beloved one be- gins to break ground, as it were, to hide her burning bushes mot in her hands, but" tell 1t notin Gath" publish 1t not
 in the streets of Askelon !'--upon his manly breast or shoulders, which he, dear creature, always indulges her in, knowing Flhe force of the temptation; and that. all though custom or nature has enjoined that he should be the first in the outward de-
 monstration, yet, in the hour of deep feel ing, strict etiquette must not be insisted on. Who will not recognize the above, as extravagant as it seems--as much as it deifes mere personal beauty, and as much license as it permits in the intercourse of the sexes--as in strict keeping with the
 works of modern fictiona And 1 would ask if such descriptions are true 10 nature ]; If such "prurient taste," such deliclous abandonment, is common in real life 2 I.. Now, there is no doubt," says.a most charming lady, who is herself one of the Ipurest and most graceful writers ofthe age, sthat the other sex are always mcaswably interesting; still, methinks, never less so than in the solemn act of making tender of their precious persons; and acknowl-
 edge feel indignant when writers, and particularly female writers, thus libel theIr own sex, by representing them as recreant to all true dignity, self-respect. and deli-
 cacy, because, forsooth, onesof the lords of creation,' in the pIenitude of his good ness, offers that, if she will eschew her natural friends, and bind herself to his ser- vice during her natural life, he will sup- ply her with board and clothing pay the doctors bill and travelling, expenses which is often, divesting it of the halo thrown around it by sentiment and young romance, the plain English of proposal
 of marriage" These descriptions are not true to nature they represent state of society which does not exist. By the un- due prominence which they givesto mere personal beauty, and the ex,ravagant de- scriptions of their heroines, they create a false standard of female excellence, and | z Vlff
 cause ladies to aspire after beauty, instead of those qualities of the mind and heart which will amply atone for any want of symmetry or form, or regularity of fea- lures, and which, after all. are the safest passport 10 tue commendation of those whose good opinion is worth having. Ii familiarizes the unsuspecting mind with a !. prurient tastev-accusloms it to an undue degree of familiarity between the sexes the only tendency of which is to break down the strongest safeguards of virtue, and 10 drive from the mind that purity of thought which should ever characterize it.
 The art, even of woman, has discovered no process which will give beauty to the face, or symmetry to the form. Alchemy has discovered no hidden elixir, no subtitle
 fluid, which will bansh care, and bring the
 rose-tint of beauty to the countenance. In a word, mere personal beauty is. unat tainahla hu human means. hut while this