The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-10-16
CELEBRITIEs-.HO THEY LOOK.

The lively New York correspondent Of the
Spsingfcld (Mass.) Republican, after saying
that men Of moderate talent are accustomed
20 make show Of all their intellectual pow
ers, remarks: "As far as my personal knowl-
edge extends, those who stand in the first
rank Of intellect do not belong to this class.
They carry no start sign, or face, or garment,
declaring-I am genius. Behold the
eighth wouder of the universe
Emerson looks like refined farmer, med
tative and quiet. Lopgfellow like n good
! natured beef eater. Holmes like q ready to-
/ laugh little body. wishing only to be as fun
nv ms he can. Everett seems ONLY the grace
/ ful gentleman who has been handsome. A
rnddy, rollicking boy is what Bescher resem
tlcs Bancroft plain, negative looking man.
Whittier the most retiring Of Quakers. Bry-
AMI plain, serene looking man, dressed in
gray.
"And thus might name Others Not one
of these gentlemen can be called handsome
unless we except Beccher, who might be n
deal handsnmcr. In this respect they can
bcnr no palm away from unv intellectual
woman. who have always boon call d very
i.omely. There is n,thing in dominant in.
lrlect. ir continuous. far reaching wearing
thnupht 10 '4vr -. Guys -; ',,.','': /
consume, ,g"strr qaan'ty of "ean. .ai H.
id than il >up.n 4 '.t zee ... NT
dcppons the linz
often wear, IA" l,.r
ness ST. hi. ~ 60. .,
women should carry ti"i q'as'"m
ness.
"Let us look at ihcm rs hey ia =. 81,
Sigourney, the grandmother OF American f
male literature, in her prime-if We may b"
lieve her portrait-was quite handsome
Catherine Beecher is homely. Harriet Beech
er Stowe so ordinary in looks that she has
been taken for Mrs. Stoves 'Biddy.' Mrs.
C. M, Kirkland ia fat dowager. Mrs. E. F
Elicit looks like washermomaD Margaret
Fuller was plain. Charlotte eastman bas a
face as marked as Daniel W'bster-, and quite
as stIong. So has Elizabeth Blackwell.
Harriet Hosmer looks like man. Mrs. Ann
S. Stephens heavy and coarse. Mrs. Oakes
Smith is considered handsome. Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe has been New York belle.
Frances S. Osgood had lovely, womany
face. Amelia F. Welby was almost beauti-
fnl. Sarah J. Hale, in her youth, quite so,
unless her picture fibs. The Davidson ais
tiers, as we'll as their gifted mother, possessed
beauty.
IF we croso tho ocaan we find Madame de
Stael was fright; but Hannah More was
handsome; Elizabeth Fry glorious; Lett
tia Z. Landou pretty; Mrs. Hemans wou-
drousy lovely; Mary Hewitt fair and mat
ronly; Mrs. Norton regaly beautiful. Bu!
alas she who has the largest brain of all,
with as great heart--Elizabeth Barrett
Browning in physique is angular. and tho
she has magnificent eyes, her face is suggest
i've Of tombstone. Charlotte Bronte had
look in her eyes better than all beauty of fea-
lures.
"But if we look at the British men Of ge-
MUS and first class crsnums-Shakspere and
Milton were handsome; DR.. johnson was
monster Of ugliness; so were Goldsmith and
Iope; Addison was tolerably handsome; and
Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Moore, Campbell,
and Burns, all were uncommonly so. Sir
Walter Scott looked very ordinary in spite of
his fine head. Macaulay is very homely.
Buwer nearly hideous, although a dandy.
Charles Dickens is called handsome, but
must be allowed to differ; and, covered with
jewerv, he can but look like a smpletou. |
might 90 on almost al infnitans-but after
all, in proportion, is this class any homelier
than any other2