Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-09-06
EARLY DECAY OF AMERICAN WOMEN

EARLY DECAY OF AMERICAN W OMEN.
Mrs Harriet Beecber Stowe, IN her
book of travels in Europe, makes the
following sensible remarks about the
comparative beauty Of the women of
England and the United States
Il lady asked me, the other evening
What l thought of the beauty of the
ladies of the English aristocracy she
was Scotch lady, by the by, so that
the question was certainly fair one
lrepied that certainly report bad not
exaggerated Their arms. Then came
home question--how the ladies of
England compared with those of Amer
lea "'Sow for it, PATRIOTISM" thought
|, ard invoking to Try aid e1t,ain air
saints Of ny cwn country. whose faces
distinctly remembered, | assured her
that 'hai never seen more beautiful
women than had in America. Gricyed
was | to aad-''but your ladies keep
their beauty mu h longcr.'' This fact
stares one in the face of every co:Gpa
ny. One meets ladies past fifty.
glowing, radian. and blooming, with
freshness Of complexion and beauty of
outline refreshing to contemplate =
What can be the reason? Tell us,
'luses and Graces, what can it be Is
it the conservative power of sea foo
and coal smoke, the same which keep
the turf green, and make the ivy and
holly flourish How comes it that our
married ladies dwindle, fade, and grow
thin, that their noses incline to sharp
ness and their elbows to angularity,
just at time of life when their island
sisters round out into becoming am
plitude aud fullness If it is the coal
and sea-fog, why, then I am afraid we
shall never come up with them.
But perhaps there may be other
causes why the country which sta, is
some Of the most beautiful girls in the
world, produces so few beautiful wo-
men, Have not our close stove heated
rooms something to do with it Above
all, has not our climate, with its alter
nate extremes Of heat and cold, ten
dency to induce habits of Incidence -?
Climate, certainly, has great deal to
90 with it; ours is evidently more try
ing and more exhausting- ard because
it IS so we should not pile upon its
back errors of dress and diet which
are avoided by our neighbors. They
keep their beauty because they keep
their health. It has been as remarka-
bic to me as anything, since | have
been here, that | do Lot constantly. as
at ONE, hear one and another spoken
Of as in miserable health, very deli
cate, &c. Health seems to be the rule,
and not the exception. For my part,
| must say, the most favorable omen
know of for female beauty in Amer
lea is the multiplication Of water cure
establishments, where our ladies, if
they get nothing else, do gain some
ideas as TO the necessity Of fresh air,
regular exercise, simple diet, and the
laws OF hygiene in general
| --+~ars
Low A MAN FEELS WHEN HE is
WOUNDED AND HOW IT GOES TO BE
SHOT At We take the following from
a letter written by one of the gallant
Iowa volunteers, who fought in the bat
tie near Springfield, Mo.
was standing, or rather kneeling,
behind little bush, reloading my mus
ket, just before the rebels engaged in
this close work retreated. Suddenly
felt a sharp pain in the shoulder, and
fell to the ground. Jumping up, one
Of the boys asked me if | was hurt -
| replied | thought not, drew up my
muskct to fire, when he said {: "Yes-
you are shot right through the shout
Ger" | think it was this remark.
more than the wound, which caused the
field, all at once, to commence whirling
around me in very strange manner.
| started to leave it, with half ounce
musket ball in my shoulder, and once
or twice fell down with dizziness :; but
IN short time recovered sufficiently to
be able to walk back to springfield,
nine miles, where the ball WIS taken
out. was very much pleased to find
that the wound was not dangerous
one.
in the battle, every sensation was
drowned in excitement. We had 60
time to think Of being killed, except
when standing to be shot at by cannon,
without chance to shoot back. This.
TO US, was the most trying part Of the
battle. When we had a chance to use
our Euskets, every thought and feel
ing was gone, except the one thought
OF shooting down the rebles as rapidly
as possible. Our regiment certainly
did its share Of the work that day.
lhackery says that "when a
man is in love with enc woman in a
family, it Is astonishing how fond he
becomes Of every person connected
with it. He ineratiates himself with
the maids; he is bland " til the butler.
he Interests himself with the footman
he runs on errands for the daughter
he gives and lends money to the young
son at college; he pats little dogs
which he would kick otherwise he |
smiles at Id stories which would make
him break out in yawns were they ut
tered by any one but papa he bears
even with the ran,ank erous old maiden
aunt he beats time when darling lit
tie Fanny performs her piece on the
piano and smiles when wicked, lively
little Bobby upsets the coffee over his
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