The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-08-26
ell, ugh provisions stored TO las, me IN ii the
enemy raises the siege and retires.
/ GLADIUs.
The Rise of the Waterfall.

From the Sdtuid day Press
Everybody feminine with any pretension t
style has worn, aud everybody ma a,cuine wit
any pretentiOn to TASTE has criticized tn
waterfall. Yet few either of the feminine
who wear or have wore, or the masculine
vino criticize or who have criticized, know
anything about the history of the waterfall
OF its early elaborateLess ;,,i,i beauty. They
thInk-it they think about it at all--lhat i
Originated IN h. fertile brain of Eugenie
whereas she adJpted it from the English, all
wore 1t nith updiSguised de!ght;lS sometLir
Particularly adapted To her pretty head and
the shining masses Of her sunny hair.
The waterfall made its debut under the ap
pella;ion Of The Niagara CJitflre,'' at a
cour. b.BkiTen by Her Majesty in honor o
the enthusiastic rrception of the Prince ot
/ Wales il America. AMI 10 Celebrate the occa-
sion OF his sale return.
The rage at the period was for things
Americ;it', and many aid rich were the souve-
s.irs de Z AmerfQrne in The royal procession ;
among them WAS Frankensteln's Falls OF
Niagara"
Th It work of nrt sug ggcstei that other
work OF art, the" Couture de Niagara" since
commonly known as the waterf II.
Bui how art thou fallen. . waterfall, since
nobility in the world wo.e thee in triumph
and III gladuess! How art thou fallen 81 ICE
the lay when the virgins o: Albion were thee
in honor Of the return of their prince from
hvperboreau realms, where eYrryIhing's 80
vast y
A glance at the picture that suggested it
will be necessary to a proper understanding
of the waterfall, before it had fallen fro u its
high estate.
Our artists have ever painted waterfalls
m 'uOtomous sheets of a blui>h gIayish
color. falling If they could be said to tall
with The most perfect drawing room proprie-
ty. But waterfalls ~ j;ts, not ia straight
lines. aud the more fnrce imp"!hng tn. tall
the mrle aistiHct will these jets be. aud the
more ilin.rd .,,i 'rert.d and elaborate
The picture referred to is jne o. the finest
molels of falling water in Enrop.. Thereia
the j jeiltny action i p wer.uliv and exquisite
ly represented. This characteristic was ini-
tated in :. The Niagara Coiflre" with marked
success
The long blonde h ,iro BritannIip's daugh-
ters was coHbed buck from the brow in iul
heavy waves. Whrn i reached III: back
slope Of the head. which represents the brink
of tho prrci zee over which ne waters Il ~. il
loses its bi.uwv character ani fall, il Jets.
These jets are short irregular curl-. very
small. an1 of that class called d" fsizzes.'
These are repeated expanding as they reach
the base of the lead where they fall, break
ius on :. heavy necklace of precious s'oar,
HII pr,rlv foam. aud waves OF green, wl.ch
represent tie river at the falls The :" tail
WIS powdered prJ:a-elv with earl dia-
mDEi dust. which g!irtegei IHi glcaaicf in
the gl.i;Lhi Ike verilab.e water in the right
OF tie sun-pr as much, in like manner,
IS wtS pIp-ible.
Spanning he fall, a little below the brink.
was a glowing arch representing tue rain
bow. ENaaase--dI essential thing IN repre-
seriiE- Ma yir.i-was given 10 the top ot the
head hv conducting t.i- wlv..s Of the side hair
over arcLways Of mJs>es aud shells and -ei
weed. pt5iiInS of which. in prescribed places.
lutte! a. 'Jve the waves. thus forming ,laHu-
OF b.au,y AMI ve-du.e in tn. - watery ,'Isre.
II from; lhey presented the appearance oi
cnyi. open caves. the chambers q; 50 IA. BENG
hang with stIiaci,-s
This vas th. origin Of the . mice thai
girls wear : make them s9!vds look like Il at
heads. / these greasy little heals, ar ,u-it
which the hai- /, tightly twisted. are not III ore
unlike th= arches that they grow out oi Ihal
are The lon.. lan;l, ,trhgeiur. tr 'wsy curl,.
or the clumsy. greasy. overgrown BAGS o.
hair. hat \ alpri an girls wear on their eek,
ike the. elaborate Niagar. Couture" o! tie
court of 81. James.