The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-08-26
The Rise of the Waterfall.

! From the Saturday Press.
Everybody feminine with any pretension t.
| style has Worn, and everybody ma ,culine witt
| any pretention to taste has criticized the
waterfall. Yet few either of the ieminine
who wear or have Worn, or the inasculineS
who criticize or who have criticized, know
| anything about the history Of the waterfall
! OF its early Laboratories ,iiss. beauty. They
thInk-it they think about it AT all--that il
originated IN he fertile brain of Eugenie
whereas she adopted it from the English, all
wore 1t with spdlsguiSed de!ightas sometbii Z
Particularly adapted to her pretty head aad
| the shining masses of her sunny hair.
the waterfall made its de6aa under the APP
pclla,ion of Z" The Niagara Coliflre," at a
cuur. baIfli1en By Her Majesty in honor o.
the enthusiastic reception of the Prince of
| Wales il America, ANA 10 celebrate the occa-
sion OF his sale return.
The rage at the period WAS for things
American, and many and rich were the Souve-
AIRS de Z Amcrt9,re in The r,val procession :;
among them WAS Frankensteiu $ Falls of
Niagara"
Th It work of art suggested that other
work OF art, the Couture de Niagara" since
commonly known as the waterf H.
Bat how art thou fallen. y waterfall since
The day whea the daughters of the proudest
mobility in the world woe thee i'll triumph
and in gldduess How art thnu fallen 81 ICE
the DAY when the virgins o: Aibion were thee
in honor Of the return of thcir prince from
hvperboreau realms, = where eYrrylhings 30
vast -
A glance at the picture that suggested it
will he necessary to u proper understanding
of the waterfall, before IT had fallen fro its
high estate. I'D
Our artists have ever painted waterfalls
m rnotonous sheets of blui IN or grayish
color, t;,ling--i If they could be said to tall
with the most perfect drawing room proprie-
ty. But waterfalls IN .j;ts. not in straight
lines, and the more force imP"llIng thu tall
the rnose distinct will these jets be. aud the
more ifIu.ed !. i 'r.rt.d and elaborate
The piciure referred to is 1ne o. the finest
models Of falling water in Enrop.. Thrrria
the j sttiaJ action Is wer.uy and exquisite
Is represented. This characteristic was INF
t.ed ia The Magyar. Coiif4re" with marked
success.
The long blonde hrirof Britaulil's daugh-
tiers was conbed buck from the brow in tuil
heavy waves. When i reached III. bIcl;
slope of the head. which represents the brink
Of tho preci Ice OYER which the waters Il ~. /;
loses its bil!owv character and falls ia jets.
These els arr short irregular curls, very
small and of that class called = irizEes."
These are repeated. exp tndiny rs they r.arh
the base of the head. where they fall, break
ius on "a heavy necklace of precious stones
anil petrly foam. aud waves of green, which
Ieprcsen: The river at the fails The " fall
WAS powdered prJ;a>ely with ! earl or dia,
mori dust, which glitlerei aud gleaaicf ia
the g4s-liIhi ike veriIabe water in the light
Of Tie SUN or as much, I" in like manner,
as VS. possible.
Spanning he fall, little below the brink.
was a glowing arch representing the rain
bow. EVpanse--al essential thing IN repre-
seriin- Niarira-was given 10 the top OF the
head by conducting tn. WAVES OF the side bar
OYER archways Of MOSES aud shells aud ga
weed q iTiiJns Of which. in prescribed place.
iuiteI . pJve the waves. thus forming i,iauil-
of beauty anl ve-duse in the - watery .:Is'c.
II front they presented the appearance ot
cr,l. open caves. the chambers OF 50 ne being
hing with stIactites
This sas the origin OF the mice thai
girls wear to.ma'le them '7ves hook like Il 1t
heads. B Il these greasy litJic heads, r'uli
which the hai- j. rirhiy twisted, are not III ore
unlike the arches that they grow out o: than
are The lonr. lani, atraggling. tr 'wSv rlrls.
or The clumsy. greasy. oyergrown bags o.
hair, that nIeri an girls wear On their eek,
like th,. elaborate - Niagar. Couture of the
court Of ST. james.