The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-04
AnEkIoAn WOMEse


ever they chance to meet q stray male an
imsl, firEing-Wiib the most dasperatel
delightful energy Here they come deck
ed out in the colOrs ofth rainbow, aud il
many other hues undreamt of in thb sols
spectrunf They float in Aocks down tn
stately stream ef Broadway, Ike swans
and oh the delightful sport togo ont 5 van
| hopping but they are too 'euteN TO allow
their pretty bills TO be nicked par te pre-
psier Usnw, and the swsnhopPeSs has Otter
his labor in. vain. rfs 81 ssfi %
must confess that prefer ths cygnet'
TO the full grown swshs.& a young Ameri
can girl is about the prettiest creature eye
imagined out of the ballet of the SyLphide
or one of John Gilberts illustrations tO:tht
lfidsumnse7 Nights Dream Her features
are exquisitely delicate; her complexion
exactly like alsbsster; her teeth YesrlY
and transp rent-s pesrliness and trans.
psrency which, unhsppily, do not 1asti hel
hair glossy and luxuriant; her figure IN
dulating,, slepdeF, grscefaL sUeLte or mig.
no1lne There is, it is true, dash of Same
meas in her prettiness. There are just two
types of ge1ltiLLeSse as to eountenabce; the
damsel with the squiline nose, ana the
dsmsel with the zez TetroHsse-thel EN-
press Eugenie and the Madame Dubarry
type, in short. 10 q
In HoudetoGs statue Of the Dlbartyf ia
the gallery of the Hermitage at St. Peters
burg-the figure is as unsdorne6 as the
Venus de Meoici-there is the Ostiwon2
drons idealizslion Of 3 snub-nose ever
achieved in marble. Now q nub nose IN
q very young girl is tolerable, and even ad-
mirable What can be more charming than
! lady's snub2 s A ahook-nose4a gentle
hook-ikewise does not offlnd in the very
young; but it ia. when middle age ap.
prosehes shat the prOmineRcs of those fea-
lures becomes painful give the Atneri.
can young lady from sixteen to twenty SIX
to riot in 8 carnival of prettiness and tkis,
the rspid life of the country considered,
is liberal allowance very. .Mlsnese
carneuelone IS 20 extension OF time. At
twenty six she is middle-sged at thirty
she is elderly at forty rs pIlensparses pas
The skinniness, the angularity, the cadav
erous gauntness, the faded and Sorn out
look possessed by the msjerity Of the
American ladies When they reach the mid
term of life is most piLisbis to view. I
am not speaking of the spinsters, There
DO not sppssr to be in the United States
--out of New England, where most people
you know have two or three unmarried
sunts-any old maids whatsoever. 81
never heard any one, say, dead mYoule,"
observes Mr.. josh Billings, ,diseonrsing on
the traditional longevity, of thai, animal;
and, so far as my observation Ii, con- cetned,
l never met with an American old maid
The only one to whom was iRtrodheed
as spinster turned out TO be 8 widow, 1
fancy that when they reach, q certain age
and are not mated, the state legislature Sc
.cretly takes the matter up, and passes
them on to Nevada or Arizons, where it is
well known nothing but yellow gold will
serve the turn of housekespers for washing
aud the children are wesned on nuggets!
But it is dreadful TO see this sslloW. lean
ness amongst mothers of large Families,
Immoderate indulgence In sweetmeats, and
excessive potstiOns of dwater--7-lwlthin
the ken Of the brute sex they never touch
anything stronger-Iuin their TGteFeTS.
What becomes of their iuxuriSnt hair I
don't know but can vouch Tor the sad
fact that at least three -fourLhs Of the CLOS
sy tresees which tumble down the backs of
American ladies' are false. In the face Of
which two sOcisl pecpIiaritles .lYou will
readily understand Why New York can
boast Of the most cunning coifestTs Rnd
most accomplished dentists in the world.
Twenty or thirty ears ago there rap all
through the continental newspapers > grims
but silly story about La fenl,3e Z, "a tett dc
hort-'Eno WUInan- WIN the Death s. head. /
A million of francs down was said sto be
the reward offered to the man bold enough
to marry the dreadful parsonage, who
spoke seven languages, played the rpHno
forte and the harp TO perfection. palRtea IN
oil and water colorF, and had most klnd
snd feeling heart; but who unfortunately
could show nothing but 8 grinning and
6eshIess skull beneath the silver mask
which she constantly wore. This cock'and-
bull tale, may with ease be traced 70 an old
medieval italian legend called La do1a1sGs
a la testu di MorG-athe woman with the
Moor. OF Negro's head Some ingenious
grenebman had Jumped at the conciqaonl
that GNordr meant aDessh' insteHd of
nVfoor.D and so translate IT 5for G" e. Ira
dsstto,res d ttTIsaeattors. But it ever YOU visit
the United States, and take 8 walk down
Broad way, you win be appalled, at behpld
ing, and not unfrequently either, IN the
ieeh---or rather in the bOne-the lady with
the Death's-hesd. / have cart de-viaite
of one, chosen promiscuously from photo
grspher's stock. The original is probably
not over thirty.fve years of sgei she is
snlendidly dressed but there is the awful
Death's-head, just coVeredSsith shrun zen
integumanb and, the sockets tilea Win
eyes, as you see in Henri Valentls draw
ms OF the skeleton" in the, MgysteTtes OF
Parts. The mortusry chsracterlstics OF
the lady stop, have no doubt, at her face'
She is in all probability, very lively
chstty person, csR sing and plsy with oFll-
Isncv and exactitude, is acApitGl t1encher-
woman, and gets through enough tender
loin steak and pumpkin pie TO make her,
under more favorable climRcteric inhu
ences, IS fat as Daniel LaInberkfl
The drollest thing is, that when the
American lady comes 70 be Ab9ut shfty
vesrs old, she gets over her leapness and
her pisinness, and suddenly becomes
Young again. The population. fof Broad
way seems to be composed (spart from the
/, uiddle-ageds > ladies, who are IS rnle
heart-rending in appearance pretty
Young ladies of sixteen, and pretty -young
ladies of sixty. No, sir, l have not trip
ned in my speech / repeat, yots1g ladles
oil 6lXEys a IuNouAAg SAe-11s1lAr--SA-ttSS- = ~
thing but q rarity here; gushing young
things of three score are not uncommon
and / have ventured TO cast more than
one humble tender glance at 8 damsel Of
seventy, The old American lady whom
fortunately, you very often NEST, Is the
most charming person, it is possible 70 con
ceive. Ses her in Broadway; handsome
ly, but Warmly and sentibly clad smiling
and nodding, and jekingi with he
wrinkled and rosy little face; in n'guis
something between wsxen peach and
well-pieseryed pippin; with tina incest Sc
Of artificial teeth that Dr., Zachary coulC
carve from rhinocerogs tusk, and he
| own hair disposed in, snowy SILVER,
bunehes on either side Of her temples
American ladies, young, middle-aged sn
old, are always 6ie7s gdNsseS and bteH ehGlt
ees but It has been among the old lsdis
that 1. have seen the prettieAt 'AAnds an
feet, and the most fAultlessly fitting glove
and boots. s's'- ~ =" W
| n-0eI0manfou fFOm Gov, HOEdeus