The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-31
First Of April.

Tomorrow is the lst of April 1t is the first
dav of the mont i'm which ii is said, i'll this lati
tude.and north of it, the ground opens for the
production OF fruits. 1t is n very tickle month,
81 constantly alternating between sunshine ana
rain genial airs and chilling breezes, that ii
has been often compared with the gentler sex,
whoare said 10 be exceedingly carricious and,
rs well AS we remember, there is some truth III
The allegation, Yet if our memory serves Us
right there is Il beauty i'll that face winch
smiles through its tears, rs April Is SAID 10 90,
that is incomparably the most bewltchins Oh
all conditions Of that thing known as beauty,
which men adore. So that April, with its sun
shine and tears, is quite interesting and quite
womanly
There is another phase in the character ol
this changeful month that has been llkened |"
the sex we all admire. But TINS Is It laoi'
which all good looking men--like ourselves
are ever deplorng 1t is the disposition of
April 10 be pleased with the attentions OF Old
white headed and icicle. bearded Winter. She
seems at times to be carried away by his adj
miration. and to spend days in his company
10 the scandal of herself and the disgust OF
the community. In this respect we lind the
yentler sex often initiating the odd behavior OF
that some of the most beautiful of women
have formed the most singular attachmeh'>
for the ugliest and most forbiddinS of the
other sex. The ancients happily illustrated
this intirmitv by the union between Venus,
the model Of beauty and symmetry of form,
and Vulcan, the horrid old lmping black
smith, who kept a shop full OF ohe-eSea
iourneymer hammering on the anvil
PRAYED taste. Have we not learned i'll later
day how pretty women may be won oy mon
sters in human shape from the story OF Blue
BEARD and his numerous wives who Jared so
dreadfully? 1t is true it is but story Yet
stories are illustrations of real life, sometimes
a little stretched out We were fortunate
enough, not long ago, 10 make the acquaint
ance of an elderly gentleman who had just
buried his fourth wife. lie was not monster,
by any means but that f"or Mdies IN succession
linked their fates with his would be pretty
good foundation for Blue Boards story. The
old women said that, having had four wives,
he was, like the horse, "shOd all round,' and
now he was done with marrying Neyerthe-
less when last heard from, he was about TO
lead TO the altar n little lamb-a bride in her
teens Her taste may not have been the most
refined, but in courage she was inyincible.
Yet the very pretty story of Beauty and
the Beast shows that the sweet creatures to
whom we are devoted sometimes find the
happiest fortunes in marrying the ugly and
nngainly-nay, the monsters, as the world
calls them. They often discover in the dis.
guise of an unseemly and forbidding exterior
intellectual charms and graces of disposition
that hide altogether the repulsive features
which shock at the first view. On the other
hand, how innumerable are the cases of the
very worst dispositions concealed by the most
fascinating and charming personal appear
ances.
The moral in all fhs does not make our April
so very bad for her caprice. Indeed, 10 some
extent, her whim last adverted to has some
very practical advantages in the imitation.
what would become of society if ugly men
were forced TO marry ugly wonderland cice
'e'sdf There would probably be, in the end.
'aoe VI monsters The alliance betwixt
oeau'y and deformity not only avoids this dire
'"iam''y' but by blending force of character
WIN eomsilhess, prevents the decay OF the
through prettiness and efieminacy.
30 that April with her sunshine aud s,o,,
49, sentences and her temper, teaches
IN IN COCO lessons. She lie made to come an
.'hEe IN gay and froiicsome mannor
n.ns ner tricks upon people. But sha doa,
~ '''u % good before she goes. and wo,..
' proves that There IL no living win ~
nor without her" VI" her