The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-17
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Paris ana the Beauties OGheEiAns
The second tribuneswhi the Kingof
Prussia had to pass in his recent triumS
lphal entry into Berlin at the head of the
victorious Prustan army was filed with /
a galaxyio young ladies, the elite the /
beauty of Berlin, one of whom present.
ed the King with a wreath Of laurel Z
tied, with broad white, satin ribbon,
trimmed with gold which his
Majesty received with evident signs
of /, satisfac ctiop, .. and, as % proof
proof of how highly he valud the gif,
he gallantly, attached it to his person
and wore Il throgh the whole succeed
ing part Of, the pageant. "a ccrrespon-
dent mentions that, when it iwas first |
proposed to appoint a depptat ationiof the |
| Young ladies Of Berlin, it found general |
1 favor ut once. On former occasions of ]
| a similar nBture the ladies were elected I
either for then, rank or else the social |
standing of their fathers, and Il mustbe
con fessed they were not conspiG uous for
-lythejr beauty. 1T was, therefore, resolved
-kby the Committee of management to
i select Il the deputatiQn entirely Tor
their beauty, and without any
Estanding: But now IAN unforeseen
diff1eultyi arose, and that was 70 find n
man hold enough to undertake to play
1.-THE part of Paris, and decide the con-
! ihicting merits of beauty OF each young
i 1ladY.n The office Mas,in vain offered to
!. many gentlemen supposed TO possess
consummate taste on the subject of te-,
) male beauty, but declined by them in;
, lsuCcession, as no one was willing to
!. load himself lfwith the resp onsIbility of
making such inyidiops distinctions.
Under these circnmst stances, the propo-
sal, though considered by all as a sound
one, was ON the point of being laidaside
. as impractic ticable, when some learned
I Theban luckily hit upon the happy e1-
pedient OF appointing Committee Sof
3 three, who would then divide the re-
9 .Jsponsib lily between them, 90 that any
7 one member, il complaint were. made
= of his want of impartiality In selecting
. Miss A. B., rejecting Miss @. d., could
9 with some plausi lity repel the insinu-
Q el,ation, and maintain. that he had been
4 optvoted. 1t was at first proposed to
Y 1iappoint twenty-five of these beauties,
butrsuch an 'outcry was made that the
. Committee Of management were ta1n5 to
Z give way and consent to an extension
ofthe number, which was then nxed al
q as It was brrited about that the only
d Qualifications for a.. mem bership
y of the .deputation was beauty the
n Committee were deluged with letters
Y from those who considered themselves
g, in proof of their claims, and, it became
70 certainly no Ainecure to have to decide
n; even consctentious1y and impRrtialIy
e9 between the respective claims ant
r9 merits of LOO young ladies' that beinl
~ the number OF appli ptions said TO h9yl
81 been received by the COMMITTEES. I
SO was further decided that these so beau
u, ties should be- dressed iniplain white
OF OF without ornaments, on the; prineipl
ei that "beauty unadorned is adorned tn
ne most, - and thus they have come to b
he called, the tt'white virgins.'I y For tn
benefit of lady readers, I'VE bjoini
- copy of the order regulating their Gus
o. tom, on the occasion OF welcoming roy
70 atty, and subj citing themselves to criti
us cism fromya fpotentate who1ehjoys tn
OF reputation of being himself the bes
70 Judge of beauty In Berlin. It runs a
In IifollowS: GLOW dresses Of white muslin
1t- Iwith'short Sleeves, white muslin petit
cy coats, white satin shoes, knot of whit
ID. ribbons on the left shoulder; round th
ms waist a girdTe of gold, and In the hair
, q wreath OF green leaves. The only ol
mt nament allowed, sear-rings to the e1
se, clusion of rings, brooches and necl
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