The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-30

a ring and sighted vow
Three golden links OF broker bana J
I, A tear and a sinless brow.
There's tincture of grief In the beautiful
That sobs on the siumbrous air,
And loneliness felt in the festive throng, 3
Sinks down on the soul as IL temoies
From a Cline where the roses were.
We heard it first at the dawn of day, = :
ia And 1t mingled with matin chimes, zooIs
But years have distanced the beautiful lay,
And its melody aoweth from far away
ass" af7sm'slssz aesas i 4sasle.
fgH Handsome Women.
but sfin ssag'e srs nans s
old proverbs which will not stand the
test of intelligent analysis, and this is
among the number. Beauty but skin
deep, quothal Why, if beauty con-
sisted simply and exclusively in the
matter of complexion, the wise saw
would still DE an absurdity; for fine
complexion depends, not on the skin
itself, but on the circulation and on
the general healthfulness of the mys-
teriOus processes which are going on
below it. A beauty with the jaundice
is beauty no longer; but this is not
by reason of the uninviting color of
her skin, but because of the hillary
arrangement whereof that color is
only the symptom Besides, who has
not seen women who were really beau
tiful without having what are called
fine complexions, and women who
were really ugly with them? So
far as the saying conveys a general
impression of the superfciality of
mere good looks, and of the foolish
ness, as a matter of philosophy, of re-
garding them as of any weight in
Comparison with the mental graces, it
may be accepted as reasonable enough !;
bat concretely considerable we can
consider superfcies-the proverb is
as fat and Improbable as it is, be-
yond all question, stale.
The older men grow, the more apt
they are to see beauty in woman 5
figure, rather than in her face. Your
youngster will bow down and worship
before a pretty face mounted on a
broomstick or pair of tongs, but not
so will your practiced connoiseur of
forty. Experience teaches so thor
oughlys the Eyalae ofEhealth. chat
its outward manifestations become
more and more valued as the eye is
trained to detect them. onThus it'often
happens that middle aged man will
gaze with wonder at skinny, dyspep-
tic looking girl, perceiving that she is
exactly what her mother was before
her, and unable to comprehend how
it was that he himself was in love with
that mother twenty years ago. He
may be more prosaic, perhaps, than of
yore; but, depend upon it, he is more
representative iso9 r lio- - paihe,
His ideal now, would be a much
more healthful and harmonious crea-
bture, and probably a a.much better
tempered one, than his, ideal was then
which is very strong argument
against eariyqmarriages Mo- doubt
there are other things worth weighing
in wife besides mere physical health !;
but If For the sakeDof posterity alone,
mere physical healthfulness, goes
great way. Now, although
health and q beauty may be
found ASSOCIATED, their eternal
tendency is to aunite, to intermingle,
and to attain TO ideal perfection to-
gether Sculptors and physicians
know this, sometimes through study
and sometimes by the instinct of ge-
MUS; and the more cultivated the av-
erage man or woman, the more clear
and definite the impression in them
which is intended to serve one of the
most positive as we'll as one of the
most beautiful purposes of the crea-
ton.
The women of America are growing
more and more handsome every wear.
for just this reason. They are grow
ing rounder of chest. fuller of limb.
gaining substance and development in
every direction. Whatever NAV be
urged to the contrary, we believe this
to be demonstrable fact. We have
been accustomed to hear such dismal
means over dyspepsia and the heat of
stoves, bad food and bad habits of
life, that an impression of degeneracy
finds place in many minds, and the
proposition, therefore, that American
women are visibly growing handsomer.
may at first provoke good deal of
dissent. We believe, however, that
reflection and observation will indorse
and sustain it. The change may. be
less marked among the poorer classes,
and may be- more pronounced in the
chief centers1 Of population and re-
hnement; but that it has taken place,
IS progressing, land is. probably,
destined favorabIy to affect the com
munlty at large. we have no doubt,
Nv hen the rising generation of Amer
lcan girls once began to wear thick
shoes, to takemfch exercisein the open
air, to skate, to play eroquet, and to
affect the saddle ,5it not only began to
grow more wise, but more healthfuI
and-whiehsmust3 folIow,as the NIGHT
the day-more beautiful.