The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-28
THEGATE CITY,
Spanish heanfy.

Spanish beauty.
had heard very much of the beauty q tn
! Spanish women, but iadecd shs half Of tn
truth was not and cannot be told. Sometime
| heactofore, when standing half-entrance,
before Murillo'. pictures, ! have wondered
whence came his idesl or Inspiration; but BIZ
Modonnas and Magdalensohly 9alk the stfest
Madrid and any other city Of Dpsin. No ha1
but to paint the portrait Of his friends. otter
have stopped IL utter sstonisasent q .uct
/ ravishing beauty. The features. the form
the movement, the expression. are Roman
dignity combined with Moorish grace: the
statel'acss CT Zenebia with the voiuptuous-
, ness ofCieopatsa. Can it be that such summer
evening twilight of repose can ever give place
to the dark stormy night of demoniac passoin!
| That vice. treaehery, fal esiood, Turk under
tint angelic e1teriors The statue Of the Venus
de Milo, in the Louvre, At Paris. and the
statue oftbe Vcnu. de Medicis, in the Tribune
at Florence, have divided tho admiration OF
the world. They represent two types of We.
manhood, different as night and day; the for
mer strong. sensnou., afTeetional devotional.
and faithful friend, the constant wife, the de-
voted mother; the latter, light. volitile. spirit.
nal, brilliant. impulsive. The first typihes the
Englih woman, abe last the French. A con-
81 womanhood. as found in tho Spanish ssnora
She is evidently the reiult Of many generations
Of tie finest culture The climate, the 8 emery,
the romance, the chivalry. the grand and stir
ing scanes Of Spanish history. have perfectly
matu-ed and and developed the Roman and
Moorish blood that flow in her veins, into a
beng finer than noet or painter ever conceived
hoes brilliant, dark eyes and raven hair, corsl
lips, pearly teeth. the delicate complexion, the
shading and penciilng OF hea eyelashes and
brow, the shapely features, the expression of
affection and wamth, the repose and dignity
blended in her expression, the grace of manner
are indiscribable. Her flowing black dress,
mantilla, veil, and the FAM set off her beam
ties Of person, and her ease of movements
seems without effort and moro like gliding
than walking She is not seemingly offended
or affected by the extravagant hatery or COM
piimrnt paid her, but accepts it in apparent
Innocent Inconsistencies Of its being anything
imp oper, any more than lift had been ad
dressed IL the lily. the rose, picture. or any
work Of art lfshe be artful, she possesses the
higher art of concealing it.
The latest Paris novelty is velocipede
which carries two riders and foo,mnn to
aropel.
Chicago is to have poultry exhibition at
Library Hall OH the 2Ssh. 29th and Both inst
Thechurch music Of Boston costs $4,000
Ter annnm.
Water in the ST. Lawrence river is very
ow.
southern Utah promises to be a great vine.
ard
On Monday DR.. McCosh was inaugurated |
resident of Princeton College.
Charity gives itself rich but covetousness |
cards itself poor.
The man who anticipates toe much in the
lture, loscs In the present; he looks before I
i'm, and has his pocket picked
Actions are immortal, and our deeds now
nd their dcservings hereafter must be the
win companions that shall walk in eternity
and In hand
Bible promises are like the beams of the
IN. which shine as freely in at the window
the poor mans cottage as the rich mans
alace
TIE PARENTAL ExAMPLE.-There lie food
or thought in the starry that is told ola young
ID, who lor the first time accompanied bis
Ither to public dinner. The walter asked
what will you take to drink ~ Hesitatng
IF q moment, he replied. "I'll take Whit
ther takes. The answer reached hts fathers
If, andinstantly the full responsibility of his
ossstion flashed upon him.
General Kipatritk. III reeen speech. maze
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