Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-01-07
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Beauty ON Skates

A pretty girl on skates, if any girl on
skates can be otherwise than pretty, clad IN
one of those jaunty fur trimmed petisSeS
that Cupid himself must have fashioned, the
1.-THE form bending to and fro in undulous
and rhythmic motion, the glowing cheek |
and radiant eyes kissed by kindly winter
into tenfold beauty, is such u sight as the |
hottest and hardest OF anchorlties might be
pardoncd for falling in love with And IL
she be- on the contrary, a poor skater, the
charm is, il anything, heightened, at least to
her cavalier. There is such an irresistible
fascination in her absolute dependence on
his protecting arm there is such charm in
her pretty terror, her delicious helplessness,
| her graceful tunlbles such music IN her
| little shrieks of dread and self-accusing
| laughter; and then ii is so delightful to pick
| her up after each comical upset, and she is
| throughout so good natured and so CRATE
full, and so proyokingly pretty, that she ISL
ANYTHING; more adorable than if she skated
like Il championess. An ice-pond, too, on
| bright still night, with the moon and stars
all in their places TO smile encouraging ap-
proval, is no bad place TO make love in.
When the most adored of her sex asks you,
for example, as you go gliding like the wind
| over the CLASSY surface ''if this isn't heaven
W. and saws s'she could go on so forever,
what is easier or more natural than to press
t little tighter the tiny hand that ncstles IN
: your own and suggest that IL is heavenly,
and that II will be her fault If you don't &c
on forever Or if she he one of the tumbline
kind, she is quite us likely to observe, whei
| Won pick her up-noi too quickly-ior I'M
D fifteenth time, that you are dear, swee
!, love. and what can she ever do 10 repay
y YOU, whcreupvn you have only TO murmu
/ in her blushing ear that she can he yours
# and the thing is settled nj once. Then ther
: l Is all that business Of lacing and unlacin
!. skates, and bnttoning, and unbuttoning q
u tippets, and thousand other delights tina
i; only the initiated known; and, last OF al
l. Inc brisk walk home Ono sensible skater eve
r. rides under the mild hcncdlction of til
I starlight.
Is If there be any of on, readers whose men
= ory does not hold better picture OF III
n winter joyanec than any words can give, Il
nr she Inns our commsoration and orr coul
sci TO be wiser hereafter. There are one {
two drawbacks, however, even to tins
to lightfu exercise. Skaters, and more esp
III cially those of the gentler and-shall we ado
nc Fiddler sex, are in the habit of making t
n little provision against the risk Of TAXI
MS cold After getting into violent glow ,
on the ice they will rush precipitately into L
sitting heat of the waiting room to CO.
hack Inc circulation into feet which Ia
been numbed by the tightness OF tho ski
of straps; retaining and 80 practically nculr
of izing their cloaks and furs, and wraps OF
IN. sorts. Then, with lungs debiitatcd and $,
led ten generally weakened by that pestient
les atmosphere, they ride Tor miles lol COW
we we are speaking again OF New York. but
is analogy holds good OF most other places
If, a vehicle which admirable illustrates a tri
ldc not recognized by most people, that air n
but be Internationally cold without being III
dc, breathing. Next day, as natural con
me uuencc, there are iniluenzas and rbeumati
be and neuralgias without number, and e"r,
lee moulding blasts from paterflniias agar
the folly and wiololIless OF skating. !
gis- ills danger can lie avcrted with reasona
} in care and prudence, and by the use of n SIX
ply, which dispenses altogether with stra
There is such a one, we believe, in use, VIII
lpt- can be attached to the sole of the boot "
screws; but il demands very accurate
ord IN the boot and considerable skill in
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