The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-05-02
MARRYING A BEAUTY.
A LOVE STORY.

When 7 first became acquainted with Mau-
rice Nelson, he was single gentleman, but |
am glad to say that he is now as happy and
contented Benedict as ever presided over a
domestic establishment We were young men
together, and formed one of those youthful at
tachaents that outlive the giddy period in
which it was created, and now, there is no place
that seems more like home to me, than when
I am sitting with his family around the hospi-
table hearth, talking of old times and well re-
membered friends, while quietly smoking our
cigars in the cozy little sitting-room where
Maurice spends his evenings. have noticed
that there is never really united and loving
family, where the children have that affection
and reverence for their parents which makes
she home circle so pleasant and cheerful, except
in those countries where all may gather around
6reside; there is something in the genial
warmth and cheerful glow of a crate that
draws the young toward it, and makes home
80 attractive, that all eagerly gather around
the hearth when evening approaches, and find
there that amusement and instruction which
gives bright colosing to the youthful minds,
aa6 soft tinge to their young hearts.
] fancy Mrs. Nelson is not particularly fond
Of the perfume Of Havana; but she knows
that men will smoke, and prefers to have her
husband solace himself at home with cigar,
TO going out to saloon where he might be
tempted to imbihe those villainous compounds
which are pa}med off upon the public under
the name Of imported liquors. Maurice is very
proud of his Fannie and I often think he
loves her far better low, in the full meridian
of her beauty, than he did even in those old
days when he was contending with many 9th
ers, for her heart and hand. Some people i'm
agine that beauties make cold-hearted wives,
and that wild young men will never become
affection2te husbands; that the spirit of CO.
quetry, which seems to be the atmosphere the
pretty girls breathe, still envelops them, even
when they have subsided into sober matrimony,
AID that the desire for admiration, once so full
y grati6ed, still fingers around them. Perhaps
It does, to certain extent, and what can posi-
bly, be more charming in a wife than that at
tractiveness which makes her the cynosure OF
all eyes in public, but which imperceptibly
draws her nearer to her husband; for there is
no reason why husband may not continue to
admire the beauty which first captivsted and
secured the lover.
Those old maxims, and hate maxinos, as
they are the distilled lies of centuries, say
among other foolish things, that "beauty is but
skin Deep" Truly chat adage must have been
manufactured in an age when women were un-
educated, and men, too, for that matter; for
contend there can be no beauty in woman with
out intelligence, however matchless the form
or regular the features-the face must be IRA
dated with that spiritual illumination, that
inner light, which comes from highly educa.
ted and intelligent mind 1t gives depth,
elearness and expression to the eye, more fin
ihed touch to the delicate coloring of the
cheek, blending the white and red so exquis-
hely that one pauses to see where the one deep
ems and the other pales.
Beauty must also be harmonious, not in the
features only, but in form, shape and stature.
Could we see It in short. dumpy little woman,
even if she had pretty face? Certainly not
but Nature seldom fails, when she endeavors to
make one of those charming beings; and yet
they are so rare that the heart instinctively
pays a tribute of admiration to her handiwOrk.
The tracery of the form must be as perfect as
Hogarth's line of beauty, gently undulating,
swelling ont as Nature intended, until the
curves are all formed, and then, whether tall
or short, the beautiful woman becomes an OBJ
ect of admiration, the most admired of all the
works of the Creator.
Maurice Nelson first saw Miss Fannie How
ard when she was the acknowledged belle of
the country, and seeing her. fell desperately in
love with her at first sight She was at that
time visiting some friends in Burlington, in
tending to remain but few months in that
lovely town, where she could enjoy that de-
lightful climate, and behold the splendid noun
tain scenery that stretches along the shores of
the lake which separates New York from Yer
mont
She became at once the centre of attraction,