The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-26
MARRYING A BEAUTY.

ndurlCc NelsOHs E0 was a. single g6nGte
man, but I am glad to say that he is now
as happy and contented Benedict as
ever presided over domestic establish
ment- We were young men tcgether,and
formed one of those youthful attachments
that outiive the giddy period in which it
was created, and now there is no place
that seems more like home to me, than
when | am sitting with his family around
the hospitable hearth, talking of old times
and well remembered friends, while
quietly smoking our cigars in the cezy
little sitting room where III turice spends
his evenings. I have noticed that there
is never really united a nd loving family,
where the children have an, affection and
reverence for their parents which makes
the home circle so pleasant and cheerful,
except in those countries where all may
g1ther around firesiie. There is some
thing in the genial warmth and cheerful
glow of crate that draws the young
Toward it and makes home so attractive,
that all eagerly gather around the hearth
when evening approaches, aud 6ud there
that amusement and instruction which
gives bright coloring to the youthful
mnds, and soft t!nge to their young
hearts. -
| fancy Mrs Nelson is not particularly
fond of the perfume of HavaDa; but sht
knows that men will smo Ike, and prefer
to have her husband solace himself q
home with cigar, to going out to a sa
loon where he might be tempted to i'm
bibe those viIlainous compounds which
; are palmed off upon the public under tht
name of imported liquors. Maurice il
very proud of his Fannie, and I otter
think he loves her far better now, in thu
fall meridian Of her beauty, than he die
even in those old days when he was con
}, tending, with many others for her hear
and hand. Some people imagine tina
beauties make co'd-hearted wives, ant
that wild young men will never becom
aftctionate husbands; that the spirit o
coquetry, which seems to, be the Ntmos
phere the pretty girls breathe, still envel
opes chem. even when they have subsideC
into sober matrimony, and that the desir,
for admiration, once SO fully gratifsd
still lin3ers around them. Perhaps i
does. to certain extent, aud what cal
possibly be more charming in wife tina
= that attractiveness which makes her til
cynosure of all eyes in public, bu which
imperceptibly draws her nearer to he
husband for there is no reason WHY
husband may not continue To admire tn
beauty which first captivated and secure
the lover.
Those old maxlms, and I hate maxim:
as they are the distilled lies of centuries
say, among other foolish things, "tha
beauty is but skin Deep" Truly tina
. adage must have been manufactured il
an age when women were uneducatet
and men, too, for that matter, for I con
= tend there can be no beauty in woma
without intelligence, however matches
the form or regular the features-the fac,
must be irradiatad with that spiritual il
Elimination, that inner light, which come
from highly educated and intelligen
mind. 1t gives depth, clearress and ex
preston to the eye, more finished toucl
to tho delicate colorirg of the cheek
blending the white and red so exquisitel
that one pauses to see where the one deep
ems and the other pales.
T. Beauty must also be harmonious, no
IN the features only, but in form, shap
and stature. Gould we see it in a short
dumpy little woman, even if she had 1
pretty face? Certainly not; but nature
seldom fails, when she endeavt rs to max
make one of those charming beings; anC
yet they are so rare that the heart instlpc
lively pays tribute of admiration to he
handiwork. The tracery of tho form
must be as perfect as Hogarth's line Of
bsauty, gently undulating, swelling GU
as nature intended, until the curves ar,
all formed, and then, whether tall or short
the beautiful woman becomes an obiec
of admiration, the most admired of al
the works Of the creator. -ua
Maurice Nelson first saw Miss Fanni
Howard when she was the acknowledged