The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-26
a9r BEAUTY.

luxsrIance OF Natures loTeliness Just
budding into bsauteous life, what more
ftiinG, theme The reflection of all tho
outer beauty snstamps itsolf upon the
soulH and dgmind Of, man and irstinctirely
turns his thoughts to subjects of ssut1.
mont @; .re.' 'n tgys7 1oo "a /;
bsqsas ttstnt 2~ 20 bs'a;cq &
ia thc Spring q brighter crimson cones
upon tho bdrnished dove: ''. 90"
''ln tho Sprink-a young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love-
The wordibesuty is French; ;the idea
is uhiversal. The philosophy OF beauty
is mystic its metaphysics most abstrusc..
Whether it copsits in colors or in lines
is A,Squestion of abstract science. Its
csncrste essence is philofcrous. Tile
blind boy who bad never seen his
mother believed her to be the mos;
beautiful being in existence. ! ,a''
The child who was asked, who was
the most beautiful woman replied My
Mother 'bEySublime faith which trust.
ing identified the to l'alon with the to
ogasAon'in ! he one instance; realization Of
i,e pure bsauiaeal in the. other. High
sentiment this! Bat to be more practi,
cal insstreating a subject Of such ether.
ia! aentiincat,o wherein is beauty r In
conU"af complexion, expression, in eye,
check, mouth or form? Or in the tau,
e"'emSle Of all traits, and in their pro-
p0rsiFon,; and SJHmetry ofunion 2 Edith
Plaptagsnet ,a,tractsd her lover by her
ankle. ::Dslight idea Of the chaste
Sir Walter. lTh9 L Sdqpuasf chqek and
graceful figure have piled their heap.
Of Msalo=: slain But the eye has
bsoa,h The world ever, Cupids favored
weapon to 1sraife his victims. Which
egor Of eye is most pestifcrous
"Hoszathrohs the heart when 6rst we view.
The eye that rolls in glossy blue:
Or Eparklcs black ; or uiiItlly throws i''
A beam from under, hazel brows." ,u
byron had mo favorlts color Of sys
yet how susceptible to beauty was he.
What expression of eye is most fatal ?
This amirshfal, hfal, ,ths arch, the aedate, the
melancholy, sao naughty or the f.cile
that aeanssiStureia all en,o,ionsl Hearts
are divided. Does the charm ldrk IN
the yy59iess'? z A' a''' 1-' .'~ t'o'
a aoftt, liei yeies is' a, sweet thing in W..
man" is the Bard's proposition which, he
uttsrsl inindvery automatic way.
Hos1in height, sizs, color or express.
ion of the eye, not in color of tho hair
consists the arbitrary standard Of Beauty
AS ySlutilo, AZ she is DELICATE, the
mocking sprite has no fixed hue OF
curve, but like the chameleon it has all
shades; like Nature all forms. In all
colorsS ahd lines is hidden tho potent
power e please. d .o.4, s,tap.~ ].
Tia stbs sympathetic ,pecognitian' of
the latsht spell that makes il patent and
poueffuia de 5hstibus non est disym.
tdnduns: Put, it seems in very trutl,
that every sYl tapto 4.Y4 has its object ofgrati
acation. Wise and bene6cent dispense.
tionbss 60 much foEs the beauty of
physsqaiessrWRiOt'nit is qsaih.ly said, ais
onlyeria aeep"bes' ','a' roa
Aro tkssrd moi othor natural forms of
b'apttya .4Ips the landscape, la in the
ocean, aipf the -silyer eascade, in the
angry cataract, there dwclls the spirit
of Beauty, ihyisitSls to the upipitiatod,
perhaps, but striking, sofening and
snnsblWg te,ttsgifssd or the cultivated
BaSitIss ali this there is a mora
boautSg Ia d character, inta noble act, IN
forsitadea,tf l0ppsI. suffering, in selfioni.l
Of whbiSsh whbiisft the favored favored line Is true
Abiding of bsau'y is pjoy forever -
Tkess b bsaaty iha perfect life
Moulded ahSr The pattern Of the
Great Exemplsr and developed into