, 1875-08-15

The Century Of Blondes.--Ju1iet's
Tomb at Verona.
a Robber- Chef in Greece---The Use Of
Flowers in Paris.
American Sufferers from French Inso-
lence...A Gamblers Luck ut
Monaco.
THE CENTURY or BLONDES.

THE CENTURY or BLONDES.
Arsens Houssayss Pdrts letteT IN Sep York Ttib.ns.
It is clear that the nineteenth century is to be
the century OF blondes, like the sixteenth, lust
a. the seventeenth WAS that of the wig, and the
eighteenth TINT Of powdar. All women are
blonde nowadays, South as we'll as North. Mes
tor RouquepIan once eaid, "God gave blonde
hair to the women Of the North to console the
men for having no sun." But now the Southern
women make themselves blonde BY the use of
fairy waters, or simply bv bathing their hair in
ammonia Some Of them color. otters discolor;
1t is miracle OF chemistry. When, twenty-five
years ago, that young madeap whom We
called Ophelia At the Comedio Fransaiso first
had the fancy of making herself blonde. "for
change" as she said. she never imagined she
Was introducing fashion. Now both the new
women want to be blonde, especially those who
are gray. Silly violation Of nature--for what is
more sacred than crown Of white hair? And
has not dark beauty its characteristic attraction
as we'll as the falr2 I saw recently Russlan
princess nho ~as renowned for her black hair
aud blue eyes, which gave her an incisive
charm. Well, she wanted blonde hair also, and
has succeeded IN effaciug her beauty.
Il the eyes have ravaged heats since the
creation OF the world the hair has also intoxicat
ed many lips with its perfume. A King contem-
porary with Moses fell in love with .. trese Of
hair which the waves OF the Nile bore to his
feet. Was 1t not the hair Of the Princess
Mantirils of the Nineteenth Dynasty, she who
was su,named the Palm2 'Tnu plackness OF
her hair is as the darkness Of the niehE.' 6he
WAS still clad ln her long hair when dlsarrayed.
H5r choyeure doubtless weighed 200 shekels.
like that OF Abralom. "Clad in her bair' is
an expression which rs,5 comes n. do"n = from ON
Corinthians that long hair was the glory Of wo-
man. When Venus rises from the sea in her
corte.e Of Graces and Gu ids. is she not incom-
parap1J beautiful in that garment of hair which
shines over the ripping brine like q newer and
softer sun For Venus Was blonde, and Helen :;
still fsirer was Daphne all antiquity worshiped
fair ha:r. In all the poets fair is
syponyno1s with beautiful. Mars WAS blonde
like Achilles. There Is mention Of a conqueror,
q savage hero, who dyed his hair red, that he
might have the name Of Ion. Messallna
was dark, hut she wore wig in her stea1thy
journeys to the Lupauar. Ovid ragged ia vain
against these light wigs the Roman LADIES' per-
sisted 10 buying their hair Of the German and
Gallo women. In Brittany there is song
winch says that for 1000 years the girls OF the
furnish the asne commodity to our fashionable
courtesans. But Venus, Helen, Daphne, and
The rest did not buy those locks which - seemed
like fiue gold. and kissed their feet"
There lB an eternal dispute among lovers and
poets over blonde and black. 'Deck thysef in
Inv hair" said ssdi II will love thee like the
night and in thy presence will forget the day II
Ar Arab poet has said. .ThY black hairs autter
ike the ravens wing" 4 Greek poet, :. Thy
hair is black and living like the clcala." flndar
sings OF both black and golden hair. but Horace
only OF blondes. Ovid praises the dark beauty
~ Ieda Int Aurora Naa fair" he Cfle6. d8Z-
lied by the 1osy-fngered maid. Another poet
has said that where the hair is OF gold the neck
is Of milk. Where does the blonde begin and
end !? Alfred de Mueset said " Blonde as wheat: m y
Adriatic honey, for the honor Of the north is
paler blonde, like the hair of the Germans. the
Swedes, and the Dutchwomen- It does NOT pos
cess that warm Venetian lone when cap&lVates
all eyes. There is also that flaming gold wn'cn
makes the Rouse, a beauty neglected In ancient
times even more than now. Yet the Roman
women sometimes gave their hair fiery tinge
the better to express the ardm Of thelr sen>1.
ments, Solomon had already said to some OF
bis 200 wyes Why this royal purple On tb'g any
color OF blood upon thy hair?" It WIS to recall
the r1sing and the setting SUM-.
The admiration Of golden lair arises from the
fact that light is the ideal Of all beauty APOLLO,
according to Ronsard, was all dlsheSeled VIII
fight. Homer compares his goddesses and MOI
tals to the golden Venus. In history AID iu
fashion, therefore. We see the blondes trl-
umphapt. until such time az the brunes regain
their empire. The North has conquered the
Bouth People turn in Paris to look at biack ha1r:
Dneeu Isabel said to me the other day. Is it
not an ,nsauity?" The Queen holds her
ground and refuses to dyo.her hair. She retains
that Spanish corouet OF jet black tresses unsl!
her time comes to assume the austefe crown OF
white. But she would prefer to :ema1n brune
IS long as possible because hes eyes are oue hs
has pretty eyes, for Queen" You could say o. ,.
Queen Isabel, rs She has fine eyes for woman
she does not presume upon them. however, 1o1
ehe SAYS, "Good heart is better than goou
Isoks."
THE TOMB OF JULIET At VERONA. i.
Oharks Warren Stoddard tn san fran+1So Chronicle
Twas idling on the sunoy side Of the Via Cap
puccini when small outlet beguiled me. 1t
was the Yico1o Franceschini. had not gone
far when INV attention Was arrested by merry
raeeboud. who pointed 70 closed gate and
cried. .tTomba di Giu1etta, signor." With
slight nod signihed my readiness to enter the
inclosure, i bell was pulled violently, the gate
swung inward, and, having uAhered me- into an
i,closure th1n1y stocked with almond-trees and
prane-vines. the lad doffed his apology Tor
c,n receiyed his fee, and dashed away,
tossing his heels in the air.
threaded narrow path under wall embro'o-
cred with vines that were just putting forth ther
first green buds 4 sedate youth met me at the
entrance of rude chape1-more like an inciosea
norch than a chapel. The three open arches,
heavily barred with iron, looked unpleasanuY
nav. All restorations are innovatiors, and Italy
suffers whenever the architect or the mason puts
his fingers in her wounds Within there was
rude sarcophagus OF red Verona marble. IT was
uncovered and quite empty; for moh'aseo
capitals aud fragments OF sculptured marble
were scsttered about, though they evidently had
nothing to do With the tomb itseH. dozen
nots of roses and myrtle ztood by the WALL
the only green thing visible. On table near
tha tomb 1ay book for autographs, lew
COMES Of the Tauchnits edition OF "homeo
anf, inlet in English and German, and some
raw door Photographic OF the tomb IN tne
ch.nei. Some one bad hung wreath OF I'M,
norieIles about the tomb, some one eise nag
cnnt ntr;buted q wreath, with 3 document at1aeneo,
whe1ain il was recorded that the donor, tne ~ w1le
~ nne Shakespeare, = descendant OF N11an
Sh.kspesre, came thither with heart pouhning
u;th filiaI love-or words to that elect iWo
~ rbree dried bouquets we're lying on tne tomp,
faded and dust-cogered- This was ~ ano {es
thls vas nothing in comparison With tne multi '.