The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-06-21
About Women.

one day a lady whom ! had had the
pleasure oI taking in to dinner in il coun-
try house near London, spoke to me about
some ladies who on Il previous day had
attracted her attention. adding 81 know
they We're Americans" How Z" asked.
"Oh, we always know American women "
But how, pray ;" She thought u mo-
ment, and answered BY their beauty
they are almost always pretty, if not
more by their fine compilations, and by
their exquisite dress | did not tell her
that ! thought that She was right but
that she was so had by that time been
convinced. And vet | should say that
the most beautiful women | had ever seen
We're EnglishWomen, We're it not for the
memory Of FrcnchWomen, a German,
and Czech. But the latter three were
rare exceptions. Beauty is very much
commoncr among women Of the English
race than among those Of any other with
which am acquainted; and among that
race it is commoner in ''Amerca" than in
| England. ! saw more beauty of face and
| figure 1T the tlrSt two receptions which
attended after my return than had found
among the hundreds of thousands of Wo-
men whom | had seen in England. The
types are the same in both countries; but
they seem to come near to perfection
much ottener here than there Beauty Of
feature is, however, sometimes moro clear
| " defined in England than here The
mouth in particular when it is beautiful
is more statucsQue. The curves are more
decided and at the junction of the red Of
the lips with the white there is a delicate
" raised outline which marks the form of
the feature i'll q very noble way. This
may also be said Of the nostrI. 1t gives
Il chiselcd effect to those features which
is not 50 often found in America :" but
| the nose itself, the brow. and the set and
carriage Of the head are generally finer
among "Americans.' In both countries,
however, the head is apt to be too large
for perfect proportion. This is charac-
terstic defect of the English tpye of
beauty. It's effect is seen in Stotnards
figures, in Ettys, and in those Of other
English painters. Another defect is in
the heaVncSS of the articulation. Really
fine arms are rare but fine wrists are
still raIer. Such wrists as the NiennOSe
women have OF which saw a wonder
full example in the Niennoise wife of a
Sussex gentleman almost unknown
among women of English race in either
country. 1t is often said, even in Eng
land, that american" women have more
beautiful feet than Englishwomen have.
This aln inclined to doubt The.tect
may be smaller; and they generally look
smaller, because EnglishWomen wear
larger and heavier shoes. They are
obliged to do SO because they walk more
and because of their moisttr climate. But
mere smallnesS is not Il beauty in Il foot
more than in any other part of the body.
Beauty is the result of shape, proportion
and color; and feet are often cramped
ont OF shape and out of proportion in
other countries than China. A foot to
be beautiful should seem tit for the body
which if supports to stand upon and walk
with. 1t is said by some persons, who by
saying it profess to know, that nature,
prodlgal OF charms to EnglishWomen in
bust shoulders and arms, is chary of
them elsewhere, and that their beauty Of
| figure IS apt to stop at the waist. Upon
| tins point | do not venture to give an
opinion; but am inclined to doubt the
Judgment in question upon general physi
illogical principles. The human figure is
the development Of a germ, and it is not
natural that, whatever may be the case
with individuals the type of q whole race
i'll one country should present this incon-
slstency. Possibly those who started
this notion were unfortunate in their oc-
caslons of observation and comparison.
Richard Grant White in Galaxy for May.
When a Newark lover leaves the house
OF his adored one at a late hour in the
evening, and walks musingly homcward
beneath the twinkling stars, his fond fam
cy pictures her, clothed in white samite,
resting sWeetly upon her pillow, with her
| unbound hair tossed about her sleeping
face, and angels bending over her couch
whispering heavenly dreams. Perhaps
at that very moment, though, she is in
the pantry gnawing hungrily on a ham
bone. Newark Call.
We noticed in the village one day last week, a
young girl say fourteen or fifteen years Of age,
clad III an eelskin dress us it is called, with a
pull back or tieup Of the tghtest kind and she
was barefooted SO much for fashion. Bruins
| wick Telegraph.