, 1877-04-15

beauty, as we had the s5d opportunity OF seeing
short stay Her sons officers in the Kussiat
army. and her daughter has just been making q
visit TO tine beautiful Madame ron Overlook, ne
Goddard, ut her home In Stuttgart
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN WOMEN
one day lady whom hsd had the pleasure O
taking in to dinner in q country house near Lon
don, and whom had soon found to be ono Of thos'
simple~ minded, good-naturcd, truth-telling wo'
men who are notably common In England, spok.
to me about some ladies who, on previous day,
had attracted her attention, adding, IL knew
they were Americans" "How!' asked. ''Oh,
VIC always know American womenr' .'Dut how,
pray1' She thought a moment and answered
"By their beauty-they are almost always pretty,
If not more-bJ their dne complcx4ons, and By
their exquisite dress" did not tell her that
thought that she was ri ight; but that she was SO
had by that time become convinced and ye'
should say that the most beauttfnl q a,,st, wS.
women, were 1t not for the memory Of
q Frenchwonan, German. aad Czech. Butthe
latter three were rare cxceptiont beauty y very @
much commoner among women OF the English race
thAn among those Of any other with which am &C.
quainled; and among That race it IL commonef N
- America y than in England. saw more oeanty
OF face and figure ut the hrst two receptions which
attended after my rctnrn than had found anon z
the hundreds Of thousands Of women whom had
seen in Englsud.
they seem to come near to perfection much oftcner
here than there. Beauty Of feature is. however,
sometimes clearly defined in
Is more slatncsonc. Fhe curves are more decided,
Ind At The junction Of the red Of the lps with the
ws ss form a a tsassae oons II vsg Tss9
nesla nesssi. way it s9es q my ehise1ea eject 70
ssAmerjca'; but the nose itself, the brow. and
the set and carriage Of the head generally finer
among Americans " In both countries. now.
proportion. This Is : characteristic defect Of the
English type Of beauty. Its effect is seen IN Sfoih-
ard : aguics, in Ettys, and in those Of other En-
81 the articu1ations. Really fine arms are rarei
but nne wrlsts are still rareE Such wrists Us the
Vieunoise women hare-of which saw wonder
ful example in the Viennoisc wife Of Sussex gen.
1ienlan-ase almost unknown among women Of
English race in either country. 1t ts often sdd,
even in England. that ':AmeEican" women have
This am Inclined 10 doubt. The feet may
be smaller here; and they generally look
smaller because EnSlishwomen ohea Wea5 h aFgs5 Sa
so because they walk more, and because Of
their moister climate. But mere smallncss il not
a beauty in foot more than In any other part oi
the body. Beauty Is the shape, proportion, and
color; and feet often cramped out Of shape and
out Of proportion In other countries than CHINA.
foot to be beautiful should seem ut for the body
which it tupports--to stand upon and walk with.
to know, that Nature. prodigal Of charms to En-
clishwomcu in bust shoulders, aud arms. Is chery
81 them elsewhere, and that their heauty Of figure
is apt to stop at the was!- Upon this pont, do
not venture 10 give an opinion; but am inclined
to doubt the Judgment IN question upon general
physiolosical principles The human figure is the
development Of germ, and it is not natural that,
Shatcver may be the case with individuals, the
his Inconsistency. Possibly those who started
his notion were unfortunate in their occasions OF
and comparison. -Rtchdrd dran1 lFhls
n the GALAXY for May.