The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-04-18
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BEAUTY
What is beauty and in what does 1t consist
] can i'll Imagination see q languid blue eyed
belle of the season lift her eyes wondcringly
from this paper to gaze i'll the mirror opposite.
4 must confess, too, ii is pretty picture she
secs there: a plump petite form, round taper
ing limbs such as to make Rubcns and Ra-
phcal almost turn in their graves-eycs of a
limpid melting blue, hair of a waving golden
hue not done up with multiplicity of pins,
braids, rats and mice, but left to wander at its
own sweet will adown those fair round shoulders;
a soft white neyiye of elegant and costly mate
rial, gracefully disposed around those shapcly
limbs, all careless unstudied grace for after all
"bcauty unadorned is adorned the most n
hand soft and white as the flakes of the first
fallen snow, dropping carecssly and gracefully
over the arm of the high old rocker, with its
back ground Of heavy blue brocade, which only
serves to enhance the beauty of so fair pic
ture. Oh who would not 60 into raptures over
such face, such form, much unstudied
grace and seemingly careless elegance? But
stop are we not too fast, we perfectly sure
after all, this is beautiful face, beautiful
form, or even pretty face? Externally moth
ing seems wanting to add one more charm to
this lovely picture, but let us look, if it is pos
sib!e, at the soul bcaming from those soft be-
witching eyes Does it not seem that so much
loveliness cannot, must not, contain aught but
goodness, gcntleness and truth?
There is an adagc which gays, factions speak
louder than words, and it is, after all, n pretty
sure criterion to base our judgment upon
That voice which sound, soft and mclodious,
that fair face, which to our weak human vision
seems 80 very perfect, may be, in the eyes OF
Him who is immaculate, black and hidcous as
some evil thing of darkness That form, which
to seems made only to fondle and caress,
may be only the outer covering to conceal
the dark polluted soul within. Those cherry
like lips, which seem made only to kiss, and
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may speak harsh and cruel words 1t may be
that her daily liIc ut home is full of rcpiuings,
because she cannot have her own will i'll every
thing. 1t may be she has n comfortable home ;
kind parents, loving brothers and sisters, for
whom she could do so much, and in whom they
feel n pardonablc pride, because blessed with
moic external gifts than they, and TO whom Msy
have been accustomed to yield u PRECEDENCE
as is generally the with beautiful elder
sister-but does she use these blessings Alright,
and is she grateful for them? All, no ! she is
selfish, vain and capricious. Her thoughts and
plans are all of self Father, mother, brothers
and sisters are mere household drudgcs, TO
minister to her foolish whims and capriccs. 1t
may be the whole family have united in some
sacrifice to be able to purchase for her some
costly piece OF wearing apparel, but does she
appreciate this sacrifice rs she ought? No she
receives it simply as her right, without even a
word of thanks, and perhaps renders the house
hold uncomfortable if not miserable for the bal
ance of the day because it was not the exact
shade of color and fneness of texture that she
desired. And when arrayed in this beautiful
dress, which is q marvel OF frillS, lounccS and
furbelows, and which, by the way, has cost her
poor father n visible collapse in his purse, and
her mother many weary sigh, and many mis-
givings rs to how and where the boys winter
shoes are to come. Do these thoughts trouble
her? She may possibly feel annoyed because
father is not rich like other men, and if she feels
for him at all, it is kind Of passive contempt
because he is not with an inward vow, that
she will marry the first rich man who has the
good taste to appreciate her eXccllcncc-rcgard-
ing rich marriage rs the only true road for
hcr-a kind Of Il finale, II triumphal procession
which will close her campaign in society.
She is beautiful, and just good she is
beautiful she hears whispered by fond
foolish fricnd-tor how often is beauty pass
port to favor She is doubtless amiable as the
phrase goes, hut think that much abused word
have heard it applied TO girls who were very
amiable, and very good for nothing, too, for,
generally speaking these very amiabe girls are
really good for nothing under the sun They
lack vim and energy, and though they begin q
great deal they never really accomplish any
thing.
said moment since that beauty was pass
port TO favor. and to demonstrate the fact, will
tell of n case which came under my observation
not great while since. in which beautiful
young girl was accused of heinous crime
She was arrested and placed in Jail to await her
trial. My heart ached for the poor GIRL during
those long cold months her Imprisonment, and
hoped and prayed she might be proved inno-
cent of the great crime imputed to her but
when heard that though the Judge, the Jury,
and The entire bar were convinced Of her guilt,
but on account Of her youth and beauty she was
acquitted, could but ask myself this momentous
question Suppose ii had been (who can lay
no claim to comeliness) who was arraigned
for some crime, would have been acquitted too?
Remember, could bring no beauty as my pass
port, and yet life would be none the less dear on
that account. To put stop to crime, criminals
must suffer the penalties for their crimes, else
we will drift back to anarchy-it matters not
how one looks, or what ones ancestors are
once had friend; to me she was most beau
Iful, but when study her face and try to forget
who she is and what she is to me, | find she has
really not one beautiful feature. Eyes of rath-
er dull grey, but expressive, q nose by no
means grccian or classic, but rather pug a sal
low, rather bilious, complexion, and the onlypas.
sable feature was the mouth, soft mobile month
with kindly benevolent smile for ala mouth
that was never puckcred with pout, nor from