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 it consist
/ can in Imagination see O languid blue eyed
belle of the season lift her eyes wonderingly
from this paper to gaze in the mirror opposite.
1 must confess, too, it is II pretty picture she
sees there A plump petite form, round taper
ing limbs such as to make Rubens and Ra-
pheal almost turn in their graves-eycs of
limpid melting blue, hair of waving golden
hue, not done up with multiplicity of pins,
braids, rats and mice, but left to wander ut its
own sweet will adown those fair round shoulders;
n soft white neyiige Of elegant and costly mate
rial, gracefully disposed around those shapely
limbs all careless uustudied grace. for after oil
"bcauty unadorned is adorned the most" a
hand soft and white as the flakes of the first
fallen snow, dropping carelcssly 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 q face, such form, so much unstudied
grace and seemingly careless elegance? But
stop are we not too fast, arc we perfectly sure
after all, this is q beautiful face, u 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.
sible, at the soul beaming from those soft be-
witching eyes. Does it not seem that so much
loveliness cannot must not, contain aught but
goodness, gentleness and truth?
There is an adage which gays, factions speak
louder than words,' and it is, after ALL a pretty
sure criterion to base our judgment upon.-
That voice which sound, so soft and melodious,
that fair face, which to our weak human vision
seems so very perfect, may be, in the eyes of
Him who is immaculate, black and hideous as
some evil thing Of darkness. That form, which
to us 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
with which beautiful smiles seem ever at play,
may speak harsh and cruel words. 1t may be
that her daily life ut home, is full of repinings
because she cannot have her own will in every
thing. 1t may be she has q comfortable home !;
kind parents, loving brothers and sisters, for
whom she could do so much, and in whom they
feel pardonabc pride, because blessed with
moie external gifts than they, and to whom they
have been accustomed to yield precedence
rs is generally the case 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 drudges, to
minister to her foolish whims and caprices. 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 as she ought? No she
receives it simply as her right, without even
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, founces and
furbelows, and which, by the way, has cost her
poor father visible collapse in his purse and
her mother many weary sigh, and many mis-
givings as to how and where the boys winter
shoes ore to come. Do these thoughts trouble
ha ms nal hooo
father is not rich like otier men. and if she feels
for him at oil, 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 excellencc-rcgard-
ing rich marriage as the only true road for
her-a kind of q finale, a triumphal procession
which will close her campaign in society.
She is beautiful, and just as good as she is
beautiful, she hears whispered by some fond
foolish friend-for how often is beauty pass
port to favor. She is doubtless amiable, as the
phrase goes, but think that much abused word
have heard it applied to girls who were very
nmiable, and very good for nothing, too, for,
generally speaking, these very amiable 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 q moment since that beauty was pass
port to favor. and to demonstrate the fact, will
tell OF 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
these long cold months of her imprisonment, and
hoped and prayed she might be proved inno-
cent Of the great crime imputed to her but
when l 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 it 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 a 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 a friend; to me she was most beau
tiful, 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 grecian or classic, but rather pug, sal
low, rather bilious, complexion, and the only pas
sable feature was the mouth, soft mobile month
with kindly benevolent smile for ala mouth
that was never puckered with pout, nor from