Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-14
The Women OF yeutce.

The famous beauty of the Venetian women
! Titan, Georgione. and Paul Veroncso painted
IN the likeness O. glowing, volupuous creatures,
whose hair had stolen tho glory of the SUP, and
whose fash rivacd the beauty of the peach
how can one describ, them When they are never
seen save urco those brilliant canvases. II
ihora is golden haired woman in Venice be.
side the sunny haired American at the Unisod
States consclatc, we have thus far, writes q
correspondent failed to see hor. If there is
any pcachy aesh 10 wumaus form it is hidden
from our eyes. If there sro a1y other Venetian
Ecuon than the long f'c.d, large nosed, black
haired tgpc, with whole meGingal castles and
gothic oslheGcais OF false hair piled over their
orcw5, aud whole iGchcs of powder laid upon
the!f laues ~ho meet US ct every tUrn, I: %
Troy sra evldeOtiy ZOO precious fox mortal eazs.
snc arc hidden eHey somewhere like uuT
Danacs ID TIE pgtcrlal sower.
Nowhere 10 tho world, save perhaps in
Brighton, Egg, does such lavish use of DOW
der prevail rs in Italy We thought the Nea
poitsa ladies' had reached the last possible Init
c; Its use wheD we sa1 them golng boldly about
lookog Ike ghastly masks, through which
looked burning eyes, but it remained to c3me
to Venice 10 SEQ the Nespolitaas ouiGone, for
where the Neapolitau o0!y whitcns her tLos the
V0Ictlar c-vers herself with it from head TO
foot, 50 that hair, eyehr)ws laoe, dress, aud
sometimes cveo the q unces OF Her skirt are es
white as Tere the masqucraders 10 the M lex $
Pretty Daughter"
l. cat scarcely be supposed that tt, tyre Of
fenotlen beauty has 20 radically cuaused sincs
fvu! hupcfed years seo. Whcn !he nosi plAGina
rays OF Inc kenaisssUce gathered unpon EeurIsn
oauvoses, and made TlSaus beauties aud he
ample spcndor II Paul Nrroncse's nomeu 10 be
the mlrVc' OF snb beqIrn: ages. 1t is probably
rue that scarcely ns.urai beauty ever Was
panied by Que OF those masters. and that every
hlt @: that gorgeous H"7b sud every lock Of
that splendid ha!r Was tie pa!uter' copy of the
p'oduct OF halr Cygs aud Cosmetics; aud hat
the FcnctsD women then were 10 rcaiiy DO
lore beautiful than they are now. 10 the
ristiGr OF tight laciD2, TOO. the Ilasp idea
seems that which prcvail.d 10 our cguutry at
che oCgIGuDS OF tho nIrsGut century.
0oc wondcrs how they breathe, .hera lily
"alstrt semen, whose lrCD corset bJnts show so
pislaly through their dresses hat iccn itself 60
60 Do mor4 10 the way Of compression. Que
aotGe!s 'ney do lot brj ak ID two, and so Walk
luC u!f ike the strange creature that maniac
American paioter ueed to paiut ut the Gigi s,u
do IN Rome Iast Winter. This poor fellow, vino
nad bavl q ccrgymau, knew nothiog wha.eyer
Of art and the mania to prlct haG cona upon
him oaly With the shattG,ing of his iutellvct.
as h!s manual skill was uncqaal 10 anything
m0re compAca;ed that the p1ib.lug of trousers
acd pe,t2osIs, he always did his model ooly
trOra the waist downward. and then masoG~
cen,|y framed and sought 10 sall his paintings
oF beadess, shondcll;ss Aud .sistess skiris
ADD tToa,c15, convinced that the pa;ron who
asked fer more failed 10 uuters.an the lofIles.
Euiuosas u orr,