Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-09
THE SOUTHERN BEAUTY
AS SEEN AT THE INTERNATIONAL
COTTON EXPOSITION.

AS SEEN AT THE INTERNATIONAL
COTTON EXPOSITION.
Diamonds and Pretty Women at At
lanta
How They Affected the Proposed Re.
cepti0n to Sherman.
Atlanta correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial.
During the past week the North
ern visitor at the Cotton Exposition
has enjoyed more than favorable
oprfrtunity of observing at his leis-
ure that fascinating element in
Souther society immortalized by
Mrs. Southworth and her contempor-
aries, and popularly known as the
Southern beauty. Among the
thousands of citizens Of Georgia,
Alabama, the two Carolinas and SIS
States represented here in the large
ly increased attendance of the past
five days, the Southern beauty has
been present in no inconsiderable
proportion, and wherever found she
is distinctive among her sex, and is
collectively the reflex of several
types of feminine loveliness. You
find her as a slender brunette, with
classic features, faultless though
delicate form and flashing black eyes !;
or, less numerous but fully as at'rac-
tive, in the enhancing and ever pop
ular blonde, who, while of more ro-
bust figure and of less delicate tout
ensemble, is equally graceful and en-
inently fitted to shine with and in
contrast to her dark eyed rival.
There is another type here which a
stranger will find prominent among
the two, but which cannot be props
erly classed as beauty. That is
the blondine, who must be called
pretty, but not beautiful whose dig
nitied manner, charming presence
and graceful carriage necessarily add
to her natural attractions. She is
not in q mixed throng in greater per
centage than either of the others, aud
when seen invariably commands ex-
tensive and respectful comment from
the opposite sex.
DIAMONDS AND PRETTY WOMAN.
just here, to close observer, there
is one very pleasing and striking pe>
culiarity about the art building
which does not exist to nearly the
same extent at any other point on
the grounds, and that is the fact
that it is a popular resort for ladies
of refinement, beauty and culture.
Take the dark-eyed Southern beauty
in her native atmosphere, and her
intellectual attainments and fascinat-
ing manners form an appropriate
setting to her prepossessing person
mel. In no place can her combined
qualities be seen to better
advantage than here. She goes
through the several buildings, ad-
mires the exhibits which interest her
sex exclusively, grasps the intricate
scientific problem as it is presented
in the mass of cotton and other ma>
chinery, and reads in the exhibits OF
improved agricultural instruments
the discrepancies and necessities OF
the soil culture in this section, but it
is in the Art building where she is
found in her natural element. Here
are features more congenial to her
taste and at one point particularly is
this most prominent. I speak Of the
Diamond and Jewelry of the E. JAG
card Jewelry Company, of st. Louis,
which attracts more wide spread at
tention than any other here. It is in
the main Art building, Immediately
west of the Arcade, and deserves
special mention not only because OF
the popular reputation of the firm,
but because of the varied and valu-
able character of the exhibit and its
handsome surroundings. In this
portion of the building, the first
thing that greets the eye of the
visitor is massive and handsome
EBONY AND GOLD PAVILION,
Draped in curtains Of rich material,
carpeted and with heavy plate glass
sides forming also the outer walls of
commodious show cases, which are
artistically upholstered in silk and
satin, This is where the Jaccard
Jewelly Company..exhibit is located,
and if nothing else were to give this
information a mammoth iron safe
inside would almost tell of the great
treasures which it is it's duty to hold
within its grasp.
The most prominent feature of the
display consists in the diamonds
which it embraces, and here the Ia
dies, true to the instinct of their sex,
congregate and apparently never
weary in canvassing the many quail
ties of the soltairies and other gems.
At all hours of the day the pavilion
is thronged with the elite of the gen
tie sex, whose position IN society and
circumstances make them critical
connoissears in this particular branch
of the art of female adornment. In
passing Judgment in this respect the
visitors are greatly assisted by the
very reputation of the Jaccard Com
pany, which, having been established
in 1S29-more than half century
ago-has acquired an extensive and
valuable business throughout the
South and are constantly making
important sales at the Exposition
which compels from day to day the
replenishing of the stock of dia-
monds from the home establish
ment.
A TEN THoUsAND-DoLLAR PAIR.
Among the extensive display OF
diamonds is a matched cut pair o1
fifty-tuo on5 opo-hoK oaroto voluol