The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-10

About IhG Femlnines-A Notes, GoShApr
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THE PAIR SEX,
Is artificial light becoming to women
because they are artificial themselves
aud does the night unloosen their tonguesi
sat last evening In the grand parlOr OIL
The White and watched the treadmill az
II circled round, and listened TO the inCes
SAINT music of the talk aud the laughter,
There was the beauty Of age, the beauty
OF maternity and the bssuty Of youth
combined to make a scene that no mental
or mechanical photograph could posture;
while the steady mingling Of hundreds Of
gay voices, mysterious as the roar In a sea
shell, would have puzzled the accuracy Of
q photograph 40 much AZ the brain Of ono
who would Try 10 imagine Of the ideas,
Impressions and queries that Hated OIL
the ocean OF words.
Looking on the multitude Of ladies who
passed aud Tepassed me | became con.
vinCsd that either those writer's ure wrong
who deCiRie that The present mode Of
Dire Ia destructive OF ienHle beau'y and
health, or that those whO C'me 10 While
Sulphur Springs are q different class from
The kind OF i%anhiauabled WHO crowd their
waist till they resemble an upright funnel.
With hardly q single exception tho ladies'
here have full rounded figures, and the
sparkling oye, The clear tkin aud the
coming Und going color speak OF The per
lection Of health, strength and elasticity.
"rhe plumpnets Of the gtrls Is remark.
able" said an old gentleman tn me, who
ought to have been thinking OF something
elAe. "Why hey are perleCt pictures amt
they" he continued, az he sighed and
doubtless wished hinAelf young again.
1t was q very proper ans~rr ohm who
asked why man should be delighted with
beauty, that 1t wGs a question none but q
blind man could ask. Now there IL no
great startling individual bsaHly here;
no one who IN tho uniYeTtally admitted
belle, but l could pick out lily who would
tsigu IL that capacity ut 4 resort not SO
largely favored as 10 tho White. Beauty
uhQueBtiOnably Is II fine thing Tor \ wo'
uAn 10 have, notwithstanding Socrates
called II u short lived tyranny; Plato,
privilege ot nature; The0phrastes, 3 silent
cheat; rheocilus, a delightful prejudice;
URrnosdes, a solitary kingdom. On the
other hand, though, Domltisn said that
nothing was more grateful; Aristotle
riirmed that beauty was better than all
the letters oil recommendation In the
world; Homer, that 1t was a glorious gilt
OF nature, and Ovid called 1t o favor be.
slowed BY the gods.
But II is not beauty alone that the ms.
joii.y OF the girls here are possessed Of.
Though IL Ia considered that women have
but one object in general, and that their
appearance, yet II | ain u Judge Of Couute-
nsnces l seeRbundapCe oil intelligenCe and
good nature In its NEST potent essence.
This latter quality will always supply The
abEenCe OF 6eauty, but beauty cannot long
supply the absence Of good nature. They
understand the true art oil being agreeable,
which Is to appear well pleased with the
company and rather seem 10 be we'll Ell.
tortRined than to give a forced entertain.
ment conversation. This music Of the
mind they thoroughly, apparently, under
stand and | neither heard nor Raw evidence
Of discord. Talk ratified on as though every
one spoke because they had something to
say, and not because they wished 70 say
something.
OF course all The females here are not
beauties. Some are homely, and q lew
ugly. But II wouldn't be safe to tell any
Of them so. | believe Overy woman who
Is go ugly that she must have q notion Of
Il, either comforts herseli with The i'm.
prepsion thRt she has u good figure, grace
Of manner, or intelligence above her ais.
;ers. So a man always has q chance sven
to compliment a woman who may be-, ss
the saying goes, "Ugly as a mud fence"
Most OF the girls here arc from the
South, with a sp~rinkling from tina West
snd the North. More CONS from the latter
section each year. and they ae-ni 10 be
the Crorm Of eastern srClcty. They mix
freely with the ~huuRhtera from the South,
and together / f1rd a charming variety In
conversation, appearance and manners.
That was a grnlT vetee maker, but one
whO must have he'd a streak oil justice run
uiug through him, who sRid:
"Aa for The women, though 10 Itotn RRd aJnt 'eu,
We niAJ live Wnh, out cAnLot live SlthOut 'sm."
There ale lots Of dear old ladies here,
nearly nil rolling In fat and good humor.
| don't know but that some Of them this
extremely hot weather would like 10 be
less weighIy. II 20, happen to be able
TO present a prescription which is highly
recommended. Az least a iiial can do no
harm. No operation liz Involved 10 treat.
tnytheit snpUtlnliips. To diminish emhon.
point without Ell. CiirR tho health, the pa.
iient must live principally on meat feat
lug but q ANAL quantity Of other Rlimeht)
and drinking but little, except II be White
Sulphur water. IL hundred parts OF hui.
man fat there are sevGnty.nine Of carbon,
fifteen and q fraction OF hydrogen, and
five ard A iFaC lon OF oxygen. But WAtet
Ia nothing but thH prutUxide Of hydrogen
and hydrogen Is one Of The main elements
Of fat. Therefore, the sspirant alter lean
ness must eat but lew vegetab' ga or wRtety
messes, hot rolls, %puddlpVs, pies, MOI
cakes, because all these have Ctrbon aud
oxygen for their principal basis. II she
will persist In living on ltguminouH, fatiE.
ACioGs and liquid diet fat will he made st
certainly as he bees make honey by SDCk.
Ing flowers.
MATRIMONIAL
While sitting near 4 round table on the
second verandah, which Is tnuch used by
The ladies for writing purposes, | wss at
traeted by the face OF as sensible a looking
and comedy a mstron as | ever saw. She
was busy writing but she had a moment
10 SPARE 10 talk with A chic maiden whr
came up and was telling her Of what ID
lovely time" abe wac having, and how nice
auch and such a person was. Without
intending II I overheArd the latter portion
Of The talk, and caught the latter expires
sion from tho elder, "Yott rugh, to tnsSti
no one but 4 rich man, my dear. Yor
would never be happy. Flom childhood
van have been Accustomed 10 every Ing
nty that money could buy, and yot couI,
not now be content with poverty
When the girl left l said, pardon me
nadA~ Hal Io0'I vOu think that, Al