Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-23
A Womans Thoaghts About Women.
An Eloquent Tribute to and Defense Of Thin
Women.
New Orleans Dcrnocrnt.l

Now All III" men are grumbllng
because Sara is thin. This only
proves how unreasonable these
male creatures are.
The highest compliment, accord,
ing 10 the ideas of men. thar can he
paid IL woman, AS a woman and rs
an artistic, is that she is full of pas.
sion, of warmth, of oui.warmlng
fire. This desired quality is POSSESS.
ed by hut few, aud these few are
sufferers from their birth. Their
strong emotions enhance the imagi.
nation. They cIn comprehend al
suffering, all joy. They can enter
into the calmncss of despair and
be even more touching i'll this still
anguish of the soul than when EN-.
tranccd with joy, or fiery with in.
dignation ard torture.
y woman or II man with such u
temperament, with such passionate
fire proving continually Upon the
physique, cannot b0~ fat, cannot
even be plump. Happiness To such
natures Is IN exquisite pain. But
who can comprehend this unless
they havc souls IN sympathy with
1t. These ut least will not fret that
II woman is thin when they teri he
fiery warmth of her soul. StA.h
souls are ever reaching upward tu.
ward the light. and though often
falling into error are capable OF the
lOitiest deeds of valor and noble
self sacrifice. Even the material.
when brought in contact with such
beings, as too often happens in thus
lite, feel IA strange sensation ~ it
they had discovered something rN
cccdingly rare and Valuable. hui
beyond their comprehension.
The sword of the spiri, cuts
through the delicate sheath.
When mrn buy ricr-hor>cs, do
they look for the tat our>' No. They
Know well 10y experience and obScr.
walton that the finest racer, the
most kcculy sensitive and intrlli.
gent animals. with "thc speed of
thought" in their limbs. are always
lean AMI spare. II j. The ire with
in these restless stccdS that krrpS
them thin. The Bible gives the
fines description in the horse who
"Smclls the battle from affair"
Some artists have represented
Cleopatra as u large. fat woman.
This Was in accord with the soul of
man who painted her. Yet mrihink>
that this woman who captivatcd
the great Romdn Soldier was no
mass of flesh; but III imagination
see u woman somewhat above the
medium height. with 4 lSSumr.
WllloWN form. ~ Slight rs To Just
escape the term thin. with firm
muscle, but not an ounce more TAT
than Wis urvc|StrV to cover the
Sinall bones. and with face like Il
star set upon i lily stem.
With such 4 iirry trmprrlmcn.
l"opatr could not have been tat.
IN Imagination We >cr AR ~ she.
assisted 10y her maids, pulls with
Ion-. slender arms ut the cords
which ddI her dlin. ANTONY To
her arms. What IA scene Was ,ll~-,
presented,
Had -tc4t iuno. iowrr
The >ir"I winged N,i,my >Lou,d f,.h
thee up.
Aad 81 thee Toy Jo,,'> >.ar. vt come
little,
W>hr,, were ever ,ooi-. u,amc. come:
come.
Aud welcome. vrlroar, HE, vh,lr thou
hast u,,u:
Q9i"hr1 with kissing: lad my Up, TIN;
power
Tins Wonld w,li th,m ont"
No; The men atr like children who
eat their cakcS and then cry inr
them. The, love beyond ali others
woman "l deep and irivrnt pas
sion, Yet they wish her 10 feel the
keeneSt JOY, the deepest anguish.
and sill br round and rosy tor their
eyes. This is rarely possible.
When two npb,r, exalted natures
meet they comprehend each other
at "a word, Il glance. touch.
Sparks may occasionally fly. but
they are never luw nor mean.
never read the passage in Shake.
speare wherein BrutuS and CaS>ius
quarrel, but am touched 10y the