The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-09-03
THE PENALTY OF PRIDE.
HOW SOME FOOLISH PEOPLE SUFFER IN
ORDER 10 BE BEAUTIFUL.

French say that we must Sui1cl II We
would hc beautiful and Ibis appears TO
have hccu and t" he lie opinion OF most
peoples, savage OF civilized. Beginning
with hair we lind that savage, like civil /.
lied men, will not let their hair follow its ,
natural bent nor keep its natural color. .
Il never saw you wear your hair quite so /
light as that" some one said to young !
lady lately when examining her portrait.
The natives of the Western Pacific wear /
their hair. naturally dark, as light as ,
they can by the aid Of lime obtained !
from burned color. The Venetian ladies !,
used to spread their locks i'll the sun to |
bleach them. Science has provided the /!
modern fair with different kinds of auri- /
comous fluid. As to shaving, savages
are often as particular about it as Stend-
hall. who shaved every morning during
the retreat from Moscow. The discom-
forts of shaving the head with a shell or
a sharp piece Of flint have often been
commented on. 1t is necessary for
: friend to sit on a savage head when he
. is being shaved. Afterwards he gets up
and sits on his friends head. 1t is easy
to imagine the joy of these children of
nature when some bits of broken glass
come in their way. Then they enjoy
{ what they think the luxury of 4 really
easy shave. In some countries man, sell
fish man. compelS the women to shave.
while he INDUCES his vanity by wearing
his OWL hair in 4 greasy but elaborate
mop.
The finger nails are not usually encour-
aged to grow more than nine or ten
inches long, because of the practical i'll
conveniences which attend this dccora
tive arrangement. \ Chinese aScetic.
| however, encourages his nails to extend
themselves i'll Il variety of curly shapes.
an indulgence which we should not
grudgc to Il man whose comforts and
amusementS are cut down to the lowest
/ figure. and who thinks that he is earning
heaven by turning this life into IIades.
Tattoong hurts dreadiully, especially
when people go in for having patterns in
alto relieve on their arms, backs and
bosoms. When the whole body is con-
verified into Il surface covered with sprals
, like pre- Raphaelite wall paper, the vic
tim can only he supported by the appro-
baton of a strongly aesthetic conscience.
In some cases, of course. tattooiug means
{ Il,
iting cards. The mar,;S merely show to
what family a lady OF gentleman belongs.
and. on inspecting these, a maiden at
once knows whether any black fellow she
meets is, for her. an eligible husband
If their marks are the same they must
not think of marrying. This arrange
mcnt prevents many ''disappointmcnts,"
as Il girl knows at once when ii would be
hopeless for her to give away her heart.
The nose. lips, and ears have naturally
been much decorated. The Australians
and certain races on the northwest coast
of America used to wear such huge bones
in their noses that they were forced to
keep their mouths wide open to breathe.
In Peru the lobes of the ears used to
hang down to the shoulders.
While savages cut the nose. ears, lips.
and other parts of the frame into vari-
Gus conventional designs, il is reserved
for civilization. Chinese, European and
American TO attack the really useful Or
ganS. Thus IA savage may chop oil his
! little finger by way of proving that he
has come 10 years Of discretion. as the
Mandans did. OF he may have his front
/ teeth knocked out for the same purpose.
As in the manner OF Murri. But he will
not ruin his chest or deform his feet
Only people who do not need to walk or
run much wear tight boots and cultivate
slender waists, though the practice de.
scendS from owners of carriages to the
middle and lower classes. Mr.. Flower
(author of book to which this article
refers gives CHASTITY wood cuts of the
Chinese woman'S foot, and Of its skcle-
ton. During the first year of the bind
ing the pain is SO intense that the sufferer
can do nothing but lie and cry and moan.
For about two years the foot aches con-
tinually.' Some of the toes usually
come off with the handages, which en-
ablcs the fortunate patient to wear a
smaller shoe than would otherwise have
/ been possible. The Chinese wonans
foot is almost exactly like drawing of
I ! IL, l,l
is reprinted from an advertisement in an
/ English paper. with wide circulation
among women. Apparently, Partisan
shoe makers wish English ladies' up 10
Chinese ideas. The toes of the golden
lily" ar deiormcd Chinese foot, touch
the ground between the great toe and the
heel. The fashionable length is between
three and a half and four inches.
But probably the Chinese do not lace
tight. This is the greatest, most perma-
nent. and miscellaneous of modern fashion
able deiornitieS. a glance at the waist
of the Venus so incorrectly attributed to
the chisel of the athlete Milo, and at any
lady in the picture of the fashions. will
show that the modern woman internal
economy must be hopelessIy deransed.
| The shape OF the skeleton is actually and
absolutely reversed. The ribs Of The
human frame are narrow ut the top and
expand downwardS. The ribs in the
skeleton of Il tight laced woman are wide
at the top and contract as they descend
/ Probably even more misery is caused by
the absurdly contracted waist than by
the ridiculous pointed and high heeled
boot. But all classes suffer from the
cruel and extreme torture Of the boot.
in the modern conventional shape Tight
lacing, after all. only affects women. and
chiefly women who want to be fashion |
able. If we could only return to the |
round-toed shoe of Henry VII. Lord !
Palmerston Wore boots made on natural
principles, and he was not quite social !
failure.
Errors IN Planting Fruit Trees.