Daily globe., 1882-07-09
THE SOCIAL WORLD.

Among the beautiful traditions of my
thology is fable which relates how a
famous female celebrity and cap
tivator of hearts came to be
deprived of her surprising and
almost enhancing beauty. Possessed
with a symmetrical and lovely form,
Psyche was despatched to the regions of
Pluto to bring back the secret of Proser-
pines beauty.
On receiving the precious casket the
heroine, with that spirit of curiosity that
attaches to her sex, thought to peep into
the mysterious box with the laudable
view of discovering the secret and there
by adding to her own charms. Her
curiosity was, alas, fatal, for, becoming
enraged, the gods at once de-
creed that she should be
shOrn of her own charms.
Notwithstanding the obvious moral of
the tale and the sad fate of the lamented
beauty, there is noticeable the same
foolish tendency with certain proper
tion of the fair at this late generation to
helghten their charms by the most de-
ceptive and meretricious methods, the fact
being patent that nature the God of the
ancientsl is as unrelenting to exact her
penalty as ever
1t is indeed piltabe and absurd to see
how far SO many shoot beyond the line
prescribed by nature and it is to be la
mented that the wrecks are $50 numerous
Beauty itself were not to be priced unless
bycontrast. 1t is therefore not given
that the bloom Of the peach or
flush of the rose should man.
tie the cheeks of all seperably.
There are other forms of attraction quite
as prepossessing and loving. How fool
lshly IN vain then do those act who
strive to lay on the blush Of the rose or
arch OF the brow where nature designed
quite another form of lineament or fea-
ture. And yet how pernicious, wide
| spread and lnSidious have become these
odious strivings of artifciality.
| Not that all artistic effort is tobe denied
IN the management of manners or toilet;
but the chief obstacle to the attainment
of that nice amiability and poise that
constitutes the main charm in the gentler
|sex is the glaring manner in which the
attempts TO heighten nature are over
done. 1t is distressing enough, however
pardonable it may sometimes seem to see
| the vain efforts of the wrinkled fair to
| preserve pristine freshness of beauty
long after the bloom Of youth has van
lshed, and when sober judgment should
| take the place of frivolous at
| tempts to keep pace with fashion.
| How much more painful does it become
when this mania for artificial display is
| lndlscrlminately manifested by those
| who by proper observance of the laws
| or health would reach that relative de-
gree of perfection ordained by nature.
The eye will not improve in lustre
| when suffused with the brief and deadly
| lustre OF belladonna, nor will the finest
cosmetics drive away the wrinkles which
are foreign to a healthy body and Sc
rene mind, to say nothing of the strik-
ing anomaly presented in wasp-like
waist and protruding shoulders, sugges-
tive of undue angularity
From society standpoint the past
week has been uneventful, except to the
small boy, who has gotten in his custom
ary jubilatlon and patriotic lace licks in
connection with the celebration of ''The
Glorious" Annexed is the melange:
w. L. Purple is visiting in the south
ern part of the state
Mrs. A. F. Merrill has recovered from
a three weeks illness.
Dr. N. Mannheimer of Chicago will
visit his relatives here this week
Herkie Kittson returned to st. Paul
yesterday after a protracted visit East.
Miss Alice L Tichenor, of Milwaukee, is
in st. Paul enjoying the air Of Minnesota.
Manager Haines and wife of the Opera
house returned from the East last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francke, St. Joe, Mo-,
are at the Leip house, White Bear
lake.
Mr.. J. A. Hannaford and bride arrived
On Thursday from their bridal tour
East.
Col Newport and son, Luther, leave
for Europe this week to ke absent several
months.
Hon. E. W. Dank and wife, St. Louis.
have registered at the Hotel Leip during
the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. Lightner, of Detroit, oc-
cupy one of the William house villas
at White Bear.
Miss Points, of st. Louis, is soiourning
at White Bear lake, and has apartments
at the William house.
The Misses Kittson, daughters of Hon.
n NJ. Kittson, returned yesterday, after
several months absence.
Mrs. Shepler nee Hart returned from
Denver, Colorado, in company with her
mother last Wednesday.
Miss Carrie Tilden, daughter of Judge
Tilden, of Cleveland. is visiting Mrs. S.
Lee Davis, OF Pleasant avenue.
Mrs. II. E. Mann, Miss L. A. Mann
and E. L. Mann, have returned from their
southern trip and are at the Windsor.
Mr. Atkinson Of Indiana has returned
home after a brief and pleasant visit
with his brother, George Atkinson, of
this city.
Miss Tillie Dance and Miss Belle Hitch
cock contemplate a trip by steamer to St.
Louis, after which they will rusticste at