The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-25
ftehntifut Women,

n uernlah paper, tne LeipSlc Illustrated
Ntrs, is publishing series OF pictures Of
''beautful womcn," OF which it las been
remarked ascurous that fully tllree.iourths
OF them are English. This fact, OF course,
is very gratifying to our national pride,
though it may be possible 10 rejoice little
too much OVERT. Plagiarism is not reckoncd
Il grave crime among the Germans, and.
thougha slow.witted people, they-or those
who have Semitic connections-are quite
equal to the enterprise Of displaying as
"beautiful heads" old WORKOUT cngravings
from British illustrated papers. But even
were this not the case, we must not forget
whit Sir Richard Stcel-speaking not rs !,
mere scribe, but rs one having acknow.
lodged authority-reminds us OTTO wit,
thar since the world began womans beauty
has been not merely its delight, but It's tor.
lnenl. Ii, then, we have more handsome
women among us than our neighbors, it
would be very easy 10 prove that the priv
ilece may have its drawbacks. Still, the
fact that an illustrated paper published il,
4 country like Germany where we are so
cordially hnled, is compelled virtually to
admit that il must seek most OF its types OF
lemule lovelness in England, is more than
curious. In itself it is, we think, suggestive
Of some significant social cancellations.
First OF al, is it not IN undcniable fact
that tmslishwomcn are, as q rule, hand.
somer than their Continental sisters AL.
though people with n mania for foreign
travel sometimes pretend that they can
tiud ut home no woman fit for the aesthetic
eye TO look on, impartial and observant
wanderers know the contrary is the ease.
In proportion to population there is no
country under the sun where one finds
more pretty women than in England.
Comeliness is, indeed, the peculiar her.
itngc Of English womanhood, which
term we DO not limit so as 10
include ladyhood, for in most countries
ladyhood is monotonously titiugut, But let
us take any substantial provincial town iu
England and compare it with n similar
town, say in France, and what is the result?
That for one pretty face we see stroIIipy
along French street we will find three or
four in the same time in IN English street.
Nay, we might 20 further, and add that
when we do discover the pretty face in
France its charm is dispelied in most in
stances when its owner opens her lips. A
hard metallic voice, such as your average
Frenchwomen, whether she be plain or
pretty, usually possesses soon disIllusious
those who fancy that nothing but sweet
sounds can issue from rosebud mouths. In
Teutonic countries, is true, the iaccs Of
the women are, perhaps, plumper and
their complexion clearer than in Latin
nations. But alas. your female Teuton is
not graceful. She is usually u terrible
dowdy.p ucr iect are too often Ms flat rs
her face, and her carriage isapt to be cow
| like, as indeed one must expect in women
Of the vaccine type" On the Continent,
especially in Southern Europe, when fine
fAce flashes forth out Of the prevailing
gloom Of ,drenry uglincss, it is generally
Greek in type, showing that the strain OF
blood associated with classic beauty is still
family traceable in the children OF the
Barbarlans who overrnn the Roman
Empire.
There are, however, rs We have limited
certain CANCELLATIONS suggested by the
prevalence OF ugly women in Continental
Europe which might fairly be made by
people who love to pry into the causes Of
things, and these come 10 the front when
we ask, why should our women in England
inherit richer dover Of personal beauty
than women in other lands? No doubt We
shall BIO told climate accounts for the mvs.
terry, for lazy people, like Nlontcsquieu, al
ways get out Of difficulty by invoking the
"climate" or the "pecularity OF race"
Perhaps climate has II little to do with the
matter. a temperate climate such rs ours
seems favorable 10 the DEVELOPMENT OF
beautiful horses, and it may very likely
have strong influence in favorinr the
perpetuation OF n race Of handsome wo.
men. Blu. We take it that there arc social
influences at work which arc far more pow
erfnl than the weather Beauty-by which
is meant not merely ideally perfect fea.
lures, but q fine, strong, comely type of
physical organization, such Us carries with
it spiritual and moral graces most attractive
10 mems, we have said, heritage
Of Englishwomen. II is, therefore, trans.
missiblc, but in one way only. Nv the
process known to the Darwinian as "sex-
uai selection the 'fittest" survive and in
England the decree Of popular prejudice
or taste is that, among women, the ''tittest'
are the comeliest. 1t is true we do not
drown all the hideous girl.chiIdren when
we find there is no chance OF their grow
ing into fair women. But we practically
make it certain that they die out, Tor we
object TO marry them. An ill.favored
woman in England is, with rare except.
ions, a social iailure;;' and, though George
Eliot, in adam Bede," tries 10 show that
her hopes Of matrimony are not, therefore,
blivhted, her whole argument is vitated By
what very often vitiates rcasoning-com-
passion for unmerited and irrcparable
misfortune. However, the great point is
that, in England, society does not us it
were, conspire to perpetuate n r.ce Of ugly
women, simply because society has never
yet been able to diyest Englisfmen Of their
strong prejudice in favor Of marrying
comely ones. i2s- j. slsHTN,
"Do not grasp at the shadow and lose the
substance Kidney.Wort Is able to convert
YOU from shadow OF your former sell into
tha substance OF established health. Said a
sufferer from kidney. trouble when asked TO
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