Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-24
THE LADIES, BLESS EN-
what tho World Says Of Our Sweet
hearts, wives and Mothers.
The attest Fashionable fcIlies-Ihs An
nual Hunt for Husbands-A Chris
tan Mother-Pretty Peas
ants-Notes.
THE BELLIES OF EARLY AGES.

Ovid says that in his day girls were
taught to smile gracefully.
We are told that the ladies OF LESBOS
slept ON roses whose perfume nau pseu
artificially heightened. And IN .aose
,;mes court msidens powdered their
hair with gold.
Marc Antony's daughter dia not
chance her dress half dozen times
day, as do the Saratoga graces, OUT sue
made the lampreys In her nsh-Ponu
wear earrings. :,
The Tarters despise prominent nasai
appendages, and the woman VINO mas
tie smallest nose Is esteemed the moro
Charming, but to outside barbarians she
is perfect fright.
The dresses of Lolita Paulina, the
rival of Agripina, were valued ~ ~
s6I 4SO. This did not include her jewels.
She wore at one supper 81 So, 500 worth
of Jewels, and it was plain citizens
sumner. The luxury of Poppea, beloved
by Nero, was equal to thatof Lolita.
The women of the Roman empire
INDUCED in all sorts of luxurles and ex-
cesses and these were revived unuer
NAPOLEON |. in France. Mime. Tallien
bathed herself in a wash OF Strawberries
and raspberries, and had herself ruoee9
down with sponges dipped in milk ana
perfumes.
We have certain styles Of beauty
nowadays; so had the Greeks. Iney
went wild over the "ideal chiu'-
neither sharp nor blunt, bat gently un.
dulating in its outline, and losing itself
gradually and almost insensibly In the
fulIntss of the neck. The union OF the
two eyebrows was esteemed by tue 10.
mans as beauty; il is said they admired
the air of dignity it gives to the face.
The women of Split, In India, wear
tunlcs and trousers ofwoOlen stun, win
large boots, partly. of leather, partly of
blanket, which comes up to the kuee,
and which they are fond Of taking on
AT any time. In order TO get greater
warmth they often put q quantity oi
dour into these boots beside their legs.
Their taste in regards to ornaments runs
much to all sorts Of rings, including
NJ Sc. rings.
Undoubtedly there is much idle talk
about the wonderful extravaganza OF
the ladies of the present day, their pur,,
suit of constantly changing styles, and
the luxuries demanded by those who can,
or think they can, afford the expense.
One would be led to suppose, IN the ao-
sence of knowledge to the contrary,
that these were things Of modern
growth. But just look at the style
they used to put OH in early ages, and
their enormous extravaganza.
A typical woman in the interior 81
! Africa Is thus described: ''Her naki;:
negro skin was leathery, coarse and
wrinkled; her figure lettering and
knock kneed; her thin hair hung In
greasy locks; Oh her wrists and ankles
She had almost al arsenal Of metal
links of iron, brass, and copper, strong
enough to bind prisoner in his cell.
| About her neck were hanging chains oil
| iron, strips of leather, strings OF wooden
balls, and heaven knows what lumber
| more.'
An Albanian belle of to-day presents
a rather striking appearance. She Is,
as a rule, gaily coified with seed pearls
and coins and envclOped in u black
| serge pelisse. She uses paint on her
face prOfusedly, and her taste runs to
cherry lips and cheeks and jet black
eyebrows strongly drawn. An Albanian
bride discarCis paint for awhile, and II
| wealthy wears a suit something like
this: Rose colored under-robes, with
an over-robe of dark green velvet, the
idea being taken from rosebud half
folded in its leaves. Thus arrayed, the
girl of handsome features is said to look
really bewitching.
The beauties of ancient times were
| Just as vain as modern bellies, and spent
the greater part of the day at their tot:
let. The use of cosmetics was universal
among them. Aspasia and Cleopatra
| models of female beauty, it IL said
both used an abundance Of paint, aud
| each wrote treatise on cosmetics. Gle
opatra used bears grease To keep her
hair from falling out. Roman ladies
| were 70 careful Of their compilations
that to protect them they wore masks.
The Athenian women ofantiquity were
very studious OF their attitudes and &C.
tions, and thought hurried and sud-
den step q certain sign OF rustlcity.