Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-09-28
About Girls.

of ilagrant self-Consciousness. They
succeed socially. To undervaluc their
own good looks, to be unaware of
their good points, would be n social er-
ror. The taste of society is SO vile
that it prefers the Haunting sunilower
or the self assertive hollyhock, to the
rose yelled in moss, to the fragrant,
lowly mignonette, or to the quiet,
pink-tip-daisy. | differ from society,
and it calls me cynic. Let me intro
duce you to the women / know and
then dub me cynic if you can.
There is Neera, whose hair is of
that lovely tint between brown and
gold, and so plentiful that when she
shakes it loose it falls in glorious rip
ping masses to her knees. Ne%ra,
is always railing at the fashion of false
lair. People who have abundance
of their own get no credit for it, she
says. She loves private theatricals,
and would willingly take up question
able acquaintances rather than loose a
chance of playing in a charade or pos
ing in q tableau vivant in n ''black-
hair part. If any one else's hair is said
to be of beautiful color, Ne@ra is ill
humored for the rest of the day She
hates the bonnet of the period, because
it covers the head SO closely, and de-
tests the hat of the day, because it
hides the hair. She likes going to the
play. Her maid arranges her lovely
locks in a great flat coil or plat, which
goes twice around the pretty head.
People sitting in the private boxes
look down at her in her stall, and say.
"What beautiful head" She never
wears flower or diamond in those
shining folds; she thinks, and rightly,
that they need no "bush. Ne@ra
is Self-conscious.
Then there is my Lady Juno Hard
ware. Her figure is magnificent. Sir
Simon fell in love with her at a dance.
You never saw such shoulders-so
white, so smooth, SO perfect in shape.
Perhaps, like Mr.. Merdle, Sir Simon
thought that such n bust was made for
the display of diamonds. Lady Juno
is young and might be rather pleasant
were it not for her figure. 1t pre-oc-
cupies her. She is jealous of every
other well-shaped woman.
OF Mrs X. she says: "How can peo-
pie admire her Look at her shoul-
ders-up in her ears almost" When
told that Mrs. w. is much liked in So
ciety, Lady Juno says: What with
that wooden waist P'' She can not
understand that woman may be char
ming without being good figure, and
is equally far from comprehending
that one who possesses perfect shape
need not necessarily conquer all hearts.
II, = ,f,,1 of ~
fault in her lovely face. But. alas,
Helen knows how fair she is See the
conquering air with which she walks,
the languid complacency of her ex-
preston as she drives, the careless
NEGLIGENCE of her manner when she
speaks. These defects oil spring
from one common source. She says,
as plainly as though she were to speak
the words :" am beautiful woman.
/ need not, therefore, take the trouble
to be agreeable. To be beautiful is
enough"
Mrs. Dash is as beautiful as Helen,
and she knows it, but hides the knowl-
edge better Her coquettish airs and
graces sit well or her. They suit her
piquant style and her merry, bright
race. Every one says Sne ~ cnai MN y
land so extremely stylish" SO she is.
And those who think so would have
scarcely admired her as she was sew
eral years ago-a lovely girl who near
ly always wore white, who blushed
frequently when she talked with stran-
gers, and even when teased by her
father, whom she adored. She was n
country girl of nineteen, with no
"style" beyond being thorough
gentlewcman, in whom coquetry was
still dormant. Society prefers the wo-
man of tWentY-six. who is as practlced