The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-27

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Nov shall fright you from your wits.
And tear your threat to frolic bits,
And laugh at you Is well bents
An erring preacher.
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Louise Imooen G,.i,,ev.
WHAT WOMEN WANT TO KNOW.
The Beautiful Women OF Seville.
Letter to the Boston Courier: Any one who
has once enjoyed them can never forget the
long, sunny days Of Seville, the delicious,
| dreamy atmosphere, the evening walks through
orange groves and island gardens, along the
banks of the beautiful Gusdalquiver, fringed
with accaoias and willows, rsfeo,ing in its
ows Of the Western sky; the glory Of the set
| ting beyond the green plains and the distant
palms, gliding the tops Of the tall masts that
rise from the bosom Of the river like
slender s!s'l church spires, and the beau
and the great Tower d Orc by the river side.
and flooding the earth with o golden radiance;
and then the slow, solemn coming up Of the
great yellow moon over the orange gardens and
the palm trees behind the stately palace Of the
Duo de Montpensier; and the sweet, pensve
mystery Of the nights, when the rustic of the
palms and the fragrance of the orange bios
SONS and the soft rhythmical plash of the
| fountain In the patio beneath ones window
m'ngle with ones dreams; and one half wakes
at the hourly peal of the cathedral bell to hear
hour Of the nigat and the comforting assur-
auce that "all is we'll" and the ''weather
is fair" 1t all seems like q beauti-
full dream; and yet never was dream
SO real. The dress Of the Sevilleans- especially
Of the women-h somewhat less picturesque
than is found among their cousins OF the ORR
emf, is far better adapted for the exhibition OF
beauty Of form and feature. The uugraceful
wells with which the Mohammedan Mauresaue
oonceals all her beauty but that of the dark
iustrous eyes, in the Andalusian Mauresaue
has been esherialized to q scarf of soft clinging
lace which, encircling the face aud falling
in graceful folds about the throat and
shoulders, only heightons the beauty il
may have once been intended to con-
ceal The plainest of countenances is
beautiful becomes bewitching. No shapeless
Jacket and baggy trousers and clumsy slippers
hide or distort the exquisite beauty OF these
1.-the and slender forms, the graceful droop of
the shoulders, the high, a:ched instep of the
little foot or the supple grace Of carriage
is one of the first things stranger
observes. and is particularly noticeable
in the children, whose dainty little
feet seem scarcely staunch enough to support
the plump little logs above them; and the
shops where children's shoes are sold one
might easily take for an emporium of dolls
outfits. Nor has the romancist very much ex-
ceeded the limits Of truth in his rhapsodies on
Andalusian beauty. Plsinness of feature, ex-
exception. The beauty of the women, if not of
the highest type, is Of avery gratifying quality;
but the beauty of the children seems some
thing almost miraculous
Bad Things on the Beach.
An old maid writes from Long Branch: ssThe
Fourth Of July was splendid day here, and
there were 900 guests at the West End hotel.
| The bathing was delightful and hundreds went
| into the water, the temperature being II deg.
The sun shone hot upon the sandy beach, and
the summer-houses and platforms were COW
cred with spectators. There issued from q
bath-house female thusly alfred: Black silk
fitting red bodice without sleeves, and o very
short tunic of red helted with black, and a black
border around the tunic Her arms were bare
TO her shoulder and her head was bare.
She had two male attendants. who were
bare-armed, are-breasted, and bare-legged.
through the hot sand, and, after allowing the
spectators to view her standing for twenty
minutes. she sat down on the sand, and the
men did the same. For full half an hour they
sat browning themselves in the sun and warm
ing up for the bath. The tide was out and the
water shallow for great distance; the three
figures walked on and on until they reached
the large breakers, and then she vaulted
through the surf like a circus-rider going
through the paper balloons. The trio per-
formed many circus feats for the amusemen,
of the large audience. Then they came out
and sat on the sands; one of the man stretched
himself out and the female proceeded to bury
him; she soon had him covered from neck to
toes, and then stood over him kick.
ing the. sand IN a higher heap. Two
water, aud in conspicuous bathing suits
wrestled on the beach until one succeeded in
throwing down the other, then she laid full
length on her, and tried to force sand in her
mouth. The under girl struggled and shrieked
but the one on top held her down until she
filed her mouth with sand This gave deeper
ate strength to the under one, and she sue
ceeded in getting her opponent down and serv-
ing her with the same repast, then released
her, and both ran into the water These girle
only thought Of having bit Of fun, but. before
this ora, would modest girls romp in such at
tire before such promiscuous crowd? An
other girl came out of the water and threw
herself, face downward, on the sand and kicked
up her heels in the air. Formerly young ladies
protected their compilations from tan and sun
|
brown their arms, hands and faces. After two
hours in the water and on the hot sands they
are as rod as their dresses, their parasols, and
their ribbons.
| Mirrors.
The place of the mirror, in the variou:
styles Of decoration now adoptedin our houses
is as rule subordinate. The large looking.
glass is discarded in favor of a number OF
small looking glasses OF various sizes and
shapes, placed i'll different portions of the
room and at various angles, rejecting the
light and giving to the apartment the illusion
of broken reflections Frames are of carved
wood In many cases they are made with
shelves and recesses for the reception Of brio
q brac, and we have seen large mirrors en-.
shrined in painted tapestry harmonizing with
the general coloring of the room.
Plush and velvet frames are or
namented with the needle and painted
upon, and tue old habit of painting on the glass
has been revived A looking glass given to a
bride was set in a frame five inches deep, GOV.
cred with white velvet, on the corners of which
sprays of pink hawthorn delicately painted
seemed neglgently thrown, On the glass itself
lay small branch bright with rosy blossoms
and tiny leaves Another mirror was framed
in blue velvet, on which was painted garland
OF oxeyed daisies; daisies and grasses fell in
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