Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-18
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
Sights in the Enchanting City OF
Fair SeYilIeahs.
Dress That is Somewhat Less Picturesque
Than Found Among Their Cousins
Of the Orient.

Any one who has one enjoyed them
csn never forget the long sunny days
of Seville, the delicious dreamy atmos-
phere, the evening walks through
orange groves and island gardens, along
the walks of the beautiful Granddaughter
fringed with aeacias and willows, re-
flecting in its silent depths the soft
lights and the deep shadows of the
Western sky the glory of the setting
sun 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 church spires and
the beautiful Moorish Giralda in the
city and the great Tower d'Ooro,
by the river side, aud flooding
the earth with a golden radi-
ance; and then the slow, solemn com
ing up of the great yellow moon w
the orange gardens and the palm trees
behind the stately palace OF the Dlc
de MOutpenSier; and the sweet pensive
mystery of the nights, when the rustic
OF he palms and the fragrance of the
orange blossoms and the soft raythmi-
cal plash of the fountain in the patio
beneath ones window mingled with
ones dreams; and n half wakes at
the hourly peal of the cathedral bell to
hear the seicuO chanting in musical
cadence the hour Of the night, and the
comforting assurance that 'all is WE'LL"
and the weather is fair" 1t all seems
like a beautiful dream; and yet
Was dream SO real.
The Dress
of the Sevilleans-especially of the wo-
men-if somewhat less picturesque than
is found among their cousins of the
Orient, is far better adapted for the ex-
hibitiOn of beauty of form and feature.
The ungraceful wells with which the
MOhammedan and MaureSque cOnCeals
all her beauty, but that of the dark lus-
trOuS eyes, in the Andalucian Maures-
que has been etherialized to a scarf of
soft clinging lace which, encircling the
face and falling in graceful folds about
the throat and shoulders, only
helghtenS the beauty il may have once
been intended to conceal. The plain
est of cOuntenanceS is softered and
iueal.Led hy this sort Of q veil; the
beauty becomes O~eNltcnlNb- NO udpe-
less jacket and bagsy trOwSers
and clumsy slippers hide or dis
tort the exquisite beauty OF these
1.-the aud slender forms, the grace
ful drOOp of the shoulders, the high
arched instep of the little foot, or the
supple grace Of carriage. These small
feet of the Addalusian, so much besuug.
are no Pigment of the poets brain. 1t is
one of the first things u stranger OBJ
serves, and Is particularly noticeable in
the children, whose dainty little feet
seem scarcely Staunch enough 10 sup
port the plump little legs 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 exceeded the
limits of truth in his rhapsodies on An
dalusian beauty. Plainness of feature,
except among the old and hard-worked,
IS the exception. The beauty of the
women, if not OF the highest type, is of
q very gratifying quality; but the
beauty of the children seems something
almost Observation-Disclosures Courier.