Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-13
lERICAN BEAUTIES.
lnls Of Queens of wOmaDkind
70 Whom All Men
Bowed.
0uld of Virginia and Nellie
Hazslsine of Missouri Their
Striking Traits,
Fell Under Clouds and Laid
Down Their Burdens at an
Early Age.
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j. r. n In new aoih worm.
,tanoa fatality seems always 10
ettanted beautiful women from
ne 81 Helen OF Troy down to
>,,taant hour. Cleopatra, after
f. tflumphed over both Julius
and Mark Antony, sought relief
eide. Every body knows the sad
Of Petrarch and Laura, of Abe
ana Heloise, and of Beatrice
The truthfulpess as well as the
OF this idea Is wonderfully
fht out aud fixed forever In
tneafeis ''Romeo and Jul
There seems to be
Art 81 penalty for being
ulnRl9 beautiful. Very few
~ who have become famous be-
81 their beauty have lived to "A
&c ave OF reasonable contentment
aappiness. Probably the most
nful woman known in the coun-
wiring recent years was Matte
of Virginia. She was not only
" transeendent beauty OF face, but |
adrously brilliant intellect. der
Robert Ould, was famous dur
1e war rs the commissioner Tor
on change OF prisoners on the part
Confederate government. When
piliu man he was district attorney
( nfstrict of Columbia, and lived
iaahinnton, He was lawyer OF
o. ,l:rn{ly and ability, but the lat
al a ~ his life was clouded by the
nl 81 tho Confederacy and the UNI
90 ending OF his daughters life.
tnas the person more than any
who gave White Sulphur
uhss. ia Virginia, great fame as a
nnnn- nlhce. Sometimes a fashion
ed owes Its success t. the patronage
utnale person. 1t was largely II
tlrely 30 in this instance. Mat
hid was the bright and shining
n Of coterie Of young girls that
hr up I'm Richmond Just
MT the war. They were
n,st and most famous representa-
ID BIZ a society OF Virginia aud the
pgi that now seems TO be well.nigh
hast. They were at White Sulphur
q the summer of lS72-73 and
sslbout. No such assemblages
since been seen there, nor Will
N, ke them be ever seen there or
here again. 1t was the last brill
AZ glow of Southern chivalry-a
hing that has now passed into
rralma OF memory and Of worth
v as foundation upon which TO-
kers of the future may build. For
.A,lor four seasons White Sulphur
yIhe raliying-place for that limited
v,jer Of Southern gentlemen aud
T5 whose fortunes had not
~ aItogether swept away
re war. Most OF the men had
,distinguished officers in the Con-
.S.ale army, such as Gen. Butler,
4 Gary, and Gen. Hampton OF
n Carolina; Gen. Joe johnston OF
inin. Gen. Gordon of Georgia,
Benufegard Of Louisiana, and
ms OF commanders of lesser re-
X,Aa. Most OF them were Yet in the
~ Of manhood, and had about
~ the fresh fame that had come
their achievements on the
!. s-iield. The old South bad
yet entirely faded away
nv OF the opinions and
sdices held before the war wer1
\ ,nteftsined; the heroism Of Jack
zee and hundreds of others was o
a.e OF exhaustless congratulation
lss were fought anew and victo
y Rere won afresh. In this charmed
almost closed TO people of thu
va, Matte Ould was the acknowl
~ queen. She was the belle o
~ great ball given ut White Sui
g for two or three seasons. AuC
istly earned the distinction giveI
OF all the brilliantly beautiful
I'm OF the sunny South none hav,
bo her equal. Her company wa
Ell by every distinguished
and statesman. He
dTnce was like a magi
yen a TO every assemblage, In voice
Ben gesture, movement, everything
Law MS euperlatively attractive. Sh
ene realization 10 every man of al
Il pne bad ever In tho Wildes
Pof hes Of his Imagination picture
ltls ltisnl woman TO be. Hair tha
one l0ut her head and face and nee
z lhoul0ers like golden cloud
% hat were great and luminous an
D sosllng, that subdued every b'
le "; each eyes under such wealt
EiAr ;s6nch cheeks of rose tint, fu'
Whsound a neck of perfect poist
oispl IS lhe swan's and white an,
va 5 the swans down a bosoI
fAn rose and fell like IA
rOa Of the sea, and
ggsI. that could but give some swet
pofnce 70 charm every llstenel
huraher ia the ballroom, at dinner
exha simple socia. gathering OF a fe'
orka brienda, che was the game uy
allblbly dellghtful creature, too Ut
10 wy 10 be touched by human hand
TOR $50 valuable prize for any on
,orTa whether he be the congueror
this dred battle-helds or siatesma
usse honors. All these came to h'
1oltl tpgad themselves at her feet, \
Hiram ID was ever more completely I'll
HoNT Of men, and many a ore liv,
Dsps g sestify to the sharpness
Zen Hef - her refusal OF his Rddresse
esseea aI1t dow comes suddenly an
aeIul out brewer all view OF this love-
efgn The ead story of her departul
'issloIaer parental roof, hasty marrlal
M llllntlsnely death will probabl
ne y be told In full--and probabl
M, 4 not 10 be. Her own mother hi
ckeH 4lifu Bhe was q child, and lust
0eass eoming 10 glrlhood her faith
ID 10 second time, and beLwet
n uitlu n0r step-moiher there arc
Urn trtcDDcilable feud, which Il
.1slos ] evan the father, and at a N
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