The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-14
F.n,aie oeforn.ty.


From Halls journal Of llcaih.l
The exiraorlI airy pcrycrsion Of taste
and SENSE proved by tie general opinion
Of what Is desirable in iemaie form may
20 far 10 prove q at the principle OF ev'
olulion is balanced by that Of rctrogres-
sion. The cage.mcu have left proofs OF
the possession Of lucrliie. not possessed
hy savage people Of tie present. day,
which may he taken ~ showing IN the
case Of those vino, incapable Of improve
mcul, die gu; before the march OF cl'iI-
iMtiJn. that these latter are not going
ogcr the same ground OF progress, Int
rcap.in- from superior condition.
Tie singular STATE Of ideas respecting
beauty Of form in all modern cl'iI1ed
countries ran hardly imply anything but
relrorrc-sirn in one ii the srhse' al
/ least. judging Of the opinion oi the
ancient Greeks as expressed IN thcIr
sculpture, mnl,m, ideal, weil.dre'sed
youne lady, probably BY natures nlcn-
ton ~ Guc, OF finer, than anything they
ever saw. would be to them, c,uId they
rey.t the earth, Il subject 81 amaze
mcnr! Tiny hands, " hle till they look
bioodl"s.. aud pointed nall; feet with
no more shape tLana spoon; but, above
Iall, waist like a pipe, having scarcely
any natural reference 10 the form "no'e
or bcIow--in reality, hideouS! The
dccply-rooicd preference for thls detorm-
ity must surely be a mark Of retrogres-
sion.
1t is common for delGded mothers,
lookin2 at the graGdIy growing glrl, IT,
say, "I'he child : becoming Il monster
She must he Immediately put int
stays" \ little girl Of twelve, being
for the first time jannned into the abom-
nation, complained that she could not
breathe. Tie answer Of her mothers
| French maid was, Ii !aut aouiirlr pom
.circ hc!ic,' and 50 commenced the de
iormiiy Of tie poor child, body an'
MUD. There ough, to be no such thms
a- wai.i a. moss understood. In early
youth flexible SHINES is II na'ura
characteristic, lalor it does not common
j " eAis,, hoinc replaced by Il beauty o
greater dignity; and wien Il sinai
waist /, formed by art, it is at the cN
pcnsc Of health and beatty. Ever
Young lady who c,mprcsscs her wal,
, out OF ils natural Shape and size shoul
~ We made to understand that she does
at her peril, whether she feels the pre-
sure ur not, for from habit she may ~
= he at all times conscious Of it; 81
should know that she will pay fcarr
price il loss Of health and height III
+. elasticity Of moycment, without viii,
n there can be no healthy pleasure and
m real beauty. The test OF beauty of ion
Is the effect Of the ,ilhoUtic, aud whct
cr it will g well into sculpture; in fa'
the effect of the lines bounding t
shape. Compression on one place M
is produce corresponding expansion
H. another except indeed in the di-astru
r. crushing la If the riLs, which give "
N internally, sometimes entering I
~ lungs. The amPier the form the Il
10 can good taste consent to comprcSsio
til he sudden badges uud violent ami
at tud,s which are the consequence Of L
=. natural restrictions, are distressing ali
,c- To the SENSE 81 beauty aud modosty
dc positively ugIy--nalarc avcnging III
k -cIt! General amplitude is indeed
a.. T.. Il 4
nd carries dignity that is pleasant to 10
=, upon; but,ahort, violent cnrves are G
is in,ntly uLlY.