Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-26
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There are more hands j
Brighton than anywher Jme women III
they are so eooiy~ &c else in the world.
f.~s,s Of t,-' Ion that gradually the
--s S 1.ns,~ lie In the mind rises. aud
seour .ag women who would admired
N .her places pass by without notice.
>, here all the flowers are roses you do not
see a rose. They are all plump, not to
ssy fat, which would be rude; very
plump, and have the glow OF youth and
bloom upon the cheeks. They do not SUI
fer from "perniclous an@mia," that evil
bloodlessness which London physicians
are not unirequently called upon 10
cure, when the cheeks are white as
paper ard have TO be rosied with minute
doses OF arsenic. They extract their ar
senic from the air. The way they step and
the carriage OF the form show how full they
are OF life and spirits. Sarah Bernhardt
will not come to Brighton IL she can help
il, lest she should lose that high-art angu-
larity and slipperiness OF shape which suits
her role. Dresses seem always to tit well,
because people somehow expand TO them.
1t is pleasant to see the girls walk, be.
cause the limbs do not drag. the feet are
lifted gayly and with ease. Horse exercise
adds deeper glow 10 the face; they ride
ming, for the air there Is certain 10 lmpart
freshness TO the features like dew on
flower, and then return and walk their
horses TO and fro the Kings road, certain
OF admiration. However often these tricks
are played they are always successful.
Those philanthropic folk who want TO re-
form women's dress, and call upon the
world TO observe how the present style
contracts the chest and forces the organs OF
the body out OF place (what queer eX-
preston II seems, "organs y, have not
chance in Brighton. Girls lace tight and
"go in" for the tip OF the fashion, yet they
bloom aud flourish as green bay-treeS,
/. and do not find their skirts any obstacle
In walking or tennis. The horse-rih..,x
that goes on is thing ~ pe chronicled
| ,hey are always on Horseback, and YOU
| NAV depend upon 1t that 1t Is better for
| them than all the gymnastic exercises ever
\ invented. The liability 10 STRAIN, and even
serious internal injury, which is incurred
| In gymnastc exercise, ought TO induce
| sensible people TO be extremely careful
how they permit their daughters to sacri-
fee themselves ON this scientific altar.
Buy them horses to ride II you want them
to enjoy good health and sound constiti-
lions. Nothing like horses for women.
Send the professors to Suakin and put the
girls on horseback. Whether Brighton
grows handsome girls, or whether they
flock there drawn by instinct, or become
lovely by staying there, is an inquiry too
difficult 10 pursue. There they are, one
at least in every group, and you have to
walk, as the spanisrds say, with your
beard over your shoulder continually look.
ing back at those who have passed. The
4 only sntidote known IN TO get married be-
fore you visit the place, and doubts have
been expressed as 10 its efficacy. Ia the
south coast Of Seville there Is nothing done
but heart-breaking; 1t Is so common II Is
like haSumering fiints for road msnding
nobody cares II your hesrt Is In pieces
They break hearts on horseback, and
while walking, playing tennis, shopping
actually at shopping, not TO mention par
ties Of every kind. No one knows where
the next danger will be encountered, a
the very next corner perhaps. Feminine
garments have an irresistible futter IN thu
sea breeze; feathers have beskoning mo
ton. No one can be altogether good II
Brighton, and that Is tbs great charm Of 1t
The language Of the eyes Is cultivated to
marvellous degree; as we say Of dogs. the,
quite talk with their eyes.