Daily Republican., 1884-01-25

Th0ughis ON beauty.
Beauty, which comes from the Latin
word belius, contracted from he nulus
from benus, bonus, beautiful, good,
pheasant, has heen defined as the qnali.
~ Of being pretty, handsome, fine, love.
~, an asscmbage OF graces, or proper
tons Of parts, which pleases the senses,
particularly the eye or the ear =; par.
t!cnar grace or ornament; q parti GU
lar excellence symmetry or harmony
OF parts elegance, grace, loveliDess
fairness, graceinlness, etc.
Such definition, IL must be admitted
is as good ~ no definition at all
Iiassigns the discrimination Of the
beautiful 10 no particular faculty Of the
mind or TO any one of the physical SEN
| sea.
| Such objects that we see, hear, feel,
taste or smell, we are accustomed to ca II
beautiful.
We also speak Of the solution OF IA
difficult problem OF mathematics as he
ing beautiful, which is u purely mental
operation, of a beautiful thought, and NO
on.
The fact IL, everything that pleases
us, whether ii affect us effectively or
suhjeriively, we are accustomed to call
heaatiful; but believe that all are
agreed that of all beautiful things, men
tai or physical, there Is nothing that
gives no mnch pleasure, 10 the male
portion of humanity at least, as the face
Of a beautiful 20 'ng woman.
Lately | passed very pleasant even
ing In the society of an elderly gentle
man aud his accomplished daughter.
After u while the conversation turned
upon the affections of the sexes
The daughter maintained that men
aud women were attracted by their in
tcllectuai worth.
but her fatLer persuaded her that
most affections are attracted without
any thought Of mental qualities, stating
that the ancieuts, VINO nved four thou.
sand years 10 our two thousand, were
never once attracted save by feminine
beauty, as the education OF women in
those days was considered o. no i'm
port nee.
" heleu," he continued, "the mosr
braulr'Il Of the ancients was admired
tor i't@ beauty Of her psrsou--not for
any mental qualities, for she did not
possess them
" But, papn, are we not valued for
anything but beauty? Are we to be the
slaves Of passionate men? Surely, you
DO not mean this"
"No, my child, far from it. The
greatest glory of man is to Obtain an
accomplished wife--one who il equal TO
himself. II was this which made the
ancient women No little thought of. |
Man vas then god education pAst
looked upon rs something beyond
"omrD-they could not conceive the
Idea Of how such thing could b" ac.
cmplished by those who were simply |
the slaves of their husbands. But ut |
the present day thipgS are much al
tered there are very few fields Of study |
ia which women cannot follow thetr
lords. Men and women are now on az
equal footing"
What is your idea Of beauty, M.
MAnnln ~ | venrured to remark.
Well, the ancieIts, who pretended
10 be coEholsheurs, praised narrow
forehead, red hair, and eyebrows that
Joined each Other above the nose. One
Ut these beauties brought to our present
civilization Of ideas would not NEE,
" irh the cordial reception which greeted
her III former times. ] do not believe ,
hat there is another subject on which
he world Is 50 much divided. In :
I;LrtdrS, the perfection Of beauty con.
'iaIs IN Hat noses, tawuy skins, and
'yes three inches apart. A CirtaSsan
wants straight nose. The Chinese, b
sho are noted tor their delicate, cpl
'urrau tastes, consider thin lips, and
Get crampcd into almost defOrmity, In
lispensahle requisites for beauty. The 6
overs Of GOnsora are the reverse 10.
male lips were never made thick enough
or them" n
The daughter here asked what was
lis idea of true beauty, which at first q
10 refused to give, but few entreaties !,
revealed
Her height Is about five feet two in. II
her her hair of any color that agrees "
Nth her complexion her forehead n
nther low, and as free from freckle or -
,rinkle asa piece of marble her brows T.
rs dark, narrow, arched, aud strongly ~
efned her eyes are large, rather Ian =
uishing than bright, and Of either of =,
he usual colors-for the gray eyes OF ~
larry of Scotland were not less captivat- o y,
X than the raven orbs of the Queen of 4,
heba her eye.lashcs are dark and ID
ing her eyes are mitigated aquiine- +,
lat is, an aquiline curtailed of its Ne W
Gritty ; her lips are short and small,
nd yet full and pou.iug; her chin is
cry slightly developed her ears are NJ
nall, thin, with the tip on line with q,
le eyebrow her complexion varies e