The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-29


rhouol, rulIy aware of the yalur of her
o,l,r c..nrms, and perfectly able 10 WELD
,l,em with tclJiag discretion. the average
American women seems utterly uncon~
s,jpus Of the marvellous power Of the
human eve. She can say as many pref
tx things ms her fairer sisters of the Gers
maLicand her duskicr sisters of the Latin
races; she can smirk, smile, nod, do
rveryihjnu else that attracts and tascin
ates.cAcept To use her eyes. With these,
ZOO froonrutly. She can only stare. or
EuoIish women nearly the same thing can
ocnnraIly lac said.
The woman of England ard America
nose and study effects before their mir
rors quite as u.uch as those of other
countries They Know, as well as any,
how +, make capital out of pretty foot,
neck and arms, but when it comes to kill
mo with "A Glance ihcv only succeed in
fnilinu.
In answer TO the poet who calls the
eve "lhe window of the soul" Kate
Field drylv observes that "it is, truly, too
bad TO dunn the soul into the rest Of the
rarfct rubbish, though her Joke does not
entirely lrstroy The figure Since IIom
cr's day poets of all grade have touched,
NOR, ar less dcftly. upop that which is
nossil,lr TO the eve. from Ben Johnson.
who same "Drink to me only with thine
ayps " tn tuc ,ullally enthusiastic hVmnn>
Inoisi who rXCmimcd II will guide thee
with INV eve" Woman's glowing urbs"
have insured many an English and Amer
jt.an inymrstrr causing them to pour
forth raniuro,is song; vet, save when She
wink. nj some favored cavalier the Eng
lish a., American divinity seldom eXActs
nuy service of her eyes except the gratis
frotinn nf her cutiosity. TIE children of
both nt these countries are keeniy alive
to tn,. iucXhausiible resources of the hum
AN eve. and it is difficult to understand
why lhcv abandon the exercise of the OBJ
tic newer ms they nature.
Princess Ioni.e. Lady kildare and
Ellen Terry are notable exceptions to this
classification, and they manage to look
quite AS much rs the say to those whom
lhey meet spciaiIy Mary Andersou's chief
mower. 50 far us facial expression is cons
cerncd, Is in her eyes OF of the stage
she is pinin aud ordinary, except when
animated Get "A glimpse at her ewes
when she is speaking, aud one ia ready to
swear that she IS the most radiantly beau.
tful woman in the world.
French women, to whom all coy arts
are known, us well as the right time to
cmnlov them. are kcenly alive TO the fact
that the eve is IL tremendous engine.
Henrietta .larechal the inscparablc friend
and compaulon of the great De MELVILLE.
whom she recently married while on his
death bed. could move and SWAY one man
or a hundred men mt the same time. with
her maonrtic chances. so brilliant and
expressive were the ewes Of Madame Ro,
land that thc brutal headsman. who re-
walled in the blood of even his most limos
cent victims. could scarcely scrcw his
co1roor mn sufficiently 10 sever her fair
neck and actually hco~el her forgiveness
hrfur. Ipttino iLr fataI hIada descend of
all French women probably Sarah Bern
b.rdt has thc most nowerfnl md M IN.
same lime fine most iucomurehcnsjble
ewes With ,hr,n she can exnrass evrrv.
tnipu-- from, tbc hur,ino of silent anathas
mas at Madame Cnlomhier IN a reouast
forbr,ndv Tho chanre fran ono ap,d,io,
to it's axoci onnnsitn ~ from ,ondnrresc
10 furv. She Accommodated with the ouicls.
mess Of lightniup ana hor whole ave
lids. loshes and all-dilntes ami recedes
tho same ~ the nunil of = c,ts evr No
twn mon con Nc fopnd vhn ,yill ,rroo
norfnc,ly 40 ~. tho e,oct s;,o ond cn1,tr IF
Saroh's remorl,uhI, orhs. ,b.v varv CON.
stnntlv ike tLn colors Of n rainbow and
never ,nucor twice alike oven TO Tho
same nrrson II is said that two friends
onre laid - WAGER ne TO the size of S,rah's
]nminnries one pronounced them LARGO
md n,yr,le like almost elnnhantipe. and
,be othcr said thnt they were minnie md
niorcir,,, IiI,o ,ha aros 20 a',,r, 's
hasil;sL rhn friend 70 WHOM, ,,,,s,a,.n,
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