Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-04
THREE BRITISH BEAUTIES.
The Countess Of Dudley, Lady Colin
Campbell and Mrs. Gordon-B Baltic.

Olive Logan in Philadelphia Tsmsa
Long residence in England has given me the
positive conviction that, although the English
talk admiringly Of French cuisine" and "for.
efgn Beauties" they have but q superficial
liking for both and prefer British cookery and
British beauties to everything else of the kind in
the world. At the same time II must not be
supposed that the blonde is the only type of
British beauty. The yellow-haired, blue-eyed
race are OF the Anglo-Saxon descent and of
course form numerous element in the mass Of
British female beauties, but the Norman strain
is also deep and wide, and deriving from the
French nobility which came over to England
with WliIam the Conqueror, il shows itself
particularly among the aristocracy of England.
To this cause is to be attributed the number of
e1quisite beauties OF the peerage who have
dark hair, dark eyes and even the dark COM
plexlon OF Frenchwomen; now in course of
time modified by the peculiar manner and
passioniess expression which render their
charm quite as thoroughly English in their
nature as are those OF the Anglo-Saxon women.
In this class OF beauties stand the peerless and
unapproachable countess Of Dudley, and lonoo
aate7-pdAo. that fascinating parsonage, lady
Colin Campbell. Both are slender. dark-eved.
dark haired and Of pale complexion. Lady
Dudley was a Miss Moncriefe, Of Scotland;
Lady Colin was Miss Blood of Ireland. 1t is
not impossible that both sprung originally
from the Norman stock.
Irish beauties are generally supposed to have
dark hair and blue eyes. This Is bewitching
conjunction. certainly and one frequently seen
in Ireland. but it is not the only type of lowell
ness extant there. Red-haired beauties with
dark eyes are numerous in Ireland: and when
these charms are welded to q complexion of
pure lily and rose they are really irresistible:
Wofington's time must have thought, for that
fascinating actress was of this striking type
Scotch beauties follow the Scotch type of red
hair. blue eyes and Aorid complexion-the type
Of the duke of Argyll.
These are the facial characteristics from
which, however, many noted beauties differ.
The countess Of Dudley has been already men
toned for her radiant loneliness of the dark
type. Another instance which may be named
ls that OF that now notorious person Mrs
Gordon-Baillie, who has Just been sentenced to
five years penal servitude in England for
passing worthless checks and in other wsvs
defrauding the public. This woman. it has
been discovered, was the Legitimate daughter
OF Scotch peasants, and vet for aristocratic
bearing. for dark-eyed. dark-haired beauty she
have seen the self-styled Mrs Gordon Baillie
frequently, when she was mingling with the
world as person of position. and never looked
upon her without feeling glow Of admiration
for her beauty. Her form was absolutely fault
less. although she had brought four Children
into the world She was like Greek statue.
She never knew the touch Of a stay lace. She
called on me to ask if thought she could get
audiences in America to listen to her lecture
on the folly of tight lacing. told her that she
had only to exhibit herself on the lecture plat
form in America and state that her beauty was
the result of any course of action, hygienic or
the reverse, and she would obtain instanta-
neously at least a hundred thousand converts
to her system. 1t is pity she didn't put this
plan into execution, FOR she would certainly
have earned honest money by it. which might
have saved her from the irretrievable degrade