Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-04

F/f/ so neglect to Gu
tivate bexu.
as . fine art. We are given to extreme
rather than sensible hsrmonies in our &.
tention to the development OF beauty.
Not one oil US buT csl recall some well
featured woman whose method OF s,
ranging her hair is simply destructive c
contour Of head-or some bright, piq1an
girl whose natural chsracteristics ar
lost In the application Of strictly con
ventional fofms. Not day passes that
do not meet women whose pos5ibilitie
for beauty have bsen absolutely over
looked In slsvisn devotion to reignin;
fashions.
Could anything be uglier than the pres
ent "oRng," GU very shor. and pointed
downward toward the center OF the fore
head, with the side hair drawn closely
away and upward toward the top CT the
head? Not more than ono f,cs in ten, &c
put 1t moderately, but is disfgured By
this method Of "ioing the hair" yet G
miles walk down popular avenue will
show that nesriy every woman one meets
wesrs her front hair arranged after this
execrable style.
Said fashionable hsirdresser to q
friend OF miro recently lady whose
ASnu WAS NSiy IODs, HUN Lic U4ltS5
the no5a, whose cheek bones were higl
and prominent and forehead narrow snd
low-''1ou must sll1W me to cut your
bang in the latest style, everything else
Is dowdyish snd common" To be
"doWdyish" was something so terrible
that the lady IL question consented, with
the result thst her head became 6 picture
for comic pu LEGATION, looking as If the
top had bsen pat into wise aud pointed
This peculiar face needed the most csre-
full arrangement of fluffy hair a. the sides
OF the torehesd, with the entire center
left uncovered 20 give equilibrium to the
general shspe. But ell thought OF beauiy
as fine art WAS sac -ifl;ed to the god Ct
style, ard the poor creature WIS literally
a slight to behold!
Again, / frequently meet woman
whose enti1e shape is succession Of
sharp angles. Toe perfect human body
fs both free and symmetrical, and coming
from the hands Of the Supreme Designer
q woman Is q creature OF curves and
grace, coming from the hands of her
Isfss, she is too often r thing OF angles
and snkwsrdness. What a horror one
becomes when every i0int OF the upper
body is acceDtasted by the style of the
gown so that each member seems TO be
proclaiming itself superior to is neigh
Dor.
Recently sat opposite q woman in an
elevated car for hall hour whose abuse |
OF natures possibilities amounted to q |
crime. she must have been q superbly |
shaped woman before the COURSE CT tor |
turing every organ into independent |
prominence began. The shoulders which |
were thrown up ard lquared out Of the |
natural shape; and the but, which was
laced 60 high, that the proportion Of the
curve from the neck TO the waist wss
lost; and the hips, which were perfect
shelves from the closely drawn waist,
formed three dlstinC. points OF observA.
ton. Scientifically speaking, these mem
oers were seen 10 be exact truths; srtis.
tically speaking sno use WIs inside Of 10
we sentiment, aid the sense Of I'll atty
was entirely lost-precision and ex.rs mes
taking The place OF grace and s1btlety
Had this woman studied her own form
from the point Of srt and beauty, instead
Of fashion and custom, she would have
been nothing less tnan s magnificent Juno.
One could fancy her released from the
stiff and unYleldipg corset, wearing a
dsxible bodice which would firmly sup
port the ample lines OF her figure withou.
destroying Its natural curves, with slop-
NC shoulders, gentle flowing waist and {
Zip line and tAquisitelg moulded bust,
;lothed IN sofs ana DAINTY wool or lace {
sbric which would have made OF her a I
licture Of rsvishing loneliness So clothed, {
he would have been an inspiration for |
n artist. A very unusual Deauty; clothed '
8 che was, she was merely an ordinary T
tylish woman Ike whom you could G
- a hl az hat ! a
the larger part Of then padded INTO G
hope, and possessing not one 1.-THE OF s
he natural beauty which Wss hers. q
now tnst was the only person in the t!
r. who gave the woman second though;
TO prevailiI G modes had well
Ugh destroyed the lass vest!ge OF what
light have been, and to the casual Oh
river che wss one Of many. To cultivate
,suty as fire art one must have both
dependence Of spirits and taste, and to a
ese must be added sn appreciation for
sects.
An artist who would set up sn estsb Iish- b
emit in q cny like New York for the de-
lopment OF beauty according to irdi. C
dual characteristics would be q god.
nd to womaDkin6. Such q person a.
)uld need to be an artist in the strict sc
tsense OF the word, with . thorough
atoriicel and aesthetic understanding al
the human body and the scientific
owledge OF how TO correct radicsl de; r
Is of structure, shape and form, and
+ only IS q whole but In detail. AN
Te will imagine such IN establishment 70
iulI b,sst, aud fitted up with every &C. w.,
Isory OF development. toilet Snd COS WI
ming. Entering one would be met by
examiner who would subject the 1 d
mt for acknowledgements 10 8 rigid W,
critical snslysis physically and men.
=. Every uEdeveloped part would be 4 6
ught 10 light under his or her search A.,
scalpel, and every point susceptible
uperior establishment would De noted
considered In i.s relation to other Inc
.s. A etrict course of exercise, .dieI, J.k
living would be prescribed according
Individual needs; until 6efset6, ia But
tee or acquired, # statue, p9!sS, ear s.v
e. conplt xioD, hs!F, eyes, Natn, ssS
% hsd been corrected. Mkt ths
tsI endowment woulf be considered Anu
1nneesiou With the physical to deter. BY y
, IhGtnaGger Ct s70msn could best be
Hoped from She crude msrerial; and Let
IL dress would be desigped to har- Jas
ize with the general characteristics
c snbj sct; care tsing taken 10 pre-
} certaia absolute yaas Of symmetry
laiwony through The different grsda 3;