The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-02
TYPES or BEAUTY.
No Possibility Of Arriving NJ any Stand
nrd-So,n. Odd Ideas.

uld->O'D" Oui
vr:ous. indeed. are the opinions held
hy & wide diver-ty II races regarding
thr., lpauiies, though it Is often difficult
for people bred under another sky to
shar. their enthusiasm. Tie Circassian
women, who have a sort Of conventional
reputation for loneliness. are affirmed by
thos. who know them best 10 lie far from
worthy # their celebrity. Short legs.
gllrilg red hair, faces 50 long and mar
row that their heads secri to have been
squeezed bet yeen two boards and flat
tened. noses out Of proportion to tie rest
Of the features and compilations If q
dull, lead like hue, scarcely constitute
beauty according to or standard. The
MOors and the Tuni-ial jess regard cor
pulence a. absolutely essential to beauty,
and the inmate, Of rich mems larems are
stuffed with nutritious fool Ike Stra,-
bourg geese for the market. the Chi
nesc poets sing OF the dcformed feet -
golden lilies. and TIE rocking Of their
women in attempting to walk as the
waving Of a willow.
Other races have equally odd ideas Of
what constitutes loyelness. for they i'm
prove" their persons by flattening their
foreheads. tattooing their skins. cutting
of their fingers. fling their teeth or
dyeimS them black. blue or tartan. paint
ing their bodies. Sitting their cars. com
pressiu. their waists, putting stones. bone
or metal through their lips. cheeks, or
ears. AMI in dozen other ways trying TO
enhance the poor prentice work OF nature.
\ Felatah lady dyes her hands and feet
with hcnnah. stains her teeth alternately
blue yellow and purple. one here and
there being left Of It's natural color, pen
Gil, her cyeils with sulphuret of anti
mony. and dyes her locks with indigo.
The Hydah woman inserts plug OF
wood Or ivory through her lower lip until
it represents the hideous appearance Of a
fleshv shelf over her chin. \ Chinese or
a Siamese lady cultvates long nails. \
Hottentot belle cannot get her nose flat
enough, or a Parsiau beauty hers high
enough.
On the northwest coast Of America no
reproacb J., more bitter than for one In
dian girl to tell another that your mo-
Their was too llzy to flatten your head. y
latiooing is almos; universal among bali
CIVILIZED or savage races. in New lea
land the MAJOR. women, before they began
to imbl5e European prejudices even tat
tooei their lips, lest they should have
the r,proach Of being red. Some
races sin their ears until they hang in
loops on their shoulders Others insert
huge rings and other ornaments through
the cartilage of their noses. The LoulSl-
adc islanders regard the I'D Of a sardine
box rs particularly neat piece OF Jew
clry, and even European women have
not yet cpasel 10 suspend bits Of stone
and rictal through the lo5es % their cars.
There is, in truth, 10 possibility Of ar
irving 1t any standard Of beauty, the
points Of which would not do injustice
Il some of the competitors. Even among
the whites there are various IDEAS Of
villa, constitutes COOL looks. Like man
ncrs and morals. beauty Is very much q
matter Of sky. just as an Indian told \
traveller what comfort his son was to
him. because The could steal moro horses
than aus boy IF bis age, p 50 western
froateisman assured visitor that his
daughter VS. the finest girl il the
settlement. for she could theft barrel
Of por', and lex her weight in wild
eats. LONDON Standard.