The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-07
speeLal correspondence OF suNpAY HrNA1p.

fore now than is the subject of beauty Whose
Why, Cleopatra 5, of course.
The young woman who belongs to the classes
that are going to cultivate her physically and
mentally is spending hours in the Astor Library
utilizing her French and German in her search
to discover just what was the color of Cleo
patra's hair. And the cause of this excitement
is that Sardou makes Sarah Bernhardt appear
with black tresses and a swarthy skin. The
men who write in encyclopedias, being men,
devote exactly one-half column to the woman
who upset the world, and in that half column
never mention the color of her hair | never
did take very much stock in encyclopaedia
they never seem to have the things you really
want. They are too much like general shops
WHERE OPINIONS RATHER DIFFER
one amiable old German, who had grown
sweet-tempered and old in the study of the
Egyptians and their doings announces that
Cleopatra had that color hair which is blonde
without CLINT of gold i'll it, another one, who
was as snappy as he was learned, fatty says she
had bright auburn hair, and still another, evil
dently bit of dreamer, says she had the color
hair that men love best. This was delightfully."-
vague, as it permits every man to give Cleopatra
the sort of hair that is possessed by his best girl
SwInburne tells of her hair being the color of
the ocean when it is sun-kissed, and another
poet says that her hair was of that shade and of
that perfume peculiar to the golden lily. Gau-
tier describes her hair as falling in black cas-
cades over her shoulders, but credits her with
having blue eyes, and talks about the amber
blondeness of her temples. l confess to not
knowing what amber blondeness is And an
amber blonde temple would be decidedly sug-
gestive to me of anever-ending need for sulphur
and molasses. l have had stacks of books be-
side me- I have had the assistance of all the
learned ibrarians-the sympathetic assistance
and the only thing do seem to be able to state
positively is that Cleopatra had hair. and that
you can pay your money and take your choice
and make it any colory you want. 1t seems most
probable thatit was blonde, otherwise she would
not have stood out as she did, conspicuous
figure among all the dark-haired Egyptian
women: hut, as l before remarked, opinions
differ, so tnat you can give her any color of hair
you want and you will have somebody to back
you-a German, French, or an English Egypt
ologist.
on THE HERO OF THE HOUR
What co you think Of the Stanley business?
Don't you think it is rather mean to pitch intoa
dead man Personally, it is a matter of abso-
Lutte indifference to me as to whether the girl
was eaten ornot-in fact, wish a few cannibals
would come to New York and eat up some
women I know. l would have a special artist
to sketch the performance. But, you see, here
it is: This man is dead and can't get up and de-
fend himself, and his widow is made to suffer
from all the horrible tales that are printed and
that exploit Mr.. Stanley. And will you please
tell me why he should be exploited? AS un-
derstand Emin wasn't particularly anxious to
be rescued-in fact, hewas having rather good
time of it; and why should we all YELL Hail,
chief" to p man who has gone around hunting
strange countries for to see? Don't you think
the man that stays at home and makes the coun-
try he's in better one is the man who is doing
the best work My sympathies are entirely
with the Irishman who said that ''the man who
planted the North Pole should be the one to go
and find IT," Thank you, no explorers in nv
evenings entertainment.
TEE ENGLIsHMAN IN HEAVEN
BY the by, one constantly says one won't and
then one does. ! took an oath on large pile
of dictionaries, English, Irish, ana profane that
/ would never read book about America writ
ten by an Englishman, but, like my great-grand-
mother Eve, was tempted and | ate. And |
got the entire peck of dirt due me for the rest of
my life. ! shan't 90 over the book; | Just want
~ S"S N-4s "DOuL Jue Eu9lsnnan: lie comes
here, takes everything he can get, finds fault
with everything; he goes home, finds fault with
everything there, and when he goes to heaven he
finds fault with everything there, and writes let
tiers TO the AHgeis Ga9ette complaining of the
dampness of TIE clouds, the strings on his Lutte
and his next-door neighbor, and he signs this
"A Loyal Britain,7
AMERICAN woMEN AND ENGLISH MEN
By birth and education the Engshman is Il
brute. Physically he is the most beautiful speci-
men, and he wears his clothes in a way that is
charming. When he has lived here a while,
married, and been trained by an American
woman Leis the next thing TO a gentleman an
gel, but the Englishman pure and simple is
without any exception the greatest combination
OF brute ana idiot that you ever knew. He is
willing TO learn, which is one thing in his favor
but IL takes an American woman 10 teach him.
He doesn't think his own women know any
thing, and this is one Of his thoughts that is
mighty near the truth,
TIE LATEST THING IN GAKTERs.
The latest thing in garters, and, by the by,
gaTters are a question Of great Importance now
adays has for clasp barred gate which
fastens just in the centre; enameled on this is a
small dog, and on the other side is the funny
inscription, mo uespassing allowed" Some
body has been writing articles on garters and
illustrating them, and among those shown was
Mrs. Langtry's; now, between you and me, she
didn't wear garters, she always wore suspenders,
and consequently the illustration belon0s IN