Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-25
GOOD LOOKING WOMEN.
WHERE THE BEAUTIFUL FEMALES or
THE WORLD ARE FOUND.

theme. pen In hand. that 10 enumerate III,
plain women of the world would be al
easier task than TO reckon up the beauties
On that point m old traveller would speak
without hesltAtion-if he kept his eyes On
the civilized races, At least Il might h
difficult 10 compare the ugliness, rcspec
lively. Of female Botjesman and n Mos
quito Indian squaw for example Hut hi
would pronounce at once that the Russian
Is the plhincst woman he has seen In IN.
rope-uniess. indeed, the Greek u Greece
should be put before heroine must be care.
full not TO say Greek unqualified. for In the
islands and the Turkish ports, where some
faint traces Of HELENE blood survive, hand.
some women abound.
II becomes more aud more the fashion
for wealthy members Of this. the trug race,
10 keep house In the capital, aud Athens
can show n galaxy Of lovelincss during the
winter. no doubt, Hut | was a summer
visitor for two months. and In that time
behcld but one face that could be termed
even passable. the girl proved 10 be Hun.
garian. II l. not quite 20 bad "a that In
~. Pctersbufg- where also resided out Of
the season-because the car was there,
aud very many ladies Of the court have
mixed blood
But plslnpess l. certainly not. character.
istlc Of Slavs In general. Polish women
rank among the most beautiful In Europe;
no, have understood, do Czcohs. The
Croats hold their own, and ~ for the Dial
mstlan Slays, have oren felt Inclined to
declare that they have no rivals In riding
onto from Cattaro to CettlnIc. found the
lower stretches Of that tremendous noun.
tain road thronged with women and girls
OF the lowland--on pilgrimage perhaps
II seemed to me. struggling through the
crush, that every young woman there WIS
charming, and there were hundreds Of
them. A sad contrast are the Moutene.
grins, at the summit Of that laddrrlIke
road. The sex In Tohcrnagora has many
fine qualities. and even virtues, 1 believe,
but Nil Of the masculine cast In fact,
tn zee maids and matrons would pass for
rather hne young men elscwhcrc-suf
GENTLY good looking men. too, In a rough
way. II they would only wash; but, regard.
ed from the feminine point OF view, they
are indcscribable failurca II the Russian
woman resembles tame bear, the Monte.
negrin " a "grizkly" Of the Rockies.
Further down that same most interest
Ing AMI delightful Adriatic coast, one
Albanian, u coune, must not b. regarded
a. representing his ethnle stock fairly In
the matter Of good looks. have never
visited the Ghegghe AlbanlanA That Is an
experience for which | long beyond all
Others TO be obtained Ia Europe. But
their women arc supcrbly hand.
some, aa travellers assert who have had
better luck than |. For theirs l. not a
case parallel with the Montenegrin, they
are not savages, aud the Que sex bears it,
due proportion In beauty 10 the other
have seen something Of the Tosk Al.
bsnian clans, however, people Inferior TO
The Ghcgghes ia every way. physically and
morally. Pretty faces are common among
'hemi lno figures aud hair, large blue
eyes, almost universal remember pay.
Ing a visit TO Antivari after the lombard.
ment, Wandering about among the pres.
Of dirty Montensgrin soldiers aud plctur.
csque Albanians. came upon a ruined
mosque, which had been used, perhaps, as
a hospital; II was Uttered With rags and
effects.
A dozen young girls, In their long blue
house dress, were gathering these odds and
rnds together tn heap. They showed no
alarm at M Appearance Ia the doorway.
but pressed together and stood IN a littie
throng, grayoly staring The action and
The look had curious resemblance 10 the
behavior OF mountain sheep under like cir.
II had approached the re.
might have been carried far.
her, perhaps, for mountain sheep charge
when cornerod.
one would not expect more than two or
ihrcc good looking among dozen English
girls IL u my strong impression that
very one OF these was tall, fair. rosy, blue
,yed and pretty; several were beautiful
The GhegRhe women must he among the
ovcliest Of Europe, II they be As much .u.
perior TO tue Tosk ~ the men certainly
arc. hut Albanian good looks vanished
BY migration TO Greece.
The truo Hellenic blood, however, has
et is trace all through the Balkan PENN.
Iula. Even In Greece, they allege. there
ire a few secluded districts where the ~.
iine beauty OF old survives; aud Incline
o credit L., for In the Eyzonc battAlions,
eeruited among the mountain youth, Der
ect faces Of the classic cast aud tall, supple
igures proportloned like that OF the Apollo
nay be seen sometimes. The most famous
II those Hellenic refugees Is valley In tho
ieighborhaod Of CaIA Matapan containing
W households, among whom, as enthusl.
Ists declare, all the gods aud goddesse, of
olympus and all the hnest statues OF an.
Iquity may be matched.
In servia and Bulgaria also one notes n
'irl here and there whose regular and
iracoful beauty is quite startling among
YER dull aud stolid klnsfolk. make no
loubt that this Is an example of Throwing
'aok, us fanciers say; tho Hellenic blood
'ssertlng itself again. Roumanlan good
ooks are deseryedly renowned, but that
= an Italian type.
OF Circassians have nothing 10 say.
Not seldom nowadays one meets them In
he baIaars Of STEAMBOAT, In the Valley Of
sweet Waters, or even, In carriages Of
'ourse, passing along the Grand Rae Of
pers. almost a. lightly yelled A. a prudish
christian bcanty. Hut whenever | have
'oen able TO observe them, their faces were
% plnstercd with white lead. or something
i Opaque, that one could a. easily Judge
he features Of clown at Drury Lane.
Most persons who have visited Egypt
nay be surprised to hear the Coptlc rcck.
med among the most beautiful OF races.
But those who took part In the sourry 10
1airo after lel.el kebir had "a uniaue on.
,ortuniiy Of Judging. Coptlo women of
ne better class are at least M much 50
,luded a. their Moslem sisters, or were un.
ier the old state Of thing,
brlehy' speaking FROM u very wide expe- |
Hence, my impression Is that the most ]
beautiful women Of the world are the Sikh /
-il'At H. The highest average Of regularity /
u leatnrr, charm Of expression aud sym |
nelry Of hgure Is observed among them. |
snt perhaps one must be an old traveller 10 |
disregard complexion. ! have got 80 Tar as |