The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-04
EIJtAN BELLIES.
Endowed with Rare Grace and Symmetry
and . Full knowledge Of Their

enu Huh hnoWieuRe Vi Aheh
Charms.
Coming from the restraints and con.
vcntionalities Of civilization, q CORE
spondcnt at Suva, Fiji, writes TO the
New York Times, one almost envies tho
freedom and n~aturalness Of life which
prevail In Fiji The Fijian women are
distinguished for their chastity and de-
sotion to their families. Many Of them
are exceedingly pretty, and although,
like the women OF most races which
live in warm climates and upon n nearly
exclusive vegetable diet, they incline to
corpulcncy rs they approach middle
life, they arc In youth very graceful and
symmetrical. and by their lively and
cheerful make n most agree
young girls are full Of fun, and the best
looking among them are rs finished CO.
oucttes us are produced In Paris, Lon
don or New York.
IL needs no education TO make n
woman understand that she IN attract
i've above her fellows, so here In Fiji ]
hive seen many young ladies' who
showed rs many airs in n curb consist
Ing simply OF n belt with n thick fringe
Of dyed cocoanut-fibcr falling half why
10 her knees us q white belle would
parade In one Of Worth's latest ball
dresses. One Of these, attended by an
ancient duennn, came aboardth the steam.
or the other day mt Lconka. II was
Sunday, md to keep abreast Of the male
population. who were peculiar and stiff
In the white shirts which tho mission.
aries have induced them 10 assume on
the first dry 81 the week. shc had put
over her pettlcont Of native cloth q
loose, sleeveless chemisc OF thin blue
cotton. Her hair. black hs % crows
wing and In enormous luhtrOus MISSES,
was coiied upon the top Of her shnpcly
head mud adorned with u flower Of tho
hibiscus. Her shapcly brown feet and
legs were bare, ~ also were her mng.
n~iilcently nodded arms: her hands were
small and taper and well cared for, she
was scrupulously clean, md her shout.
dcrs %glistcncd like golden bronzc under
II delicate application 81 %coconnut oil.
Her fnce was chnrmingly piqunnt, her
eyes dark and gloomy. and her teeth.
perfectly regular aud dazzling white,
would have been rnvcd about by poets
II they had appeared In the mouth u d
Caucasian beauty. She carries 10 para
sol. for these brUwn-ski nncd Fiji maids
arc ~ solicitous for their compilations
rs II they were u compound of roses and
cream. and her gait would have been
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rurscts and French heels among her out
ct.
Everybody on the ship rushed to the
side To- look ut her md certain Of the
young men among the passengers, cor
daily addressing her as "Mary" and
'Susan." invited her Ia come aboard.
She seemed as unconscious of the admi.
ration her charms had excited as IL she
were II statue of the coolest marble,
but nevertheless was seer to take il all
in from the corner Of her eye and 20
continue the cause of it by animated
conversation with her duenna, by turn
ing about % that she might be seen
from all sides, and 10y certain skittish
actions toward the frizzlc-headcd bcaus
W llp dtl'iItNS'u HfI AZ Sut DdSN'u llltll
ON the dock. Finally she lcisurcly
assembled the gang plank and sauntercd
aft among the passengers, seated her
self with great dignity and bore with
much conplacency the attentions which
the young men of our party rendered.
She accepted an invitation to shake
hands all round. When she arose to
60, after Il suitable period, the young
men surrounded her and intimated a
hat she should honor the ship
with her company back to Melbourne.
She at once took alarm and began to cry
like n little child, and her ducnna indig-
nantly bore her away and off the vessel.
Out of range of practical compliments,
however, she regaincd her cOmposurc,
gave us another brief exposition of her
grace and beauty, and as she left the
dock completed the slaughter she had
among hCv tormcntors by flash
ing back ut them 4 Parthian smile. The
was instructive we had
that n woman's knowledge that
she is attractive is Il gift of nature, not
an acquisition from experience in o
ciety