St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-10

) jHIl VI = ton of "the bru-
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~ M.I3l::ssszK blonde"
MEsS5 Historians, sci
ZAs ssssSssss S entists, theologi-
@1 ans. ply o o.
gists, ecOpOmists,
philosopher5-all argued the question.
taking one side or the other. Both time
and ink were expended; centuries
rolled away their ilnmOvable chain with
out determination, says the Boston
Globe, of the question.
In general, men seem to prefer the
blonde. AS statistlcians, we are bound
to remain impartial; because if it is fair
to be kind towards the blondes, it |Ould
be very impolltic to offend the brunetteS.
When the world was created, was Gre
ated also the dualism of the good and
the bad, of the fair and the dark, of the
day and the night.
The night is dark.
Light is all emblem of divinity.
Darkness Of evil.
Should the blonde be the ideal per-
sonifcation of human perfection?
Painters never dreamed of Eve as
brunette.
When it was question how to de-
scribe the "Ioly Virgin" the ecclesi-
astical dignitaries, after many delibera-
tiOnS. decided unanimously to represent
her yelled but ornamented with golden
locks, as in the pictures in the cata-
combs; and to settle that question an
imbOrtant and solemn council. that of
EpheSuS, in 431. was cOnyoktd.
AS the poets say. woman is an angel
on earth," or at least is expected TO be
one: dld ever the artists
Dream of Brunette Angels?
The true blonde has generally sky-blue
eyes; she must have in all her move
ments something supple and languor-
Gus; like a flower slightly swayed by
the winds; as a rule she is not SO apt to
industrial work, to trade and to worldly
rouerles as the brunette.
Listen now to the adorable array of
blondes history shows to us:
Magdalen wiped the feet of Jesus
with her blonde locks.
Venus, goddess of beauty, mother of
demi-gods and men, rinses the seafoam
from her golden tresses.
The beautiful CleOnice SupplantS all
brunette rivals i'm the heart of her royal
lover; and to do this she had only TO veil
her .pearly tears Ivy the shining gold OF
her hair.
Julia, the inmor tai heroine of the
New HelOise," was blonde; blonde also
Aurora, when she opened with her rosy
fingers the eastern doors to the tri-
umphal chariot of the sun.
Blonde. also, were the three represent
atiye theological virtues, Faith, Hope
and Charity.
The search for the golden fleece had
not for its sole object the conquest OF a
mine, or precious fleece, or to rob the
treasury so carefully heaped by the av-
aricious Aetes.
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by a higher motive than gain, pillage or
adventurous piracy; they were drawn
irresiStlbly by the effulgency Of Medea.
herself the mother of Circe, the omnipo-
tent and subtle blonde enchantresS, who,
the better to shown her power upon
men. went so far as to change them into
grunting swine.
The beautiful Helen. whose carrying
off caused the Trojan war, thus exert
ing an influence for centuries, was
blonde.
We must also class in the fair-haired
sisterh0od phryne. who. when brought
before Areopagus, found an all-power-
full defense in the display of her
charms. as she threw aside her peplum,
clad only in the waves of her beautiful
hair.
Her judges were so dazzled by the
Sight of Such Perfection
that they granted an instant pardon.
Dante's Beatrice was blonde.
Armidea of the'J Observation-Disclosures"
was blonde also.
Tasso, when describing this heroine,
was inspired by the fair and blonde Ele-
Onore d'Este, one of the most beautiful
and remarkable women Of that epoch,
with whom, of course, he was desper-
ately in love.
Ariosto's Angelica. with her spl endid
hair floating in the wind. was also a
member of the fair-haired tribe.
The beautiful Paula, of Toulouse,
was blonde Of an inimitabie hue.
The people were so enchanted by her
| ideal beauty that they followed her in
crowds. She complained to the city
magistrates. and they in their wisdom
| decreed that she should not be annoyed
IN this way: but as her beauty. being a
| gift OF Providence, did not belong ex-
clusively to herself, and people had
right to behold it, she was compelled to
stand one hour every Sunday afternoon
| oD her balcony in order that the people
| might gaze on her.
Blond also were Agnes Sorel. Diana
| of Poltiers. the beautiful Gabrielle
d'Estrees, Anne of Austria, Marguerite
| of Navarro, la DucheSSe de Cnevreuse,
| Ninon de PEncios, and Nine. de Main
| tenon, the most precious conquest of
Louis XIV.
Mile. de Montpensier. la sgrande
mademoiselle," says in regard to her.
self in those piquant memoirs which she
left to posterity, 81 am so happy in be-
ing blonde"
Nine. de Girardin, one of the most re-
markable women of the century, was
| also one Of the most perfect blondes
| ever seen.
Henry VIII, of England.in in the earlier
| part of his reign posed as saint; he
thought himself great theologian, and
| as long as he was surrounded by bru-
nettes seemed really more devoted to
the Creator than to any human.
But when the fair Anne Boleyn came
/ upon the scene,
He, Too. Fell Victim.
and is it not worthy of remark that
| neither she nor Jane Seymour. Anne
of CIeves nor Catherine Parr could be
called a brunette?
| A famous song runs thus:
Je connais une file d'Eve
Aux yeux bleus CONNIE les lapis,
Plus belle que lie plus beau reye,
Et plus blonde que les epis.
The translation of which is:
| I know daughter of Eve
| Whose eyes are blue as the lapis,
More beSutiful tnan the sweetest dream,
And whose shining locks excel the ripest
grain.
This vivid description brings to mind
the famous Dolly Madison, whose brill
liant rule at the White house is shin
ing page in the nations history, and re-
| calls cluster of fascinating women.
The kind of blonde more frequently
found i'll North America than anywhere
else in the world is that having blueish-
gray eyes. well-developed chin and de-
cided air.
| Not SO languid as her European sis