Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-08

affects me. The mongrels are always
SO much cleveror; or, perhaps, if said
so much more loving and so much more
unselIish
BEAUTIES WHO ARE ADVERTISED,
who are written about, too often turn
out to have cold, vapid faces; and to
look like the prize COW Mt a country fair,
perfectly satisfied with themselves.
That isn't beauty, because beauty is
nothing without charm, and charm in u
woman is femininity. | came across Il
curious old book the other day, a book
written in 1900, not a very long time
after we were discovered, and it telling
OF beauty, Insisted that woman should
have golden hair, brown eyes, and q
skin OF u white that gluwed like ivory
Then, of course, every part Of hcrmust
be so perfectly formed and in such har
mony, that nothing will be thought of
except perfection. And vet, the old
writer goes on to say, that MI of this
will be as nothing, unless u woman pos
scsses "charm," and this is how he eX-
plains il: "Cllarm, according to the sense
of the word, is naught else than the OBJ
servance of an unspukcn law, given and
promulgated by Nature to you ladies
for the movement and carriage of the
whole person, rs Of the particular mem
bers, with grace, with mOdesty, with
Eehtleness, with measure and dignity,
III such manner as that no motion nor
act shall lack rule, and method, and
measure, and purpose; but be rather, us
this taelt law requires, studied, com.
posed, regular and gracious And,
whereas, this law may not be taught by
books, nor shown in practice; it is not
be seen in all fair ladies alike; rather do
We every day sec some of them who are
SO ungainly and foolish, that it is
WEAKNESS TO behold them. But she who
faithfully observes this law, and hath
all the parts which we seek for in true
charm, ploascs all who know her. And
II her features may, perchance, be faulty
II some small matter, according to the
standard Of certain very accurate
linners, nevertheless, when she laughs
she pleascs; when she speaks she de-
lights us; when she is silent she fills
every one with admiration; if she walks,
1t is with grace; if she sits down, it is
with elegance; if she sings, it is sweetly;
if she dances,
VENUS is HER GUIDE.
OF course, the MUSES. teach her. In
short, whatever she does is marvel"
Before we knew anything about French
| dlessmakers, when brushes were counted
vulgar, when protection wasn't dreamed
of, an old Italian wrote this description,
which stands just as well for to-day as
it did so many hundred years ago, and
it describes that delightful something
which the New York fashionable girl
lacks, and which women from other
parts OF the world possess and cultivate.
We think We are very wise to-day,
but those old philosophers knew not
only all about the joys and beauties of
life, but they enjoyed life. They got
the best out Of it, and they got the best
out of people, too but not by hunting
for them in mobs. They found men
and women who were charming and
agreeable, and then among themselves
they enjoyed the best of everything--the
best music, the best pictures, the most
beautiful houses, the finest mode of iiy-
ing, and the loveicst Of men and women,
and this means, by-the-by, men who
won love and admiration because OF
| their manliness, and women who gained
it because Of their gentleness, beauty and
charm. Oh, those old philosophers
| were wise.
BAB'S METIoDIsTIc TENDENCIES.
II is we Of to-day who are foolish. We
spread out our best for the benefit of the
| crowd, and We don't know that in per-
feet living the admiration and society OF
the few are all that is necessary. | get
| provoked once in while; then feel as
If | wished | belonged to the Methodist
church, and could "sass back" The
feelings of the old lady who Joined il
for this reason have always been under
stood by Inc. don't like to be preached
at in any way. | wonder if | am not
doing II bit of preaching myself? 1t is SO
difficult when you start in to adorn a
tale not TO point Il moral; and my moral
about New York society is that it is
| vulgar, for if it were not, it would not
make such a circus Of itself, and display
| its adiuncts to whoever had a card to
enter its portals Still, one ought not
mix up moral and a story, for SO few
things stand mixing.
FLAT AND STALE AFFAIRS.
A religious novel always suggests to
me the combination of clarGt and cham
pagne-two very good things are
spoiled, and the result is flat; but then
so many things are ilat-stale, fiat and
improbable.
What would you call the beauty who
has posed for seven seasons-stale?
What would you call the play or book
without love story-hat2
What would you call giving whole
day to woman whose highest ideal was
to dress better than her neighbor -un-
profitable?
What would you call the political
bread of day before yesterday-stale?
What would you call the man who
speaks English with ha.ha accent and
wears as much jewelry as his sister
tlat2
What would you call listening to a
sermon on the joys of poverty, delivered
by a clergyman who gets ten thousand a
year-unprottable
Please, though, be kind enough not to
call either stale, Hat or Improbable the
preacher of to-day, who is, yours for
joy, beauty, love, merriment and all
| good things. BAB.
The Lake Voyage,
ITarpers Weekly.
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