Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-25
NOTABLE BEAUTIES.
~ Hondieus Advantage Beauty Gives 4
,.... Woman IN Life.
WHAT IT MAY DO FOR HER.
= Factor In Splendid Marriage. and Bril-
""n' eareers-Rough Usagcs by Her
Own srx-Supny Side.
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N"'icsponoence OF tie DiSratch)
NEW YORK. February 2L--At the out I
SCI "sreat beauty" has one wondrous
~aNantage over the rest OF womankind,
S'"0e she cannot very well hide her ra-
Glance under a bushel. sooner or later any |
eharm or disposition or any brightness Of
mind she may possess IS bound to be
found out
iiosically enough. however. her faults
90 not, as general thing get their
dues.
little annecdote toli me by an elderly /
English woman of the girlhood OF Lady
b'eokwood-ono OF the famous three hand !
some Sheridan sistcrs-illustrates beauty's
general exemption from reprmand.
The little Sheridan. aged 10 or there
aoouts, rushed helter-skeltcr IN a prank
ish mood one day down the broad stair
case OF her fathers home plump into the
arms OF an extremely irascible old gen
ueman guest. who was at that moment
deep In the elaboration Of political
speech lie was decidedly equity. and
Obliged 10 help himself along between the
balustrade and stout walking-stick. In
q towering rage OF pain and vexation he
raised his stick 10 rap the mischeyous
little demon on the shoulder
But before the stick fell in its fury
somehow or other the old eyes had met
the great wide gray eyes Of the child, with
their pretty silkan fringe. and the little
beauty in pinafore and pig-tails received,
instead OF chastisement an apology.
Tut. tut. pretty one! Don't yer blub-
ber?-you meant no harm. I'll buy my
little lady a paper OF sugar-plums. snail
]? Ehg''
All three OF the Sheridan girls. 1t has
been said. had way q lifting ana lower
Ing their wonderful lashes that would nave
coaxed an ogre into good humor. ] have
seen head in India ink Of Caroline Sheri-
damn possession OF a lady in Cambridge
Mass I'm which the curling lashes are
represented a good half as long as the
slender aquilne nose,
WHAT CONSTITUTES WIT IN
BEAUTY.
How beauty "sets of" very mediocre
talent is shown by the frequency with
which the possessor of lovely face with
Just pasSabe gift of repartce ~ rated as
wit. Her feebcst sally catches a sparkle
from the lustre OF her looks.
4 bright Boston girl tells very anus
ingiy disillusionment Of her own IN re-
gard to the wit Of certain beauty
who was making quite splurSe as
femme desprit.
She says: AN extraordinarily pretty
woman who passed for 'bcautiiui. ana
certainly came perlously near II. was
once pointed out TO me as she drove along
in her victoria as beauty with brains.
Soon after | met her, and II seemed To me
that she talked very well-ah"ut the
weather and la grippe she was PIC
ture' to look at. howevcr-a delicious
little fgurine of woman, dainty ana
dollish enough in her attire to have come
out OF a Palais Royal toy-shop with
copper-crown hair that seemed - cur OF
itself: great dusky eyes capable Of eX-
pressing everything from the woes OF
Mater DolOrosa TO the utter glce OF
Neopolitan urchin at play; her features
though small. came near IN thcir chlSelhhE |
the classic standard. and Ter skin was as
delicate. creamy, and colorless az the
metals of a Jasmine Ald to these per- |
fections n slender. woll-posod figure, |
expressing spirit and animation III all It's
motions.
Men raved about her ana women
stroye TO emulate or disparage Aer. ac-
cording to disposition But If the judg-
rneut of her male adhereuts was Ia be re-
lied IN II was not alone her beauty that
SO fascinated but her intellect, her rare
cleyerness' and so on. that made her a
eompanion tit for the best Of thinkers!
zone night at a crush-jam reception
! found myself shoulder ~ shoulder
almost with this much extollcd woman. l
strained my ears to catch her flashes. she
WAS carving on a very animated CONVEX
sation with two gray-beards-m or
brains and scholarly habits II YOU p,ease.
I expected much felt that she was at
her best. For fully quarter OF an hour
I was a conscientious eavesdropper, ana
how / was rewarded ! shall never forget!
7 recall. verbatim. the remark That drew
down the heartiest p!audits of laughter
fror, her enthralled listeners: You say
INV coldness early In the evening gave
YOU the heartache? Well this cold treat
ment of yours Is giving me the 'oothache'
screwing up her face into childish move
as she proceeded with the consumption
Of n pink ice one of the men had fetched
her.
.The other speech that seemed to make
m deem impression was something ike
This. 70 think Darwns face is just
Iosely. dorft you? It's 80 genial
George Meredith. in his preface TO
"Diana Of the Crossways." says that
.wftty woman IL a treasure. but witty
he,,utv n power" one would find 1t diff
cult 10 rattle off. impromptu. list of
witty beauties.
D., a, a n fact beauty Is in touch alike
with the humblest and most intelligent OF
yortals Let me illustrate by an anec-
dote Of Langtry.
One day several years ago II became
known that the handsome actress was
,,,akine some purchases at Nantines, on
broadway Immediately dense crowd or
ramins and well-drcssed afternoon pro-
rnenaders gathered about the shop door;
and when Mrs Iangtry, In costly furs
ana n toaue of black and mauve velvet,
seft the store TO enter her carriage thero
,vas nm audible murmur OF admiration.
.,,nouph nj that time her face had ceased
AZ ne a novelty TO the public. AS the
thronc dispersed from the heart OF II
s,,,ked n tall and rather austerc New |
york divine, whose known production |
Tor piety and books had not, you see. i'm |
,,aired his interest in a fresh fair face
BosTON'S FAMOUS BEAUTY.
remember witnessing the quiet stir |
created by Mrs. Moses Williams. Boston's |
most famous beauty. as she walked |
srro,,sh Temple Place OF a Saturday |
,norninq a few springs ago. simply gown
"a carrying a shoppng-bag over one arm |
.rd Attempting every now and then to look |
=, a xvfndow. l think she really was un- |
consctous and certainly supremacy indif- |
rercnt TO the attention her marvellous |
beauty elected. The young man who has
f. . little 6OWer-Stll ON tnc WEST rsuo VI |
she street at the alley entrance connect
snr. Temple Place with Winter street
naused In his work Of tying violets into
ANAL knots and forgot 10 cuff the small
boy who had just ''swped' pink as he
~tsred del,ghtedly after the tall. Juno-like |
woman. with her spun-gold hair. naturally
vavy. and ever so family powdered with
tbe frst frost of middle-age. A little
Srcckled errand girl who was carrying
ssrse package into Rothschild's millinery |
store dropped her jaw and almost drop
r.A her bundle and stubbed her little |
toes a. she turned 10 get "A good look al
the passing vision OF loneliness. flock
~ modlshly-clad misses. walking two by
two. presumably a Home School for
Young Ladies'" out for caramels and
rood time, turned en- masse TO crane
necks. with many complimentary ex-
c,auation. after the beautiful woman
The writer saw all this for the excellent
reasou that a face or form so lovely thai
n mirbt well turn the head" OF the pos
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