The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30

woman is thus Inundated and rendered
ridiculous by her own foolishness.
Men do not care particularly for small
waists. II is not therefore, a sign Of
beauty. But woman with large hips
and fun bust will always appear to have
a slended waist whether she really has or
not. That being natural, is truly beau
tiful. As far as correct proportions 90,
there are many women of to-day who
are nearly akin to the Greek statues.
One can scarcely go out without seeing
some woman or girl SO perfect in proper
tons and so glowing In health and beauty
that she would not suffer BY comparison
with the finest of them, There are many
writer's who go so far as to declare that
civilization has increased the physical
charms of the human race as 1t has in
creased its wealth, its knowledge, and its
comforts and that this development has
been especially rapid I'm the last two or
three generations.
Women, it is urged, have been paying
more and more attention to the physical
laws of health, and statistics are actually
produced, on the authority of makers of
articles of feminine attire, to prove that
the average girl Of to-day excels her pre-
decessor of twenty years ago by an inch
in hight and In bust measure while her
hands and feet have grown smaller
We have all heard of beauty sleep. yet,
perhaps. very few of us fully appreciate
how important sleep is IN attaining per-
| feet beauty. A woman who is anxious TO
maintain her reputation as professional
beauty cultivates the best conditions for
this She never sleeps In a room the tenn
perature of which is permitted 10 fall
below 60 degrees. Fancy going directly
from a living room, too often heated 20
rs or 50 degrees, into one with tempera-
ture Of Is or 3d. and then disrobng! The
surface Of the body Is chilled and the
internal organs congested.
i am very fond Of outdoor exercise I
find it keeps me in better condition than
all the medicine in the world Tennis and
bicycling are also beneficial. ! used to
be very fond Of taking long rides on horse
back, and, in fact, ] am still.
England has probably produced more
women who may be designated as pro-
fessional beauties than has any other
country, although of late America has
been running Albion close. Correctly
speaking, the Princess of Wales was
for a long time considered one Of the
most beautiful women in England She
is a sweet and gracious princess, a good
mother and a faithful wife.
OF the same serene type is the queenly
Lady Dalhouse, hailed by the English
people as one Of the most renowned Of
their beauties She is a brunette, with
a romantically serious mein. Her tall
stature finds compensation in a generously
moulded figure and better arms than
British women are usually blessed with.
Another reigning beauty in England So
ciety is the Countess Of Annesey, Lady
Clancarty Is also flower of English love.
liness 50 was the Duchess Of Leinster.
1t is rather curious but none the less
true, that there have been no striking
beauties among royalty, with perhaps
the one exception Of the Princess of
Wales. This is accounted for by some
from the fact that royalty marries and
remarries in a narrow circle, and so the
blood-so-called "blue"-is, perhaps, af-
ter all not as red and capable Of pro-
ducing beauty and loveliness as 1t might
be under other conditions.
Volumes might be written upon the
nature and essence OF beauty, but we
should have to confess, after reading
them, that they were useless Beauty
Is one Of the absolute things-an end
in itself, according to Aristotle; and 1t
is as idle to attempt an analysis Of II as
to seek a reason for the law Of gravity.
Lille Langtry.