The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-12
Features Specially Admired in Women y
4atiluS Nations.
GREAT 1SS!MILAaIY IN TASTE,
The Eri%n Sut<Ic. italian Sand and
So; nish lip Gc rtnnn> .iI,mir" ;-G-
Iici;H che Dcii.h, OF the FrcneG :
mar .';Iericnn. Smm Up g.o,c.!.
ness ia the one Word style


cherished moroclc that every frcuchman
wears he saw ana disnpnruycd OF The Eng
fish woman. He went homo and wrote
dreadful things about her Not that she
wasn't good and kind ans! clever; he mere
~ SlandcrcI her looks This WAS too much
10 rs one man the British editor arose and
Photographed the Frcnclinau i'll "a way To
make his hair curl tight with true Gnllic
rage had he been able 20 read English.
Tho fronch papers then had their fling,
ana a bitter one ii wHs. too, that almost
drove :. warcluud upon the European hori-
gon and proved beyond doubt that chvalry
ef the oldest fashion is not dead yrt, for 1t
was about just such ,riiir, a. these the
men broke each others heads - few hun
dred years ago
An EuSlishmau selects woman of stat
uro and fair color for his wife, admire.
his sister, and cousins In proportion us
they POSSESS these attributes. and IL he is
going to write :, romance or u uurln with
Il pretty woman in il, from the time OF
Chauccr 10 Tcunysun that heroine has
been limucd as rosy of check and lengthy
Of limb
However. 1t is readily found that Eug-
lislimcu arc not alone in prompt defense
OF their national lines OF beauty, ~ closely
aud jealousy drawn as tho boundary lines
of their country, nor are they less eager To
sing and paint the distinguishing traits q!
their ladies luvclincsS
What Lrly, Reynolds and Romncv havo
doncfo English checks ANA the lofty state
Illness of the English DANES the German
painters have achieved in expressing "A
Tuutouic approval Ut the huxum dausnl.
Heartily and Candidiy every German de.
spiScS lcanucss in woman. There is some.
thing comforting, sulaciug@ and hcw!tchiua
to him in solid, Wholesome nvoiydnpois
y broad hippcd, fun ho,omcd woman is
romantic too, to Ills way of thinking,
while "a Nrouchmau noJrly wccps with dis.
gust ut his hrctlirrn's material taste
For ages he has been iottng down
verses, dauhing pounds of paint and sculp-
turing innumcfablc white marble figures
10 provo that tho fairness of the weaker
sex lies in two livlc points at The back and
front Of The throat; 1t is tho WAY dark
hair grows III u curyiuG line, all figured
about with natural little feHthcry curls
over a white neck and the way that white
nccl; is set by nature On to the shoulders,
the Venus uuquc that Greek sculptor, ucr-
icctcI, yea, the very sight of IL Ills "A
Frcnchmau with despair of joy.
l!o would no more write a heroine down
In one of his yellow backed novels without
mentioning her nuluo than hc would for
hNar 10 dilntc upon the fact that lust nj
the base OF her throat lies ~ big dimplc
rms he calls Di"na's pool, a snowy hollow
lew QUO tFonchW""eh ever possess, and
'ha' Is WORTH All the rlnk checks and fat
arms "i III" Who!e EhsIlsh and German
F"cu III INC eyes OF hS!Fauhring country
mcn,
irehcA!aeh Ie"a sYhlniActicaIiy TO the
holi"h OF lr!shihcn, win whom u tight
au"ie anu u siehdtr waist count first and
last ana always.
Now me student Ui beauty, rs eXcmpN-
hru III tho race lines early lcarnS To OBJ
seEN" that c"eh OF these human tribes has
selected tho feature IN his women that ap.
psa!s most strongly to the leadin. nation
~ tE"t' o. fF'Juu!U'' Nhh an hngIishman
Goou h'h!th ANA exercise az" the great as
's'.i"'S' JuS' ~ "Vfi"'h> reverence Solidi-
" 10 matter now many pounds il may
weigh Tee frenchnan, with his prcdoln-
lh"tl"E love oi h't ana form, feels the
sculptor vnthasiHan for dainty grace
ana Inc lHshnHn, thc best dancer IN the
World VIII nave mono hut light, neat
Loo'cu partner. Hd"uhirdly %! them all
'Ae creek chose the highest ,cncts of f.
@'a!e excellence Whcn chipping ont his
hNinphs ana g"ddcSs"s, for he reiterated
AGAIN ana AGAIN that thcpillarS ot tho fine
mlhu ana iAir t"cc were always TO be seen
IN low broad brow ant short, curling
upper ip
olch lines We're All Very well IL the Per
SIAN could nave added TO them pair Of
n"NsiFc eyebrows reaching clear across
inc nose bridge and curving heavily down
Oh 10 tAe temples, Tor Persian stakes his