The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30
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TN all my ine." said Aunt Iavinis. In
recently published novel. 81 think
have only met with three genuinely. con-
cluslveiy, unchangeably ugly women In
ninety-nine cases out OF hundred Ma
ture has relented at the last moment. and
over some particular point Your poten-
TALLY ugly woman Is saved by some peep
ing grace OF plsasant-coored hair. or
scarlet lip, or happy turn OF neck and arm
and shoulder"
That novel was written by a man; tie
thought is that Of man 1t is not the
experience OF a woman. Whether II is
that women have a better conception OF
beauty in the abstract or are more pre-
JUDGED in thsir view of the appearance
OF their own sex, II IL certain that they
would not give that proportion OF women
who are not ugly. Whatever the cause.
they are more exsctlns In their demands
OF what shah constitute not merely beau
~ but even comeliness IN their sex. They
can see more readily the defects in a
woman, and however uncuitured In the
esthstles OF art a woman may be. she viii
flnd Interpretations or shortcomings in a
Venus Of Milo. which would represent
perfection to the average man.
Beauty is entirely relative at best. and
the standard is found. not in the objec-
tive woman, but in the observer, irl espec-
tive OF sex. japanese women can see no
beauty in the most beautiful OF eau
caslans. Their type Is OF different kind
their eyes, and their prsjudiees. perhaps.
have been trained 10 lines which are en-
tGrely lacking in any race which does not
possess the almond eye or the sherrg
mouth. Large. weIl-rounied. ceep-welled
ewes, TIPS formed on the model OF Venus
bow are nAltcrmstions. and the Ideal
beauty Of the KRar. Aztec, Esquinsu and
Negro is not = xoldsn-hairei sirl with
Alabaster comp exiOn ana slender form.
Among tire sistlnctively white races Il
Z. az axfo1n that oppos3tes admire saoh
ether. ans the attraction the blonde wo-
ran has Tor the brunette man ana TIA
Saxon man Ter the Latin woman = =
frequent experiences. This rule does not
apply. however. &c primal race eistinc-
tons. nor to rss characteristics az THE
more prominent features.
wIfhin these Traits o; rsciai preferences.
re range o; taste Is wide. Ideas o. beau
~ vary WITH sre. associations and cir
eunstsaces. The SRI WHO Is beautiful
10 the vouthrul lover e rot the same giri
years later and married 60 another TIE
attractions possessed By = man FOR ths
immature gfS are not the attractions
which win Aer admiration IN middle .lfa
Reauty Is rot a STANDARD. bat the orea-
uon q a sentiment a man WHO e -
love w.sh his wtfe = bl;aa 70 tsnperfa.-
tons 50 patent 20 other nen that there
arc few who 30 rot marvel bow RS fsl-
lev could ever have been captured BY a
woman who 20 him. Possesses 70 stsraa-
ttsus eisser ~ fsc~. form o- character.
outside % tAe matrimonial state. a mans
conception q beauty depends upon BIS
hesth. temperament ara transient con
a,tioa Re viii on some days meet mary
women who arrest Rs sdmirinr attention.
ara on others marvel tasE yAers ars 80
many unastraetive women - - seen on
-. streets They c&rnS, ~ tnvarsasls
cAanes exhSSit themselves IN such notable
Sreups. tss i3eA exists n Ire zsAn. no;
IN re dt1arsrcs 81 w0uen-
re srats = that maay woman who
are wanting IN hearty are rot unaftrzc-
eve X raay be Alf3cGst 70 aralyEs the
eonpouenss q assrscstvsaess. but wAsa
u exists Il exegss Ia influence evsr sas-
essaess raSn. No ra.n nssG hope ever