Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-03-05

Special Correspondence Of Gazette aud journal
New York, Feb. 2s.-All the new
books. that is, excepting the analytical
novels or those that bear the stamp of
the Beardsley school, are falling back
on that old, il somewhat trite, saying,
"a thing Of beauty lie joy forever"
There must be demand for beauty,
or rather demand for the means tend
ing toward beauty. In one book shop
l discovered many books, wise ones,
that told how to care for the COM
plexion; many others that explained
how angles could become curves, how
dull eyes could be made bright, and
how inferior brains could be developed
into brains far beyond the average.
Then there are innumerable pamphlets
of the olden day, in which the seeker
after the beautiful, as depicted in her
own person, is advised to get up early
and breathe the first air of the new
born day if she wishes to be 'sweet Of
face, sweet of breath and sweet of
skin" This may answer for August,
but any would be- beauty who attempted
it in March would be apt to get the
chilblains, red nose and violent
cold of the order that shows itself in
its demand for 10 handkerchiefs day.
Hence, it would seem as if the pam.
,phlet of yesterday or the day before is
not always suited to general use.
To INCREASE woMANIY BEAUTY.
Two are before me at present; one is
paper bound, brown of color, has 'f's''
for 's's,h and is altogether homely
looking The other is quite new; bound
in springlike tint, in cloth, with
disagreeable looking young woman for
a frontispiece. 1t tells, notwthstand-
ing its modern binding, much that is
true, but it doesn't tell all that the
pamphlet of the olden days sets forth
as necessary to the increase of beauty
The old timer says that, if a woman
wishes to be beautiful she should have
dainty food, beautifully served, that
she should be unacquainted with grease
or vinegar, and that she should learn
the value Of rich dish that is, at the
same time, not heavy dish. This
wisdom boiled down means that ono
should live we'll. add take care of ones
digestion. Then it goes on to say that
she who aims at beauty should sleen
well and often; that, put into plain
English, signifies that the mind should
be free from care. She is not advised
to walk much, which to all intents and
purposes, is equivalent to saying that
something masculine should love her
well enough to earn for her fine coach
and pair, in which to take her walks
abroad. For she is to have fresh air
without exertion. To keep her hair
beautiful NOW don't raise your hands
up in horror she must braid it
smoothly before going to bed, and over
it she must put a nightcap. You may
not fancy this. but it il well known
that most Of the women of to. day who
have beautiful hair wore nightcaps
made of line null when they were tiny
children.
Let us see what the book Of to day
says. Not very much in the way Of
helping the plain woman to become Il
beautiful woman. A good bit is said
about the sort of clothes that should
be worn, and this is sensible. "No
properly understood hat or bonnet can
afford to be anything but simple and
single-minded in the impression it
produces. Over abundance is the
abomination of desolation; and con
fusion of idea kas been the death
warrant of many blameless bonnet.
For, consider: The object Of its
existence is to surmount, to crown and
frame a human countenance. And il
that face be beautiful already, what
possible collection Of beads, straw, fur,
moss, poyer's eggs, pink roses and
plumage is likely to draw closer atten-
tion TO the lovely and delicate lines
beneath? And if the face be irregular
in shane, faded or muddy in color,
unfortunate in length or size OF breath,
what concentration of the animal
mil Il l.. l.,
culated to lead away the critical eye L
some happier point IN the wearer'
anatomy If this would only teacf
one woman how TO buy the right sor
OF hat But no, until the end of tn,
world
THE SMALL WOMAN WILL ovERToP HER
SELF
with cart wheel hat such as Mel
Gwynne wore, laden down with plumes
heavy with flowers and tricked GU
with ribbon bows, While the large
stately matron will crown herself Will
two rosettes of Lace connected by
band of pink veiyet, in the centre o
which is a small forget ne not ii
rhinestoncs As il ora could forge
that bonnet ON that woman Tn
dotlet on the eye is i.rge beside it. |
W.T. 'gH " ! Shoull say " lem
iuIr y .totgs utN rs ! am not
S ,na IN, Ioo'lhe5S gracious IN
s; "ht' ,,. WIN tH9 riFil bonner and N
rsssn nit % 9TH r. WI uie1'' ahu what III
ieSuIl WIN pe'
makes another fruitful statement. I
says English women ARE. AS A race
snitten with a strange passion for tyin
on things, p" That this is true nnbod
who has ever seen the English WON'T