The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26
ECY Of HMllE BEAUTY
Cons physical be&ssy IN ~emsa o.

III propo~sndesi tbs cthey day 70 81
~ FdwaTa royot<F. sfss president
q the Rsyal academy.
Sir Edward, vito haE Pot az fFsHy faif
rtsn.rsne faces on canvas as aEg artist
Of his t.rxse raped sAs2s &sa assssifngT s1fsse-
1rg yes In a recent sniefFSe~ VITA aFstt-
gent ARROW polnr The painter uaatsssns-
esiiy SPOKE for hss 1wr ceNufrg arc WIFI
1fs the range ~ his owB experience. fs#%F-
fhsisss 4. 10 osssisas that similar ssssss1-
fsen may De rnafss ceyscetEsng xAusFFs III
Ameriea-
The United Hfaieg tu Inc past hundred
years has certainly produced q greater
number OF Handsome 1efnesa FSan any
other civilized country. but unfortunate
ly sigcs feminine nauEs tss2es sfafsssssSs
we have no figures 10 compare on iaa
snbiecs, for All that the standard -.
heaufy among out wenasn grows soss@f
Ugsry year" said a New York fstfrffaH
pwinfer, " hose wDFk II kn1wa fretn sssc
Atlantic to the Pacific.
There .aTe q number at ress1ns - be
cited NJ scsp6sasioi. for thf Aa-stenes OF
this condition ~ said, -one Of fFs@
most potent reasons tssink II slse Absfs-
1ute indifference Of the nineteenth cen
tury, and especially thn American man,
70 physical perfection In womank.ad.
aEven Hffy years aeo they were rssfiy
npore sensitive - its lnfsaenu4s ssss iss-
Z terested I'm ifs phss>s. Young fellows
Aeif eentnry hack read poetFy. T,atszasias
III romantic dreams. ware ehAsr hair
ebasss their ears ami indssfd verses n sfai~
1ssion 81 Byfan. 10 dark sxAts treE ana
golden haired ffeian. Fairy forms, ctus~
tering riasi.t@s azure 0reNs et#. fitted
through their dreams and this souan
Whose appearance tailed 70 nsMasGra
with theae standards was r.sgFenc.d and
adorsd az the ideal sweetheart and wits.
sstfe did not care ZAP whether inez
could read Greek or not or understood
Z word Of parliamentary las. s,ass he did
delight over her hiussea.. hes swan throat
and aiMbAster shoulders. and fhe portrait
painters Of that day pf1ve. beyond the
shadow of daubt, that she pexsezssd
mort OF these charms Ia an abundance
We doni SEE ans l9ssssr,
An ugly girl was III rather hard itses
then. good tempered and witty as she
might be-. for the young NAN Mas roman
t:c and II was fhr Sweet Alice. with no
9yeat intellectual force, but lots OF hrexn
hnir, dewey freahn.ss and finla adrnira~
ttUn OF hifu, who infinnlesi his sentimental
heart, Her beauty aas her stock -
trade. she and her mother kne~ lis value
and everybody .nvied ami warahipped IT,
..Nowadays the gfri ~hu SETS out Ia rule
In society. by the yirtus Of lovely face
and figure. II apt Ia flnd herself ausesan.
Il over = very few masculine ssibjssets-
] don't knew whether the fnen ur the wG-
men ara 10 blame for this change. bat
certsln II Is. that no matter II she be as
oubfly graceful AZ Cleopatra. az fair as
Helen Of Troy she viii have no swains
edorinG her for those gifts Of nature
lione. What the modern man Row adj
Sntres II rveiy miss. whose tongue rat
Ties ~ brisk measure az eastanetr. Nho
has q spontaneous ready laugh. who can
make x0H balls sing thraagb the air. who
u full af xrit and NO snd jokes. " ssa Is
not afraid TO put q eigaret;e hetwefa her
ur{s 10 In Stst 1f.tfx F.i.
low. IL her feet are small. hnr waist a
SNUG circle. her eyes bright and her
clothes IN the height of fashion she IL Il
belle and easily passen muster as a
beauty. whose claim nahody disputes.
Al the poetry and novels Of the day pre-
claim the supremacy Of this little lady.
The navriists no longer bother la tell
you whether their hsroincs are fair or
mot. nobody cares. Hsreines who isss.
IN influence. like the ehlc women Who
rule IN society. don't rest on any such
1aarels as fuSus.Rnt trsssss. snaws neeks
and pssriy teeth. Those were the wesp-
ems OF women of another time. both In
books and In reai life.
To-day. IL woman must Have admir-
htton. she either gees in for athletics or
learning she dresses her daring viva
ciots little self up Ia Paris gowns aud
thus sarus her heiieship. Whether shs
does this because she prefers 10 be ath-
her old power beauty, or whether she mas
9rnsped at them IA substitutes for her
lost and irrFiriessbtn Iuyeiiness don't
vbueh. II r. enough 10 say that thsy
are hound tn suffice and everyone Is ap.
parently happy. except the artists and
oculptofs who lind IL harder and harder
every year To secure proper models
"Ail these. hnwevrr. are not the prime
reasons for the decay of hsaufy Men
are ph.tasnphir and have learned 10 esfl-
mate mental over passttai charm. chief
ly because the rev woman has naf much
beauty 10 nfYer. There Is "a nesleH nrosal.
ent amons the gentier sex stiaI II is very
foalish 10 waste time nesfsshtug her
bodily charms. that there are more I'M
TartSnt caglsngs In this world. Having
decided To underestimate this great glgs
she Il ss buss eos.ihss destroying IL
she Is dosng II by ever study gaf ai;e
shlrg, In payment for her book seaFn-
tng she Is contracting her chest ex-
tinsushing The tinspid ishs sa her ayea
and bleaching her cheeks In paynsnmt
fer her tremendous #thieties ste i& grew
tng horny @paimsd eish heavy nsuagasss.
running the contours 81 her limbs her
complexion ia Weather h-aten and her
hair IS rnoEh la society she overve lssssssss
her strength with s. many duties ana
pleasures and such sxtrnVaK ant fget4 fsssssa
that shn Is the Ntetssa nj Ke9s. nerves
neuralgia and aFSeeesss assa lss-hea1tn
It<sH ~atftss~t sftt stttst, Atftktra hEE S4EsfH
asa aged iter hsfaFn her stme
Tn Heat up nay Arguments wns:sd uen,
tt'isse that IN. ~hate cosfss 81 es4r efsIi-
tsatten = against ire sYesssh 80 sggnlssif4a
beauty Asen na longer vase for tt ard
women IN i@ngeF apgssiah a. Iae tsafeal
American siYi. II sisa is HFests Hss every
generation a shaytsr fseFtss al hsoasn
Is she tssssS She Is 9s VIXEN Fs-ssSse. sra
should s,s Ia all tiss vital saiessssaf as r. s,..
tsSeitnfse, she e. growing esEhSE Ksgs shln
of very TAI. aer hair Il setting gf&x harsh
ard seatss hFg ska pale ARD vsy4mklxts
IN face sfe - fading ana b. q shs IL
rse.xussi Z. srpeas ilke a Il etd wausaH
Her daughters wili Naturally s.sgs,V q
shorter tsegsad az htessns ard ssagtaes kss-s
cnnsh 20 the blight that aNs elaborate
modern f.ssss eipse hot hssa<es Hsalansmgs
Way sf fisr asa us@atei exssttasts igsxa4s.
Hhiy hrsng, There srty sc sssnsa efer4.
soeis ~ae are uasts esussa: tst =er .sstr
Nrfsarns beauty take wsngw bar la 3kv
lanx run. aet higher sssueAtsAs, slssY Ralf
championship w.E repay the sweet fss.ssss
aud Nises 81 she future ksr Tbs tssss ~
natures ssert~aN gift and she wnrssa il
6rns so he rvsesF aigsi hayster pl&sss 81,
i've IN for ihs loss uf the pYrtsx woman
'.nA0kEN-HEARfEn PARTIES.