Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-17

fairy ucnfnneS and beauty or tnt
..-rler CORRESPONDENT. q check upon the
.omo attracuveness OF the sunday
spapers: check upon woman, her
MS her wants. her foib'es. ana her
f.s and this Is the way tne checN was
.u %.
.yf, DON'T YOU folks say something
sh.u. t.. men? why not put In coli
- IN - and our beauty once I'm awhile?
.,.r. r -e than one man who are fair
,..r.. q no one says a word about
r'u DIR ono we are 1 believe the ma
.-.r o. men Will agree with me that the
., GOOD looking, ana 80
l.-rs for the truth,
HONESTLY WORTHY.
R-lw another. l know that Mr..
worthy has not dulied his complexion by
....r-lrv habits OF study. nor cmmed
... lr.chtncss Of HIS laughing eyes over
... midnight lamp. ] believe Mr. Honest
r worthy is real good looking" and we
.-. t1 see him at our next picnic on
Knob. close by Hungry Town
MANS BEAUTY.
r..rty I'm the concrete I'm humankind
supposed 90 be a peculiar property of
anil uIty But man, rough as he is
n .muaI on. Is the possessor or
that is the counterpart of this
.ul phase Of the gentler sex. 1t
M r.t consist I'm a pink and white
..rrf.Non. uudulating outlines, or
..-rs--ical fulness but there is some
rr- u the color. vigor. and muscular
.-r-.l " @ healthy and wcil-iormed
. n.t is quite as effective as the
r-. refined and delicate beauty IN
Beauty % course. IS irresistible; It is
-.-.-r.I in its attractions. There Is no.
--- t..- IS as charming TO the senses
.s beauty !u either man or woman, ana
.... -. f.r- as men admire the delicate
.--- uf 3D. beautiful woman's face and
Soma --- so long will beauty demand,
-s -..r. homage. and viii she be
awarded tta palm of beauty.
Because nan has set the pace. with
lu accepted dogma that Wo-
-.-.- ....f excellence IS her physical
BEAUTY From this has been deduced an
r. ~.ws-h sentiment of mans fdvoTlt-
ISM r- his Indifference I'm the ratio
... ~.uau's charms were more or less
-sa.s. and is, a sentiment deity cul-
ly man-who willingly comedies
- hand il is and always was,
t Iv wOmans vanity.
DARWIN'S THEORY.
IN -ra distract. Mr.. Worthy and his
CID. fr.r.s may take solace -l the
to.eb- that woman's beauty is ut real
d. tft creater. IL is the finer, not all
saws the more perfect To go back u
evolution. we ~ not need the assertion
0- Darwin that tho male ~ every genus
F.. more beautiful than the female-that
tbo hart is more beautiful than the hind,
the lion than the I0ne-s. the male red
bird the rooster. the eobbler the pea
cock are each more beautiful than the
mlte AS Oh the "faIr ApONOs ] be-
1--we medieval and modern artists DO
.roede that the Apollo BelVdere IS
ure beautiful than the Venus de Med
.-arl that the perfect male form in
.a human species Is more perfect than
-a perfect female form.
know this cold reasoning knocks lhe
finance out OF beauty. but If true. why
-. REVERSE opinion should ever have OBJ
trI I- is hard 10 say Probably-and l
assume some midnight oil in this deep
rrefr-that the Oriental idea or wo-
man MAS prevalent. even outside OF ORR
D.. ..-t0ms: the incepuve faint that
V.r.. was created only TO be the orna-
u.-.. lirnct OF man; his toy. his DOLL
t..r.- tf.n ali his other pretty posses
..ns Boz. without innate personality
ST.. va uuful, and that suiiiced.
Ur r may have been. and ! say II
I.tererlalr upon higher grounds lhaI
t. s.l,.e rthuement Of woman D0au'9
u-aal yet is-tle beauty Of the inner
s..t which gives 10 man her ihys'lT"'
attraction. Whatever the cruder ele-
uHn that have affected the sexes
DtI.. relatively, 30 has been the Wor-
Ship %, Woman's beauty Icy man lhaI mas
Sd. DO, seal.
THE FEMININE IS SECONDARY
Though ] be hanged for the utterance,
au bound TO say that in nature the
feminine takes secondary place. In every
Way sho is less and the difference IN lne
t.-tve positions Of tho male and female
70 excmp.ihcd in an classes OF amman
re. even iu their beauty.
is d wOmaus beauty the beauty ol
Change? For beauty is capricious, ana
rgely dependent upon fancy. rms -
where nature has given woman the au-
vintage She has pat into every woman. y
Grain the knowledge of what is best sun
81 t0 her charms that which VIII piihs
t.n out In the highest relief. and Deau-
o.. largely the result OF its sctuhs. NJ
0 painting. no matter how exquisite
c.4 OF art 70 is, looks so wen GUY %. "
fame as il does in frame. Inc uia
~rl borrows new lustre from IT'S set
ing The pearl IS whittier and Iouhuer' ll
tr..arlv mounted And is beauty IN
e. Inns, ouife as delightful as beauty
IN .stir9 Neveri II We are going in for
t.fy let II be adorned. The sense OF
&. beautiful IS stronger in woman lnan
man and reveals itself I'm her dress.
t man. ~ IL IS there, one wouid ho'
r.T it. and his dress is Of an thinss
u-. uubecoming and universally allAe'
Dig or little. fat or lean, blonde, Drune,
a- between. he has the fancy samelies
q row Of nine pins Sometimes ,ney
make "a break for individuality IN Il'ioi
c.f.1s as hats. collars, or ties. Inc ililu'
god professional has his collar t" ~
81 DOWN. and wears a sober black VIC
The dude has a stin 4-inch deep STAND
lD-al-round" Harry. on the eve OF
vacation. puts IN a supply OF sauoy