The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-22

tion deities the beloved objects, invest
ing them with attributes which object
lively they do not possess. In this ex-
ceptional mental state, in which the
unatainable seems attainable, the ugly
b h'antiful, a man may brood over pig
until it becomes a gazelle. 1t was a
medieval saying, Quisquis amat ronan
<1nan, patot esse Diunam Gf a man is in
love with frog, he will think his fog
a very Diana). The tricks this fancy
plays are as innumerable as the ca
prices of the fantastical brain. How
ever, under normal conditions one man
sees beauty perpetually, where to an
other it is quite invisible. Nor is this
owing to the insensibility of either, for
the same contrariety exists where both
are keenly alive to the influence of the
beauty they respectfully discern. An
African lover would probably see moth
ing at all attractive in belle of Paris,
and undoubtedly the Partisan would
discover nothing but deformity in the
Venus of the Hottentots.
oRIENTALs AND oCCIDENTALs.
And yet to each race its own pecu-
liar type of beauty far excels the ideals
Of all others. The slant-eyed maiden
of the Chinese Empire is to her fellow
countrymen the most facinating of
womankind; indeed, there are not many
Occidentals who can justly condemn
the Chinaman's taste in femininity, for
a pretty Celestial girl is all that a truly
beautiful girl should be. The high
bred child OF the Flowery Kingdom
has with her an air of such daintiness
and delicacy as appeals to Europeans
as we'll as to her saffron-hued country
men.
The Turks dream of fair women is a
mere matter Of fleshy bulk; the Ger
man worships strength and bows to
muscularity; the Frenchman adores
frailty of body and angularity of coun-
tenance the Italian is enthrailed by a
pair of kohl-blac.1 eyes and an olive
SKIN; and so on the world around. But
all beauty has an influence upon men
irrespective Of race or color. If this
were not so. the "querr marriages
about which one reads so often could
not occur.
Given mixed company of men, no
two of them will entirely agree upon
an ideal type of beauty. What is 10
one man a ravishment of the eye is to
another repellent-if it is possible for
any kind or class of beauty to be repel.
lent. The universal standard of beauty
is pure myth. 1t is not the ancient
Greek model, lovely as that was, MOI
is it the dream that any artist has yet
delineated. Until all men can be
brought into agreement upon one
style of feminine lovcliness opinions
upon this point must still continue to
clash.
A POWER IN HISTORY,
The part played by the physical
beauty Of woman in this worlds his.
tory Can never be fully recorded. 1t
has swayed more warriors, determined
the action of more statesmen, changed
more laws and invented more new ones
than man can enumerate. Man in his
pride goes strutting over the globe,
glowing with his own Importance and
mental force, and all the while he is
the willing tool Of some pretty woman
somewhere; he is hipnotized by pretty
face or beloved feminine person ality.
Your misanthrope and alleged
woman Later' is at heart worshiper
of womanly beauty. 1t is as natural
for man to be conquered by the
charms of a woman as it is for the sun
to shine and the flowers to bloom
This being the truth, all things which
operate against the proper workings OF
Nature are unnatural and open to con.
demnation. The man who cannot ad.
mire the beautiful countenance or a
symmetrical form should consult a
brain specialist, for surely he is awry
intellectually. The most learned OF
philosophers. no less than the most
yacant-minded fools, have paid tribute
at the shrine of physical beauty in all
ages, and one may put the man who
has no praise for beauty in the class of
esotistic posers.
"The beauty Of 4 woman chCereth
Ilc cDinbtiilcc anu Il HILL loNSIu
nothing b.tter.' Is the language to be
found in Eceesiasticus. As the
emerald is refreshing to the eye by its
pleasing lln1s, nay, exercises, it is
said, wholesome effect on that noble
sense, so does beauty operate still more
powerfully on the outward and inward
sense. "Whosoevcr looks upon it
cannot be influenced" says Goethe, by
the breath OF evil he feels that he is
in harmony with himself and the
world
\ final word in behalf Of the beauty
OF the American woman cannot be
amiss here. Her counterpart, any
her equal, cannot be found outside the
confines OF Our native land She has