The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-28

are 10 accept the innocent ebul-
lllons OF the callow youths who drink
peer anc play skittles in the Social
paragraph line OF Journalism, and
VINO IN their soft guilelessness are
taken IN and used" by certain ladies
OF me type resembling Miss Skeggs
and Lady Blarney in the Vicar OF
Makeheld," We are bound to believe
mat beautiful women are as common
as blackberries only more so. In the
columns devoted by newspaper ec!-
tors 10 the meanderings Of those in
leIigent persons, male and female,
who sign themselves as Onlookers,
Observers, Butterhys, Little Tom-tits,
and what may be called 4 Spys."
generally, one hardly ever sees the
name of lady without the epithet
'beauuful' tackled on to il. especially
II The lady happens TO have money.
This Is curious, but true. And sup
posing the sO-called Beautiful one has
not only money, commonly speaking,
but heaps Of money, mines of money,
she Is always stated to be young as
well The heavier the bullion the
more assured the yOuthfulness. If
unklnd time shows her to be
the mother Of a family where the
eldest sprOut is some twenty odd wears
equal TO the occasion and writes of
her thus-"The beautiful Mrs. Juno
Athene brought her eldest girl look
lnS more like her sister than her
molner- Whereat Mrs. Juno-Athene
is satIsfled-eVerybody smiles. and
an Things are coy and comfortable.
II any one should dare say, especially
ln print that Mrs. Juno-Athene is
not beautiful a all. nor youthful
ln either looks or bearing, there would
pe rucuons- Somebody would get in
10 trouble. The 4 Spy" might even
DE dismissed from his or her post of
social paragraphist of the Daily Err
ror Heaven forbid that such d catas-
rophe should happen through the in
discretion OF a mere miserable truth
monSer- Let Mrs. JunO-Athene be
cternally beautiful and eternaIlv
young. by all means, SO long as she
can afford 10 pay for it, The hum
bug of il is at any rate kindly and
rllEa-rous. and does nobody any
larnl- while il puts money in the
purse of the Woodworking penster.
81 no IS compelled TO deal delicatelv
with these little social matters some
lmes. or else ruminate on a dinner
instead of eating il.
Nevertheless. despise the 4 Suvs'
ana me perennial charms of Mrs. Juno
Allene- beauty is as rare and choice
"a thing as ever il was in DAYS of old
III
aN1 TroJans fought for Helen. who
80 some historians say. was past forty
Hheu her beUitching fairness set tn
soul ~ Troy on fire A really beautf-
tIl woman is scarcely ever seen. nor
ca. III Great Britain, where average
SoQd looks are pleasantly paramount.
PretJiness-the prettiness which is
made I'D Of 2 good skin. bright eyes.
soft and abundant hair and a supple
nSure-ls quite ordinary. 1t can b.
seen every day among barmaids, shop
-lrls and mllliners' mannequins. But
beauty-the divine and subtle charm
"a hlcn enrap tures all beholders-the
perfect form united to the perfect face
in which pure and noble thought is
oppressed in every feature in every
glance Of eye. in every smile that
makes a sweet mouth sweeter-this is
that we search for through all the isles
ri Britain. ay, and through Europe and
America and the whole world besides.
and seldom or never mid it, Nine
tenths Of the women who are STYLED
beautiful" by the society para gra-h-
list possess merely the average good
looks-the rest are generally more
particularly distinguished by some sin
gle trait which may perchance be nat
ural and may equally be artificial, such
as uncommon cOlOred hair (Which may
be dyed, a brilliant complexion (Which
may be put On), or a marvelously
'svelte" figure (Which may be the
designated
COrsets. well pulled In. Most of the
eulogized beauties" oS the upper ten
to-day have, or are able TO get, suf-
fcieut money or credit supplied TO
them for dressing -vell-and not only
well, but Ella bOrately and extra va CANT
". and dress is often the beauty in
stead Of the woman To judge whether
the woman herself is really beautiful
without the mOdiste's assistance IL
would be necessary to see her deprived
of all her fashionable clothes Her
bought hair should be taken off and
only the natural remainder left. She
should be content TO stand sans paint,
sans powder, sans black coil, sans cor
sets, in a plain white gown, falling
from her neck and shoulders to her
feet, and thus cheaply yet decently
clad submit herself TO the gaze Of her
male fatterers IN full daylight. How
many Of the beautiful" Mrs Juno
Athenes or the Lovely" Lady Spend
thrifts could stand such a test IN
finchingly2 Yet the simplest drap-
cries clotte the Greek marbles when
they are clothed at all, and jewels and
fripperies on the goddess Diana would
make her grace seem vulgar and her
perfection common Beauty, real
beauty, needs no creator Of costume"
20 define IL, but is. as the poet says,
when unadorned, adorned the most.
Now Il Is absolutely impossible TO
meet with any "unadorned" sort Of
beauty in those circles Of rank and
fashion where the society paragraphist
basks at his or her pleasure. On the
contrary, there is so much over adorn-
u1ent in vogue that il is sometimes
difficult 70 find the actual true color
and personality Of certain ladies whose
charms are daily eulogized by an
obIiging press. Layers Of pearl enamel
picked out with rouge entirely conceal
their human identity. It is doubtful
whether there was ever more face
painting and taking up" Of beauty
Than there IS nOwAnever did beauty
eDecialists and beauty doctors drive
such a roaring trade. The profits Of
beauty taking are enormous. Some
sdea Of Il may be gained by the fact
that there is a certain shreWd and
highly intelligent doctor" in Paris
who. seeing which way the wind Of
fashion blows, brews a harmless little