The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-04-29

with the Chinese and Japanese is es-
peciaIly exaggerated in their pictures
for the purpose of contrasting them
with the eyes of "sbarbarians."
! A traveller describing the people of
Cochin China says that their rounded
heads and face are their chief charac-
teristics, and he afirms that the round
ness of the whole countenance is more
striking in the women who are con-
sidered beautiful. ...v
The siamese also admire small noses
with divergent nostrils, wide mouth
with thick lips, a remarkably round
face and high eheekbones.
But a Chinese woman must have
small feet-this is the special mark OF
beauty. Their feet are naturally small
and are made smaller through bandag-
ling. 1t is interesting to know that the
present rulers of the Chinese empire
are Manehu Tartars and they do not
compress the feet of their daughters.
The Cingalese, DIR. Harvey says, have
decided views ON. woman's charms;
they have written a book on this sub
jeet. They refuse to call a woman beau
ltiful unless she has the following
characteristics: Her hair must be vol
luminous like the tail of a peacock, long
reaching to the knees and terminating
in beautiful curls. Her nose must be
like the bill of a hawk and her lips
bright and red like coral; her neck
must be large and round-and her
waist narrow and tapering.
The Samoyes have as definite ideas
of what makes woman beautiful
with them the chief charms Of a Wo-
man are full, rosy. cheeks and lips
white forehead, black tresses ana
small eyes.
The women of the Indo- European
races are known for their beautiful
tresses.
/ The natives of Patagonia appreciate
long hair in woman more than any
tother feature. Their savage and solid
expression is increased by the coarse
black hair that hangs around the
heavy, quiet face in which, though the
features are slightly aquilino, the wide
leyes, beautiful color and strong white
teeth produce pleasing effect.
These bellies do not hesitate to wear
false hair when they have not an album
dance Of their own. They are fond Of
ladornment, which usually takes the
form of silver necklets and the red
lfillet bound in their hair.
The Dyaks do not care 50 much
labout their hair as the size Of their
lears Every woman sees to it that her
lears are long this is d special mark Of
beauty. They often extend their ears
Ito the shoulders and sometimes they
hang down to the waist. When they
ARE babies their ears are perforated
land as the child grows older weights
lare put on them and gradually in
lcreased. It is not unusual for a woman
to wear sixteen rings in an ear, to
these decorations are added necklets,
anklets and strings of beads.
Though the modern Egyptian woman
thas long, dark tresses, her eyes make
her wonderfully attractive. Her coun-
ttenance is usually oval, offset by a
deep complexion. Her eyes are black
wonderfully black, large and almond in
shape, quite the shape of her long silky
lashes-and for the expression wonder
fully bewitching. This beauty is heigh-
tened by hiding the other features,
Though they are well formed. sss
The color of the skin is a thing that
makes for beauty or mars 1T among
different peoples. Each race considers
Its own color preferable to every other.
II The North American Indian admires a
4 tawny skin and the Chinese dislikes
1.-THE white skin of the European.
4 A story in point is that of an Austria
llian woman who married a white man
and they had a baby, and the mother
did not fancy the color of her in
FAINT. So she smoked it and rubbed it
with olive oil, hoping to change its
EcoIcr.
i A yellow and not white skin is a
mark of beauty in Java A Japanese
girl would not exchange her complex
ion for the fairest skin owned by the
S most beautiful English girl. The ne
q gress of Africa, who. generally picture
the devil as being white consider a black
skin, thick lips and 1attened nose the
marks of true beauty
4 Some young New Zealanders, who
/ were light copper in color, were great
ly amused at the dark tint of an Aus
ttrailian and laughed at him for being
$50 ugly. The Hovas, who are the ligh-
est of the people in Madagascar, prefer
light skin. They often put a spot of
dark color on their cheeks to heighten
the effect of their light compilations.
:, Among the Malays the standard is yir-
gin gold and whenever a young man
wakes ardent he compares his girl to
this metal. Il
| Marco Polo, speaking of the people
lwho live in the Maabar says: THE
lchildren that are born here are black
enough, but the blacker they are the
better, wherefore from the day of
their birth parents do rub them every
4 week with the oil Of the sesame, so
that they become as black as devils
Moreover they make their girls. black
and their devils white"
| A man of Cochin China spoke with
contempt of the wife Of an English
4 Ambassador, saying that her teeth
:. were as white as those Of a dog and
her rosy color was like potato flour. In
South America the Yuracere's are re-
lnarkably pale, as their language signi-
lfies, though they prefer their complex
lions to any other. Mungo Park in his