ENGLISH V. AMERICAN BEAUTY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 40, 18 January 1881, Page 4

ENGLISH V. AMERICAN BEAUTY.

"Wbilo the beau y of the English girl may endure longer than that of her American sister, yet American beauty has this sovereign advHntage — that it besjjii bears closer observation. The Ku^fidh beauty appears best at a distance, and grows homely as W3 approach her ; . the typical American beauty appears more atti active near at hand ; in her case nearness brings enchantment. The American face bears the micrc3cope mainly by reason of its delicacy, firmness, and mobility of expression— qualities that are only appreciated on nearness of inspection. The ruddiness or freshner s. the healthsuggesting and health-sustaining face of he Knglish girl seems incomparable wheu partially veiled, or when a few rods away, but as she comes nearer these excellent characteristics retreat behind tho irregnlarioies of lir skin, the thickness of the lips, the size of the nosft ; and the obsprver is mildly stunned by the disappointment at not finding the nimble at»d automata play of emotion iv the ey«s and features without which female b anty tnusf always fall belowthe line of supreme authority. The Knglish beauties of | national and international fame, at j whose feet the empire ot Great Hritain I is now kneeling, are of the Ame icao j type, and in that country they would | be held simply as of average rather ; th n exceptional excellence. The • attractiveness of American women Would appear *o be the direct effect of climatic cond. tions, since heauty of the most precious sort requires fineness of organisation, delicacy of fea* tures. nimblenesa, and spi'fghtliness of expression. The same influence that makes the American female more handsome also causes her beauty to decay earlier than in Europe 'Ihe English woman is less beautiful, less delicate and attractive between fifteen and twenty-five, yet she retains her beauty longer. Womeu, like plants, need abundant moistuie, else lhey wiiher. The rains, the c oudsand the storms that enrobe castles and cathedrals in ivy, keep the meadows green and color to the face, so the Eng ish n>atron of forty five ov fifty is, perhaps, sometimes hiudaomer, as well as healthier than at fitteen or twenty. — Journal of >'cumco.