THE BELLE OF THE TOWN.

(By Ason.)

Wknowledgedbeautyofaplaceisunques. !blv an important personage-admired by monger sex and envied f^yofherown, who, though conscious charms, know they cannot \ the tail «PK of thck' suri<ouruhn =s' L ,re the duties and exigencies fco 5 the belle of the town has to slit, and there are times when she feel tnab she is paying a w. nrica (or her prominent position. hf? sneak public property, always sMNftas ffiuch libertr ai, th- e itnof a small German court, bho is Sinff feature of ull parties and ente.^ ??S wbero her every glance and **£% ie noticed and interpreted. iE^*W*i) she w to keep up 6eif prestige; her array SohSsLdinlhclatctfashion,, 6 awkward item when times are hard j Lh« arc low ; n one word, she has i£jto£onpar.de. Jf a belle Soli sorts, if her adding complex,™ £ marred by an unwelcome spot-an acci drf which may happen lo the fairest-or m h dt homo iifc wou . nef r do c i J be\ecn and not admired. She has established her sway over the whole com- Sty;atloast the male poi-Lion ot ifc. and she roust retain it at any cost. lime, money, brains-it she has any-every means mot tend to thac worfliy aim. There are various types of beauties, who act their rote according to disposition, taste and tempera ment fre have the proud and haughty belle, with finely.arched eyebrows, large, ins-ratable dark/eyes, straight, aristocratic nose, and beautifully curved bub rather dis dainful mouth.- Her faco, of a graceful contour and transparent whiteness, ex presses a lofty indifference to all the admir toglp^sijirected towards her. To those whoaddttss her, she answers with cold con descension, as if fully aware of the honour she is conferring by giving them a few miaates of divided attention. Ln the ball or, concert-room, at cfiureh, wherever ieapjeara, she considers the sensation she cause's a just tribute paid to hit darias, and betrays no pleasure attkovation she is receiving. This im pssHtyis only a mask—she is keenly «Kveto«r"triPmph> an<* w'oll^ be deeply mortified iiler pvesenco ceased to evoke A'ftojj fpmarks 'or adulating glance?. & flops line time far removed when people fill leave of worshipping at hor ehrine. li^awottebelie, less stately and im posing perhaps, but more sympathetic and "fetching." It is toe g"'l with rosy dimplecl cheeks, laughing eves, who is fond of admiration apd has the honesty to show it She is generally to be seen on a fine afternoon, in the ipost frequented street, giving her fellpr creatures" a treat," ap pearing please^ with the wor}d in general, and herself in particular. No doubt she is conscious of being good-looking; but has Here ever been an unconscious beauty since j«i!tfl*gbj9e9wereißvented? Why, even Wore that happy era, Narcissus tells a talo to the contrary; The popular belle has a &?& for everyone, and, whilst having a tender colToqny with one adorer, §he minagei to bestow fascinating glances upon half-a-dozen others. Such a young woman can truly consider herself, w a period at bast, "the monarch of wshejumys," and command *er subjects aeeofdiagly.' She need nev<.. 'ear to be a be the partners ever she could get her programme fro twice.over. Wherever she goe3 she not afraid-of her, toithey aU via with'each other for «f! fwonis hm her, even when they M«tconvine«lof being fooled one and all. *»?Miryhelle is a general fuvoinite, and fw her less fair ststers cannot refrain ™? Paying her homage ; . for beauty PM power and prestige, and we •" ?!i Tinder its charm. There is t another class of belle—the languid, yn&> dependent one. Her walk is slow SffflPS er &mile sweefc ' her looks SX*f fPr, ea^"g to man for pro, JP? We Is slender and pale, has large, gj. jKwporUuaeyes, and impresses you 2} ®ml m $ gentleness, which to amrtfT an ir «sistible' attraction. At i-a J'f 6 Wlll throw. UP her liq«»d °rbs aast for a custard or a glass of lemonade P«to£fV be*«!hin «t voice that her St***&s* smallest whim. She is *«■' 'SJ^i ora £ trunk t0 wliiph she may C i an? there «*.fe«r Siris who.i »ASI- ha- nee of such a «fi»«nctftfe ! WmAT!, 0 m} yo atib console C£! lli e ougUt tlmt, to be the pecialjl S *!- o{, a Place> « small one es- P"«&SS'IT k s«cces9io". ia mo3 t J^t\ FeFSonal attractions arc '^♦oSJm is'Wt, auration > wd it seems e"4S If 1° th/ m the whole of one* imiWuM mental O f .- laiifc .a Retime. Where *«• nd M *urPMan ß others in looks, /1).P cai>anco is fche **m I\}^ fche mmcl is mo^iy ?**&L -ni for conversing, a '• which make the eo t P n<- lsa W! >en" belle has khT * «ha I TufT 1^ y!^™ climates, long tS>Kf yTthfe often remains to°neW ll her' «»d she is , H°f one &9t for £ £ l° f f°/ mCr B°Ofl looks fel' wd wlS ell P t!'cm-she K ives WS^en bclongins to a tf' ?- Cbeeil ye Elective, tlrclJmstHnce S , arc as L* ho « aarkS KaWolntln Past thirty, ! Po^ tower nr-h hrow herself from S^^yoSh^/1 P«rson whose s&"hSJ' SSeeni een t0 ex"tc ad •ssft WC'^.^ 1 enlarging WBll^. iiroll *he risk of beinif few iery tdflin 10S °fteri Sreat

which she takes a leading part-, is aelf en grossed and egotistic, and consequently little disposed to self-improvement, W hen she goes to the theatre she is not so much taken with the performance as with the effect she is producing in her new and elegant evening dress. Her excitement is at its height when the lights are up, and the glasses are fixed, not on the stage, but on her. And so she goes an sometimes for a number of seasons enjoying her constant success, whigh would be. "pleasure unalloyed"' if there was not always a lurking fear in her lest some rival should appear on the scene to rob her of the palm of beauty. With what scrutinising and professional glances she examines every new-.comer'of her own sex, and how relieved she feels when she finds there is no danger of herbeingsupplanted. Thebelleof thotownis likelytomakegreathavoc amongst the young men of her acquaintance, who, attracted by " that fatal gift " her beauty, become her slaves until they find out they were_ only encouraged to give her notoriety. It is not rare to see her engager) three or four times ere she fixes on a final choice, and some times after having trifled with many and been too fastidious, she does not marry at all. Who has not seen some witheredoldmaid, once the belle of the town ? " Youth comes but once ;" let, therefore, those whom their charms and attractions have made the stars of society enjoy their triumphs whilst they last, without allowing these ephemeral pleasures to engross them so completely as to lose sight of their future happiness.

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THE AtJCK.MFI> EVENING STAB, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1887,



ah the large amount of patronage received Finding it necessary, in order, to adjust accounts 1 The Businesses at Auckland and Thames AT/^ITF/TO Encourage* b7 ■ . "« will v« r\ I jl J^i \J Jl Jll>'Jgj. , ,Wi> of Auckland in the execution of under the Will, the Executors have flm Da hfl A iO COmmPnOQ \ during *• past eleven months, have decided to hoia a PlnCPfl Hri WpHnP^Hav AllfT 17th After this Bale every effort will be made to make their trust ,dviin B i ■ v- JW'' uIOStSU Oil VlbUllooUay, AUg. I / 111 ON this Establishment the most complete and popular , Mprl in the interest of the family, to | one of its kind in the colony. The Executorg deCIM JQIB'NMiIHE B|reeK«TAKIIt-0 (Whole da,) for await with confidence the result, being satisfied that fU "RT?Y ON —-and-,. inn I hUrSa3.y 9 AUg. 18th their customers have in the past, and will in the ' THE BUSINESS. clearing sa«. (Marking Down to Clearing Prices. '



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"MR G.ITCONGREVE ON CONSUMPTION AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT, Showing that direful disease to be curable in all its stages : with observations on ASTHMA, CHKONIC_BRONCHITIS, Etc." Feom the "Christian Hkkald," Maecit 31, ISS6. Mr G T CONGREVE'S TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION AND OTHER CHEST DISEASES « Continues to be made a great blessing to sufferers, far and wide, m every part of the Kin^Theworld and we ourselves owe him a debt of gratitude Not long since we phced a young lady under his care, who has recovered her health, and «;e need only point to the cases (Mr Congreve is publishing one every week), many of which had been giVe"lSei Se Pc aanbeio Pdoubt that for Consumption and other Chest Complaints M Cnnmeve is a specialist of the first order, and stands unrivalled. Certainly there has been no other discovery in medical science from which the consumptive patient may "athcr so much hope as from hi.?." . "^ '£] 1C oxij iiuxdued and thiuty-thkke cases which are recorded in Mr' Congreve's bool- are a most convincing testimony ; but what have been long a marvel arc the cases n f onvo which have been published for several years past in the weekly journals (our own hlchided) once every week." (Tho reader is referred to the " Christian World," " Christian Age," " Christian Globe," cS;c., &c.) The author (Mr Congreve, of Coombe Lodge, Pecuham, London), has been urgently nnfrpnrpd to make Ins treatment known in all the British Comimics. Tho price of the Book^s- SIXPENCE, OR SEVEN PENCE, POST FREE. Published by UPTON AND CO., AUCKLAND, And i^ay be ordered through any Booksellp"



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