BEAUTIFUL SNOBS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 127, 16 September 1876, Page 3

BEAUTIFUL SNOBS.

• - fFrom the Lilkmt J&reUetr.j >!''' HBaft prides himself ttpoti his strength, arvft a woman prides herself upon her beaaty. About the logic of their proceedings! it ia tmneeessary to say m«ch, strength and fceanty being in the Majority of instances things for which their possessors art? not responsible-. Perhaps it is because this is so, that the strong man ant! the beautiful woman are among the moat conceited white they are alsu among the moat useless being ft. At any rate, it ia certain that people are prettiest of the things which they do- with tittle trottbfe, ami carry their vanity to stteh a pitch as to disguise the fact that they have to laWtsr hard before they cart prodnee many r>f their most I>rilitarit efFeets. It.Bittst not be understood, however, that "stfttttg men and beautiful women are, as a fe*idy. in the habit of prodtreing g<->od effects. Strong men are t(t<> mndv wrapped wp m the contemplation of their t>wn magnificence ti> condescend t<-> tread the: rough path* by following which less. gifted mortals attain eminence ; so- long as they are complimented «s>*>« their muscular development. they are fiappy and content to-smile with benign patronupou their Batterers. Beautiful woman seem, indeed, tw gt> a step fhrtbvr thai* this; they appear to imagine- that their personal charcnst should captivate, whatever their manners may be. live

consequence is, that wise persona have litntur !"o bereave of fair faces ami sylph--Ailte forms, and to* know thfrt peettiiarly •Ajiarp' tongue# may liu'k behind nod <jjto»flyiapely tips. Ctrfwrtttnately. howtl\v majority of persons are not wta© r and SO' the possessors of fair faces and sylph-life©- forms continue to be extremely handsomely treated ttpon the score oi their negative merits, notwithstanding that their conduct is often objectionable itv the extreme. We are not prepared to> dispute that their conduct may often W ivfidered objectionabfH in ordar that the power of their charms may be thortwighty tested, but after a time their disagreeable i|i«ditie» bet:arue chronic* and are exer* mud with"at any speeitie object being had in view.. The beautiful snob is one of those in whom certain disagreeable q,«ali- , tie* have become chronic. Knowing.that hli<j possesses attractions of pwrson, she appears to-imagine that she has done her ditty liy her neighbors when she has stacked luirself oat to the best advantage. Whew in a room she w well pleased if she imagines that she is posed prettify, and that her face wears tliat bewitching tllong.h meaningless smite which displays: her teeth very striekingty if it does not indicate her intelligence.. Appreciating her own importance, she deems it unnecessary k> affect an amiability which she is far from possessing. Thus, if your conversation bores her, y»tt have m> eccasioß t«> remain for long in ignorance of the fact, and it will be year t>w« fault if you «lo> not lind out when she thinks herself

u> out ivWb yorr.. Even if yort are ia bile enjoyment of her favor yott must u.tpeet tk> be the recipient of a certain amotmt of polite rasofome©; yott mast also expect t< >■ be converted into ridicule when your bade ia turned. That ovbt* yi«t» a favorable one, should be mad© tight of, is o.ntv natural. seeing that it is line of the fundamental articles of her belief that she is so incomparably superior to* the majority of her fellows, that but comparatively few are tit to wipe the dtiat from her shoes.. It ia a pity that all her admirers cannot see the troth in its grim reality. The addtepated individuals who will hover round her chair in a gang and P»y be? meaningless and lying c .nnpliniuute, would be all the better if they could realise that she not only thinks but oiills them the foots that they are. The , few who resolutely decline to yield to her | spoil can afford to bear the condemnai buns' which she liberally passes upon them. Thtt beautiful snob spends her tirr * in 93taggjBtating her own importance. cjhe the street with a selfWiafietl smirk upon her face, and assumes '* mannev which would w lUnttsiag if it were not ridiculous. that ttndisguised haughtiness is iOcficatEve of the aristocrat, she dons an •HJgtavating, sopereiliotts air. At the *w&6 ttn»e, she thinks that she is a most person. II a man addresses a ts» her she competently assumes Si®* had made a conquest. It most be however, to her credit, that she does Bot appear to have a very high opinion of

the majority of those whom she conceives she has subjugated. Peop'.o in whom she confides team that her victims arc the most absurd boobies, whose presumption is only equalled by their inanity ; and her friends generally have thy good sense not to* dispu'e the jioint with ft.-!", 'inwards the members i>{ her own sex she is equally charitable. According to her ruling they are immeasurably interior to her. At the statue time, it is somewhat diflicult £*> gather from her vague deliveraaees in what respect they are inferior. .Seeing; that her own origin is often obscure, it can hardly Ixj that she has the ; advantage of them in the matter of birth, ! though, let it he said, she often has the ' hardihood—we might say impudence—to represent that such is the case. Seeing, further, that she carefully hides her talents from the world, she can scarcely be declared their superior in mental attainment*. albeit that she is prone to laugh i consttjnedly at the follies of her neigh- | bora. It is as a critic, indeed, that she | shines tnosf brilliantly. As she never j attempts to any a wise thing herself, she- ' is free to pounce upon the blunders which are made by others. Her mode of dealing with what does not meet her approval

is highly effective. By a giggle she will meet an argument which she cannot disprove; and by an idiotic, but none* the less telling stare, she will express her disapproval of sentiments, which, being above the level of tittle- ; tattle and twaddle, shock her very tender susceptibilities. As it is very ; ditlten.lt to answer a giggle or a stare, she finds the weapons which she employs extremely useful, more especially as her giggles and stares, being easily understandable, are matters which many of her admirers are able to symjmthise with and support by indulging in displays of a , similar kind. Those who have attempted ■ to bear up against an array of giggles and : stares should be able to say a good deal upon this point. •. The beautiful snob is the moat tender and sensitive of beings. She is quite persuaded that ;if she were to work she would die, and that if she were to coine in imj mediate contact with many of the wretched creatures whom she sees around her she would expire instantly. At the satne time, there is reason to believe that she is not quite so delicate as she makes out, and that, in the privacy of her own hoiito, she is occasionally, u r > doubt much to her .disgust, constrained to indulge ill occupations which are repugnant to her highly-strung son!. She will not own to this tit public, however, any more than she will own to the fact that she can at times make a hearty meal from cold*beef, and look without contempt upon such a homely dish as " Irish stew." She lives apparently to persuade the world thai she is about twice as rich and thrice as useless a.* is actually the c.X;.