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M. Vogue's Restoration Of The Basilica Of Constantine.
Avhat must have been the splendour of this still more beautiful structure , which was the first Christian church ever erected in Jerusalem . The Empress Helena first visited Jerusalem in the year of our Lord 326 , aud the basilica was commenced in the same year , aud was completed and dedicated
nine years after . It stood in all its glory for 280 years , until at last it Avas completely destroyed by the Persian monarch Chosroes II ., Avho had laid siege to Jerusalem , and took it in the year 614 . The Avifo of the conqueror was the sister of Maurice , emporor of Constantinopleand she still professed the
, Christian religion amongst the Pagan Persiaus ; although powerless to save the noble edifice of Constantine , she yet obtained leave for the Christians under Modestus , the superior of the Convent of Theodosia , to rebuild the church ; and accordingly , in the space of fifteen years , four small churches were
erected ou the same site , which Avere again replaced by the buildings of Constantine Monomachus , aud these latter Avere rebuilt by the Crusaders in the form of a single church , the greater part of which is to be found but little modified in the present history . Such is the history of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre from the time of Coustantine down to the present day . —Builder .
Scragginess.
SCRAGGINESS .
Mr . Banting ' s attack ou corpulence ought , after its first success , to have been followed by another on scragginess , and we have always wondered why it Avas not . More people , we imagine , wish to be fatter than wish they could diminish their fat . It is true the desire is more closely confined to women , men
being tolerant of leanness in themselves , apt to believe , indeed , in spite of scores of examples , that want of flesh increases the appearance of intellect . Pallor and thinness are , in fact , nearly as much cultivated among certain classes as Avhite hands and general listlessness , aud mainl y for . the same reason—that
they show that their possessor has neither necessity no inclination to do anything useful , that he is a hothouse plant , and not au ear of grain . The preference among men for sallowness over colour , sharp lines over roundness , attenuation over muscular development , is one of the oddest results of a civilisation Avhich does not profess to be ascetic . It
is passing away , Ave believe , under the influence of a healthier mode of life , but ten years ago robust health Avas considered obtrusive , strength decidedly low , and a high colour the first mark of au utter plebeian , and the influence of those ideas linger iu drawing-rooms still . Womenhoweverhave never fallen into them for
, , themselves , have always by instinct preferred soft outlines and changing colour , have been ashamed of the obtrusiveness of their bones , aud have tried hard to keep their faces from falling in . A charge of leanness is nearly the worst a Avoman cau bring against herself , aud the hi ghest art of the milliner is exerted
to soften off the harsh hues which iu men are admired , to give the fulness and roundness of contour male coquettes so carefully avoid . The true princi ples of beauty are the same in both cases , but civilisation has not in Avomen corrupted natural taste , and no woman Avas ever proud of sunk
cheeks or hollow eyes , or bony arms , or a figure without inflexions . The difference of feeling has even affected the language , and the word " seragginess" as a contemptuous epithet is as much confined to women as the word "buxom" is , and is at least as much dreaded by them as an accusation of corpulence is by men . It is held to indicate ageand Avhile men care
, nothing about their ages , Avomen very justifiably do care , being well aAvare that the other sex , Avith their habitual tendency to the evil , prefer the hcautede ( liable , the spell of youth and freshness , to almost any other . There must be hundreds of thousands in this country , Avhere the climate softens nothing and dress
is specially adapted to make leanness ridiculous , who would endure any course of diet , abstain from any indulgence , to put a little more flesh on their bones , yet no Dr . Harvey or philanthropic undertaker step 3 forward on their behalf . Brillat SavariuAvho taught Mr . Banting so much
, on the art of reducing flesh , gives only a page or two to that of increasing it , and , though his theories are sound , he misses Avhat physicians believe to be the great panacea . Fattening , too , would seem from analogy to be easier Avork than reducing fat . All domestic animals in health can be fattened , and there
is not a farmer in the country who does not think that he understands to perfection the great art of producing flesh . Skilled breeders will fatten a bullock , or a pig , or a sheep to a pouud , but they would only laugh if told that they could also fatteu their daughters . Yet the only difference in favour of the beast is that it is not bothered with a mind , cannot worry itself about papa ' s displeasure , or dear Charles ' s inattention , or the blunder it has made in selecting " ruching" a
little too bright . By the Avay , cattle must have some theory for good taste in colour , or they would not he so vehemently irritated with the sight of red , and it Avould be a curious experiment to find out Avhat that theory is . Have they by nature that love for sobered brightness , that dislike to all things " so very conspicuous "
, Avhich cultivation gives to most human beings , or are particular colours signs to them , as they are to the Pope , of a hostile bravado ? The mind , no doubt , is a nuisance Avhich physicians find it hard to deal with ; hut still all scraggy girls are not scraggy because they have gotas Lord Westbury says" Avhat they are
, , pleased to call minds , " and the very large remainder ought to be just as amenable to the influence of good feelings as lambs , or cattle , or turkeys . Of course there are Avomen AVIIO cannot be fattened , even Avhen their minds are at rest , just as there are others Avho under the fiercest load of anxiety still accumulate
fat . The majority , however , if not ill , or consumptive , or preternaturally active , or feverishly eager about affairs , must be capable , like all other domestic animals , of being fed into decent embonpoint . The only question is as to the regimen which will accomplish the end , Avithout too much annoyance or distuhance
of the domestic economy , or risk of producing habitual and excessive laziness . Brillat SaA'arin ' s rules are clear , and in their Avay sound , and we quote them as summarised iu a littlo book just published b y Mr . L . P . Simpson : — " General rule : Eat a quantity of fresh bread—the same day ' s baking—and do not throw away the crumb . Before ei ght a . m ., Avhen in bed , take a basin of soup ( pottage au pain or mix pales ) , not too much , or , if
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
M. Vogue's Restoration Of The Basilica Of Constantine.
Avhat must have been the splendour of this still more beautiful structure , which was the first Christian church ever erected in Jerusalem . The Empress Helena first visited Jerusalem in the year of our Lord 326 , aud the basilica was commenced in the same year , aud was completed and dedicated
nine years after . It stood in all its glory for 280 years , until at last it Avas completely destroyed by the Persian monarch Chosroes II ., Avho had laid siege to Jerusalem , and took it in the year 614 . The Avifo of the conqueror was the sister of Maurice , emporor of Constantinopleand she still professed the
, Christian religion amongst the Pagan Persiaus ; although powerless to save the noble edifice of Constantine , she yet obtained leave for the Christians under Modestus , the superior of the Convent of Theodosia , to rebuild the church ; and accordingly , in the space of fifteen years , four small churches were
erected ou the same site , which Avere again replaced by the buildings of Constantine Monomachus , aud these latter Avere rebuilt by the Crusaders in the form of a single church , the greater part of which is to be found but little modified in the present history . Such is the history of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre from the time of Coustantine down to the present day . —Builder .
Scragginess.
SCRAGGINESS .
Mr . Banting ' s attack ou corpulence ought , after its first success , to have been followed by another on scragginess , and we have always wondered why it Avas not . More people , we imagine , wish to be fatter than wish they could diminish their fat . It is true the desire is more closely confined to women , men
being tolerant of leanness in themselves , apt to believe , indeed , in spite of scores of examples , that want of flesh increases the appearance of intellect . Pallor and thinness are , in fact , nearly as much cultivated among certain classes as Avhite hands and general listlessness , aud mainl y for . the same reason—that
they show that their possessor has neither necessity no inclination to do anything useful , that he is a hothouse plant , and not au ear of grain . The preference among men for sallowness over colour , sharp lines over roundness , attenuation over muscular development , is one of the oddest results of a civilisation Avhich does not profess to be ascetic . It
is passing away , Ave believe , under the influence of a healthier mode of life , but ten years ago robust health Avas considered obtrusive , strength decidedly low , and a high colour the first mark of au utter plebeian , and the influence of those ideas linger iu drawing-rooms still . Womenhoweverhave never fallen into them for
, , themselves , have always by instinct preferred soft outlines and changing colour , have been ashamed of the obtrusiveness of their bones , aud have tried hard to keep their faces from falling in . A charge of leanness is nearly the worst a Avoman cau bring against herself , aud the hi ghest art of the milliner is exerted
to soften off the harsh hues which iu men are admired , to give the fulness and roundness of contour male coquettes so carefully avoid . The true princi ples of beauty are the same in both cases , but civilisation has not in Avomen corrupted natural taste , and no woman Avas ever proud of sunk
cheeks or hollow eyes , or bony arms , or a figure without inflexions . The difference of feeling has even affected the language , and the word " seragginess" as a contemptuous epithet is as much confined to women as the word "buxom" is , and is at least as much dreaded by them as an accusation of corpulence is by men . It is held to indicate ageand Avhile men care
, nothing about their ages , Avomen very justifiably do care , being well aAvare that the other sex , Avith their habitual tendency to the evil , prefer the hcautede ( liable , the spell of youth and freshness , to almost any other . There must be hundreds of thousands in this country , Avhere the climate softens nothing and dress
is specially adapted to make leanness ridiculous , who would endure any course of diet , abstain from any indulgence , to put a little more flesh on their bones , yet no Dr . Harvey or philanthropic undertaker step 3 forward on their behalf . Brillat SavariuAvho taught Mr . Banting so much
, on the art of reducing flesh , gives only a page or two to that of increasing it , and , though his theories are sound , he misses Avhat physicians believe to be the great panacea . Fattening , too , would seem from analogy to be easier Avork than reducing fat . All domestic animals in health can be fattened , and there
is not a farmer in the country who does not think that he understands to perfection the great art of producing flesh . Skilled breeders will fatten a bullock , or a pig , or a sheep to a pouud , but they would only laugh if told that they could also fatteu their daughters . Yet the only difference in favour of the beast is that it is not bothered with a mind , cannot worry itself about papa ' s displeasure , or dear Charles ' s inattention , or the blunder it has made in selecting " ruching" a
little too bright . By the Avay , cattle must have some theory for good taste in colour , or they would not he so vehemently irritated with the sight of red , and it Avould be a curious experiment to find out Avhat that theory is . Have they by nature that love for sobered brightness , that dislike to all things " so very conspicuous "
, Avhich cultivation gives to most human beings , or are particular colours signs to them , as they are to the Pope , of a hostile bravado ? The mind , no doubt , is a nuisance Avhich physicians find it hard to deal with ; hut still all scraggy girls are not scraggy because they have gotas Lord Westbury says" Avhat they are
, , pleased to call minds , " and the very large remainder ought to be just as amenable to the influence of good feelings as lambs , or cattle , or turkeys . Of course there are Avomen AVIIO cannot be fattened , even Avhen their minds are at rest , just as there are others Avho under the fiercest load of anxiety still accumulate
fat . The majority , however , if not ill , or consumptive , or preternaturally active , or feverishly eager about affairs , must be capable , like all other domestic animals , of being fed into decent embonpoint . The only question is as to the regimen which will accomplish the end , Avithout too much annoyance or distuhance
of the domestic economy , or risk of producing habitual and excessive laziness . Brillat SaA'arin ' s rules are clear , and in their Avay sound , and we quote them as summarised iu a littlo book just published b y Mr . L . P . Simpson : — " General rule : Eat a quantity of fresh bread—the same day ' s baking—and do not throw away the crumb . Before ei ght a . m ., Avhen in bed , take a basin of soup ( pottage au pain or mix pales ) , not too much , or , if