Sunny Brighton 



an irresistible flutter in the sea-breeze; feathers have 

 a beckoning motion. No one can be altogether good 

 in Brighton, and that is the great charm of it. The 

 language of the eyes is cultivated to a marvellous 

 degree; as we say of dogs, they quite talk with their 

 eyes. Even when you do not chance to meet an 

 exceptional beauty, still the plainer women are not 

 plain like the plain women in other places. The 

 average is higher among them, and they are not so 

 irredeemably uninteresting. The flash of an eye, the 

 shape of a shoulder, the colour of the hair some- 

 thing or other pleases. Women without a single 

 good feature are often good-looking in New Seville 

 because of an indescribable style or manner. They 

 catch the charm of the good-looking by living among 

 them, so that if any young lady desires to acquire the 

 art of attraction she has only to take train and join 

 them. Delighted with our protectorate of Paphos, 

 Venus has lately decided to reside on these shores. 

 Every morning the girls' schools go for their constitu- 

 tional walks; there seem no end of these schools 

 the place has a garrison of girls, and the same thing 

 is noticeable in their ranks. Too young to have 

 developed actual loveliness, some in each band dis- 

 tinctly promise future success. After long residence 

 the people become accustomed to good looks, and do 

 not see anything especial around them, but on going 

 away for a few days soon miss these pleasant faces. 



In reconstructing Brighton station, one thing was 

 omitted a balcony from which to view the arrival 

 and departure of the trains in summer and autumn. 

 The scene is as lively and interesting as the stage 

 when a good play is proceeding. So many happy 

 expectant faces, often very beautiful; such a mingling 

 of colours, and succession of different figures; now 



