68 THE OPEN AIR 



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 constitutional 

 walks ; there seem no end of these schools the place 

 has a garrison of girls, and the same thing is notice- 

 able in their ranks. Too young to have developed 

 actual loveliness, some in each band distinctly 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 

 a brunette, now golden hair : it is a stage, only it is 

 real. The bustle, which is not the careworn anxious 

 haste of business ; the rushing to and fro ; the 

 greetings of friends ; the smiles ; the shifting of the 

 groups, some coming, and some going plump and 

 rosy, it is really charming. One has a fancy dog, 

 another a bright-bound novel ; very many have 

 cavaliers ; and look at the piles of luggage ! 



