The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-06-26

Inc New York woman, says . winter In
the Ameyican Qseen, can scarcely be mis-
taken by . close observer. who has travel.
ed, for q woman from New England, from
the South or the West, or from any other
capital Of the Atlantic seaboard. II may
not ne easy for him who recognizes her at
q glance to say in words Why he recoe-
nizes her; but he feels as sure Of her kaJii-
tat as If she were covered from head to
foot with labels Of the metropolis. II he
be imaginative, he perceives In her face
something Of the brightness Of Gotham 5
skies, the broad sweep Of the Hudson u
her motion, the easy indifference Of the
great city In her poise, the self-con6dence
in her giving out of the bustling centre Of
the western world. the breezy, bracing
quality Of the sea air in her figure and her
gait. Hers is familiar form in all LANDS.
for NO woman is such q wanderer as she,
and wherever found she is discernible.
Her compatriot. sailing up the Nile and
nearing the second cataracts, gets a
glimpse of her as the descending daabee-
ali passes him in the moonlight; but the
glimpse is sufficient. He has probably
never seen her before, but she Is revealed
to him in fash as the sister of the wo-
man he has admired on the Fifth avenue
promenade or driving in the Central park.
Climbing the Pyramids, he detects in the
graceful, springy foot lifted alluringly
above him pedal kinship to the feet he
remembers as twinkling in the waltz at
the academy balls. The feminine New ork.
er stands not apart by any extraordinary
comeliness. She is apt to be pretty-very
pretty; but this is fact she shares with
all her countrywomen. She shines by
making the most Of herself-not by hid.
ing. but by helping nature. She is ar.
tistic. not artificial; she is esthetic, moi
foolish. With given amount of beauty
perhaps, she can appear more beautiful
than any OF her american sisters not more
bounteously blessed. She possesses taste
in ample measure; she studies effect; un
derstands harmonies; has a cunning pre-
ception of tone. When she is well dressed
she knows it. and nobody can shake hel
conviction of the fact. Then is she a.
certain of herself as though she were .
demonstrated theorem in Euclid, and she
can walk down a crowded and critica
drawing-room without haunting thought
Of her acceptibility. Style is incontest
ably hers. Even when plain this sets he
of, and renders her more attractive Otter
than is the pretty woman incapable Of i'm
proving opportunities. The style of thu
New York woman has penetrated to fal
off lands, has been wisnessed and ap
proved by Brahmin and Buddhist. b,
Moslem and Parsee. II is the style o
mind and manner, not less than Of person
and attire; it ia instinct, tact. breeding
perfect courtesy, as well as graceful line
and fitting shades Of color. Tho New
York woman has self confidence, and from
this. and from understanding of her rang,
she keeps within her proper sphere, anc
charms at once by her intuitions ant
her intelligence. Accustomed TO triumphs
she does not mar them by assumption
She receives becomingly what is her right
and proves herself one Of the numberlesi
unspo;led darlines of the great repub
lie,