Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-15
American Girls Abroad.
TRIBUTE TO THE BEAUTY OF UNCLE SANS

1t Is doubtful whether any country in the
world produces so many pretty girls as Amer
lea "a, ard 1t Is certain that some OF the prettiest
putable as the causes OF it are obscure 1t was
one OF the peculiarities OF Venus, as goddess,
that there could be no doubt Whatever about
her beauty. There was great deal to be said
for Juno: as She swept along with that stately
peacock trailing its tail on the sward, and it
was impossible to deny the attractions of
into the field, Paris held out his hand and
put the apple In hers. So it is with the
pocket edition OF the goddess, which the busy
sale quantities. The little New York beauty is
irresistible so long as she keeps her mouth
shut, and almost irresistible even when she
'Give me blood,' said the aristocratic, pre-
eminently carniverous old lady who met young
David Copperfield and asked him whether he
nothing like blood" Most people would agree,
in a limited sense. We know the beauty OF
our aristocracy, and attribute it largely to
ing dgny and Of an We
lady, and the common place comelness OF a
little German paryenu. We have Our pet theo.
them to every case. The lion and the unicorn eor1
are fighting for this crown OF beauty, and up
comes the little Yankee belle and knocks them
both down. The impartial Paris Qn suit of
dittos), standing with his hands In his pockets
on the Rhine boat, and not paying the slight est
attention to the scenery, but looking at the
pretty girls OF all the countries In the world
He las not doubt but he is right, and she
thinks that he's an excellent judge.
AND yet, as We've said every thing is against
her. She comes to us across the Atlantic with
that horrible twang that spoils every thing,
and OF which she seems utterly unconscious.
she PEI ks 1t up in your face with the most pre-.
vok1ng sang frofd, and so do her sisters, her
panies her, and hatchet-face, Objectionable
brother, who seems to have the grace to
know that he is not gentleman, and is,
in consequence, alternately depressed aud
defant. man, however, matrjmonfally
inclined, gazing on that alpaca mother, finds
serious Sc coultshlp difficulty: A little genial
POSSIBLE to Withstand so much beauty set off by
such charm Of manner. The little American
does not object to the Irritation. but she has a
is likely to develop into husband Yet with
all her frugality, she has mind on pleasure
bel t, and flirting, which in England is
s ana nce an is for
sctentiously, and IN which she makes
daily progress. She Is still young, perhaps
not out Of her teens, but she has
heard great deal, seen great deal, knows a
great deal, and certainly makes no secret of her
experience. She is perfectly frank, and her
absolute realism protects her from some Of the
girls. 1t is hard to avoid adm1rlng her, and it
is impossible to believe that the lady in alpaca
is her other. The b atchet faced brother seems
W siuUkc 81 IuuCu VI Ills lie OUT UlrOugl his
nostrils as he has not already expectOrated
through his lips. On the whole, the property
affords delightful view, but the membranes
are beavy-uncOmmonly heavy.
The English critic, adnniring freely this
unparalleled beauty, begins to think whether it
can last Well, let it be confessed that the
aspect OF an American mother Is not encour-
aging. one wonders whether she could ever
have been pretty, or ladylfke, or attractive
One looks from mother to daughter with puz-
lied anxiety. Surely all the American fathers
must have been very handsome. And yet those
citizens OF New York who do come over the
Atlantic are, no doubt, excellent men of
business, but have very little in common
with Apollo or Antinous. Perhaps, after
all, the English girls are not so bad. Possibly
they may not be such gawkies as they are said
to look. II they are, one fact is at least clear:
they soon grow out OF It, American beauty
has some consolation even for jealous Eng
deny 1t. 1t is not matter to argue about or to
dispute. The little New York palvenu, with
an ancestry that thrOve on shoddy, and pa.
rentage that grew rich on petroleum, has, not
Wfthstanding these antecedents, beauty
that is at once captivating and refined And
yet there Is consolation for the English girl.
81 had scarcely taken orders for year." says
the dear, delightful Vicar Of Wakefield ssbefore
l began to think seriously of matrimony, and
choose my Wife, as she did her wedding dress,
not for fine, glossy surface, but for such
qualities as would wear we'll" When we look
at the New York beauty, brilliant In silk, and
then turn to the faded, WORKOUT mother, dingy
In alpaca, we may feel perfectly certain that
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