Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-06
The Coming American woman.

A late writer thinks that the future
American man will be "a decided
blonde, with rosy complexion, fuller
and less bony than his pioneer ances-
tors, will relish lager beer rather than
whisky, and show a strong fancy for
sausages and music" In brief, that he
will be Teutonized. Such being the
personnel and habits of men, of course,
such will be those of the future women.
Not so. Americans will be COMPOSITE,
as they always have been, and Ameri-
can manners and customs will be
in keeping with that compositeness.
The "blue-eyed myriads of the Baltic"
will no more rule than they do in
Europe, where they furnish but small
portion of the population. The basis OF
the American composition is derived
from no particular source. The English
of New England, Maryland, North Car
olina and Virginia, the Huguenots of
South Carolina, the Germans of Penn
sylvania, the Dutch Of New York, the
Swedes of New Jersey, the Fren"n,, of
Louisiana, and the Irish ..uG Scotch in
all the stars, nave produced a new
race Of blondes and brunettes une-
qualled in the world. Among these
people dark eyes predominant, even
in blondes, and make exception
ally charming women. The blue
eye cannever be the rule in any compo-
site race. And it is o good thing it can
not be, for psychologists agree that theIe
is more vitality and force and determine
alton in dark-eyed men and women. 1t
is the advantage which the thunder
cloud charged with lightning has over
the calm, unobtrusive and stOlid blue Of
nature, the advantage which fire has
over water. After while immigration
VIII exhaust itself from the north of
Continental Europe, and the Latin le-
gions, reinforced by the English-Celt
and Gael, will flow in. In the near
future, all Mexico, the 18TH
musan States and Cuba will be annexed
to this Republic, with their millions
ofresplendent dark eyes, and intermar-
riages will give the hazel, dark and
gray, the eyes of will and genius, the
grand majority. The future girl will be
dark-eyed or gray-eyed, 1.-the limbed,
highly perceptive, and yet there will be
enough fine, yielding blue eyes thrown
in. to give abundant variety. The
young girls of to-day are Improvements
on those of y past generation, for the
latter had to go through certain revo-
lutiOnary processes to give us composite
quickness of perception, agility of
movement, beauty of face and
form. The generations ahead
will present further improve
mcnts. In this country the sexes will
never look like cousins on account of
admixture of diverse Caucasian blood,
and climate, educational and social in
fluences, all will contribute in the pres
ent as in the past to keep intact racial
cOmpOsiteneSs. Manners and customs
will be diverse also, yet American in all
the chief essentials, The fact that this
will be for all time an English speaking
country will promote and establish such
results. The great privilege that men
have here now is that they can marry
any variety of eyes and compilations,
and this, with the other blessings, will
be handed down to prosperity.
sit is impossible for woman to suffer
from weakness after taking Lydia E. Pin K
ham Vegetable Compound.