Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-28
4 New Girl.


Alden in thu NV York Times
Novelties in girls are naturally looked upon
with suspicion The present style OF girl has
been thoroughly tested and found to be per-
feetiy satisfactory. and when any one claims to
have devised a new and Improved Vie of girl.
the claim usually proves. upon examination. to
he a ridiculous failure.
From the west there comes the story of a
E""ly invented oirl OF startling originality She
,'iil-Is from previous girl, in the fact that her
ieit it'- II attached To her right shoulder while
her night arm occupies the place usually occu-
lc't 10y q lett le-r. Girls with extra limbs or
with no limbs AZ a.! have Frequently been eN-
iihf"d 10 an uDsymPathZin public but the
d>tiu;,.i0u Of the new girls limbs j. something
ahstIut"iy new. and is such deserves serious
attention.
The claims mad" in behalf Of the re,,- .,-rl arc
many. and some of them al IeG>t arpear To he
ju,;i1ab,e. For example, it is asserted that a
woman who has tand where the left font i
u>udiiy found can pick up pins and other small
objects from the carpet without STOPPING She
can also hold a rug in place while sweeping if
AMI can drag "a CT out from undo. a sofa and
turn her out of The room with the greatest ease
W men >!i., drops her prayer boo, IN church She
can PEEK il up ana place il on the seat beside
h'f without attracting the slightest attention
at she can climb into a carriage with her hard
fr,t-ii il may be 80 called with an ease and
sSGcc az which the ordinary woman is quite
Incapable.
;;tv!nr a foot where other women have a
Ia: II hdnd. the new style of girl would make
"a admirable family dIScipnaIian. since she
c'siu administer punishment to children with
o1t the trouble Oi removing her slipper. She
".,HA nave an immense advantage over other
eIi' "ich wearing beautiful and costly hosiery
since she could display the stocking ON her ri ,bt
UPPER HE'D With no more impropricty than is
lhVo!Std IN displaying a neatly fitting glove. So.
700, hef 'd."E'a2cS tor displaying a neat and
artistic pVot Would De quite unequaled. and she
would De able 10 button both her own boots
with less trouble than ordinary women find in
putting ON their gloves.
These are claims which. it must be admitted
are well founded. We may however. concede
everything that is claimed i'm behalf of tbe nau,
girl and still disapprove OF her What is this
gil To do when on receiving an acceptable offer
OF marriage she wishes to clasp her arms
around her lovers neck: Will he feel fatteretl
when-the soft touch OF 4 western feminine boot
caresses his left ear? When the marriage cere-
mOny is in progress, how will he obey the clergy
mana order to take the brides right hand in
his: And then. how will the new girl be able to
make the simplest article OF food without liter
ally putting her foot in it!
The worst feature of the new Girl. however,
Is ner inability to walk. Nothing has been said
" f+r advocates on this subject. which is suf-
HsHs: reason for assuming that they have MOTH
ing adorable TO say. Is the girl expected to
walk on potl feet: IL so. il is safe to say that
o N'iot ~ IL, ana Il she Could, her appear
ahee would be So grotesque that she would
never venture outside of her own room In
douhtedly she Is expected to walk on one foot
ana one hand Need anything more be said to
prove that she is a painful failure?
ms attempt to make the modern Girl COM
promise between the bandJia and the ouod,Yt
mann Is certainly Ingenious but it is doomed to
Inc late OF ali previous attempts at improving
girls Our girls need no improvements. and If
VIII take greater intellect than that of Cuyier
10 devise any possible change in them which
would not be f0r the worse.