, 1884-03-13
WoMEN's WAYS.
Feminine Individuality Changes as
Oftan as Do the Fashions.
Different styles of GirIs---Ths Ro-
mantle, the Blue. the. vivncious
and the Appeniinx--Now.
the Athletic



Tho changes of fashion as to women arc by
no manner Of means confined to their clothes,
They change their manners about as ofteu as
they do the styles Of their gowns. / need only
recapitnlate a little in order to convince you
Of this. Look with me into the past Tho
gushing girl has gone. So has the romantic
girl, the blue girl, the vivacious girl and tho
appealing girl The girl Of to-day is straight,
squareshouldered and quick. She plays ton
mis-, rides often and fearlessly, can pull a boat
and swim, and dance for six hours without
rest 1t is merely n matter of fashion.
THE GLORIOUS USHER
few years ago the gushing girl had q
period OF glorious popularity. For 9 time
nothing but gush was expected, and gush
came in overwhelming quantities. The ideal
gusher was a blonde with big eyes, frizzled
hair, vivacious manner and a habit Of
twisting her hands at every sentence and
rolling up her oyos for a period. Every
thing was 4perfekly lovely" from a lobster
to a new cook. The world was apparently
filed with sunshine and joy. 1t was said that
the girls ate vast quantities of pickles on the
sly to counteract the effect of too much
sweetness and light in public. The gusber
gave way In time to the romantic girl, who
read Wayerly and raved over the more
descriptive poets. She was occasionally lean,
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dreamy expression Of the eyes In time she
became dyspeptic.
INDIGO BLUE.
The transition from the state OF romance
into that OF culture was easy. Girls from
doing nothing but reading romances and
morbid poetry had a violent reaction, and be-
came blue as indigo. 1t was, of course, in
Boston that this type dourished most beauti-
fully. Women devoted all their energies to
books, and in a short time acquired no end
Of textbook knowledge. The result was that
they were enabled 10 crow over the mon,
who are VIGOROUSLY apt to forget everything
that they learn from books. Tho blue girl
was the most unsuccessful girl of them all.
II a man has one right in the world 1t Is the
right to feel superior to women; and the sem
sations Of an average man when he meets a
blue girl are those of humiliation and unhap-
piness. 1t is astonishing how much certain
Of these blu girls know. by the way.
MISS vIvAOrrY.
When the blue girl went out tho vivacious
girl came in. Tho vivacious girl succumbed
TO fatigue. The awful wear and tear subse-
quent to artificial and incessant vivacity
would make a spook of the average girl in
the course ola few years. Anything more
thoroughly wearisome than the vivacity OF
the girl who has been vivaolous for several
years would be difficult to imagine. It is
like a skeleton trembling from spasmodic re-
current shocks OF electricity.
The vivaoious girl usually Expressed sur
prise at everything. She Ia always ready to
dance. Her conversation was an intermit-
tent series Of interjections and explosions,
and she bounced around in a way that act
ually wearied one.
THE APPEALING GIRL.
In the end the vivacious girl had to give II
up. She turned into the appealing girl.
This was probably the result OF reaction.
Taking her all in all, the appealing girl Ia
about as gratifying a one as can DO found.
She has no opinions, and she looks up to men,
even IL they are of smaller stature than her
self, with large-eyed and childlike inquiry.
She never for q moment presumes to take the
initiative in any thing. but plays the part Of
q submissive and admiring audience to the
man who may for the moment be engaging
her attention. Tho effect Of this Upon the man
is gratifying. He grows. As he continues to
talk to the appealing girl, while she continues
to defer to his bettor Judgment and to ask
humbly for an explanation OF things which
she knows ten thousand times more than the
man, he gradually enlarges until no arrives
at such a point that on his departure he feels
that he is a being worth loving, respecting
and admiring. TAX it all in all, / imagine
that the appealing girl will get most of the
plums of this life. Man can't bear a woman
who obtrudes her superiority over him. The
appealing girl is still in the ring, but she Is
daily growing less numerous.
FEMININE ATHLKrKs.
The girls are NOW suffering from, the
athletic craze. No one knows exactly what
has brought this about, but 1t is quite likely
to DO due 10 the adoption OF the English
fashions and the aping OF the English which
has so long distinguished fashionable New
Workers As is invariably the case with
New Workers, they overdo the thing. The
most athletic of the athletic young English
women are not half so far gone as the ma
jority OF New York girls. The effect OF the
thing as seen In the streets is that the girls
carry their shoulders very faT back, .hsir
chins very high, wear heavy-soled boots and
walk with n masculine stride She
usually carries an umbrella, swings II
mnn fashion and talks in a confused sort of
jargon in which the broad sound of "a" Is
very prominent. She is direct, masculine and
forcible. She secs n beautiful horse, and she
neither gushes over 1t, calls it a beauty nor
becomes affectionate. She decides that 1t Ia
a Every proper sort OF a horse" looks at 1t
with entire commendation aud pats its neck
hriskly and vigorously. She tries to be can
did and is not ~infrequently rude. She is
baulfby upd aAtlu -.".