Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
FAIR CREOLE GIRLS.
Many Blondes Among Them Contradict
General Belief

Many Blondes Among Them Contradict a
General Belief.
We are not hide-bound nor narrow-mind-
cd in our admiration for female beauty
The fair aud the dark, the blondes and brli-
nettes, all have their special charms and
admirable points. Besides the beauty of
feature and color there is also spiritual
and intellectual beauty which is quite as
potent as the other. In the presence of
pure and lovely soul or sparkling intellect
and delighung disposition one may be so
completely enchanted as to be utterly blind
to material things But whatever may be
our iberslity in matters of love and admi-
ration for the beautiful sex, and we recog-
nize their claims without regard to ethno-
logical or geographical limits, we are bound
10 reserve special homage for our own
Southern women, and we are moved to this
by the following tribute to Louisiana beau
ty. 1t was contributed to the Boyce (Rap-
ides Parish) Headlight by one who signs
herself " Cane River Girl This is her
verdlct:
Many of our Northern friends picture
all creoles with dark, swarthy skins, hair
black as the ravens wing, and eyes of
ebon darkness. Now, this is altogether an
erroneous fancy. Why, some of the girls
have ily-white complexions. golden locks,
and eyes of heavens own blue! In the lit
tie village where l live there are four sis
ters, all of the purest blonde type, and it
would be difficult to find any where in the
wide world fairer, sweeter, lovelier maid
ems than they. Whenever l read of the
dark-sklnned creole a sElile crosses my
face, and wish the readers eyes could rest
upon my rosebud garden of girls
AS write these hines a dainty creole
maiden enters my presence. She has come
like gleam of sunshine athwart a murky
sky, TO chase away the clouds which some-
times surround me; and truly she is a fair
vision to gaze upon. sitting where the sun
shines full upon her, revealing the CLINT of
gold in Ter wavy brown hair, which ripples
above broad. fair brow. Her pearly
checks are slightly tinted by the suns
kisses, and her eyes, of 'passionless,
peaceful blue are gazing tenderly upon
me, utterly unconscious of her own pictur-
esque lovelness. The mind of this gentle
girl is a. pure and bright as her face AL
together she is one of earth's fairest
flowers.
81 have lived among the creoles nearly
all my Life, but l am not one of them. L am
what they call IAN American Why that
term should not be applied to them is a
mystery which can not solve. l have
penchant for Creole girls. They are usual
pathetic, lIght-hearted and sunny-tempered.
Then the marks of Difference they pay to
old age is truly something to be admired,
and might well be initiated by many of my
American sisters. A creole girl rarely
ever sullies her lips with that slang which
is so generally used nowadays. She is
usually reared in seclusion, and her DAYS
glide by peacefully aud TRANQUILITY. This
tranquility is seldom dsturbe by a storm
cloud. She is CONTEXT to remain at home,
where there is always wide field of action,
and do her duty in that state of life unto
which it shall please God to call her.
There are many other fine character
lstics which the creole girl possesses, and
regret that l have not time to mention
them. l have had to steal the moments TO
write even these few line. But before
closing this article must admit that the ma
iority Of creoles are dark; there are many
nut brown maidens, but some of them are
fair, very fair"