New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-08
THE ATHLETIC MAIDEN.
Drawn VERSUS PEACHES AND CREAM

Drawn VERSUS PEACHES AND CREAM
London letter to The san Francisco Argonaut.
If one may Judge by the constant reference 10 .e
fact In the American papers, it would seem that me
American girl (as she is 10 be found at home iof GER
tsny have yet seen no sample on this sde mas GecSY
Whether this is another phase Of angomanla or nor,
can ca saw is if this be true and there ought to be
mistake Her mistake Is two fold In the first place,
IN going I'M for athletics either for sport exercise.
she is initiating the best class Of English GIRL as
no doubt she fOndly imagnes and, in the second in
charm and attraction IN English eyes Apara i mUa
powers her store OF information on al subjects anu
her money, her delicate skin, peach-like complexon
eifeninaey of tout ensemble which is rarely II
seen in English women outside Of old family portraits
the picture galleries Of the aristocacy sul-purneG
cheeks throas and foreheads and reched noses may
etoken health and ply steal strength or they may not
leave the discussion OF the subject to PfQlessors U
hygiene, retaining strong belief myself that Drawn
and muscle and red faces In man or woman are DS
means indispensable to an exemption from docdoIs
bills know this however and think most people 10
be sweeping over American society like an Iowa
tornado, viii agree with me-, that such S3cai,ed III
If So why all the portraits OF the English
nobility mothers, srandmothers, great grandmohers
and great aunts, which one sees staring down rom
the walls Of every great house IN the Mngdom-wnagy
are they Of pink and white skinned women, WIN
SOFT pale faces ana shghly Dnii', irsslle ms" i
Now and then you may SEQ iat Gld dOWager II!
umban and with bust to OutJun0 juno Dut IL Is the
fat Incidence and ease, not the developed muscle xi
the dumbbe, the foil, ana the poXlnggi glove. AL,
however, have pale faces and delicate TRANSPARENT
skins do not mean to say tAat an the Toaion
who sat for these portraits had PINK anu Nnlc
soft. pale skins and slight wIllOWy ngures. DoupC
less the majority had. Why not VINO can say on u
the contrary But even suppose they had nor, anu
that the tender compilations, White skins, ana sleue
figures were, in nine cases out Of ten, put aIlS's
lattery. Does 1t not show tGat me artists ucdi Vi
female beauty was not sunburned forehead, a
bronzed cheek. brown throat swarthy neck am, anu
shoulders biceps developed arm, and req khuchea
hand What all the great painters, whose names
adorn the beauty collections in all the picture
galleries. both public and private would 20 II aSheu
today to paint one of the ted, muscular mades
one roads about l am sure do not Know Lay III
extra stock Of sepa and burnt Sienna OF, NOR nor
likely. work in tho flesh -cOlorins according To ther
IDEAL pink and white, and think they were doing their
There caa be no doubt that Engllshmen consider
their old family portraits as modes OF N %on ha
and simply because they never nowadays see t
godr real 6 s a Sd Se a there might be-
plexlon Of that Sort but very rarely ~ speak Oh
course OF their countrywomen Ihereiore mas
It been surprise to them when A. m9n' " ', con
an awakening from dclslon, to ma me sklns oo,,-
ccstos' portraits reproduced in the american glr,
This with her own or her poppers9 money! mas
Teen her greatest charm IN d ne eyer m mo- y Would
not have smfcod il her complexion had been that OF
of the thng believe that It would not At all events
we can ASSUME that in all the titled marriages WhIh
Itrltish nobility their beauty what first atracIe
the Embellishments attention and captured theT-sd-
moi run the romance to that length What OF course
made marriage possible was their money. len 10
one II the question of marriage would nave aIts,h
had not beauty suggested it and consequent ascer
of the satisfactory financial condition OF Its
So therefore say to American girls who who. want dh
TO marry English dukes and marqllses, ears anu
barons lords and hOnorabeS, and slrs preserve our
lcauty wear your wells and broad-brnmeu ntte,
keep of the sun and wind; dead ian ana meTn,, INN
as Vou would the bite of rattesnahei retain y0ur
pcachlbe skins and your fragile figures; Ehsnsd
dukes and maruiscs, earS ana Daon', or4o' sni
laatD
faced Young women to choose from In England WIN
oui wanting any more from America Give up tennis.
think of y0ur poor hands 4 back handler wnch
skins the may cause you thrL OF deiign' I'M, ,n
IL adds 10 the cilC umte of your Wrst every I
DO sqy whcn the brown and DrawGy damSeis Desm
to colie over, can not imagine. -. ,,.r,,,h o,,.
arc moi athletic and think am right Most Oh tng i
hunt. It is few have made themselves Ettl ny
Isn avn tcnnE as the mlddle-class girls do They
have brown faces know and red races ara ta'cE t
their way to Try and get them They would iar
sooner have delicate pink and white cheeks IKE theiT
.r al rraudmOtlers portraits, If they could But al
The veil wearing in the world would not help them.
They have Inherited their coarse SKINS rom lneir
fathers Perhaps It may be the climate. Possibly Ih'
bcer and stout at luncheon. Who can tell But
whatever may be the cause. he sure that the hg oor
clrs-the ladies' Ethel, and Gwendolen and MuHe' ah
1lara-do not thy to acquire compilations, and
do not tear about wildly in the sun for that purpo'e
They live the life they were born TO- and never Initiate
any one. They not constantly going In for some
new thing because it is the fashion They have TO
need 10 DC Ill Gc ldniiOl lol h"'
would be Just exactly the same people and have the
same position ard rank whether they were followers
of fashion or not. They know this and II makes them
satisfied and Indifferent. In going In for outOf
door exercise long walks surf bathing, rowing ienc
inc boXlng and lawn tennis. American girls do not
Initiate them for these English girls do not 20 in
for anything They merely do what they are ac-
cusOmed 10 do. - - =, .,,
IT is my belief that in their endcavor TO bH rough
and manni>h brawny ard brown skinned ne American
Girls are overriding H. IL IS fad that Will soon fale
II is 100 hot TO last There Is really no stay IN It,
Unaccusomcd 10 exercise, as exercise ana iOr eAer
cisns sale these American girls will presently IRE OF
their muscle and brown skins. Muscle ana DrO"h
Sims VIII then 10 be the fashion, ana inc pale
faces and pinkand white compilations viii come IN
again In England, however there will be no change