Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-06

MORE RKMARKABLE GIRL IN MOTT STREET.
Correspondence Of TIE EVENING STAR.
New YORK, April s.
Virgil sang Of arms and q man. Had he
lived in these times here he would have sung
about peace and the New York girl Here in
this cosmopolitan town are all types Of youth
full femininity. They come from the four
quarters Of the globe, from all countries and
all chimes; they speak all languages and are of
all compilations; are Short tall, thin, stout, and
from the time Of their arrival they own to the
name Of ''the New York girl" And aren't
they bright and winsome, all Of theml And
don't they all love to come out Of doors and
show how pretty they look, Lord bless 'em!
The ''rounders." the gentlemen of leisure
who loaf away their days watching the tide of
tidy femininity that GIBBS and flows on all our
principal thoroughfares pleasant afternoons;
the actors and gamblers and other sports who
work nights and loaf dsys-these fellows have
separated the New York girl into several
distinct in each class, and have labeled her
with names which seem to them to best ex-
press the respective peculiarities.
THE FIFTH AVENUE GIRL
is one Of the best known Of these classes She
isn't girl who lives on 9Th avenue, but when
she walks abroad to show herself she chooses
that club-house-lined thoroughfare for the ex-
hibition. To see her, well dressed, tastefully
gloved and booted, as she strolls past Delmon-
ico's or the Union club, demure and thoughtful
if alone, or chattering briskly when there are u
couple OF her, you would never for an instant
imagine that she realized anybody was admir-
ing her. But she does realize it, all the same
She doesn't stare boldly at the club windows,
neither does she send any visible sidelone
them Inv Init
same, she knows every male face that is at
these posts of observation. knows whether she
has created an impression and how many pairs
OF eyes are following her retreat. How she
Knows 1t l cannot guess unless she have eyes
in the back of her head, for to all appearances,
she isn't paying bit Of attention to such
things. The 5th avenue girl is young. generally
not over nineteen. and she walks with a stride
as If she were doing a couple Of leagues for a
constitutional. The reason for this popularity
OF walk l cannot explain, but have often
heard men say in other parts Of town when
meeting girl with this stride, "Hello here's a
5th avenue girl off her beat" I may add that
the 9th avenue girl is almost never insulted
and that her greatest fault is mild sort of
vanity which isn't altogether unbecoming.
THE BROADWAY GIRL.
Every pleasant afternoon from O'Clock
until 6 the west side of Broadway, between
Union square and SD street, is packed with
well-dressed people. And on every pleasant
afternoon. between these hours, here is the
beat of the Bro dway girl. She rarely goes so
far sosth as Union square, however, but con-
fines herself to that portion between 23d and
33d streets, where the principal hotels and
theaters are. She is Of as distinct class as
the 9Th avenue girl, but alas, she isn't as Iowa
Bile. In gowns, hats, wraps and ornaments she
is better dressed than the 9Th avenue girl, but
her gloves are not so immaculate nor are her
boots so trim and tidy. She is also louder in
conversation, older in years and fonder of ad-
miration than her sister stroller. She is inno-
cent enough, but it wouldn't at all disagree
with her notions if she imagined that the
swells and well-dressed buns standing at the
hotel entrances thought her Just trife fast"
She wouldn't be fast for the world this
Broadway girl, but she thinks to be fast
must be awfully chic. And if you should ask
her to define exactly what she means by fast"
she couldn't tell you to save her life The men
she selects for ideals every afternoon are those
with the boldest eyes, although their insolent
stare frightens her at the same time that il de-
lights her. And if her wonderful woman's in
stinct, already pretty well developed, tells her
that the well-dressed, handsome man who just
brushed her elbow is a roue, she straightway
tells herself that there is the man she could
adore. The Broadway girl is to be pitied. She
doesn't know that as soon as she has become a
common figure on that thoroughfare her repu-
tatlon Is gone, and that no matter how true a
wife and mother she may become in after years
there will be always somebody to sheer,
"Humph! Pity Jones married her. Why, she
used to walk Broadway" You might tell her
she was losing her reputation, but she wouldn t
didn't care for her reputation. That would be
a lie, Of course, but she wants to be thought
EAST" you know.
Sometimes, though not often, the Broadway
girl falls. Oftener, after adoring roues and
wicked but well-dressed scoundrels for year
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most insignificant looking clerk in retail
store. She is perfectly happy for three years.
After that time she and her husband quarrel
more than they ought.
THE THIRD AVENUE GIRL.
The Sd avenue girl walks in the evening" She
is very young, and there are great number of
her, all apparently just turned sixteen. She
generally emerges from her fathers butcher
store or the doorway of her mothers improved
tenement house" ..at about o'clock. bareheaded
and with her hair hung in braid down her
back. She wears little shawl, sometimes over
her head, sometimes resting on her shoulders
Before she has reached the next corner she dis
covers her counterpart, Maggie, standing in
doorway, and soon after joining Maggie they
meet Kittie. The Sd avenue girls always go in
groups of threes with their arms locked to-
gether. They are generally plump and rosy,
neatly but not fashionably dressed, and they
would rather giggle than chew gum. They
giggle at everything and everybody, including
one another. If one of their young men friends
meets them and lifts his hat they giggle. If a
cigarette-pu fling youth Oh the corner says .'Ah
there, rosy.'' they giggle If Kittle remarks to
Maggie that it must be getting late all three
set to giggling to almost the point Of hysteria
II rat runs out from the corner grocery al
most under their feet they do not shrek. they
giggle. They are honest, good girls and most
OF them are at home. il not abed, by 8 o'clock
or earlier. The Sd avenue girl is so near like
the Sth and the 9Th avenue girls that only an
expert can tell the difference.
THE BowERY GIRL.
The Bowery girl is out at night. Out late
generally, too, although she may be, and usu-
ally is, despite her brazen ways, as virtuous
and honest as they make EN- She is a know
ing piece, too. is the Bowery girl, and the
masher who is attracted by her face and form
and thinks he can fool her is badly fooled him
self. But look at her! She wears the highest
heeled boots in the market, the biggest hat
and the bobbingest hustle. She walks with her
elbows out at right angles with her body, and
her gait is between mince and strut. Her
voice is always q deep contralto, she affects
huskiness in talking and she grins and leers
but never giggles. Bowery etiquette permits
anybody who meets her to speak to her, and
she always replies, although she doesn't al
ways stop her walk to do it. Probably she will
grin and huskily hail your greeting with, "Ta-
ia, bantam! Yer awful nice. but yer uppers
she and her companion (these girls 60 in
looks meek and bashful one will below in his
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