The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-17
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Like the Flowers 81 Sfsr Native state. khs
Lacks fsnenoss and Einish.
Take her all in all. Purlla California;
= really the incest kind of girl. Oi
,ourse she has faults. and one ~ them
y very tender vanity the most inno-
sently obvious vanity which you can pos
sibly imagine. She has been told 50
many times that she Is the finest and
most luxuriant product Of the finest and
most luxuriant State In the Union. that
she has begun 70 regard IL rs an abso-
iutely established. incontcstable fact,
like the revolution Of the earth or the
law Of gravitation. 1t is also staple
topic Of conversation, especially with
the itinerant from the East-in fact, IL
Is her weather and crops. Not to say
II have been much struck. Miss Bonan-
"a, BY the beauty OF the Californian
girls" is TO make an objectionable social
omission. She will receive II with the
tranquility Of stalled custom. assent
placidly. and give an instance or two
where taste, celebrated for its culture,
has arrived at the same conclusion.
She goes even further. for she rescnts
Arnold, In his article on the United
States. deplorcd tho inability OF the
Americans 10 brook criticism. Puella
California; has this National failing in
its worst form. In drawing-room where
you stand on a pleasantly intimate foot
ing IL is as much as that footing Is worth
70 admit that you admire the beauty Of
Fifth avenue more than the beauty Of
California street. even though you con-
fess that your taste is bad, and excuse
yourself from the wrath to come on the
ground that you were brought up in New
England. where sense OF the beautiful
is not cultivated. Still the fiat has gone
forth. and though you must not exactly
die. from that moment on your glory il
extinguished.
Undoubtedly Puella California; has
beauty sumptuous. splendid beauty.
but. like the fruits and flowers Of her
native State. lacking in fineness and
finish California fruit. while exquisite
to look at-smooth-skinned. richly-col-
ored-is wanting in delicacy OF flavor,
in piquancy Of taste. So with the now-
ers-the roses are the largest, the deep
est-hued. the closest-leayed in the
world. but they have little sweetness.
They have all run to size. Their main
charm has been sacrificed to override
velopment. Puella Californica, like the
rose, is in danger Of running to size. In
the rich. warm climate OF ner native
State she has grown too rapidly. shot up
like weed. She ought to be grown
under glass for few years. Then she
would be perfect She would have
pointed ends to her fingers. small wrists
and little. delicately-molded ears. As
il Is now. she is rather roughly finished,
but she has the prettiest complexion
and hair in the world.
In her attitude toward her gentle
man friends" Puella California; Is again
original. She is without the instincts
Of firt. She likes men TO tell her
that Californian girls are the hand
soonest in the country, and that Of Cali
fornian girls she is the hower-but this
Is merely regarded as a facon lie parlcr.
she is too straight
and matter-of-fact. In some
cases she Is absolutely heavy Make no
mistake about her not taiking-for
hours the welkin rings with her elo-
quence. but there is talking and talking.
IS all men know. Puella California;
talks as the English do-states good
many solid facts and muscular opinions
With ponderous earnestness. The art OF
conversation as the French understand
Z, ITO say nothing in particular and
ay IL very we'll" is to her an art yet to
e acquired.-S San Francisco Argonaut