Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-15
REMARKS ABOUT GIRLS.
In Spite of "Kicks" They Will
Always Be Giddy.
THE GIRL ABooN TO THE KICKER

The American Girl and the English One
Compared and Contracted What TIE
Girl is Wearing in New York.
NEw York, Aug. 10 I am an observer
Of Girls. You'll observe that / put
capital g. and that is because l think
they merit it They are sue h valu-
able subject to the artist and litterateur.
They give us so mnch to talk about
Then there are such variety of them l
think that even their foolishnesses and
their indiscretions and their boldnesses
are boons to mankind, because It drives
people to complain and object and NOR
alize with an energy that they couldn't
get up on any other subject. And the
wave of complaint and objection which
arises every now and then on that m odern
subject Girl" is very amusing indeed
and more so for this reason: They will
always go on flirting, and clipping and
eating too much ice cream and wearing
their corsets too tight, although columns
and columns Of newspapers and maya
zines are devoting the soundest of advice
to the distinct Improvement Of
The Summer Girl
and every other kind of girl.
The American girl is a much published
creature and no one is bit surprised
when she wears divided skirts, smokes
cigors, or reads Homer She is supposed
to absorb any quantity of male attention.
and to have the greatest difficulty in
being true to one man after her young
life, since the age of twelve, has been a
succession Of engagements. Well, per
sonally, l don't see that she is very much
more so than other girls. Now, l take
the middle class American girl 0here are
classes in this land where all men are
equal, and you know it, you clever cos
mopoliton nation of bright, tall talking
humbugs), and l compare her to the
English m.ddle-class girl. Probably
they both earn their own living, and
they are both rather deficient in educa-
ton, but know great deal from
Practical Experience
Of other matters that girls Of a higher
class learn from books. l notice that
but not bit intellectual. OF course
their minds can never be developed, but
for their sort of life a fully developed
mind is not always blessing So far
they are very much alike. They have
little machine for their sort of thinking
memory which serves their purpos,
and prompts them to meet Jack or Harry
at the time he ordered, and sufficient
4ra 20 no han hafn hai
time. They both have liking for NAL,
society, only one calls her lover he
"feller" and the other calls him he
young man. One says "for the land
sake, / moments of excitement, ant
the other says my Gawd,' and "Oh
My Lord !" but they both mean about tn
same thing,
The American shop girl wears hel
hair neatly coiled at the nape of her necl
and her bang, plastered down in poin
on her forehead, while the English on
frizzles and puffs hers out at the bacl
and on the top and tries apparently u
make her head look as large as possible
They both
Dress too Much,
when they go out and have a partialit,
for white wells and striking bric-a- brac
brooches They both laugh immoderatel
when in crowded assemblies and indulg
a good deal in what children call 'show
ing off II is their way Of attractin
attention. They both look on an ac
vance towards acquaintance from
chance fellow traveller as a very goo
scalp to hang on their belts. They az
both good natured and although the
have a hundred little ways that jar o
one it is but primitive nature shown
itself unfettered by culture.
The Educated and Refined Girl
has the same feelings and instincts, br
she knows thing or two more than he
humber sisters. She knows thei
is no particular attraction about immo,
crate laughter and her taste has been
cultivated that tin belts and pins haS
no attraction for her She knows tn;
the attention of chance acquaintances
not always the result of admiration. Bl
she is nodded by circumstances and 81
is Just as silly in her way, and all the a.
vice in the world won't alter her
Just now the girl is wearing q Russia
blouse made in all sorts Of materials, bl
chiefly in white serge with the fastenin
running down the left side The belt
generally pointed and the sleeves are
quite abnormal proportions, gathers
into a deep cuff
The Mikado jacket, open back al
front over white silk blouse, is
fayorite fashion just now Sometim
the jacket is thickly covered with brai
ing and then the effect is quite orient'
The sleeves are made short to show fl
sleeve of the silk pulled out underneat
The fashion of setting a large bow
silk on the bust Of the gown is a Parisi'
one, but not very becoming.