Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-08
THE SUMMER GIRL.
The Newspaper Man Always
Says She is Pretty.
THE TESTIMONY OF A PLAIN GIRL
The Plain Girls Are Not Always Ne
elected Sufferers Hints to All Girls as
to Drsss-London Girls.

elected Sufferers Hints to All Girls as
to Dress-London Girls.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW York, Aug. S.-We read a ire
mendous amount about pretty girls. al
most too much, l think Especially in
the summer time are we surfeited with
anecdotes about her, for the summer girl
Is, for some unknown reason OF other
always supposed to be pretty, and the
newspapers are full (good measure.
pressed down and running over), of the
summer girl and how she looks, and acts
and dresses. You would think from
what the papers say that there were no
girls but pretty girls. Yon would think
that the feminine portion of the human
race was one great mass of clear starry
eyes, pearly teeth, crimson curled lips,
magnificent hair and rounded limbs. You
would think that all cheeks were
rounded, and that there were no fiat
chested. hollow checked girls or none
with scanty locks or big feet, or that if
there were a few so unfortunate that
they would be very few, and rather I'M
happy among all these young Yenuses
that the newspaper man sees when he
goes to Newport, Long branch, or even
Coney Island
But the newspaper man cultivates
horid style, and has got into the habit,
when he writes girl, of always putting
pretty in front of it. Just as when he
describes a supper party, he always calls
IL "a delicious and elegant repast' even
if it's only bread and cheese and beer
The newspaper man gives quite a
wrong impression of girlhOod There
are plenty of girls whose faces are their
fortunes, no doubt, but that doesn't
mean that they are all good fortunes.
And then there's another erroneous mis-
take committed by the tiorid journalist,
also committed by the the writer of those
extremely fascinating paper backed
novels, signed by names as yet unknown
to fame, and that is that the plain girls
Il don't mean positively ugly ones be-
cause there are really so few of them
have such slow time of it, That a
mistake, and about the biggest mistake
that was ever made. Many a girl with.
out good feature in her commonplace
face has a far better time of it than
girl whose appearance attracts attention
from every one.
Hear the testimony of one plain girl:
Il have never known what it is TO be
pretty. never went off, as the saying is,
because you see never came on, | mean
in the sense of being beautiful | am n,
ugly, don't squint, and l exhibit no
unusual deformity in my appearance but
my eyes are only ordinary eyes, good for
seeing with, not wells of light, and my
mouth, although l have always found it
very useful for eating and talking with,
cannot be classed among the rosebuds.
There is no particular beauty in my
whole person / am not like the girls in
novels which start by saying that they
are not beautiful and then go on modestly
to describe q pair of great, luminous,
grey eyes or a wealth of golden hair. My
hair is Just commonplace brown, and
when | say that am not pretty l mean
it without any hunbug. But what /
want to say is that don't suffer from my
want of beauty. Men don't shun me and
it is no brag to say that while a really
pretty girl often has slow
time Of it and wants partner
/ am enjoying myself with my whole
heart. Now there are reasons for
this First, we girls who are not pretty
know that we have nothing to gain from
our personal charms, so if we wish to
please we must show something else
attractive good temper is attractive
an intelligent wit is attractive, and at
the cost of being thought preachy preachy
/ may say that an unselhsh disposition
is attractive and cannot fail to win
admiration and liking. And then we
don't expect as much as the pretty ones,
so that If we get little we're as happy
or happier than the pretty ones, though
they get lot If VIC get a compliment,
provided it isn't an empty one, it pleases
us. Another thing, our appearance isn't
such a palticular worry to us. We are
not followed when out alone by bold, bad
men and we are not married because we
are lovely dolls What charms we have
last A very old writer says.
He that loves a rosy cheek
Or a coral lip admires,
Or from starry eyes doth seek
Fuel to maintain his fires,
As old time makes these decay,
So his flames doth waste away.
But pure and steadfast mind,
Holy thoughts and calm desires,
Hearts with equal loved combined,
Mingle never dying fires.
Where these are not despise
Lovely cheeks or lips OF eyes
"Of course all girls would like to be
pretty, but it is a great mistake TO think
that life is unbearable to a girl without
beauty"
The latest thing in tailor-made things
is the Holland suit. In fact, Just now,
there is a decided tendency to make
faultless suits of cheap, rough materials
with some rich and expensive lining
These Holland gowns are lined with the
very best black satin and blouse of &C
cordeou-pleated crepe de chine of some
delicate tint as prescribed to wear with
it, the blazer and skirt.
AS to coats, they will in all probability
be those with very enormous sleeves SC
that figure will still be a superfou'
luxury.
don't mean to say that people viii
look old fashioned in tight coats, because
they will never go out of fashion and
are really more becoming than loose
ones.
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