St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-14
GIRLS AND FASHIONS.
lie Baron de Fremont Dis
cusses Both Of These In
teresting Subjects.
He Disagreeably Reminds Us
That Not All Girls Are
Pretty,
But the Plain Girls Are Not
Always Neglected Suf-
fererS.
Fashion Hints to Pretty Girls,
Plain Girls and All
Girls.

New YORK, Aug. 1--we read a
tremendous amount about pretty girls,
almost too much, | think. Especially
I'm the summer time are we surfeited
with anecdotes about her, for the sum-
mer girl is for some unknown reason or
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
dresses. You would think from what
the papers say that there were no girls
but pretty girls. You would think that
the feminine portion of the 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
there were no tiat-chested, hollow
checked girls, or none with scanty looks
tor big feet; or if there were a few SO
unfortunate that there would be very
few, and rather unha ppy, among all
tthese Young Venuses that the news
paper man sees when he goes to New
port, Long Branch, or even COney ISL
and.
But the newspaper man cultyates
florid style. and has got into the habit
when he writes ''girl'' of always putting
''pretty'' in front of it. just as when
she describes supper party, he always
calls it "a delicious and elegant repast,"
even if it's only bread and cheese and
beer.
The newspaper man gives quite a
wrong impression of glrlhood. There
are plenty of girls whose faces are their
| fortunes, no doubt, but that doesn't
mean that they are all good fortunes.
FAnd then there's another erroneous
mistake committed by the florid jour-
tinalist, also committed by the writer of
those extremely fascinating paper
backed novels signed by names as yet
unknown to fame, and that is that plain
l'girls-l don't mean positively ugly ones,
because there are really SO few Of them
have such slow time of it. That's a
mistake. and about the biggest mistake
that was ever made. Many 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
spretty. L never went Off. as the saying
fis, because, you see, L never came OIL
fmean in the sense of being beautiful. l
fam not ugly, don't squint, and L ex-
tsonal appearance. But my eyes are
IOnly ordinary eyes, good for seeing
E:with, not wells of light; and my mouth,
!althOugh l have always found it very
suseful for eating and talking with, can
anOt be clasSed among the rOSebudS.
EThere is no particular beauty in my
Fswhole person. L am not like the girls
in novels who start by saying that they
Eare not beautiful and then go on mod
estly to describe pair of great lumi-
nous gray eyes ur a wealth of golden
shair. My hair is just commonplace
thrown. and when l say that | am not
pretty mean it without any humbug.
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 really pretty girl often
has slow tine of it and wants part
her. am enjoying myself with my
whole heart. Now, there are reasons
for this. Firstly, we girls who are not
pretty know that we may expect to gain
nothing from our personal charms, SO
it we wish to please we must show
something else attractive. A good tenn
per is attractive. all intelligent wit is
attractive, and at the cost of being
thought preachy-preachy. | may say
that an unseltsli disposition is attract
i've 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 a little
were as happy. or happier, than the
pretty ones, though they get lot. If
we get a compliment, provided it isn't
an empty one, it pleases US. Another
fhlng-Our appearance isn't such par
ticular worry 10 US. We are not fol-
lowed when oat 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 rosy cheek,
Or Il cora lip admres
Or from starry eyes doth seek.
Fuel 10 maintain his fires.
AS old Time makes these decay,
so his flame doth waste away.
But pure and steadfast mind,
Holy thoughts ana calm desires,
Hearts with equal love combined.
Mlngle Gever-dying fires.
Where these are not despise
Lovely cheeks or lips or eyes
''Of course, all girls would like to be
pretty. but it is great mistake to think
that life is unbearable to girl without
beauty"
The latest thing in tailor-made things,
Redfern tells me. is the Holland suit.
in fact, just now this erratic costumier
Us displaying decided tendency to
make faultless suits of cheap rough ma
terials with some rich. expensive lining.
Redfern lines these Holland gowns
with the very best black satin, and pre-
scribes blouse of accordion plated
crepe de chine of some delicate tint, to
wear with the blazer and skirt
:. AS to coats, they will in all probability
be loose, with very enormous sleeves,
80 that figure will still be super
Huous luxury.
[ don't mean to say that people will
look old-fashioned III tight coats, be-
cause, as Rtdfern says. they will never
go out of fashion, and are really more
becoming than loose ones.