The sun., 1893-02-05
soms e1nIs OF TEE rzsron.
They arc All American Benuties IN the Rose
bud Gnrden of the Girls OF To-day.

thousand kinda" After few brief hut
pointed remarks regarding the specimens
who had come under his personal observation.
he dutifully concluded "a follows; This Ia all
know about girls. md father says the less
know about 'cm the better" Tho small boy
was right. nj least in his oncning statement
Tho girls whose era will compass the last
decade OF tho nineteenth century rs OF several
thousand linds." THE rosebud garden OF
girls can no longer do du;y n. an ali-embrac-
ing floral simlc for tho genus produces u
great variety Of species from tho simple field
daisy to tho rarest orchid of the human hotnn-
ical garden.
The phrnse girl OF tho period" has siani.
nei successive types OF young womnnhuod
In Puritan days the girl " the perin t. was u
dcmuro naihcn. with hair tucked away undcr
II high Linen cap. wiIu looked well 10 Tho ways
OF hcr household. and whose speculative tom
dtucy buse itsel! with the nature OF God and
the reconciliation OF His wrath aud His mercy.
Twrn'y years ago Tho phrase aigniflcd q dam
sci with al enormous chignon on her head. All
al normal hump on her back. and q gait which
hich heels and wiful intention rendered hide
Gus. In this present yoar Of grace the head OF
the yoGng woman Is Weighted only with It's
natural "cfownlng glory. nn'i her ! ack is as
fiat us the traditional Iancnkc: hut her
sleeves have dev lrped into the balloons OF
the first empire ami hcr boots into the acute
trinn.les Of our schoo! days problt ms.
NOT Is It to bo denied that she has her mon
tai foih'rs. otherwise sho were not halt SO
"hnrming She has for Instance. n decided
leaning toward I.syrhirni respai ch and occult
phenomena. which nothing would induce her
I" ::encrala" under tho vulgar name Of spirit
ua''sm She belongs t,a thcusophiral society:
Isis Unveiled" and "Esotcric Buddhism" /"
,..l.
death Of Nine Bavatskyus an irrepnrAhle
- tn the world. but sho IS not narrow
minlrd. Sha adores col. ln.ersoll and Bishop
Potter alike and calls them seventh. round
men, by which nugilistc phrase she merely
means t'nt IN their successive incarnations
they have attained the last magic circle. from
which they may lr y.c,trd to rotate into the
sin!ess pHssivitr of Nj vana-sugges;ive to
We 'lnenIieh tened mind of the vncuum
Which which In"'TrG rr"vE;roalls aHh%r, g,
Whatever, germ OF truth this still rnrnlnr fnl
contains has expanded and pm, forth shoots
has become II iull-blown exotic. In her en-
!!hns,nsti" r?nyie',on she %s,ees. WITH the
all the medicine in the world were thrown into
the, sea it would 10 so much the better for men
and SO much tho worse for the fishes" In:
schonl practitioners earn their daily bread by
:, r,n,t'ng their victims forever beyonI the need
nsy s OF nrr body ha srss sn n
tai mind, and she nccepts the most revolu-
iionary, theories Of mind ana matter with a
trusttuiness Truly beguling.
~ the p"riod. .oo. Is the literary girl. This
E,n EEonnS woman m these days OF universal sable
though she may cherish a, SEPARATIONS toward
am.s S w1o 2s e, 1ns Mr. y Wa wps Dean Moss MestsTn
him to write something in iirr autnsra ph al
bum. and upon Ieadln$, wnat lie lad inscribed
think You would try to writo something for
nunii:atinn | have seen far worse things
inam nat in print" There are far worse things
enaI. like the uriliant Amdlie hiSes. Yet
say it differing therein. from the schoolgirl
She Ind ''r n" rapn"tv and whose fr indsaase
father sent her ha"k with tho message that he
could afford to buy her one! As for the min
theory is a ncy! a pinnacle is in lis very
nature a remote. dwinilinE height. and who
aothoH and rutIessy dspiacs M less stniwart
climbers. 1t is down on tho basis Of mediocrity
that there Is nlcnty Of room. and II 1t is here
that. with few exceptions. our girl writer's
stand, it is none tho loss probable that with
several strings to their iowa more desirable
archery-they will with a little practice aim
straight. twhnG with a will. and hit tho mark
Then there is the charitable girl. who. II she
doesn't ioin u college settlement. prates about
the me!ioration Of the masses" visits h her
inGs: she lives In fash hionnble neighbor-
hood and often has "nrrinGe and coachman
these at distance iron the scene Of her minis
her nainest gar. She bangles her bracelet
vice upon nAhy'- mamma. She is not the girl
wh" nskst ,I WY i tn. poor could not obtain
| nproSSitipS a Ia N MI Ind
lower classes. But her heart is in the right
mace. and i is not her fault that fate has
81 AIRED her this unroyal road to knowledge.
!jy no means least, in he opinion OF her ad-
mirers. is tho society girl pure and, simple.
and make herself charming to those about
her. She, is usually prone to- nigh-church
Eriscopalianism. and after winters tale of
teas. theatre parties. aud ravishing gowns she
observes Lcnt scrupulously. she trips do
murrly forth. carrying II dainty prayer book.
she mnrmurs her Good Lord deliver us"
and II into ino midst "f her Responses will
. -the-wisr vision Of the Easter honn"t which
days hence dances nnbidden, do not condemn
her too severely. Curly gold locks cover fool
ninglc With an alloy OF silver. the smooth
brow submit t. thr 'nrrnwS poughed by envi-
cns time and ~" snit eyes :" snrrnnnded by
VIII not matter whether shc crowrs herself
with n"w"rs nnd rihhons; or .;en.tentia ial cin-
der. so that she Keeps we'll within the tounds
The th",i," i well nigh inexhaus,ihle Shall
mention not be made Of the symphony con
cert girl who contrary to all knowr law, Of in
harris nron every instrument
Of the orchestra: a.. cooking school girl, who
ran conrur. souflcS ami consomm6S. hut 10
whom breai i Il sphyhS-ike mystery. Then.
too, thcr" are the wsthetc girl. now happily
well nigh extinct: the college eirl. who revels
In 'iree! nnc nhilo. .onhy as herlcS int" lcctunl
sisters in IT," latest novel: tho Browning girl
whose head is turned nskow by the poet OF
whose rng"s tho unclcc say one can turn Two
Mt IL time and never know the difference: even
Iho woman suffrage girl. who. though she
holds that ",aXation without representation
IL Ivranhy." is not without her fun share of
charm: and tho general utility. or all
r0uni" girl. is perhaps hest OF hlI. for she can
urn her yc,sAtiI" hand and bra to anything
Int makes u girl what nature intended her to
be. a delight and hlos sing to creation.
THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE CANDY
.s,s G,lInrc Tells the ('OlOnel Ahnut .u