The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-09-14
The Valley Virginian.
TBE IDEAL SUMMER GIRL.
Bah Finds Her During a Yachting
=. Party's Pause.
a PRODUCT OF THE SOUTH.

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a PRODUCT OF THE SOUTH.
All THE REGENT Inn. Augusta 90
We came on shore to be day and a
night at the Inn so that Handsome girl
might have dance, and also an oppor-
tunity to display her pretty frock. That
sort of thing appeals to me very much.
| do thoroughly like a woman who has
keen appreciation of pretty frock,
enjoys wearing it, and is very happy in
| the knowledge that other people are
| looking at her. 1t is an essentially
| feminine trait, and one which is as inno-
cent as possible 1t has no touch of
vanity, but it is pure, simple delight in
| the possession of beauty and desire to
make Others share that pleasure. The
night of the dance the Artist, the Cap
tain and sat on the veranda, where we
could see the dancers, and laughed quiz
city at the Cynic whirling around in an
ecstasy Of delight to the sound of his
about his cyinicism, thrown it off as
one throws off a tight fitting coat, and
was enjoying himself in way only pos
sible to people who love music and danes
ing. The pretty girl only represented
to him so many good dancers, and a
| slender, dark little creature with not
claim to beauty evidently inspired the
greatest administration from him be-
cause she seemed to thoroughly compre-
bend and express with her feet what
| the composer bad meant when he wrote
! rhythmic measure.
| The Handsome Girl was surrounded
| by admirers. And we all felt duly elat-
| ed, for she was part of us. She looked
handsome in way only possible to a
New York girl She carried herself we'll,
her dres. was admirable her skirts swung
in the lates fashion, and her bodice was
cut SO it gave tantalzing glimpse of
her neck and allowed one to see the
perfection of her arms, She danced and
| grieve to say think she f1irted little
bit; but when you are 20, beautiful to
look upon, the moon is full, and you
are walking on veranda that looks
out on the glittering waves, are you to
blame for being little bit of &C
quette2
She left the room, and We weren't
paying very much attention to the peo-
pie in there, when the Artist suddenly
said: THE Queen is dead Long live
the Qeen!' Then we looked In the
place of the Handsome Girl stood a slen-
der, sweet>taced girl, with, great, big,
soft eyes, the lids of which seemed to
have trick of dropping down over them
as if a stranger looked too long into them
he might read too much. Her hair was
parted and drawn softly from off her
face. and fastened in q loose knot at the
back. Her gown was white muslin
trimmed with lace, and about her waist
was blue sash. The frock lacked the
air OF smartness peculiar to that worn
by the New York girl, but it had some
thing equally attractive, though abso-
lutely INDISPENSABLE. This girl spoke
softly as she gave her fan to one man
to keep, her gloves to another, her
handkerchief to another, and she went
to dance, and it seemed to me that
| had never seen women really dance
before. They were playing one of
Weber's old fashioned waltzes, and she
appeared an embodied spirit, floating
through the air in response to the sum
mons Of the dead musician. Our Hands
some Girl dances well-she does every
thing well--but this girl do not be-
lieve this girl was ever taught how to
dance; she was born knowing how
Inquiringly looked at the Captain
he answered: Its the the ideal Sum
mer Girl"
/ looked at the Artist; he answered
with question: where does she come
from?' laughed and said: From some
grotto made of coral down under the
sea-" and, than, coming back tosearth,
l added: "From the land of white mus
lin frocks and blue sashes.'' Then he
said: ''I'll prove it."
Leaving u.s. he sauntered over to where
she was, and said something to her; she
looked up at him, looked him full in the
face, then gave him her hand, grew
quite earnest, they talked little longer
then lie stopped over and with great re-
spect kissed her hand and returned to
us.
You are right, said he; Gas you get
close to her the perfume of the magnolia
comes from her hair. went up to her
and said: i beg your pardon, but think
| have the pleasure of speaking to Miss
Randolph of Virginia, and she answered:
No, but am Miss Randolphs cousin;
I'm Miss Carter. l think you must have
met my cousin Dorothy in Richmond
last winter. 1t is so pleasant to meet
somebody who knows ones people.
Don't you think she is lovely? And do
you know this is my first season out?
And am enjoying myself so much, and
you must let me introduce you to my
mother, she will be so delighted to meet
somebody who knows Dorothy; she will
be here directly, and until then | am
going to say au revoir to YOU My dear
Captain, it would be impossible for that
type of the Summer Girl to come from
any place but the South; she absolutely
believes what a man says to her; that is,
after she has concluded that he is a gem
tleman. When she looked at me- that
first time, she read me as clearly as if /
were primer, and she knew that was
telling the truth when / said l thought
it was Miss Randolph. Because | knew
her people, she accepted me with the
proviso that should be introduced to
her mother. She did not care whether
l was millionaire or an artist, she only
wished to know, and she found that out
at once, whether | was a gentleman or
not What a rest that type ISL
Yes responded the Captain, 'sshe is
a rest. She is essentially woman Oh,
no; have got that wrong. For years
people have been clainoring for women
always with a capital W. have met
her. or them, and must confess | think
the crying need OF the day is for lady.