Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-11
SOME GIRLS or rus rrn,op.

They Are All American n"au,i.. In tho Ns.--
hud Garden NJ thr ,.iri. % Today.
Prom the New York sun
''Girls, ssgciy remarked a small bov in his
composition oa the suhj.c rs OF several
thousand kinds After a few brief bu,
pointed remarks regarding the specimens who
had come under hts personal observation. 10
daufully concluded - follows: "Ihts 1. AL
know about grls. aud father saws ID. les
know about en- the better The small boy
was risht.ai lsas; IN Ia opening s,s,em.nt Tho
girls whose era wlli compass the last decade q
the ninetcenth century ia OF several thsa-anl
kinds. Tho rosebud garden q sirl-" can no
longer do duty a. a.l-embrAcins forAl smile.
Tor the genus produces a great variety ~
species, from the simple ;icld daisy - IA. r.ress
orchid Of the human botsnicAl gard-a-
The phrase ''girl Of the reriO9" las sisaIhea
I successive types OF Young womanh Cd In
Puritan DAYS the ''gi-l - the period w. a
demnre maiden. with hsir tucked away
under high linen can, who looked ~sI 20 IN.
ways OF her household aud whose speculative
tendency busted itself with the natur. os GA
and the reconciliation Of His wrath and HIS
mercy. Twenty wears sgo the phrase sienined
demsel with an enormous chignon on her
head. an abnormal bump On her back and .
gait which high heels aud vlllful lrteution rem
dered hldeons. In tins present wear OF grace
| the head OF the Young womar = weighted only
WITH lts natural browning glory" ard hsr
back Is rs ia; As the traditional pancake. but
her sleeves have develoyed into the balloons q
the first empire and her boots into the acute
trlengies of our school DAVIS problems
Nor Is a. TO be denied that ia. hAs her mental
foioles. otherwise she were nos half - charm
Ing. she has, for instance. q decided leaning
| toward psychical research and occult phenofp-
ems which nothing would induce her rem
eralize under the vulgar name Of spirit..elisuN
She belongs 10 . tbeoeophlcal -oss-ty s.l.,s
| Unveiled" aud ''Esoteric Buddhism aaorn hsr
! BOOK shelves. and she regards The death Of
Nine. Blaya;sky a. irrspsrable los. 20 tho
world But she is not narrow minded Sh-
adores Col. lngersoll aud Bishop Poster alike.
| and calls them ''seyenth-roand men," by
winch rogilistlc phrase she merolr mean.
| that an their successive incarna,ions they
| nave attained the last magic circle. from
which they may be expected 10 upta.e INTO the
| sinless pass;vity Of NirvAus-auggestl 20
the unenlightened mind OF the vacuum which
nature prover6ially Rbhors. OF course she be-
| lieves in the mind cure" Whatever germ o.
| truth this still popular fad contains has ex-
banded and put forth shoots in tho congenlAl
sod OF her fertile brain tai II has becofno .
fnil-blown exotic. In her enthusiastic conVic-
ton she agrees with the "Autocrat % tls
| Breakfast Table" that Iii all the medicine IN
| the world were thrown into the sea it would ~
SO much the better for men and - much the
| worse Tor the fishes lnacea. she l. OF the
severe opinion that old school practitioners earn
their daily bread by putting thelr victims for
| ever beyond the need u a similar sust.nanos.
| She speaks slightingly Of her BODY a. '.thi. sN-
| preston OF mortal mind. aud she accepts the
most revolutionary theories Of mind and mattsr
with trustfulness truly heguiiing.
OF the period. too is she literary girl This
young woman in these DAYS Of universal sable
hosiery is no longer y blns stocking. even
though she may cherish sspiratious toward
| HarPer's or the Century. At was a western
damsel who met NJ. William Dean HOx.lls.
and being pleased by his personality asked
him 10 write something in her autograph al
bum. and upon reading what he had Inscribed
exclaimed: why. Mr.. Howels. 1 should
think YOU would try 20 write something Tor
publication l have seen far WORSE things
than hat IN print. There are FAR wore things
| in print than are evolved from the brains u
our girl writer's who. though rarely rhenOm-
email, Ike the brilliant Amelie Ey.s. vet
| seldom attempt to WELD the pen without
having something 20 gay and the capacity %
| say it-diffesing therein from the schoolgirl
whose teacher finally dismissed her because
| she had no capacity aud whose inelrnant
| father sent her back with the message that hs
| could afford to bug her one. As for the PIN
nacle OF fame the plenty-of-roOm- at-ths-top
theory Is fallacy, A pinnacle IL In n. very
nature a remote. dwmdiing height. and who
gains IL must struggle for his pre-emineni foot
hold and ruthlessly displace less stat Sart climb
| ers. IL rs down ON the basis OF mediocrity that
| there Is plenty OF room. and ~ il l. here that
| with few exceptions, our gIrl writers stand. 10
| is none the less probable that with several
| strings to their bow-a more desirable equip
| ment in literary than in sentimental archery
| they will with little nractice aim straight
twang with Will and hit the marx Of pubic
approval
Then there's the charitable girl, who, n she
doesn't join college settlement. pirates about
| the ''smehorntloz OF the masses" visits her
poor families ana attends committee meetings
| She lives in a fashionable neighborhood and
often has n carriage and coachmAn 81 her Dis
posal. but she considerably leaves these a .
| distance from the scene Of her minstrel ioas,
| for which abe conscientioa-lv dons her plsinest
| garb. She bangles her bracelet for the insvits-
bic baby. while she bestoSr advice upon babys
| mamma She Is not the girl xho asked uhy N
| the poor could not obtain bread they did mob
eat cake, though she knows little more OF The
necessities OF the so-cailod lower classes But
her heart is Ia the right place and IL Is not her
fault that fate has spared her this unroyal rosd
| to knowledge
BY no means least IN thu opinion of her cd
\ mirsTs, is the society girl pure and simple.
4 She hasn't ans fad, except 20 be In the 50 IN
\ and make hsrself charming 80 thc-s shout
her. she Is usually prone % high-cburcA
| Episcopalianism. and after q winters tale %
| teas, theater parties and rzvishing gowns shs
| observes Lent scrupulously. She trips de-
| mursly forth, carrying a dainty prayer book,
| 70 vespers, where with meeklv bowed head
| she murmurs her Good Lord deliver us."
and il into the midst OF her responses q VIII
o'-the- wisp vision Of the Easter bonnet which
| is to crown her sunny locks less than forty
days hence dances unbidden, do not condema
her too severely. "Curiy gold locks cover
foolish brains. bat all hoo coon the god must
mingis with an alloy OF silver. tbs smooth
brow submit TO the burrows ploughed BY en-
yious time and the soft eyes be surrounded bv
| criss-cross. threAd-hke lamentations, and 10