Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-06
NEW YORK GIRLS.
YOUNG WOMEN OF eOTHAWS SMART SET ARE
VERY NARROW.
hey Are Not Patriotic bat Tend Strongly Toward
the "English, You Kn0w'-Ihey Talk
We'll, Dress Well and Are Always
Self-P0ssassed

Arqonalit, the organ Of Pacific coast
culture. More than that, even length
ened stay in New York is apt 10 make
the soiOurner grow narrower with the
nassinr of each week. We're 10 not Tor
The summer change-the summer new
faces and new minds-the GOthamite
would grow as immOvable in his self
satisfaction, as blind IN his ignorant
complacencY, as the most placid provin-
cisl who thinks the rustic cacRle OF
his burg the murmur Of the world"
But even the broadening influence OF
n SIMMER spent elbow 20 elbow with
western afiuence and southern Rra-
ciousness does little to enlarge the
New Workers. point OF view or broaden
his fne drawn line Of vision. His COM
placency Is buiided on a rock. lie IS
not vain--be has passed that; he IS sell
satisfied. He has reached the PIN
nacle, aad that is all about 1t. Dispute
or argument on the subject is as IN
necessary as it is undignihed.
Tire west he looks upon as a great
SPACE of country where the shooting Is
good and the girls sometimes rich.
Western women are not approved OF oy
him. though he is not above running
after the rich ones, ia the hope OF Sc
curing an heriss. Southern women he
admits, have some attractions, but their
genre is bad, and as they do not have
such large fortunes as the girls in the
west, he rarely troubles himself TO pay
them his devOlrs.
In his heart he really admires, thor
opehlv approves, fnds completely
charming only the women OF his native
eity--the women who live on that mar
row tongue Of land which runs up from
the end OF New York bay TO SDuyten
Duyvil, between the Hudson and Long
Island sound.
Here dwell the lissom maids Of Gotham
tho long, narrow, hne-featured,
bright-hairsd, clear-eyed, pure-skinned,
pale girls, who meet with his absolute
and unwavering approval. Be they
jewellers ia the conservative quietude OF
the old deserted streets, where the beau
monde used TO dwell twenty years years
ago, or he they jewellers in the aristo-
cratic, sun warmed, pensive secluslon OF
Washington square; do they hail from
gloony-frOnted, cbOcolate-brOwn, over
furnished, gaudily gorgeous palace on
Fifth avenue, or from a tiny, bijou haJ
somewhere up near the pGrk-they are
always TO him the perfection Of woman
hood.
They may be frilled and feathered
and crimped and powdered girls of so
ciety, dinner girls who are asked out
because they are good takers; beauty
girls, who are asked out because they
look pretty In q room and furnish it,
they may be gamesOme, horsey girls,
who ride across country, wear EUeRtRg
sun hats, dOgskin gloves with one big
button ut the wrist, lOw-heeled varnish-
ed boots, starched shirt bOsOms, and
high collars; they may be swell girls,
who disdaaA the meretriCiOus styles or
the parvenues, wear simple clothes, do
not squeeze their waists, have smooth,
uncurled hair, and quiet, unaffected
manners-but whatever kind they may
be, they are always approved and ad-
mired By the New York man above all
other women on the continent.
The claims of the New York women
10 tbs unbiased admiration Of an unpre-
iuS outsider are three: They dress
talk we'll, and they have re-
narkso.. self-pOssessiOn and savior
falre. These are the three attributes
OF which they may bOast-and, incl
dantally, one may add, the only ones
There Srs nc women iD the country
who can touch the New Yorker on the
question of dress. With her, dressing
Is an art, the toilet Of sacked rite. Her
conversational powers are not OF the
highest order, but they are hne, never
lheless.
A real New York girl OF society, who
aas been brought up in the atmosphere
Of society, who loves it and lives for It.,
e generally a remarkably good talker.
She is keen, supple, ready 70 lead the
conversation or 20 follow when the lead
is given by another. She can be viva
eious or serious. She can be amusing,
az times almost witty. The way she
covers up her ignorance and makes the
most Of the meagre Smattering or knOwl-
edge she possesses is little short OF NIL
raculOus.
The third attribute for praise-her
self-possesses, her extraordinary savOir
faire-is admirable. a typical New
York girl is never at q loss for word
20 saw a strained situation, is never
confused or embarrassed. She is not
on "mistress of herself when china
TAI H." but mistress OF herself when she
ses her rival captivate her best man
under her eyes, when the man she IL
msdly I'm love with cOnfdes to her his
passion for her bosom friend, when
waiter spills the salad dressing on her
new French dress, when, walking up
Fifth avenue with the sutton her par
ents disapprove, she runs into her papa.
il would, indeed, be impossible 20 Inn
agine her absolutely taken aback, TO
picture her so taken of her guard that
She would show either anger, nervous
ness or chagrin, when 10 was to her ad-
vantage TO appear cool and mistress Of
the siturtiOn. This is her finest at
tribute. There Is courage and q
pride about her that one can not but
admire. But here Is the end Of the cat
egory.
What she lacks before one can hold
her up to the admiration OF the assem-
bied nations, as the New York man Is
inclined to do, could not be summed up
In a few words. When one goes 20 look
for fine qualities, for higher attributes
than social suppleness and good man
ners. one is apt to be disappointed.
The average New York girl is thin
not only physically, but in character.
She is frivolous to q singular degree.
Her craze for society does not die out
IN a season or two-it keeps up. She
is innately foud of Injury, Of good llv-
ing, OF fine clothes, of dainty, exquisite,
expensive things New York girls Of
thf- &bo fvDfnaI e0eiafv claSs-Wffl NOT
marry Door men. They will not allow
themselves to care for any man but ono
who Is well of. Their well-regulated