The herald., 1894-08-05
TYPES OF CALIFORNIA BEAUTY.
A Favored Land That Develops
Lovely Women.
Where to Find the Prettiest Girls
in America.
The Tawny Haired Girl with Violet
Eyes Who IL tho Qusen OF tho
Blondes, and tho DArk-Eysd
Beauty of the south.

It has ever been q matter OF admirinl 8
comment among visitors to the Pacific
slope that the women OF California are
singulsrly and felicitously gifted as tc
physical beauty.
None the less is it true that the deli.
cious climate. the bslmy ocean winds and
the brilliant sunshine of Southern Cali
fornia have developed the most charm
ing types of beautiful femininity in the
Golden state.
Through some mysterious but withsl
benignant dispensation of Nature, allied
with some peculiarly opposite conditions
OF racial smslga nation, this favored sec.
tion seeLas especially designed for the
development of the most pronounced
types of blonde and brunette beauty.
Here in Los Angeles this is strikingly
exemplified. The typical California
giil OF the blonde type OF beauty is gifted
with luxuriant tresses Of a tawny hue, a
complexion Of pesrly slsbsster, with the
delicate flush of the rose cleaning
through the satiny skin. Large violet
eyes, with . 1.-the form, rounded in tho
lines of beauty and grace, breath
ing life, engery and, betimes,
languorous aspirations. May hap
the tawny treeses may take on the rich
warm tints that Titan so we'll loved to
depict. but she belongs, nevertheless, to
the vision of fair women, and had for
her prototypes with glorious aubur n
coronsts Helen OF Troy, Cleopatra, the
fairsst of the Medici, and the fair
Duvorshal, who unhappily changed the
history of Ireland, as well as the
sprightly Marguerite of Valois. 1t were
hard to divine just why the typical
blonde beauty Of American women
should find its most gracious exponents
California, but the fact can be
demonstrated beyond peradventure by
any observer who will take stroll on
Spring street. in Los Angeles or on
Kearney street, San Francisco, any
bright Saturday afternoon. The blonde
beauty of the Pacific coast reigns q
queen above her sisters of the east and
Is the heir Of the ages in her especial
sphere OF oomeliness, and is smother
indication that this is a heaven.blessed
land.
In pleasing contrast comes the maiden
with the dark, sorrowful eyes and the
luxuriant ebou tresses, in whose blood
throbs the spirit and verve of the
sefioritas of old CASTLE. Here in South
srn California can likewise be found
the typical American brunette, whose
rich olive complexion, flushed with the
warmth OF a sub-tropic environment.
forms q charming snttype to her radi-
ant blonde sisterhood. Nowhere else
in the southerly lattudes of the United
States havs such perfect types OF
| Spanish-American beauty been found
as here in Los Angeles and the tributary
section oil Southern California. Not
only will this rich and sensuous beauty
be found among the families occupying
prominent places on the historic page OF
early American civilization, but like
wise equally in the homes OF those In
| humble circumstance. To the artist
these exquisite brunette types, allied
with all the charm OF pleasing customs,
offer most delightful field for the ex-
ploitatien of genius in color.
To the men OF the early days, the
argonauts, as we'll as to the tourist OF
today, the rich beauty of the seiloritss
OF the Csstros, Lopez, Palomares. Ban
dini, Arenas, De la Guerre, Sepulvedss,
Aguirre. Del Vale. Arguellos, Carrillos
sad other well known families OF old
Spanish origin will ever be the theme OF
the poet and the inspiration OF the ar