The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-16

woman and the free and breezy manner
of the western girl, and, like the latter,
il must be confessed that she is a trifie
prone to using slang. She is usually
dark eyed, dark haired and olive skinned
young creature of rather large mold
She dresses in the height of fashion,
and though some Of her selections in
the way Of costume are rather startling
they are always becoming. She is gen.
erous and fond of masculine attention,
which it is freely acknowledged is hers to
command. She resembles the Baltimore
girl in that she suffers from moods.
sometimes az gay as lark, sometimes
mournful as dove. Her hair is fine,
silky, dark and wavy rather than curly.
She is inclined to be extravagant, but
can make sacrifices if necessary for she
is not sellishly extravagant and is as
willing to spend money on friend as
ON herself. A fine, snowy, passionate,
generous girl is the st. Louis young
woman, whose heart runs away with
her head sometimes Indeed the greater
part Of her charm is her warm hearted
impulsiveness.
The San Francisco girl is an entirely
different product from the girls of the
other cities. The conditions of life, the
floods Of golden sunshine and the profu-
sion of flowers and fruits all appear to
shed some mysterious influence about
her. She is more beautiful than other
girls, and there is an almost sensuous
charm about the coloring of her COM
plexion, the masses Of her golden hair
| and the righteousness of her magnifi-
cent form. She has talent for the stage
and is frequently highly gifted young
| woman, nature being as lavish with her
in regard to mental gifts as to physical
charms. But though she is q marked
success upon the stage either as a lyric
or dramatic artist, though she becomes
a celebrated painter, sculptor or an
author, she is not a cultured girl in the
ordinary acceptation of the word She
is not usually a well read girl, nor is
she girl of many accomplishments
Her one talent developed, she rests con-
tent with that and the kingdom she
rules by right of beauty. She is a daugh-
| ter of the gods, tall and most divinely
| fair" and her gestures are graceful, un-
conventional and wonderfully free. She
dresses well and fashionably, and her
accent is remarkably pretty, clear, dis
tinct, soft, full and absolutely untainted
| by provincialism.
The trace of Spanish blood gives the
San Francisco girl the prettiest eyes
and eyebrows in the world, and the
mist and the fog preserve and clear the
lovely, soft, rich coloring of her COM
plexion. The San Francisco ideal is
blond, but not white, towheaded
blond like the Swedish beauty. Her
hair is golden, not flaxen, and her skin
more olive than milk white. 1t has been
said that the most beautiful race of
women in the world would be the re-
suit Of mixture of all nationalities.
California is more cosmopolitan than
any other state in the Union, and the
California girls are more beautiful in a
sensuous way than the daughters of any
other state.
| Each state has its own type, depend
ing perhaps more or less upon the ma
tionality of the people who first settled
that section Of the country. Yet proba-
bly, the type for the whole Union, the
American beauty as recognized abroad,
is neither the lily of England nor the
brunette of southern Europe, but that