Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-11-14

wives, and the
Vienneses more tender sweethearts.
But for tall. full-blown, generously pro-
portioned young creatures. with ex-
quisite skins and clear eyes. London is
far and away ahead of any city in the
world.
Miriam Clements, with her amber
eyes and hair as yellow as corn tassels,
Is a thoroughly typical English beauty
Like Mrs. Langtry. she was born on
the island Of Jersey, and her admirers
are enthusiastic enough 10 assert that
she is more beautiful than the Jersey
Lily herself. Miss Clements is only
twenty-three years old. and one has 20
close ones eyes and think back good
many years 10 remember Mira. Langtry
when she was in the pride OF her youth
II one remembers very clearly the COM
parison would perhaps be hardly TO
Miss Clements advantage.
A new generation has, however,
sprung up-a generation Of young men
who never saw Mrs. Langtry at her
best. and who are sure that they have
Clements. Following Dorothy Baird,
az Trilby. in London. it says a great
deal for Miss Clements that her beauty
made the sensation II did. Although
Miss Baird-who dropped playing
Trilby In order TO find the time to
marry Henry Irying's son-was the
most atrocious stick in the atrocious
company which played '-Trilby" at the
London Haymarket, she Is one OF the
loyeliest young women in the world.
In a mornings walk down Fifth avenue
you will not see. among all the babies
In their perambulators, one whose eyes
are clearer or whose lips are fresher
than hers.
BY all accounts Miss Clements is an
other picture Trilby." chosen rather
10 fulfil Mr.. Du Maurier's artistic re-
quirements than TO meet his exigencies
as an author. II is. indeed, unhappily
the case that the magnificent young
English girl. with the eyes OF fawn
and the throat OF dove. is apt to be
as stupid as helfer No class OF En-
giish girls are. speaking at large, as
bright and quick as American girls, but
nowhere Is the difference so perceptible
as In the beauty class.
A New York chorus girl is not always
the most highly educated, nor yet the
most refined. OF her sex: but she is al
ways a Quick-witted young person. who
has a ready answer for everybody, and
Is uncommonly well able to take care Of
herself. The run OF English Gayety
girls, on the other hand, seem hardly
10 possess human intelligence. By
superhuman patience. the ballet-master
succeeds in teaching them 10 walk on
and of the stage, and TO do little
dance, but their superfiuous intelli-
gence Is so limited that one can read
lily believe the story that at the Shop
Girl picnic cynical youth in vain Of
fered the prize Of a diamond bracelet TO
| any girl who knew how 10 spell Charlie
magne. II shows even in their pic
lures. this heaviness Of wit.
Cissie Crawford has perhaps a
brighter face. although her big eyes
look as II she might ask stupid ques-
lions on occasion.
Kate Adams. another one OF the bou-
quet OF beauties. has hard, cold little
face. and her figure is absolutely fault
less. and she dances like whirlwin5.
Rose bearing Is another beauty who
owes more to her figure than her face.
and curious fact in this connection is
that the lines about her nose and
mouth indicate that she is well on the
wrong side Of thirty. while her limbs
and her bust display the fine. delicate
lines which afford an almost unmis-