The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1897-10-05
The AMERICAN
k,aQI0 MU6k Go.
Benjamin Franklin Was Opposed to His Adoption as The
National Emblem,

After several months in the couu-
try, run 'ato town shows that the best
type Of American girl is fitting n let
latest summer frock, which is apt to be
silk one with a cloth bodice or jacket
over it. Her skirt is almost glovc-like II
its fit, a tiny gore here and another
there making t smooth over the curve =
IF her hips, although in the back and
around the edge there is sufficient full
ness to allow mldemoiselle TO take the
long steps which she is just now affect
Ug. because they are suggestive of
summer spent in the open air Fol al
that her skirt is SO tight at the top that
it causes the clubmen to wonder how
She ever gets into it. 1t must be said
that neither Il shoe horn nor a glove
buttoper is used for this purpose.
Her bodice is the new blouse jacket.
which looks a if it were cut out Of one
piece. because of its fulinesS, and Yet
which is fitted in 50 mysterious a way
since it makes the waist look smaller anl
brings out the breadth Of the hips and
the shoulders. That she must wear very
short stays preferably those made of
straDs of ribbon. such as Ivette Guilbert
fancied is known TO TIE good dresser,
and she Toes not mar her entire appear
ance hI ASSUMING 'ne lons 80 So,
S6t tA,5t Noa'd '"h. : -, -
the I@" Ja' -, - t ro"r +lis Now
teF ih"h ""S 80 ~, el,,,,a 81. J.
nodlc9 ptcaase sils 10 ~ ,ns7 'd 100
fiat Her French cousin is too short and
too much inclined to be lumpy.
The American girl is seldom over me-
dium size. extremely we'll shaped about
the hips, achieves the lire of beauty that
flenner tauSht Us must enist u tIle itnii.
nlne back ana Las q sllia1l pu','. = - -
| are sllal iiI'd WI Sll"ieu' 9'iV1 -
fechoh' ana hus N'ieiict'n sSecn9 ~ ~,
exponent ol soo' i,iin suoul" lee ~
rushing up 10 hef' ching her now he ~
mlres her ara nov VAN rs y al merit y
the Americah eia
ne Amtrieah 2,t y tAe woman oi II ,he
cphtnr? ao"ut h"'s everybody l'alNs
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hho"IeSeaoie That Is TO say sac +
"ihins 70 hno" aild she nI Goesf- neea 70
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dressings. 20 L JUST ~ wen loc tle
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- aaai5ol1-, easo;at;r : n,r:r,f,
tha summer .bo bad On ,ina limos on=
| - ~, dorl- 49, !, bl,Is - tbot
Ard been nressed and snonral mended
and aItera5 and evidently seen a great
deal of service. With it she wore a shirt
waist and na,ty belt. and drew that
| hoIt IN ca +bot sbo maas sured lust 1S
| inches obou+ tho waist Her sailor hat
was tilted over her face, and her hair
was arranged in the latest fashion.
The wife Of a millionaire may be alb
| solnteIv ignorant of it, but the souhrette
| and the shop-girl can always arrange
| their locks after the latest fashion and
! ALWAYS seem to know how to do it with
out being taught. But it was at the