The record-union., 1897-10-18
GIRLS AND GIRLS.
CONCLUSIONS REACHED BY
PHRENOLOGISTS.
Characteristics of the New York,
Boston, Chicago and South
ern Girls.

many ways, but they also differ greatly
in different parts of the country, is what
Miss Jessie A. Fowler says, and Miss
Fowler has been for some time past
making study of girls from a phreno-
logical point of view. The New York
girl is-well, the New York girl, which
puts it all in a nutshell; the Boston girl,
Miss Fowler finds, is the brainy crea-
ture she has been described, but really
it is the Chicago girl who seems to be
the girl of girls, though she is brought
in only as an incidental.
Would Miss Fowler give a few opin-
ions upon girls for the benefit of the
public?
Yes, she is very accommodating, and
from the many heads whose golden
brown and black, straight and curly
locks have been lo0sened that she might
discover the cranial wisenesses and
weaknesses below, the following are the
principles which she has evolved:
Il shall be very glad to give you my
opinions on the subject" said Miss Fow-
Ter to the reporter, for / have had op-
portunities that have been given to few
in my profession, having had under my
hands some of the finest specimens of
the young womanhood of this country
the New York girl; the Boston girl,
who represents the Eastern or New
England girl; the Western or Califor-
MIA type, and the Southern girl, as we'll
as the Australian girl, native grown,
with English parents; the Northern
Irish girl, with the sturdy qualities
which come from the intermixture Of
Scotch blood; the more aristocratic type
from South Ireland, and girls from Scot
land, India and Sweden.
THE NEW YORK GIRL.
''To commence with the New York
girl it may be said that she has a
blending of the characteristics of the
girls from all the sister States. People
from all parts of the country flock to
New York, and in time become indigo
nous to the place. There is a fascina-
ton about New York, might say a
magnetic influence, which transforms
the people who come to it into a part Of
it. There are few cities where so many
different nationalities are to be found
as in New York. But for all that. there
is the true New York girl. She is. taken
at her best, well made, polite, we'll edu-
Gated, and she knows how to turn her
education to good account She is
charming in manner, full of graces that
beguile, and dresses in showy costumes
that generally suit her style of beauty.
OF all her Yankee neighbors, she is the
leader in style. She is so altogether
charming that she may at times be
called flirt, but if closely studied it
would be found that her desire to please
slowed upon all alike.
"She is well read, particularly in the
latest novels, and is cynical more from
experience than natural endowment,
and after all she is a truly noble, kind
and generous-hearted woman, and if
she marries lord from the English ar
istocracy what matters? She has beau
ty and wealth to recommend her, while
he has the title and an English castle,
which he will inherit or which he has
in his possession when he narries.
THE BOSTON GIRL IS DIFFERENT.
Yes, the Boston girl is really what
she is reported to be. She is different
from her New York sister both in ap-
pearance and character. She is cool
and collected in manner, and talks Vol
taire and Rousseau. She is always to
be found gathering knowledge, and she
is not to be found with the dressmaker
or imlliner half of her time. She longs
to do something of an intellectual char
acter; perhaps it is to found a college
start school of her own, or receive
high distinction in one of the Eastern
colleges. Fashion is the last thing that
interests her. Her head is well devel-
oped in the reasoning faculties and
mathematics; law and science become a
passion with her. She delights in any
thing that favors the realistic. Her
mind does not dwell on dukes or lords OF
noble birth, although she is more like
her English sisters in solidity than her
New York sister, and she generally deals
| in broad as and common sense.
4" She is apt to think most men are
fools. for she nearly drives them fran
tic With her knowledge born of schools
She usually wears glasses and looks
wise if she is not, is generally critic
or a teacher, and allows her brain to
dominate her heart. 1t is rather in
definite though, to speak about the
heart, for the heart is an unknown
quantity. but the Boston girl allows
her reason to dominate over any SEN
timental proclivities she may have.
The California or Western girl is
truly wild rose of beauty. There is
something particularly breezy and spir-
| tied in her character, which she prob
ably snatches from the fair Pacific
shores. Her life is generally inspiring
| and gives to her mind a finish that is
attractive She is known for her inn
plllSiVorpcc and crpra1ocitxv of ,,,i,,J
and, although she is not as highly cul-
tured as her Eastern sister, yet she
| is kind, witty. sharp, intelligent and
capable of holding her own in the COM
petition of intelligence.
| SOUTHERN GIRLS CONSIDERED
THE Southern girl has generally soft
| velvet cheeks that are radiant and
bright with Southern sunshine, and hei
voice is mellow, light and sweet She
has pleasant smile, easy grace, and
restful yet animated manners, which
| play havoc with the hearts of men, She
knows how to sing, as women of tropi-
cal climes do, and her songs are gen
orally sympathetic and sweet, and
hence telling in their style.
The Southern and Northern girls
are entirely different in type, but eacf
| seems to be the complement of the
other, for what one lacks the other
seems to possess. The one has menta.
attractiveness and strength of consti.
tuition, the other natural beauty of fea-
ture.
| The one coming from harder par.
entase. more vigorous stock, and inde.
pendent character, is seen to better ad-
| vantage in some Ways. because her ey.
olution has advanced faster. while the
other, because of her more limited op-
portunities, her climatic surroundings