The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-06-24
THE GIRL.
Walks, Talks and Acts Like a Reg
ular Army M an,

Walks, Talks and Acts Like a Reg
ular Army Man.
The girl of the moment, an athletic
maid two short months ago, has chang
ed with the times and become military.
The men she goes with hardly know
her. Even her clothes, her skirts, her
hats and her waists have the spirit Of
the army-or the navy-in them these
days, her walk is modelled upon march,
ing and her vocabulary of slang and
topical expression has been revised un-
til two sentences out of three hang
upon martial terms.
In fact, to be army-like is the fad
Of the moment, and the girl of the sets
has taken up this new idea with i'm.
mense enthusiasm. She carries it out
surprisingly well, too. Very nearly
everything she does has a military
twist to it, and she has the cleverness
to put just a little Of her own per-
sonality into each movement or speech
so that the effect is %piquant, graceful
and odd.
Thus, with a bound the military girl
has sprung into fashion. One of her
a is the temporary abolition Of the
kiss-so far as other girls are con-
cerned. Meeting her dearest friend size
salutes in a true army way. She does
not grab her or remark: you dear
A1iS II L VI DoSA SlllS L
raised promptly to their hats, and then
showed out with a quick movement.
Then they are dropped to their sides
and stay there.
The walk of the military girl is
marked by a firm step forward, a
rather longer step than usual, and the
shoulders are held we'll back, the head
steadily up, with the eyes looking
straight forward and the chest is
thrown we'll out. This new type of girl
when she turns swings around cleanly
on her heels, for all the world like
a genuine army man..
The new military conversation, or
rather the host Of military phrases,
heard these days is exceedingly inter-
esting. A girl returns from some shop
ping expedition. Before the war was
started she woul1 nave said very SIM
ply: III go up and tell mother about
it, Now her phrase is, I'll go and
give the countersign to mother Or,
telling a sister to say such and such
to her father, she will say, report to
headquarters
advance into the other ROOM" is
the proper way to put it now, and.
instead of speaking of going up or
down stairs, you should say, If you
would be really in form nowadays, Tn
going aloft,' or I'm going below"
Betaking ones self to ones downy
couch is expressed by the words, Tn
going to turn n" n on the street,
when two, three or -four girls are walk
ing together, there are often to be heard
these words of command, Right about
FACET and Forward, march,"
Such are a few of the military eX-
p~ressions of the hour among girls
those that are, perhaps, the most com-
mon. There are scores of others, and
with her visits to the camps near New
York and her constant study Of wal
matters this military vocabulary Of
gir9dcm is being added to at d rapid
rate weekly. The girl who has naval
associations adds to these a bunch Of
terms of the sea and the battleships
thai Civ her conversation ever more
picturesqueness and novelty.
Yet walk and talk a la militaire ara,
after all, but two sides of the new
military girl. All her costumes this
summer avor of the army n W.
The shops are selling now, for the
particular benefit Of this girl. what
is known as army and navy cloth.
hitherto been the fashion-a thin ma
terial much like a serge and supposed
to be just the color of the army and
navy uniforms. This promises to be
the dress material of dress materials
this summer, and is already much
sought after.
Officers capes and army service hats
are the head gear that is held in greater
affection than n other, and a girl
who really enters into the spirit of the
day inc the hour wears white cord
about her neck with the accompanying
whistle. This is considered q very smart
and effective final touch.
There are army and navy umbrellas
for these military girls as we'll. These
umbrellas have handles made in precis =
imitation of a small sword handle. An
ever smarter thing is to have an UNI
brella handle of a real sword. MOI many
girls are as fortunate as that, however.