The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29
w otnan's World.


creature. If you are aristQcrauc yourself
you can tell her in the streeton the cars IN
"a restaurant, while shopping, anywhere.
Some girls. says the Chicago Inter Ocean
always attract the attention OF women
Others that of men, ana s5in others ara"
the eyes of both men and women TO
themselves. The really and truly aristo-
cratic girl belongs in the last class. she
may not be pretty. she may not be siyhsh'
but she is always dainty, and people can
heIp noticing her when she is around.
There are two distinct types of the aris-
toeratic girl. one is aristocrauc by inner
itance; the other by reason of her intellect
In countries ruled by royalty the law de-
cides who is an arIstocrat and VINO IS not
but here IN America it is largely mater
OF individual opinion.
Three men sat in a Fifth avenue restau-
rant the other day watching the women
who passed. For long time not COM
ment was made, but finally a woman pass
ed who loosened their tongues
by Jove! at last really aristocrahc
girl has appeared on the scene said the
oldest of the three, a man who earns his
living by making feminine and masculine
studies. In other words, he writes BOOKS
that deal entirely with men and women
and their manners and moods and morals.
''Oh. I've seen loads of EN- go by since
we've been sitting here" said the stout
bachelor who goes in for bodily comfort
mo, you haven't" retorted the thlra
man a cadaverous chap with philosophic
turn OF nina. you only think that they
are aristocratic girls
Don't I know an aristocratic girl when
4 see one?" asked the comfortable-looking
Bachelor in a slightly irritated voice. Il m
supposed to move in that class, and
ought to be able TO spot her when l see
her by this time, for I'm turning down
abe years pretty rapidly now
"Aristocratic girls are not confined to
any one set or class, fortunately in this
country" remarked the writer OF BOOKS.
I'm fact there is only one aristocracy in
America, and that is an aristocracy OF the
intellect The child of the slums, by virtue
of her brain, may become an arlstocrae'
Mind you / would not discount blue
blood The saying is as true as 1t Is Ola
that blood will tell, and 1t may take three
doesn't take three generations to make an
aristocratic little lady"
Now how in the name of common sense
can you tell an aristocrauc gtrl-well, say
in the street? Do you look TO see If she
wears a badge of the Holland Danes OF
Colonial Danes or Daughters of the Revo-
lution?'
by Jove. no." answered the student OF
human nature 81 can't imagine anything
more plebeian than advertising ones arts
tocracy by means OF buttons and badges
Real aristocracy is an essence and makes
itself felt wherever il exists. You ask now
i tell an aristocratic girl in the street
First of all she is slender and graceful
She may grow stout with years and high
living. mind you, but while a girl she re-
mains slender and no matter If she get.
fat enough to make her eligible for a dime
museum freak her ankles, wrists and necl
always remain trim, just the same as they
do in thoroughbred horses, you know
The aristocratic girl walks with a man
ner What do l mean by that? She holds
her head up because she knows that she il
as good as the best, and she lifts her fee
from the ground with a slight spring a
the knee. You never see an aristocrati'
girl shutting along. 1t isn't necessary fo
all Of her features 10 be regular and deli
cately cut, but her ears must be small anC
dainty her eyes must be expressive, he
mouth innocent looking, and, above all
her hair fine. Did you ever see a reall!
aristocratic girl with bead-like eyes ant
Jute-liSe hair? No, because there ism
any. A girl may be able to date back fort,
grandfathers, but if her eyes were who'll,
inexpensive and her hair coarse and I'm
manageable a common strain has crept i
somewhere. Emerson says, you know
that every man is a quotation from AL hi
ancestors. OF course, i'm merely passing
girl in the street it is impossible TO tax
in her features at a glance, but that doe
not hinder one from picking out the arts
tocratic ones. In the first pace, there
a presence about her that says as plainl
as words, Il am an aristocratic girl" Sh
always dresses near enough in the pre-
vailing style not to attract attention, an
she never wears anything that CRATES o
the artistic eye. Her hands are CAREFUL
gloved, and she could no more wear a CON
mon, nl-fitting shoe than she could s
barefooted. She takes proper care of he
person, her whole carriage is that of ger
tility and grace, and as she passes you b
you can't mistake her.
Did you ever study a car full of W.
men, not aristocratic women, and waite
the effect of the entrance of an aristocrat
girl upon themn No? Try il some da
They can't take their eyes from her. The
faces are Glled with idle curiosity, whit
always marks the vulgar, while her coul
tenance is cheerful and her manner ia
what il would be If she was entering
drawing room. She never squeezes,
shoves or crowds people to get into Sc
the. second it is vacated; she doesn't ha,
too, anyway, for nine times out of ten 81
has one given her. If the conductor forge
10 stop at her street she doesn't grow
cry over such trihe, and if she has
companion she converses in a low, we
modulated mellow voice When you c;
hear a womans conversation, not intend
for you, in a street car, even when seat
next to her, she is not aristocratic in eve
sense of the word.
The arstocratic girl shows up best in
restaurant or public dining room. L
watched her In restaurants frequented
most exclusively by women shoppers al
I've studied her in the SWEETEST DIM
rooms in the city. If she does the orderl
she orders a few things that go well
gether. She may have only quarter
spenG on her luncheon, including her
for the waiter, but she does not order sol
sweet and an ice cream soda or bottle
beer. She calls for thin bread and butt
and a cup of chocolate or tea, eats it dai
tiiy and departs. If she is more fortuna
tn this worlds goods, and chances TO
dining with party, how her good bret
ing shows up! Hlow easy it is to pick c
Il 49, t. 81