Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-05
THE QUEST. OF BEAUTY
Comparison ' Of Types of
Girlish LONELINESS.
AMERICAN BEAUTIES
eRAcEs AND FAsc1NAT1oNs OF
OTHERS
Italian Eyes So Large and Profound
Vie With Flaxen Hair and
Pink Cheeks.

Wen dressed and knows how TO look agree
able and to say pleasant things. If he be
enthusiastic and speaks what he thinks he
will tell you that American beauty is as
great as that of the ancient Greeks, and
that the display of female loneliness In the
land Of the stars and stripes is not to be
surpassed anywhere
An Englishman looks for beautiful
voice, good figure and fresh color. that
comes from outdoor exercise and training.
He does not demand or expect the pictur-
esque daring, charm and chic which the
American girl possesses. 1t is the sweet.
book muslin girl who attracts him. The
horsey maiden, whom he rides to hounds
with and chaffs with, he seldom marries.
The conventional English girl is some
thing of chrysalis and no one can de-
termine the manner Of winged creature that
shall eventuate therefrom, or prophesy
concerning the brightness Of its plumage
and the swiftness of it's flight But after
time, the smart English girl comes out
of her torpor and becomes alert. She leaves
girlhood and energies into womanhood; her
difhdence develops into superb dignity
and her shyness into naughty reticence
Beautiful as an angel. will the dashing
Spanish cavalier tell you, speaking OF his
laoy-love. Tall. straight as an arrow is the
Spanish girl. with good figure and face
which has tender beauty. Spanish eyes
are always large, humid and languishing,
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beauty of the eye comes the beauty of the
flashing teeth These are universally per
feet, perhaps because they are not spoiled
by cakes and pastry and sweets in child
these perfect rows of pearls when she
smiles is treat. The Spanish girl is also
blessed with magnificent hair, which is al
ways well dressed.
They Help Each Other.
In going into small shops and humble
quarters one often sees the business Of hair
dressing in progress. One sister Is dress
ing the hair of, another. or the mother Is
arranging the coiffure. They have little
heated irons with which they curl the one
side and the other is allowed to remain
smooth. 1t is always becoming to the face
Little curls around the ears or on the tenn
pies show that the Spanish girl values the
purpose of hair, which is to shade the eye
and contrast with the complexion
At the back OF the. head the nuque is al
ways carefully brushed up. The high comb
is now seldom worm but the hair is always
dressed high on the head, natural crown
which any queen might envy.
Sentimental italian beaux for a number
of thousand years have sighed inexpressi-
BILE things over dark eyes, large, steady and
profound, with profundity in which a
man may sink dis heart. The black hair
has deep tones of blue in it, the features
are regular and, the complexion the finest
of all complexions-pure ivory. and that
which CARRIES with it the temperament in
which there is all the subtlety of fire.
There are many distinct types of beauty
in Italy. For example, in Milan, the women
are glorousy, maddeningiy beautiful; they
are a mixture of the French gentry and
the old Italian nobility and inherit the
vivacity Of one country and the voluptuous.
half oriental beauty of the other.
The women of Naples have a soft snail
ing air, with the calm. assured, unques-
tioning beauty of the flesh. They are con-
tent to let you see in them that reasonable
nearneSS to the animal which no Italian
woman is ashamed to acknowledge. For
Italians they are tall, and though one sees
none of the trim Neapolitan waists it Is
rarely that one sees. even among the mar
ket women. those square and lumpish fig
ures which roll SO comfortably through
Venice.
The French Taste.
For ages the Frenchman has been jotting
down verses, using UP pounds of paint and
sculpturing innumerable white marble fig
ures to prove that the fairness Of his lady
love lies in a white neck, the very sight
Of which fills a Frenchman with a despair
OF joy. Then the maiden must be CAV and
piquant, and usually she has saucy tip
Tilted nose wide OF nostril. and a large
mouth; she Is not superlatively lovely in
feature, but fascinates by her chic and in
dividuality, for individual she Is from the
top of her head to the top of her French
verdicts of the sizes In which French shoes
run. are quite universally larger than the
American.
Teutonic approval is for the buxom dam
sci. Heartily and candidly every German
despises leanness In a woman; there il
something comforting, soIacing and be
witching to him in solid, wholesome avoir-
dupois. Added to this must be a smooth
pink and white Skin an abundance of neat
ly arranged tresses and well-turned arm
The fine art OF fascinating man by in
nniteslmal gestures is not the German maid
ems; she cannot sway feeling by a turn of
the head. curve Of the neck or a droon
OF the figure, although she NAV have an
idea or two about the management Of her
eyelids.
Flaxen Hair and Pink Cheeks.
The little Dutch girl, to please her lover.
must have a peach-blow complexion. and a
coquettish arrangement of her fiaxen locks
with the distinctive cap of her class. Her
clear, calm blue eyes are unsuggestiye: she
has beautiful neck, and her figure is full.
but not overfed.
Tall and graceful must be a girl of Elan
ders, with blue eyes and hair like FURNISHED
gold, and simple but becoming toilet
Neither music, art nor poetry appeals to
her, but she is profoundly religious. When
one sees her knselingr in the shadows of an
Old cathedral, she gRes an impression of a
beautiful statue. placed there by the hand
Of "a marvellous artist,
A grace and Installation all her own be-
long to the Russian girl; she knows the
value Of her glancing eye and the tendril
twist of her hair. Behind good looks and
refined manners arei found the depth and
sincerity of the Scotch combined with the
wit and humor Or the Irish
Marriages in Japan are arranged by stern
parents, or offictouss elder brothers, a girl
having but little. control over her life and
often not seeing, her future lord and mas
ter until she meets him at the altar. There
are. however now ana then, love matches
olive compilations make all Japanese girls
appear alike. Their great charm lies In
their manner, quiet. reserved, gentle ard
kindly. The important part Of their toilet
is the coiffure The hair is deliberately ar
ranged twice week, and 1t must stay fixed
until the hair dresser calls again For fear
that the structure will get tumbled down
when she Is asleep. the japanese girl dis
penses with pillows and sleeps with wood
head quite unsupported. Very uncomfort-
able 1t must be. but Japanese girl, like an
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