The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-09
the AMERICAN GIRL.

tDl0ks Tue AmeIiC6h BiIi uppIouCuc1
perfection. She calls her a walking
statute, and declares American girls
Of to-day are more beautiful than
Grecian beauties in the days Of
Menander, or Roman women OF the
time when Marcus Aurelis phil
osophized.
The infanta says, in an article in
the December Smart Set:
IL have studied American girls
on their native health. l have met
them in Paris, / have observed them
in every center Of European fashion.
Thus l have had an opportunity Of
observing them closely, and inyari-
ably they achieved distinction. Let
me qualify a little. Observe that !
speak Of American girls, and not OF
American young widows. There is
a vast distinction.
American young women are
trained physically just as we'll as
American young men. Gymnastics
give them broad shoulders and
strong arms, and they ride a horse
or a bicycle with equal ease and
grace. They swim like sirens and
sing like nightingales. They skate
With the grace Of French professor, ,
and they play tennis with . supple
agility that calls forth continuous
rounds Of applause. Their vitality
is enormous. Perhaps it is co-edu-
cation that gives them their great
moral courage. They are not afraid
OF men. Their phot ograpts are in
newspapers side by side with poll
ticians, singers, lecturers and act
ors. Here none but singers, ac-
tresses and demi-mondaines have
their pictures in newspapers. Here
young women hide virtues that
would benefit the public.
"a man is expected to admire
discreetly . Frenchwoman, . Span
lard. an Italian or an Enelishwo.
man. l say discreetly, for If be
does not look at all il is . bad com.
plimsnt; If he looks at her too stare
|ingly be il rude. The American
| girl likes to b, looked at openly
American and Irish girls are proba
lbly the only ones 10 the world vht
can look frankly and fearlsssly, ane
whose honest glances are not tenn
pered by conventionality. Ths
American girl is not only supremely
independent, but very natural
This is the result Of globe-trotting
Americans pay more court e
their women than do the men o.
any other nation. This is the rea
|son Why the women are 30 perfect
Treat any race or section OF . rack
we'll, and you improve it. Yor
give it . higher opinion Of itself and
make it ambitious. American girls
are ambitious to live up to the higt
opinion formed Of them BY theil
|compatriots. II is said that th'
American girl rules the Unitee
States, l do MT think this is true
lShe expresses her opinion frankly
land iearlessly no matter who Ar
'|prosent. Grud old professors nigh
|irown her down, but it is Away
we'll to hear the promptings Of fresl
'lsouls. In the case Of the American
'|eirl I should say, paradoxically
that though she leads man she fol
lows him.
4 "When American girls 60 sbroa'
land marry foreigners they are affec
'|tionate not only in proportion =
1.-The attention they receive, but ais
'lby reason Of the dowry that the,
-lgive. This looks like an unqnali
'I6ed eulogium. There is one littl
lpoint, however, that l should lik
slto suggest. In Europe . well
z e|trained young girl has invariabl.
! what is called Pair de convent. ]
lie difficult to put into words wins
i|this 10. II is Q certain occurrences
|. .|or perhaps sweet gentleness almof
amounting to tashiulnsss, that me
9 Shocking for wives much admire !
! Iyoung girls. In other words, i
1.-The absence Of excessive pushfu
: -|oess. We sometimes think that th
!. American girl is . little too pust
] l|ful. She can afford, however,
'-|havs one slight drawback just
-show that human nature 10 not pc
elect, even in the American socie'
?Igirl. But she carries the flag OF y
|umphant democracy oil over q
o world"
Fl Humor Is the eudemonologic
ylpeasimism which includes within
itself Z theological evolutionary o
,t|timism, which may cause res
's|istic, radical and universal reco
l-|ciliation 70 appear as possible
loIThe kindergarten Magazine.