The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

tellectual forehead. clear cut features.
 oval face and graceful. well mclded shoulders.
 A tall sinewy figure. every movement of which is the establishment of grace,
 in direct contrast to the squat, heavy fig-
 ures around her. And the eyes-though
 the figure is tall and queenly, the boise perfect and the cast of features intel
 lectual-they are but the setting for these
 rarer gems. The fire and Iustre one im- agines might have existed in the early Aztec beauties are there.
 From their depths shines a soul that
 would glorify much plainer face-large and gazelle like, with brown iris and
 black pupil and soft. mellow express
 sion. which prevents the fire in their
 depths from rendering them hard and piercing.
 The complexion is not the dark. hard
 looking Feather skim peculiar to the desert Indians. but of lighter hue. with color in the cheeks. and soft and vel vety. In this beauty of a sun baked
 village, this gazelle of the desert sands is reincarnated the intellect, soul and | classic features of queenly Aztec ances- | tor of a remote period.
 There Is no social standing among the
 Pueblo Indians. Like Kipling's country
 east of Cuez, the best are like the | worst" Maria occupies no social position | by reason of her personal attractions, She
 Is adored by her people for her pleasant manner and affectionate friendliness; but pleasing manners, friendliness and af- | lection, especially toward children are | typical of the Pueblo women. Intellect and beauty of form and features are something they do not seem to under stand. Maria remains apparently oblivious of the fact that she possesses attractions above the average of her people; the queenly boise. the graceful movements of the sinewy figure, the general atmos- phere of superiority and intellect which | envelop her being, and which one feels
 rather than sees. seem to be inherent
 and unavoidable rather than studied and affected.
 It makes one feel that they are not her possessions; that they are possessions
 of noble ancestors shining through a | mortal being who is totally unaware of their presence.
 Maria dresses in the prevailing Pueblo
 fasnIon, w ith the exception that the rav- | en-like hair is carried back of the ears
 in graceful wave, in place of being al- | lowed to han gover the forehead and I about the ears and neck. The serape in- | cased figure, the beads and ornaments, | the limbs wrapped in buckskin and the moccasin incased feet are the same as affected by the other women of her tribe
 Another beauty of the desert, who l much resembles Maria in form of fea- lures, with the same soulful eyes, Is Chi-went-ha-wa, of Laguna Pueblo; her Mexican name is Juana. Most Pueblos nave both Pueblo and a Mexican name Chi-went-ha-wa, however, is shorter of
 stature than Maria, does not possess the
 same amount of grace and queenliness
 or boise, and wears the hair lower over
 the forehead and hanging about the
 ears. This latter habit partly obscures
 the clear-cut brow and makes the fore
 head appear lower than it really is
 Chi-went-ha-wa, though. is a real beau
 ty, with an air of superiority and
 careless. unaffected grace of manner
 which Is charming. From the depths of
 the dark, gazelle-like eyes shines the
 same soul of noble ancestors. The eyes are the most striking feature or the aboriginal American girl" and when accompanied by a delicately mould
 ed face. clear-cut, intellectual features.
 and queenly carriage of a graceful fig ure' as in the case of Maria, of Isleta. the enect is entrancing. The American eirl'' of the artists creation, were she a real ity, would feel envious rather than
 ashamed of her dusky sister of the South western desert.