Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-29

glance? Aud without helms to,ao
Certainly you can. But howq Won
40 not know Neither does anvbodv
else. You cannot say, 1t is the IN
stroke or the down strokel,
Will Differ From All Others
Thus with the American girl She
is American because she is So
The girl Of 1904 will be different
in a way from any other girl Her
race will show the American charac
teristics which are those Of a sweet
blending of other nations. All races
meet here and produce a type as
different from the French type as one
color is different from another To
a practiced eye it is impossible to
make mistake.
THE girl Of 1904 will be dlstin.
guishable as to her dress. And in
this connection it can be said that
portrait painting is greatly affecting
the dressing Of women.
When sitter comes to me | say
to her: I cannot paint you until | |
see your gowns
She displays them or describes
them. None will do. All will be outre
in short time. This gown has an
exaggerated waist; this one is too
/ tight in the skirt; this dress is
trimmed with something in the height
: OF an extreme style, and upon this
gown CLEANS a novel decoration
, which will be absolutely funny in FIVE
: years time.
"'You must buy a gown | say to
her; none Of these will do at all
{ "Then | tell her what to buy.
1 Sometimes l tell her how much to pay
4 for It. She goes away and purchases
}, the gown. And in doing so she teaches
/. herself a lesson. This is the lesson
( Of true greatness in dress The pur
Il chasing Of a gown which will hold III
own no matter how the styles may
i be changed.
s Learn to Dress Better.
e "A woman cannot look lovely in
t gown that is extreme" And the bo,
4 who was born in Franklin, Ind fifty
two years ago and who came to towr
q like William Shakespeare, with nott
;. ing except a clever brain, one suit {
s clothes, and an individuality pointe
g. toward rich painting in which tn
d draperies set off the woman to th
q. most exquisite perfection.
IA "The girl Of 1904 will, perhaps,
able to dress better all the time b
II cause she is studying and learning
n But It will take four artists
q paint her. could paint the Ameriet
N girl of 1904. But the Italian girl
AZ 1904 must be painted by an ltali'
~ artist. The French girl must
4, painted by a French artist III
&c German girl by a German artist.
"she will not be satisfactory
4 her own people II one artist pal
u. all There is a certain poise TO
\, French woman which 1t takes
prencb artist to catch. And certa
Or fresh originality TO an American g
- which none but an American arti
II can fully master
in rs there a Chase girl? No PERI
: the thought. Is there a Sargent gil
Ii. l should say not.
Originality Makes Her Lovely
"A representative painter finds {
- Girl and then paints her. And u
- is ouite different from painting g
% and saving This is woman NJ
go and hunt the original
~. "The portrait painter paints WON
: as he nnds her He iGealizes her
,r. catching het III hoi
a. palnts her at her best,
~ win the girl OF 1904 be loYell
- than the girl of 1908? What a que
u. ion" -.
Mr.. Chase put on his nat rimm
derbv-the hat which a furious TN
onca designated as a lid-and turn
- his back upon the Questioner
- rs not each woman loyelier IN
as the last?" ,,o,
~ But how will she be ioVeiie'
he persisted the interviewer 49,.
I. How? Well, by her oris'nan'
70 Taking on the "lid" the painter v
looks like a Frenchman ana Ia
like an Englishman, but is really
a American through and throu
" noirted to a picture Of tall ioV
atn "she is typical. She might
ID. the girl Of 1904
"a "a - picture Drawn in Detail
-. ~ The picture in question had
p hoir beautifully coiled on top OF
head Little curls escaped ana
NON her ears. Her eyes were DIR
lsa eves looking at you straight
49, t,fo ayes With