The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-20

their hard features by less hare style Of
dress
"Sallow! d-featured! Muddy faced"
cried the Ottawans, on hearing this. But
sharper slash was contained in the next
paragraph. 1t ran:
1.-The London shop girl would look per-
feet and elegant compared with the To-
ronto or Montreal girl, who, when over
thirty, does not realize that to wear her
hair dragged up behind and tight in front.
surmounted by a hard-looking felt hat,
only intensifes her plainness.''
1t is difficult to describe the feelings of
establishment and wrath with which this
diatribe has been received. If there Is any
thing on the face of the earth the average
Canadian man eherishes it is the Canadian
girl In his eyes she is the most beautiful
and fascinating of beings. But he realizes
the uselessness of making answer merely
by indulging in panegyrics upon his col
lective beloved. So he has called upon the
Dominion's official statistician, DR.. George
Johnston. for facts-cold, hard facts-to
confute the malicious little Highlander"
The doctor has come nobly to the rescue.
He begins with the candy and pastry"
charge, and he masses figures on per cap
ita consumption.
eff the Englishwomen have such superior
compilations as English Lady thinks" he
ing, for the people of Great Britain use
ninety-one pounds of sugar per head In the
year. while Canadians only use fifty-tWo
sugar they eat that gives Englishwomen
the pink and white: possibly the complex
ion comes from the powder puff
Everybody is chuckling at that sharp
counter. OF course, candid Canadians adj
NIT the of the powder puff is not en-
tirely unknown to the Canadian girl. But,
runs the retort, 1.-The typical Canadian girl
war paint required by the usages of fash
ionable society on high occasions rather
than as a welcome establishment.
So much for the learned statistician's de-
tense. Our girls have not been content
with that. Mere figures cannot express
their feelings and they. are indulging in
the mother countrys time-honored prac-
tice of writing to the papers and being
interviewed" one member of Ottawa s
best circle is quoted thus:
"You would think that after Lord AL
verstone had antagonized the men of Can
ada by his Alaskan award. this English
lady would have enough sense and tact
were ill-timed. in poor taste, and would
antagonize the women of Canada A Wom-
an who would write about such matters
can hardly be regarded as being mentally
balanced"
1.-The writer of the criticism has bats
in her belfry,' says another, lapsing into
the United States slang in her wrath. III
DR.. Johnston would compile all the Stats
tics it would be found the English girls
eats quite as much candy and pastry as the
Canadian girl, and incidentally that she
drinks more beer and the juice Of the grape
That Englishwoman describes us as If we
had not a single re6eeming feature. Why
doesn't she suggest the formation or mis-
sionary society that would send to Canada
representatives who will be able TO teach Us
how to make up compilations that will
please touring Englishwoman? Our hair is
| done up in Gibson girl style. Is that a
crime? Do you think many Canadian girls
| will pull out and cut off their dresses be.
| cause of this scathing criticism? No
| manyr'
| There have been hundred other letters
| and verbal retorts. The most pertinent
/ of these and the one that seems to havs
| met the greatest favor is from a girl whC
| points out that Englishmen who come Over
| here almost invariably fall in love will
| our girls. She suggests that English lady
| may have lost sweetheart in that way
4 and thus have grown to hate all Canadian
| girls.