Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-29
CHASES IDEAS OF THE
AMERICAN GIRLOF 1904


NE, What a question!
.rnlam NJ. Chase stood in the
,,ns Of a square room from which
Looked down on every side.
rssre was not a window in the
yet it was lighted. There was
man in the room except Mr..
vet It was filled with mascu-
Individuality.
more was not a girl in the room
q was peopled with pretty girls
serious, some smiling, some
..roan, some Spanish, Some Eng
Yet all girls. In the back
and were a few portraits Of men.
vbo can see the men when there
girls around?
The girl OF 1904" said the great
-srcan painter, looking up at a
,,uy type of girl in an automobile
A walking along gray street,
nv of course, she will be different
nm any other girl, from every
ne girl that ever lived.
slnd for that matter every woman
aserent from every other woman
4 the charm Of womankind is that
is so!
suppose you were to paint a pic.
NO and say: This is the woman
ao Is come How tired you would
mE Of that picture. And how earn.
Nm you would wish that it might be
hanged,
You weary OF one face. You weary
one style. You weary of one
pn.
Beautiful in Her Variety.
THE great beauty Of the girl OF
M will be her variety. She will
msess intelligence, of course. Ant
be will possess beauty, for all wo
rsn OF the better class are beauti
nj She will have refinement, tha
rs without saying. And she will
y Individual.
There is a great deal said abou
be this-girl or the that-girl. There Il
be Gibson girl. And there is thu
nhsty girl. There is the Gilber
th And there is the Henry Hut
Lh And they are good!
But these are ideals. They ar
types. Meritorious, beautiful, artis
n Hc and loveable, They are yet types
The artist himself does them in fac
sious mood. He does not regar,
then as decisive. He does not pre-
is5dto say that all women are, or wi
" nodded on these lines.
Each beautiful woman Of 1904 wi
h different from each other woman
She will show character in her face
Individuality in her pose, and a shar
decision in her manner To an artis
4 mannerism becomes a peculiarit
Il once il he understands the art c
pOrtrait painting he at once endow
bis sitter with this mannerism.
III | were TO paint the girl Of 19O'
lrd II she were TO walk into my stl
do and ask for a sitting would loo
\ her closely and study her quietl!
L she had a habit OF turning he
head as she talked you may be SUI
would paint her in that pose.
ae sat with her hand to her face, !
ipparently characteristic pose,
would certainly preserve this att
hde,
Natural Pose Essential
That will be the tendency in po
lait painting In 1904. 1t has bee
he tendency for a long time MOI
han that, II has been the rule.
Perhaps" said Mr. Chase, risin
ana looking, in his earnestness, pr
esely like the Sargent portrait, pc
laps she will have a certain indiVi
aality or touch which has been D
'ueathed TO her by the recent a
schools, And this will be conspic
Gus.
Mrs. Clark, whom | painted SON
'eAs ago and whose portrait g
aibited, was one Of the first and mo-
Vpical OF American models. Her ia'
vas distinctively American. She WI
ebson's first model And thus u
'nginal OF the ideal Gibson girl 81
vas tall, serious, high bred slenuer
Her face was American
'oubt OF it. And it was a type
You can tell an American race
once, 1t is different from any o'n
nee. Though, for the life OF W
'ou cannot tell why 1t is so,
DO yon know your mothers nan
writing? Can you pick out the nan