Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-05-27
SYMPOSIUM ON BEAUTY
Views Of Artists as to Where
Fairest Women Live.
SOUTHERN TYPE IN HIGH FAVOR.

WHtter w.
Watrous. "There Is No Compare
tive. All Girls Are Lovely, and
beauty L. an Exotic"
A writer in Baltimore under the sig.
nature of "OriOle" recently sent this
opinion ON American women TO the
editor Of the New York Herald:
After visit 90 your city / am con-
WINGED that Baltimore girls are much pref
tier than those in New York. | will ad-
NIT that the young women of New York
dress better than our own girls. but the
real American beauties live in Baltimore.
Artists to whom was propounded the
inquiry, From what city comes the
pfettlest girl!' gave the matter careful
thought. All admitted at the start that
the Baltimore girl was lovely and typ
ical of the sunny southland, and all
agreed that the New York young wom-
an was the most stylishly arrayed of
all, which is in accord with the views
of the writer of the above letter.
Arthur |. Keller, whose types of fem
inine loveliness are familiar to readers
of books and magazines, said that he
was willing to subscribe to the view
that as class Baltimore girls were
beautiful:
while | do not think that the Balti-
more girl represents type Of her own
in the SOUTH" said he, Il must confess
that | admire the southern type more
than | do the New York girl | pre-.
fer the creole kind of beauty. The
1.-THE and graceful type which is seen
in the south has an indefinable charm
of wOmanhood That is the girl
would like to paint. The nose of the
southern girl is long, that of the typical
New York girl is short. and her Jaw
is square. She is splendid. with her
chin up and her naughty air her tall
form and her square shoulders, but she
does not appeal to me. She is independ-
ent, and when man walks with her
he feels as though he were being taken
out.
mo one can deny that the New York
girl is the best dressed in the country.
She is thoroughly up to date, and her
gowns are strikingly beautiful She
spends more money on her attire prob
ably than does any other woman, and
when she enters some public place,
such as high class restaurant or a
theater, those who are there turn to
admire her. Yet, in my opinion, she
dresses too lavishly. The attention is
first directed to the gown she wears.
1t is correct in every detail and made
in the latest style of course, but it
seems to me that it is not so individual
as is the dress of her southern sister.
Il had occasion recently to spend a
few days in Washington and was much
interested in observing the types of
young women whom | saw in the best
restaurants of the place after the the
ater 1t seemed to me that the gowns
which many of them wore We're two
or three years behind the style, yet
those young women were beautiful,
them more than the modish gowns the
New York girl wears would have done
The dress of the southern girl, al
though 1t is not so expensive or as
fashionable as that Of the New York
girl, is more individual
Howard Chandler ChriSty, the well
known illustrator, who created the
twentieth century American girl"
became enthusiastic when the southern
woman was mentioned.
Of fhn most hpnI1tifnl girls
whom | have ever seen,' said he
come from the south. There are all
types down there, for the athletic type
is by no means confined to New York.
Were you ever in Richmond? Perhaps
you may go there some day. You are
likely to hear pounding of horses
hoofs and, turning, you behold mount
ed on those steeds three or four of the
most beautiful women in the world.
Their cheeks are aglow with health and
spirits, and how they ride! l don't
know that can say that there is
distinct Baltimore type of girl. I've
been in Baltimore few times, but
DO not know enough about the place to
give an expert opinion. Some of the
prettiest girls l ever saw came from
Chattanooga, Tenn.
"As far as dress is concerned, think
that every one will admit that the New
York girl leads the country. Why
should she not, for has she not every
opportunity
Irving b. Wiles, an illustrator whose
portraits of women have attracted
much attention, said that he thought
the New York girl would be hard to
sulpass anywhere
Il admire the women of the south"
said he, land there are no doubt many
pretty girls in Baltimore, for they
should certainly have the southern
type of beauty. Tennessee has some
of the loveliest. girls in the world-tall,
many of them light haired, and they
have certain languid speech and q
certain langlor of movement which
adds to their charm. 1t is individual.
The New York girl leads the world.
She has sparkle, vivacity and yet dig
nifty. 1t would be difficult 10 ahalyze
her charm. 1t is not because her fea-
lures are regular, for often they are
not So She has an individuality that
cannot be initiated"
"All girls are lovely" declared Wal
ter w. Watrous, well known painter
and the secretary Of the American
Academy of Design. Beauty Is an
exotic, and there are beautiful girls in
Baltimore and in Philadelphia and in
New York. They are everywhere.
Does the New York cir! dress better
than any other? Well, I'm sure that
l don't know. 1t is not the dress which
counts, but the girl herself"