Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-06-06

A writer in Baltimore under the sig
nature of "Oriole' recently sent thi:
opinion on American women to til,
editor of the New York Herald:
After visit TO your city l am con.
WINGED that Baltimore girls are much pref
tier than those in New York. / will ad.
init that the young women OF New Yorl
| 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
prettiest girlI' 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 WON
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
mime loneliness 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 q type, Of her own
In the south" said he. 81 must confess
that admire the southern type more
than | do the New York girl I pre-
fer the creole kind of beauty. Tho
1.-THE and graceful type which is seen
in the south has an indefinable charm
OF wOmanhood. That is the girl 7
would like 10 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 lndepend-
ent. and when n man walks with BIER
he feels as though he were being taken
out
"No 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 n high class restaurant or n
theater those who are there turn TO
admire her. Yet. in my opinion, she
dresses too lavisbly 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 II
seems TO me that II is not so Individual
as is the dress of her southern sNcer.
II had occasion recently to spend a
few days in Washington and was much
in observing the types of
restaurants Of the place after the the
alter. II seemed to me that the gowns
which many of them wore were two
or three years behind the style. yet
those young women were beautiful.
and their attire seemed to become
them more than the modish gowns the
New York girl wears would have done. |
The dress OF tine southern girl. al |
though il is not so expensive or as |
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 |
was mentioned.
Some of the most beautiful girls
whom / have ever seen" said he.
come from the south. There are all
,ypes down there. for the athletic type
$ by no means confined to New York.
We're you ever in Richmond? Perhaps |
you may go there some day. You are
likely 10 hear pounding of horses
roofs and. turning. you behold mount
ID on those steeds three or four OF the
most beautiful women in the world.
Their cheeks are aglow with healtb'and II
spirits. and how they ridel don't
know that can say that there is
distinct Baltimore type Of girl. I've
,een in Baltimore few times. but ]
10 not know enough about the place to
1--WE an expert opinion. Some Of the
,rettiest girls ever saw came from
Tenn.
AS far as dress is concerned, I think
hat every ore will admit that the New
fork girl leads the country. Why
hould she not, for has she not every
Irving Il. Wiles, an illustrator whose
portraits of women have attracted
much attention. said that he thought
lac New York girl would be hard TO
urpass anywhere.
II admire the women OF the SOUTH"
aid he. land there are no doubt many
,retty girls in Baltimore. for they
hould certainly have the southern
ype Of beauty Tennessee has some
( the lovcliest girls in the world-tall.
many Of them light haired. and they
ave certain lancuid speech and a
crtain languor of movement which
dds 10 their charm. II is individual
he New York girl leads the world. '
he has sparkle. vlvacity and yet dig
fly. II would be difficult 20 analyze
cr charm. % Is not because her fea-
urcs are regular. for often they are
ct so. She has an individuality that
lnnOt be Initiated"
"All girls nrc lovely" declared Wal
.r w. Watrous. a well known painter
nd the secretary OF the American
of Design. Beauty IS an