The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-25
nv az I,ADY lIIpNRY So arDRsET.

Er=7HDa American girl represents the
IL d Artist ocracys OF Democracy . She
stands pre-emncnt among ell
I5SxkSI the "a cos q the ea tn % I. the
k2eEskfsseb Girl OF tho period, n for she has
running throug h her veins the grand old
Puritan blood. ana Is the sole representa-
tive; OF a free people. OF her girls Of other
nations can lii no way compare wit the
American, for the code OF "a new country
enables her to stand out MS a pre- cious
diamond. set In the human FAM " among
5thorare stones Of tho elect SHEDS g born
arlstpcrat, one OF nature 8 own choosing
gifted With sweet clousness and gov
terned ~ q queenlineBs that Is at once
captivating and fascine ting. She liz IL
ways & bright, irtelll gent,s viva lous, and
sometimes beautiful, j35 III
The power OF X he a nlerlc can girl comes,
perhaps, from tho fact that she is LITERAL
ilyS Queen OF the Home /! n n way thnt no
other girl Is, From babyhood upwards
she has ruled wit q rod stro ger than
Iron, starting with the conquest OF her
parents, who only seek to al scover5 her
Wish to do her ling, md ending with
tho ruling O her husband, the father Of
her children. III Tho merchants chivnlry,
towards woman is q shining example 80
All $n,an, hut whether Il countct l,y for oil
righteousness tim nl ono Will eho some
adverse critics maintain that itgl ia because
tho American girl Us soln1llch4 tho intellee,
Stual superior of the man whom she could
srnsrl'y that che prefers i o rem In. unWeq,
The American gqrl Is essential prac-
tical, clever, and alert. but she Is even
more, she is O mental narchlst A COM
posite OF all tho rac es OF the earth. 9 he
combines the outlook of many nations
and being the product OF exp detrimental de-
mocracy she Is seriously striving for an
IDEAL ri She Is electric Ike the { mos ti :
~ l1,not
finding herself but "a component part =
nm eyer-cllanging life, she Is ever ev diving
In her own particular way her character
and destiny. She ls possessed OF an nb-
normal amount Of Individuality. rather
than OF pride and Independence. IT Is il
fact, her charming sense OF Ind yldualism
that creates her q queen, She - tho
tquintessence Of the! democratic instinct
that makes for lteousness and glyes
5inspiration to q desire ter soyerelgn ~
She is indeed the personlfl eation Of tho
woman as ruler Of her people. Il S ~ 81
With such origin, with sucl, nm tnherl-
Etance, and with such a power, how car
she fall 10 be popular
Naturally, the Home Queen becomes q
world Queen. Whether, It iH club ltte
which gives to the American Girl that
tmagniflcont spirit Of liberty, breadth anq
unity, unpossessed by any {! 2 tller 8orln
she possesses that intel igence which ~
OF itself n personal force, cannot immarr
sdiately DO decided, but whatever Y T IN
that produces the result, the American
3glri enjoys an intellectpa / out look. q spirE
itual liberty. and q broadening Of human
sympathy that enable her wherever she
goes, to assume a queens 5po Wef. Il. .i5
$ Tho popularity Of tle American girl y
tho European courts rests lipo u y lle, fact
that she Is a typical world heroine,
Wherever she goes she conquers. 3 ne is
capable Of holding her llositlon III the
English statesnlen's home Of abinet rank.
or wears tile "a ucsl crown os historic cas'