The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-28
Superior Advantages of the American
 Girl.

Girl.
 An American gentleman who Is q close observer. recently made trip to Europe--his first one. He traveled through Great Britain, France, Belgium and Holland. A few days after his re- turn he happened to walk through low CT New York City at the noon luncheon hour. and he said:
 T saw more fine looking and pretty girls in one hour in New York than did in all the cities of Europe while I was away. You can't see such sight in any European city as this daily American noon hour beauty show in our large American towns. Women don't go out to business there as they do here, and if they did they would not draw attention, by their good looks. never noticed 1t before went to Flu rope, but tell you American girls are the most beautiful in civilization. Our working girls are we'll dressed. just watched those stenographers and clerks going to their luncheon. They are not only pretty. but tall and well developed, and they hold their heads and their chests up and walk along with a free stride that shows they feel themselves to be somebody They are indepenN- ent and self reliant and can take care of themselves. There Is an American girl type sure enough. finer type than has been developed elsewhere. The American girl, besides being handsom- CT than her sisters of otheg nations, Is more intelligent than they and knows the world better, and this adds to her attractiveness. Oh. the American girl is stunning. no mistake" a.
 It is quite, true, that the American girl Is superior to maidens of other ina- tionalfties. and all the world ackEowl- edges it. She is more attractive phys- ically than any other. She Is also bet ter educated and has more liberty. she is brought up to know that she can protect herself and she does 1t.
 This undoubted superiority of the American girl comes wholly from su- perior opportunity. It shows what the whole female sex will become with lib- erty and education. Women were scarce in this new land in the begin- ming and were made much of. Men could not do enough for them. What ever a woman wanted she must have She wanted an education; colleges were thrown open to her. There are today more American women graduates of colleges than are to be found in all the other countries put together. Women wanted to be doctors, lawyers, minis ters and teachers of higher branches W wanted the right to own property in their own names. This. too. they have
 Our country has the most abundant and the best food of any land. Ameri- can women have been generously fed for generations. The American girl has the noblest opportunity for edu- cation of any of her sex. She has been taught to fix a high value on herself, to feel there Is no social station she can not aspire to. An American lady re- gently presented at the British court and the recipient of courtesies from the royal family itself formerly earned her own living in the States. No Brit ish lady of noble birth Is more polls lcl and gracious than this American, and none knows exactly what Is what bet ter than she. Another American woman now the wife of one of the wealthiest men in the world. was for many years teacher. The American girl is easi- ly adaptable and can suit herself to any position. She can make her own social standing. The highest compliment that can be paid to a lady's external attractions is to say she Is as well dressed as "a Frenchwoman and as handsome as an American.
 There IS so much for this splendid American girl to achieve and to be that the very vastress of her field is a temp tation to fritter herself away on many