The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-06-01
A SYMPOSIUM ON BEAUTY
Views of Artists as to Where
Fairest Women Live.

Cities as Homes of Beauty-"LOve-
Hest GirIsP" Declares Walter w.
watrous. "There Is No Compare
tive. All Girls Are Lovely, and
Beauty Is 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 a visit to your city am con-
WINGED that Baltimore girls are much pref
tier than those in New York. l 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
prettiest girl?" gave the matter careful
thought. All admitted at the start that
the Baltimore girl was lovely and typ
zeal 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 l. Keller, whose types of fem
1nine loveliness are familiar to readers
of books and magazines, said that he
was willing to subscribe to the view
that as a class Baltimore girls were
beautiful:
while l do not think that the Baltt-
more girl represents a type of her own
IN the SOUTH" said he, Il must confess
that l admire the southern type more
than l do the New York girl. l pre-.
fer the creole kind Of beauty. The
1.-THE and graceful type which is seen
in the south has an indefnable 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 q man walks with her
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 q 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
hrst 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 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 the southern girl, al
though it is not so expensive or as
fashionable as that of the New York
girl, is more individual"
% Howard Chandler Christy, the vel
known illustrator, who created the
twentieth century American girl,
became enthusiastic when the southern
woman was mentioned.
"Some Of the most beautiful girls
whom l have ever seen" said he
''come' from the south. There are al
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 anC
spirits. and how they ride! don
know that / can say that there is
distinct Baltimore type Of girl. I've
been in Baltimore a few times, but
do not know enough about the place L
give an expert opinion. Some OF tn
prettiest girls l ever saw came from
Chattanooga, Tenn.
"As far as dress is concerned, thinl
that every one will admit that the New
York girl leads the country. Why
should she not, for has she not ever!
opportunity"
Irving B. Wiles, an illustrator whose
portraits of women have attracted
mitch attention, said that he though
the New York girl would be hard t.