The sun., 1908-05-24
NEVER so MANY PRETTY GIRLS.
A Sight Worth watching When the Schools
Arc Out.

Arc Out.
"They tell us. said the middle aged man.
'that within generation or two the women
Of this country have increased In stature,
as they have as we'll in all the attributes
Of graceful womanhood. 80 that there
were never 30 many splendid women to
be seen here as now. all this being due to
improved conditions OF life, to which,
with its comparatively greater oppor-
tunity for leisuW, recreation and cultiva-
ton, the sex is ff}t correspond, thus showing
In this way greater advance in develop
ment than man,
And they tell US also that this advance,
as might naturally be expected. is more
to be noted among the well to do and those
comfortably situated in life; but should
say from my own observation that 1t is
now spreading among all the people, as
race Living conditions are now far more
favorable for all than they were even a
generation ago. and this advancement
and Improvement is now to be noted among
the young people. the children of the present
day, everywhere; though here also 1t is
still observable more notably among the
girls than the boys.
IF you should chance to meet any day
in any Of the comfortable quarters Of the
town the school children going home from
q public school you could not fail to be
struck by the number Of graceful. pretty
girls among them. To be sure: in such a
children but venture to say never before
80 many really pretty girls as now. There
are plain children here too, II any girl can
be called plain. but a notable number Of
pretty girls. OF girls who would make
attractive pretty pictures, q greater num-
have been found thirty years ago.
And q greater number Of tall girls.
Short girls here too, but a greater number
OF girls who have shot up, who are tall for
their age.
And you see now among these school
children going home from school some
thing that you rarely used to see. namely,
children in considerable numbers wearing
spectacles. Significant this, not perhaps
Of a greater proportion OF children with
defective eyesight, but OF greater care
for their eyes, and indicating as well greater
care for their health and welfare In every
way this. accounting In some measure,
as well as improved modern conditions OF
living for the ohildren's more advanced
present day development.
$50 Of. the school children you would
meet. Of the girls more particularly. in
Portable quarters Of the town; but the same
would hold true in greater or less measure
throughout the city; the pretty girl oh =
dren you would find everywhere
And as to the present day boys? Coming
along, I should say too. Not so fast as
the girls, for in any advancement the girls
always start first; but coming on and Inn
proving. There never was time when
there were 30 many athletic sports for
boys. never time when the boys went
in for them as they do now; and do not
these common improved conditions of
living make for the advantage OF the boys
as they do for all?
And so the boys and the men Of the
present day are coming on too; end finally
q lady of my acquaintance. woman OF
Intelligence and disoernment tells me that
there were never so many pretty babies,
both boys and girls. as now.
And so We seem steadily improving,
and think We may confidently predict
that In the not very distant future this
country win be inhabited by the most splen-
did specimens and the grandest family Of
the whole human race.