The Washington herald., 1908-07-17
MANY PRETTY GIRLS
A sight Worth Watching when the
schools Are Out.

They tell Us" said the middle aged
man. that within a generation or two
the women Of this country have increased
in stature. as they have as well in all
the attributes OF graceful womanhood so
that there were never 50 many splendid
women 10 be seen here as now. all this
being due 20 improved conditions Of lie.
10 which. with its comparatively greater
opportunity for leisure. recreation, and
cultivation. the sex IS first to respond.
thus showing n this way 8 greater ad-
vance In development than man. says the
New York sun
And they tell Us also that this ad-
vance. as might naturally be expected, IS
more to be noted among the well-to-do
and those comfortably situated in life:
but I should say from my own observa-
ton that It is now spreading among all
the people. as a race Living conditions
are now far more favorable for all than
they were even a generation ago. and this
advancement and Improvement is now
10 be noted among the young people. the
children OF the present day everywhere.
though here also II 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
10 be struck by the number Of graceful,
pretty girls among them To be sure,
in such company you could always find
pretty children. but I venture 10 say
never before 50 many really pretty girls
as now There are plain children here.
too. If any girl can be called plain, but
a notable number OF attractive, pretty
girls. Of girls who would make attractive,
pretty pictures. q created number OF such.
distinctly than would here have been
found thirty years ago
And a greater number OF tall girls.
Short girls here. too. but a greater auu-
Der Of girls who have shot Up, who are
tail 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 wear
ing spectacles. Significant this not per
haps 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 improving modern
conditions OF living, fsr the children's
more advanced present day development.
so OF the school children you would
meet, OF the girls more particularly. in
what we have described as the more con-
Portable quarters OF the town; but the
same would hold true in greater or less
measure throughout the city; the pretty
girl children you would ind everywhere.
And as TO the present day bOys2 Com
ing along. I should say. too Not so fast
as the girls, for in any advancement the
girls always start first: but coming on
and improving. There never was time
when there were so many athletic sports
for boys; never a time when the boys
went in for them as they DO now; and do
not those common improved conditions
Of living make for the advantage OF the
boys as they do for al2
And SC the boys and the men OF
the present day are coming On. too. and
finally a lady OF my acquaintance, a wom-
an Of intelligence and discernment- 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