The Washington herald., 1909-04-20
Wherein We Express q HOpe.

For our part. We hope We are now
adsys seeing the last Of the excessively
slim. wIllowy. and severely straight-line
girl Perhaps. as winter proposition.
she was not Overwhelmingly lacking IN
attractiveness; and even as an early
spring product she may have her good
points. But with the stealthy approach
OF the June time we would rhat a change
might come Ger the spirit OF her dreams.
and that she might get her own consent
to array herself IN her lawns. and organ
dies, and-er. things Of that sort. you
know, a little more along her erstwhile
most attractive and bewitshing lines.
There is nothing in all this wide. wide
world quite so satisfying to look upon as
a sweet summer girl She IS thing Of
beauty. and, verify. a JOY forever. she al
ways has been a little prettier each year;
in charm, and grace, and winsomeness
she has never Leen known 20 retrograde.
Fathers. big brothers. and husbands, too.
for that nnatter-for we have seen summer
girls with husbands; bless you, yes, in
deed-nay storm and fret at the price OF
this hat and that frock: but II Il looks
good to their eyes when 1t is finally fash
ioned and donned, they forget much and
forgive mora
A summer girl must be plump. and
round. and dimpledl You cannot get
away from that Extreme styles were
not meant for her PeeKs. and boos. and
transparent sleeves. and ell that. Must she
sacrifice them 10 a foolish decree that
says she should seek to initiate nothing
on this mundane sphere so much as a
broomstick when it comes to the matter
OF herself adorned for dress parade. or
the Quieter phases Of her benign endeavorz
She is resourceful-oh, well we know II.
She can accomplish much that man IN his
ali too poor sartorial philosophy recks
not or But she cannot reconcile those
aforesaid peeks. and boos. and all that with
a figure sternly held to xact angles, and
a costume constru ted only on precise
perpendiculars, hoT!zontals, and so forth.
She cannot get by with that sort OF thins,
and hold her reputation as sn ever more
lovely creation as the years go BY.
What we want to suggest. and what We
are striving 10 get at. as best We may. IS
summer girl array for rosetime that
viii not put mere man 10 the exeTtion OF
figuring how about it. anyway-and then
getting an answer that probably is not cor
rect. 1t is bad enough in winter for him to
have 10 supply mental whereforeness for
evidenced feminine physical why's that he
sneakingly thinks are not there; but there
should be enough OF the tangible mani
fest in the good old summer time. We
believe, 10 relieve the generally fatigued
masculine Imagination OF all unnecessary
strain
We trust We make ourselves clear. We
realize that this Is q matter 10 be ap-
preached reverently. diplomaticaIly. and
with deep and profound respect for things
as they are. as well as for things as they
ought to be. Hence. We have sought to
be eircumspect without being utterly OBJ
scure; intelligent without being trits or
impertine1t. We merely venture 10 hope.
as We say in the beginning, that we may
be permitted to see return this summer
Of those most delicious. captivating, and
girlicaI curves Of the yesteryears-or. az
least. some OF them.