The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-09
By MARGARET HUBBARD AVER.

"Wbat j woman g hour OF beauty''
"And what type Of feminine beauty
is the most perfect9'
You will never guess the answer that
two distinguished business women made
to these questions.
Miss Minnie Ashmead, to whose aerial
office most of the pretty girls eventu-
ally drift either in person or in picture
form, declares that the loveliest speci-
found in the business world, among
the girls who earn their own livelihood,
and to show that she was not theoriz.
ing, Miss Ashncad pulled out quantity
Of photographs Of girls who look like
duchesses, or queens, or romantic hero
ines, each Of whom drew a Saturday
pay envelope with businesslike regular
ity, and several OF whom help TO sup
port their families.
"The hour Of beauty is the early
morning crush in the subway" " said
Mrs. Nora Keller. who goes to her
downtown office on those crowded .
O'Clock expresses.
"You can see more beautiful girls
in the early morning subway trains
than You ever. see at the opera or at
the big gatherings where the public is
graciously allowed to gaze upon the
rich and mighty of the land
81 often see faces of such perfect
beauty among the young stcnographers,
boolkeeperS and clerks, hurrying to
their offices, that IL seems eXtraordi
nary to me that the modern Prince
Charming doesn't get mp betimes to
look for his Cinderella.
81 could give him n hint or two
Cinderella is to be found in the sub
way, or hanging to strap in the sur
face car, or swinging unsteadily on the
jerking elevated.
"No, she doesn Il get seat because
OF her beauty, The older men arc en-
crossed in their newspapers, and the
younger ones take the early morning
beauty moro or less for granted.
"No one seems to realize that the
real beauty of our country is not found
among the classes who can command
all the luxuries IN the world, but rather
among the middle class. among the girls
of education who Mt an early age are
forced to contribute to the family sup
port.
"These girls are under twenty, They
arc generally about eighteen years old,
and / should place the hour OF beauty
at that age for the business girl, for.
unfortunately, the beautiful freshness of
her complexion, the lustrous gleam OF
her eyes, is apt TO fade in the bad air
in which she generally has to work, and
fatigue Is more harmful to beauty than
any other condition of mind and body.
"For that reason these same girls
who started out early in the morning
looking bright and beautiful are apt to
be seen swinging to the Same straps in
the evening, already pale, with rings
under their eyes and dropping from
fatigue, the fatigue that soon settles
9 Il.
the radiance Of their youthful pcrfec-
ton.
"There is something in the face of
these very young girls that is inspir'
ing to look at. 1t is not only the per
feet beauty of the coloring and feature,
but there is a lovely courage, resolute
spirit aud sense OF responsibility
which one doesn Z see in the faces OF
girls more blessed with this world 8
riches,
"I agree with Miss Ashmead that
the prettiest girls in America are those
who are working for their living, either
in shops or offices. and their hour of
beauty is the carly morning march TO
work
''Jt would repay any artist to get up
early q believe artists arc promo to lie
in bed latc) and see the real beauty
parade which goes to the shops and
offices laughing aud cbattering gaily.
"Thc very Young business girl is gen
orally beautifully unconscious Of her
good looks, because she is not arrayed
in fine feathers. However, her modest
and simple clothing sets off her beauty,
which is half that OF the child and half
the woman as no, expensive costume
ever does. The girls who are seen on
Fifth avenue or in the shopping cen
ters later in the day are generally over
dressed aud they would have great
difficulty in competing with the little
working army that preceded them be
fore those same shops were open.
"Pcople think that the girls on tho
stage are the most beautiful of, all
That is because they sec these girls in