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THE OREGOft SUNDAY JOURNAL. .PORTLAND, SUNDAY EORTUNG, fcrrTOBER If, 1903 I I i t ' ' ' I :' s I I f ' i v i - --.-' THE COUNTRY THAT HOLDS THE PALM FOR BEAUTIFUL .t'W VXX--. X" .XX'. V. XX -. .. ' ,' V'X X J ?&J J I.. - " ' SAmf I J I I . 1 r iinVvJx 'iif,-' " H . f . a S ' IB MM --, n mb an . i t r i ia in' &&"Xi Kin' v: 'J ' ' - '-"V M$hM Maude. Allan. She has millionaire Buitor?,1 too. I V Vk, .. '.'ftf V ,f M I ' . r bs kv lift i 1 5 t in ' the foreign aectirtni, I ' find little' onei. wXt2i fet royltj might enry, haod that prin c rnijf Lt posnn8, and compleilona like that of rose pet all. The daughter of your Italian, , Iluaalan or Irish immigrant will hud forth at an Arorrican Dflle," x A foreijfner who paid a iait to ,Tariou " dtlM marked the pretaknee of .the American , type a type hard to define, rague yet charm ine, wonderful, enthrallinff. In Washing-ton, ha declared," he noted the preralence of dark- ,, haired, dark-eyed maidenhood. ,. ." One of the handsome young- women whoaa ' photograph appeare herewith, typifiea the maid- enhood of the capital. Slim, delicate, modeatly dressed, what man would not fall a rictim to Jboaa aof t, bewitohinff eyea f ,'. . There ia aoinething- indefinably aweet in llisa Waahinirton'a expreasion. Alaa! it ia ' Jiopeleea to trr to catch ao elusire a thing; but ' It ia one of the traita of . mcrican beauty. A ioaoiDff aocieiy matron in UaJtimore ia regarded aa typifying the beautT of that city. I Uer ezpreaaion ia pacioua; in her eyea thero .' is the light of tender motherhood; , her faoe ia .'alight with bappineaa. geniality, good nature. - It ia the, face of a noble woman matured in ita beauty. '. ; . Miaa Pittaburg, howerer, may be alightly. aucy. Her' retrousse nose indicatea that. Her .. gift of .repartee ' ia-aaid to be remarkable; words bubble j'ewel-likofrom her lips.'' Virao ity-is the spirit of her. ' Tier lips ah, must she ' ':' ' Jiff ' XXX "! ,.i .. v 'jz; fx x'A -I lu m 'v'.'i-w' rf; x.7'V- f - ' Hflfl i V'X. v , - , xx xt I sM N ? hit of the musical comedies last season. Noted for her beauty and her ability, Beulah is, on the road to become another Isadora Duncan or Maude, Allan. She has millionaire BuitorS,' too. Margueritte Martini," the petite, golden haired, blue-eyed daughter of Filomena, at 12 bids fair, to become one of the greatest beauties and singers of her colony. Tilly Hartmann is now going to school. She has her mother's rosy cheeks, her reddish y gold hair, but Tilly at 10 wears it in a pom padour, daintily plaited down the back. All predict that Tilly will become a striking beauty. in one of the splendid cafes i j f Paris some time since a world famed artist leaned over to his friend. Pointing to one woman he said: f "Russian, undoubtedly Russian; there, German, distinctly German; yonder, beauty from Madrid; and' here, there, every- tvhere, the beauty of Paris. ' "But, look sitting in the alcove, more beautiful than all, the lady of the . Stars and Stripes.' He was right. He had designated the : nationality of each one. But what dis tinguished the American woman from the others? Not long since a widely known artist of New York returned to this country after having traveled, virtually, around the globe in search of a perfectly beautiful ' woman to serve as a model for a Venus. As a result of her journey and quest, she brought back the conclusion that the types nearest perfect of feminine beauty are to be found in America; that women of this country hold the palm for real at tractiveness of face and form. AXUMBEB of years ago Maggie Mc Carthy came to this country. She was a splendid type of the physical devel opment of the Emerald Isle; she was whole-souled and happy and a blessing to all who enjoyed her helpful friendship. Yet, ac cording to present-day standards, Maggie could scarcely have been called beautiful Nor could Bachel Bolinski, brought over about the same time by her father fm the land of the ctars. While Kachel was fresh of faoe, her features were too large, her hair black and atringy, her eyes of the piercing, aearching sort. She butchered English fright fully during ber first two yeara in schooL Later she made $2 a week sewing trousers in a cellar, but in after years attained a much lugner station and enjoyed a fair share of worlily goods. . X ' liteen years ago Filomena Baldl, with worldly possession in a handkerchief, land ed at ul 1jldL - Filomena was stout and a brunetta. She began her carter in the land cf tnJDr and honey by washing dishes in the Cafe Coma, later marrying the proprietor, whd ia time cam to own a large part cf a city slock. - . - it't " Xf x If iw" --Hisr-. vfc' XI I r V ' , x ; mfmr' . :v j llr'A ,Ni: ' I'' 4rf tC v i I f V; ;'x , ?r I I I X ' r 1 llx - -x-'i 1 A I III t ' f ?; - - ftpr-l:l ' , - mXJi'juLXL. J) t 1 I 1 ''X-y..'v:4 ;ri( a not be the despair of the steel andal kings, this bewitching American girl I . When the Frenchman avers that the women of his country are more beautiful, when tha Englishman tells of the supreme beauty of his daughters, or the people of the north point to the fair women of Sweden as personifying the most perfect loveliness in the world well, we can just compare our beauties with theirs. It's American that's alL Beautiful, indeed, is the prize-winning maiden of Great Britain, with her lofty, spiri tuelle gaze, her soft complexion and slender neck. Beautiful enough to rend the hearts of a thousand troubadours is Senora Carmen, of Madrid. Her eyes are as black as night, her hair raven-hued. , But do these women, regarded as perfect types of their country's most beautifuL woman hood, surpass the trinity of American women shown here! . TP Not many years later Gretchen Schlegel milch hailed from some "hauscn" in the Fath erland and got a job washing dishes. Gretchen was rosy, plump, bright-eyed. She married also. Her husband, Fritx Hartmann kept a saloon. Gretchen helped wait at the bar, dis pensing "suds" and smiles, and meanwhile the bank account grew. A Maggie McCarthy, Bachel Bolinski, Filo mena Baldi and Gretchen Schlegelmilch, having married and waxed prosperoua, sent their sons and daughters, aa they grew old enough, to schooL and, in some cases, to college. Possibly, yon hare met Miss Nora McFadden, Maggie's 18-year-old daughter blue-eyed, ethereal aa an elf, with a voice like a silver belL .who wears her hair in a pompadour and loops for a sheath skirt- Accomplished f Wliy, she playa the piano, eings soprano and psirts china. Tn may hare beard cf Beulah Silver JV0 made her debut aa the understudy a "Ha Merry .Woot of Wooroiand." tha great . bnra BeautT. chaAn of manner and a spright-;. ys, vivacioua spirit of independence mark them. ' . Be turning from her tour of the world, the celebrated woman sculptor-artist mentioned , above declared that she had found no women to compare with those of America in beauty.; ; She studied the -women,' of Spain, whose dark-eyes and coquetry have driven the dona ; mad for centuries; she dwelt upon the women j of England, of trance, of Kussia, ol Miouana, Now, were you to take these fair young women to determine their style of "beauty you'd say, no doubt, that American characteristics predominate, despite the marks of-nationality .of Sweden; in South Africa she studied the mat yet remain. Une generation nas cnangea them largely.. What. is itf- The, climate, say some.' The environment, declare others. The coarser metal of womanhood which cam from plowing fields in Bussia or Germany has be come golden maidenhood, that sings, '.paints, ' dances and learns all the arts and accomplish. : ments that serve to make woman 'attractive." types. But when she returned to Una country she declared: - X - C , I give the palm to the American, women. Tney more nearly approach the 'Greek idea of beauty than the women of ' any other nation. Among our children I find superlative beauty. "Children of foreian carents become Amer icanized, tbey lose the native national traits, But if every foreign mother's daughter beX and bud like new world flowers. ,In Calif or- comes alchemized in our national cruci&ie el - ma 1 think we find tb most ioveiy specimena. beauty, more typical, indeed, are the American women of older families, the daughters of Co- lonial ancestors, who have lived in this coun try for years. In every city you find 'them fairest tyre of American womanhood. Tha Girl of the Golden Wt is little different from the Girl f the White Way. The demure dim of Fouth' Carolina differs litUa roaa tha belof Titta- - .- : "- V "If th women of America Dermitted them selves to do so, they might attain the standard of Greek perfection. But they are going" in too much for athletics; they ara becoming over developed, and too much muscle will destroy 'the beauty of tha . aboulJer, which become equar--, and the face, which becomes hard. Tb ideal Terns exisU in America, bow tret. There ara almost perfect women. In rxvc-'X "V!J' V "h. a L s ' LX I 7-A - A - , ! 1 Luvxx(Vrv s. ' r i -i - j k-T ' - - ' V ' ... A. Y vv x " . ' V , - . V ' 1 viW, . v xx ! t - a. j . . -. . 1
