Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 18, 1915, Page 18

Mis» Gladys Cooper, Whoas Beauty Is of the Fair Eng- lish Type Not Infrequent in American Families. Puove. ov RiTa - MARTI - LONDON. i i srEEEzaR ity EATH iy o A-u:-ummummu there upnnh&. , 88 an Amurican, French-American, Itallan-Amer- fcan, and so on. Yet “American is famed the world mr..‘Yo‘ hear the term—even with Qistinguishes her from all other types of Deauty? Mar it not be true even so short & time as three hundred years—ten generations— have developed in descendants of the old Puritan stock character, inner elements of beauty which now express themselves out- wardly? Never in history has there been quite such an opportunity in the develop- ment of a race to bring out the beauty- forces of character. Do these qualities become attenuated when throwa {nto the "nol!ln: "7 _Does marriage with allens of widely differing races tend to blot out these characteristics, or are they potent enough, like the Biblical “little leaven that leaveneth the whole lump,” to persist, and even galn force, in the offspring? The facility with which the first generation born of such marriages takes on the characteristic American sem- verywhere remarked. After ¢ meration the “hyphen” is obliterated. There are only Americans, ana the beauty is only American beauty. Of such origin is MYss Florence Cassassa. The committee of celerated artists who selected her to impersonate “Electra™ during “Electrical Pf:.rrlty ‘Week" at the Panama-Pacifioc Exposition, frankly ae hovlunhorwlon!mdmdtnm American “melting pot”; nevertheless she 18 selected for her superiority among beau- ties who are American. She is tall and “queenly,” with the artist's ideal in fea- tures, called “regular,” and those features are animated by those beauty factors of the soul, mind and character which distinguish American beauty wherever it is seen. Of course, Miss Cassassa had to pass the purely physical tests always applied by artists, the artistic standard belng the Venus de Milo. Here are the measurement comparisons: " Venus De Mile Wiss Cassana ppe Copyright, 1915, by the Star Company, ¢ A Modern “Judgment of | Paris” by New York’s Most Famous Artists—and Why They Gave the Golden Apple to a “Melting Pot” Type SUNDAY BEE MAGAZINE PAGE an/lnerreare SLeait 4 / Fore Arm....veesee Mr, Alonzo Kimball says that the Ameri- can type must possess a beautiful mind, & pleasing temperament, without which nobody, no matter how physically perfect, can be anything but insipid, and uninspir- ing. He belleves that the true American type is of medium coloring, light brown hair and clear complexion, and of medium helght and figure. Hence after much men- tal travail he finally cast his vote for Miss Cassassa. Nickolaki, the artist from Greece, the very birthplace of the beautiful, believes that the American type of beauty is in process of evolution. After the American girl has adapted her eomplexion to with- stand the over stimulation of the climate, she will be even more beautiful. She is a composite of many races, but perhaps, the most typical is the combination of the Angloitalian, the result of the fusion et the Teutonic and Latin races. Miss Cas sassa is & perfect example of this union, a wholesome type, sthletio of with lovely teeth, and grsat vivacity and intelli- gence. She comer nearest to the American ideal of the future. 0. Warde Traver believes there cau be no beauty without refinement, character and health. She should embody the ideal of the higher life of harmony, and must therefore possess an instinctive under -unahfid the laws of health and happi- ness. is kind of girl by just being her- self uplifts American thought; from herself she evolves the flower of beauty, grace, loveliness. “That is the kind of girl,” sald Mr. Traver, “I Jike to paint. I must fall in love with her just a bit, or how can I un- derstand her? and she must be—er—sym- “aorlovan 1 fall in love. It's e Miss Cassassa appeals moumm- most exacting re- .bl‘l"'!".-'l of what she must and must not Probably never again will a prize beauty of u! nation :’0{ such exploitation as The electrical exhibitors at the exposition are scattering posteards of “Hlectra” broadcast in millions. uritaln Rights Reserved PrOTOs - MARIE A BUTL Miss Florence Cassassa, Winner in the “American Beauty” Com petition for “Electrical Prosperity Week” at the Panama- Pacific Exposition. She Is Photo. graphed in a Pose of “Electra,” the \ Symbolical . Figure for That Occasion, Hilo. WI, the Paris oollight Favorite and a French ’ Beauty Type Much Admired in That th;