The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1900, Page 8

Is OF What Idea the National Qur Tdeal American Girl P ATH TR AR Qm*‘}. i Gold Statue of Moude Adams. | ( The golden Weaude is » WOR cc o b e $150,000 « () The real Maude, if 0 » worth her weight * /) in gold, would be ) N R L s $20,100 & \‘ The re: Maude is ) » reported to be * ( worth ) » The g * ) weighs (troy » weight : 4 ) 'The real M’ludo » weighs x pois) A % The golden Maude 4 is .6 foet tall » 5 feet tall ¥ » * .2000 Ibs. x $250,000 P A AT A DA ADADHDOP =~ UF s, or 1desl, of Amer- about to be eer @ ts gold statue af- - ttle will-o'-th about to be pe: to P as representative merican girl for us, d with her that we liked to pretend we had produced the type for him. We ltked the splendid physique he gave her. It might have been trained into what it was by long, wind-facing prairie rides or by measured pulls against & challeng- ing current or by mountain climbing, with the joy of mountain air fllling strong young lungs We ”ked the way her proud head held itself. In her carriage we Tead “born to the purple.” Her hands said the same v were large, as befitted her lender, with the tapering the narrow. ooking at Gibson's now, and I see her time 1 ever cau quite what I any more than arch of that in ked al head that Mr. Gibson bestowe Ve liked r its determination and the eir sweetness. We liked the way r corner humor, , anyw she carried everything know that she was an she could play golf, too, ride a wheel, and tramp a deck’s length laughing o biggest waves. We were delighted with her. More than that, we were gatisfied. We would not admit that was ideally unreal, for she not do very human things? Flirt imer resorts and gown herself thought of the prevalling No one whom we met was quite son girl, to be sure; in those who there was always nesrest Lawton’s attributed to A Western orator recen been made which could r officer of General Lawton in es corrects this report in this ed, half jestingls conspicuous target laughed and replied et would elways find how small. Then he t which occurred dur- In one of the engage- mand (I can’t remember ot he mentioned the hit the ground near where & soldier was standing and scared bim #o badly that he jumped straight = now whether or place) & plece of shell F atalism. in the air like & rabbit. As he 414 so al minie ball knocked off the crown of his ne-d. “That was the one particular bullet intended to kill him,’ said General Law ton, he actually had to jump after it." He spoke in a light, offhand fashion, but there was an _undertone of seriousness ir his voice, and I inferred from the story that he was, like most veteran soldler: a| pronounced fatalist.” FLUFF, & frill and a fiyaway. That's what the summer girl is /7 going to be. Bhe will have her 01t suits, her yachting suits, her walkicg sufts and her bafhing sufts, Dut for the dinner and dance she will be gowned in billowy lace, trimmed frocks that are frou frou and feminine enough to delight the eye masculine, Just because so many of her suits must be severe and taflor made, the summer &irl is having the other gowns beribboned and beruffied regardiess of stiff laundry bills. For the walk, rids or links she is Prophecy for the Summer Sirl TSSOSO TY Posed by Miss Grace Fleld. 0 P! © L] sheathed in a gown that fits as frankly 25 & mermaid's scales. She is a creature of straight lines and delicately adjusted angles. But in the heat of the afternoon theres are the “dolce far niente” hours on the hemmock, and the summer girl must be gowned to play the part. Take & peep into the summer girl's Baratoga and you'll find a dogen gowns that sre meant simply for these after- noon *do as you please and as the sun permits” occasions. Perhaps the particu- Jar summer girl you happen to know worr't let you get a glimpse at her gowns ‘while they are yet in.orris root storage. Bo it's for your benefit that these pictures were taken. They show four dainty Eowns, not too elaborate for the veran- des and leafy lanes, yet crisp as the morning atr and ws cool looking as the proverbial cucumber. The gown worn in the first picture is en organdie of such fine texture that it Jooks like a bit of a summer cloud. The #kirt s tucked down below the knee in clusters of four. Two rows of lace in- sertion and a lace ruffie finish the skirt. The walst has a yoke finely tucked and finished by a lace ruffie that droops low over the tucked sleeves. Despite the tucking, insertion and ruffles, this gown is simple and unpretentious. However, like others of its kind, it is not easily made or cheaply purchased. The walst in the next plcture shows Bow a different effect can be produced by practically the same methods. This walst is also tucked and finished with a ruffle, but instead of the low shoulder effect the yoke 18 potnted. The £kirt is ruffied with the same ma- terial, finished in satin baby ribbon. One of the ruffles is so arranged as to give the effect of an overskirt. The materia! {n the third picture is very new and pretty and {s not as thin as or- gandie. A tiny, almost Invistble polka dot runs through it, and the lace brald used for trimming, combined with the wide and narrow ribbon, makes this a very smart gown indeed. It I8 a very chic and fetching gown that could be copled In aflk gingham or any other pretty waist material, The fourth gown {s rather mors striking if not ¥o unaswumingly pretty, The black and white in strong contrast give it a very swagger alr, The skirt is trimmed HARVINT VAVIS Is 1§ the Towering anc' Queenly Maiden or the Elyaway? something lacking. But we still told our- selves that she was one of us; that she stood for our type. She charmed people from over the sea. Anthony Hope wrote of Gibson's drawings: “It helps us to sympathize with Cupid's triumphs when we look at the girls over ‘whom they are won. We perceive that there is something to conquer. For the girl whom the artist gives us is not a ready prey to sentiment and does not vield very easily. She is happy, healthy and proud; there is a touch of austerity and a hint of haughtiness in her matden- 1y air; she does not languish, though no doubt she might sometimes flirt securely. . . We belleve that the hard-won Victory will be complete and do not refuse our consent when we are invited to trust to such a permanence of it as will resist the lapse of years and the decay of beauty."” The attempts made by various artists single handed, to revolutionize the Ameri- can girl were for the most part flat fall- ures. Their attempts had none of the charm of Mr. Gibson's girl, hence we did not choose to Belleve in them. Howard Chandler Christy was more convincing than the rest, perhaps, and his ‘‘Helen Cabot” of Davis’ story had her fad. But it was no serious menace to Gibson. To the careless observer Mr. Christy's type was a less vigorous creation aleng the same line as Gibson's. To those who looked again the Innovation was removed from the original as Boston is from New York, and they said this was not a move toward truer Americanism. She secmed to feel the thumb of some Puritan ances- tor upon her. She was aristocratic, beau- HC. CHRISTY'S TYPE OF AP\E-'R)S.AN TSIRL IN RITHAR )T HE LION ANT THE— VNITO! BOOK in tiny ruffles of black chiffon, and the ‘walst is exquisite narrow black lace. A belt of black velvet ribbon, finished with & bow, gives the final touch to the gown. \-\AND BL’\CE meomc, These gowns all need fuffy petticoats, foamy with lace ruffies, and sheer enough to allow wearing more than one of them. There {8 nothing prettier than several elry gossamer foundations for a summer gown. This year's summer girl will be & bean- tiful, bewitching, baffiing creature. Of the girl and her other gowns you will hear more anon. order that I might set a sleepless watch on theilr movements, I was careful each night before goin, the dust about the shanty and alon; two pathways, one to the spring an the ano> ALl$l' Animal Study. Man and the birds are understood to possess the earth during the daylight, therefore night has become the time for the four-footed ones to be about, and in to bed to sweep smooth one groomed, but she was righteous. our Gibson and He was the or tiful and perfec rather lugu So we returned t assured ourselves t one who knew. But when the rep came that a radically new kind of Ameri can girl had been chosen by a comm! of well-known artists, what were we g ing to do about it? Miss Adams, of cot y charm the ris T mouth is very agre sympat Her eyes are more those of her predecessor bit of the other's r e In the the head. Anot T in common is the love for out of doc T have been to that Miss Adams plays golf s be pla between her the distance f . looked like a yes or no question. If the atue were called “An American GIr 1t might have been different. But “The!” sald report. Gibson or the comi- mittee must and If one was right the other was wre There is enough difference on the wur- face of t between the towering. queenly and the gltmpeing. fiy- away Lady Babble. Deeper than that lies the temperame: serenity of face on the one ble, impetuous mischief on the other. I aid an unusual thing in that I pro- phesied. [ said that this $187,000 golden girl would cause the rising of factions Now that St. Peter Peck bars Paris' gates against the statue, the factions rise. At any rate, whichever gt settled upon is m ther, she is much to be pitied. good deal of & task to live up to the honor bestowed upon her. To be called beaut!- ful is much, and to be called acc is much aiso, b to be called the Amer! ca girl—that our greatest compliment SARAH COMS mpitshe to the corral by way of the former ssem- patch, still (:llled the garden. Each morning I went out feelings of a child meeting the ostman, or of a fisherman Puu!l-! Ia argest net, eager to know wh was for me. Not_a morning passed without beasts. Neaur! sagze early every skunk or two would come and gather into all of for- table scraps, pry lnfi t) bidden places ln eir search. Omoe or twice a bobeat And nn. the faithful dust od in how the bobcat and the ekunk had dit- fered re wase wyidenon foo, that U bobeat quickly sald (In bobcat, of course): “l beg pardon; I mistogk you for a rab- m but will never agaln make such & mis- More than ence the sinister d m. “hydrophoby-cat” was occasion the ‘rsll ‘broad m the it wp h wolf of WaY neu‘ly !o \C”” r BLACK LACE AND CH!FFON \’RIMMING