Show american girl Is the th e tallest of her sex i changes that have occurred in the last century novelists must take cognizance of facts now fully established yesterday today to day and tomorrow Tomo trow HE statement of D borenz I 1 that america americ molit women are the beautiful in the world may be accepted with joy and confidence but he goes on to say that while in all other coun coull tries he I 1 as visited thi women are as a rule interior physically to the men he has discovered in america that tie tl e physique of the women particularly the oung ones is superb and that it makes the physique of the american man seem insignificant in proposition at this point it is time to stop and conel dei whether this tact fact so plain to all who see is matter for patriotic congratulation cr not poor american man does he real ly need sympathy on this score scored la it necessary essery to inquire where is this wonderful m ond erful increase in feminine physique to stopa from an aesthetic standpoint the great stature to which most of the jo yo ing women attain may be regarded as a mistake no poet no artist no sentimentalist can cart readjust in a hurry the tradition handed down through c countless 0 generations that their hero ines should be about a head shorter than their heroes to arrange this nowadays the he roes would mould hae hane to approach seven leet feet in height a thing which seems not at all ill ely to happen for the boys ia s aren t 11 I 1 coping pace with the girls at all and thebes the difficulty A race of giants would mould be endurable aesthetically but a race of amazon who co ild look stra ON 0 er or the heads of the masci mascil I 1 ne halt half of humanity so upsets all the good old cherished no lions that it would take a few hundred years ears with an entirely new literature ar d art before tl e old traditions could bt bc blotted out but without borrow ing tro ble there theres s no disguising the fact that the as h gh as my heart days have hae vaniel ed from this land elderly women who are only a little AM kv g k t 0 over five teet feet w 11 ay that in the r girlhood they the found ines to be of the average he and that a nil of five teet feet six or e eit it N a consider ed extremely tall a d as such fuch girls happened rot to be in fashion the mere w ere generally rati rail er pitied than ad mired ii li deed in most tr ily sentimental stories of this period the hero herol es are often spoken of a aa da nty little fa rieb wl vl 0 could easily walk under the out stretched arm of the hero wh uh ie le the was likely libel to be tall and commanding today to day there are small girls b t they don t count the fashions fasi fas lions ions arent aren t made to them neither are the sports arf they must be exceedingly pretty an 1 m winning inning to escape insignificance heroines and adventuresses are alike tall and stately and novelist and pop i lar illustrators agree in mal ing their ea es on a level with those of the hero fo DAY I 1 I 1 I 1 di van this Is A faithful represent it tt on of ne na ture girls of great stat ire are to be found everywhere and ther are no class distinctions in the matter ahe giri girl who has always enjoyed every ad vantage and luxury the simple coun try ma dc do i a L the girl who 1 14 earned her livin in sect or offet are ol 01 the same lo 10 I 1 t the people at argo arge ol 01 serve cre tl is magnificent eit sou you c eat re with ad in bation and woi T i rho cho aie are to fond 4 of spec ilat ng as to chy the she Is so tal and the because the most obvious leason basined as ined Is her ath letic t ain ng and butof loor life that tl ti is is ret pct tl it e only cause V pron e I 1 by ti tie e tact fact tl it at the be boss a w m io have the same athletic training only a great deal more of it bv no do me mei i is 14 keep heep pace ath t h the r sisters TI til iq rray IT ay be partly accounted for by the fact fat that mary boys di dunk ink and a e at the early age when s ich practice ea vio ao id be likely to affect their growth at any rate they are the same sort ol 01 tos average boys that were to be found fifty years ago and dont match well with the race of oung goddesses who are developing makes some interesting statements in regard to the stature of people in this country one Is t that the descendants of european emi grants have perceptibly increased tn in stature in the united states and that men here do not obtain their full frill growth until their thirtieth year he thinks that this is probably caused by the change of locality as the abor race is also very tall and like vise does not attain full growth until 30 but it seems that this explanation CI cannot appl apply to american women al a their increase of height is of recent t r manifestation when all Is said no one knows ex acely why this wonderful tall race 01 0 girls has spring cpr ing go suddenly into ex istance nor why they threaten already to leave the men behind them has it 1 c me subtle connect on with the per feet freedom and independence 0 ol 01 thought and deeda and if th a strange luxuriance of growth makes the sam u b N aft ift progress in a the net next thirty years year that it has in the past where ohl oh wl ere will man be then |