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Show HBflB ' ' " --' ... . flfl w:fc"J"'"M"'wi 'man! jMnjmm i o w)i flfl l&ll BEAUTIES OF -A TYPElHI' I Depicted b v ' F & m o u s Artlili ' Bfl This girl crozo Is a pr, fltnblo business. busi-ness. Tho ni tint mnkos the "girl," and tho girl swcotly returns tho favor by making tho artist. The Christy, Gilbert, Kishor, Klngc and a boat of other girls, all apparently apparent-ly Inspired by tho only original Gib-Bon Gib-Bon girl, will no doubt convince a fU' Jure generation that t,h.o, ysu.al young womah ot' our time was lionoStlj' represented rep-resented by thoso artists. Now, la this really tho caso? Has not tho popular artist beon again at his old trick of depicting tho women of his dny after a proscribed pro-scribed pattern, this pattern being composed In varying proportions of tho artist's characteristic mtfnner nnd of hla power to ropresont tho sentiment senti-ment of his time ns to what constitutes consti-tutes feminine charm? It's as surprising as anything olso nbout tho so how clovorly women From Sweetness to Haughtiness, imltato tho fashionnblo Ideal, despite tho greatest odds. It is an old trick of tho painter to sot forth tho womon of his day as all bearing n strong family likeness. Does ho croato an ideal typo with which ho generously endows each ono. or does ho kindly roprosont thorn all as ho knows thoy would Hko to soom that is, In nc-cordanco nc-cordanco with tho fashlonablo standard? stan-dard? 'Wo can never put tho old portrait por-trait palntors to tho proof, but It Is very Jlkoly that thoro was a Holboln girl, a Van Dyko girl, a Gainsborough girl and a good many other girls of tho samo sort. Tho delicate, exquisite Btatolincss of if Ls'M Sixty Years Behind the Times, tho flno ladles of Gainsborough, Reynolds Rey-nolds and tho othor eighteenth century cen-tury palntors is perfectly expressed in tho following pen plcturo of Mrs. Do-lany, Do-lany, mado by her husband In 1765: "With a porson finely proportioned sho had a most lovely faco of groat sweotness, sot off with a hoad of fair hair, with a complexion which nothing noth-ing could outdo or equal. Hor oyes woro bright Indeed I never could IB toll what color they woro of, but to Bfl tho host of my Judgment thoy woro IB whnt Solomon called 'dove's eyes,' and - Bfl sho Is almost tho only woman I over B sow whoso lips woro scarlet. B "Tho swootnoss arising from united Bfl graces wns guarded by a dignity B which kept all admirers In nwo, in so Bfl much thnj tjho was tho woman n tluj' Bfl world to whom Hint flho description'' Bfl of Solomon could best bo applied, 'FnnT K B as tho moon, clonr as tho sun, but tcr- v Bfl rlblo as an nrmy with bnuncrs.' " Bfl Tho early nineteenth century Bfl brought In n qiitto now typo of girl, of Bfl which Lawrence nnd his contempor- Bfl nrlos havo loft some lovable records. Bfl At this tlmo tho startling Innovation. Bfl In dress, especially tho short-walstod, Bfl clinging frocks, though exposing tho Bfl porson to an almost unheard-of do Bfl groo, curiously enough, gavo on In- Bfl doscrlbnblo nlr of childlike nnd Inno- Bfl cent simplicity to tho wearors, which Bfl was much allied by tho fashion of part- Bfl ing tho hair in tho middle, with soft Bfl baby curls about tho face. flfl It appears that simplicity and mod- Bfl osty woro Just coming Into fashion,' Bfl but It wna soon to bo tho dny of Bj Thackoray's adored heroine, "thu kind, Bfl fresh smiling, artless, tender llttlo Bfl domestic goddess, whom men nro in- pflj cllnod to worship," "tho puro, bash- Bfl ful mnldon, modost, tondor, trustful, Bfl Bfl "n simple, yielding, faithful creature," nnd so on to tho end of tho chapter. IB Her features woro In all tho books Bfl and magazines and loft their Impress Bfl upon every portrait. Sensibility and H sweetness woro fashlonablo and sho flfl grow sweoter nnd swector until sho , Jfl dwindled nwny into insipidity. flfl This typo, with tho head carried In Bfl a deprecating, birdlike manner, tho IB oval faco framod In mookly parted Bfl hair, tho enormous oyos shyly droop- Bfl lng, tho unnaturally small mouth . Bfl curved upward In n swcot, confiding ' H smile, gradually gavo placo to n girl Bfl who might havo como from nnothor Bfl world. Now It will not bo admitted,. flB that sixty years ago girls had sweeter flfl natures than thoy lutvo dnyf and yot IB tho faah'.onablo expression at presenti H seems to bo a somowhat ropollant ono. B It is either haughty, suporcillous, HH coolly indifferent or simply lmpasslvo, Bfl but a well-lifted chin, raised eyebrows, 1B drooping lids nnd mouth corners and 'flflfl a soldierly carriage ot tho hoad aro' Jfl tho'most salient characteristics of tho -H fashionnblo typo today. Thoso in thomsclvos, without any features'. worth speaking of, mako an oxcollont BJ Imitation of tho Gibson girl. k Tho Imitations, it is to bo fonrod, , aro mucli more numerous than tho . IH real artlclo, and It is no moro unlvcr- . Jfl sal than It ovor was to havo level JH brow? beautiful oyos, short, straight B noso, nobly curved lip? nnd chin, in ' flfl short, to bo oxtrnmoly handsomo in a JH rather boyish manner and distinctly flfl after a classic modol. As a living real- Jfl Ity tho Gibson girl only exists in In- ' dividual instances, and whon you find Jfl ' hor sho stands forth a goddess in- JH i KMTlntom , BflJ C v " slP I '"oo ' H dood because she happona to bo In ""flfl fashion. .- r" BJ Pick out lost typos for yourself In flfl tho crowd nnd put thorn where you M think they belong. It Is a fascinating IJ study. Now York Sun. flfl |