Life — October 27, 1910 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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PUR Wasa 1S THAT THE DOVE COMING BACK? The American Girl HE American Girl, as standardized by the National Association of Six- bestselleries, is a composite of botany, mineralogy and landscape gardening Some manufacturers vary the standard by the use of certain features of various animal types, wild and domestic. As- tronomy, mythology and Paradise are also called upon for contributions. In the latest and best examples of the product twin stars are employed as eyes. These should be gleaming, scintillating, intensely luminous, capable of flashing fire at every climax. Some writers, vever, usc very deep wells for their c’s orbs and there are frequent instances of the introduction -f lakes. mirrors and violets. When not being used to make the hero hesitate between robbing the trust company and jumping from the Williamsburg bridge, eyes may be flung down the long corridor, glued to the floor, set upon the ceiling or fixed in a glassy stare. Hair for heroines is not obtained, as many suppose, from the Canton and Hong Kong department stores, but is ex- clusively of mineral origin. The most striking results are obtained by the usc of gold. According to authorities such as McCutcheon, McGrath, et al, ninety per cent. of our best heroines have golden tresses, which may be spun fine, sun-kissed or even put through the Titianizing process. Burnished copper Noah: JERUSALEM! Mow ate Was CHANGED! is also extensively employed in the manu- facture of this interesting product. Bronze is used by some of the best man- ufacturers, and among the older and re conservative producers there is a steady call for flax, corn, chestnuts and ravens, There should always be a wealth of hair, done up into eternal question marks or crescents of golden glory. Sprinkle with an intoxicating aroma. For the checks, take two American Beauty roses. Nothing has been found to give as good satisfaction since the days of Scott's pale, wan heroines, who carried a bottle of smelling salts in one hand and a dagger in the other. The mouth belongs wholly to the jewelers. An especially acceptable ar- ticle consisting of ruby lips and teeth of Ceylon pearls may be obtained from Tiffany's. Shells are universally used as ears; a most satisfactory neck may be obtained by grafting from the swa and for the voice the coo of the dove, the song of the nightingale or the purr of the cat have been found to give splendid results. ‘ For the form we are compelled to fall back on Olympus—the breast of Venus, stature of Juno, limbs of Diana, etc. etc. It is well to note here that it is all a mistake about there being sizes in ladies’ shoes above two and a half. It is true that the manufacturers list them in their catalogues; but this is manifestly an oversight, as such authori- tics as Tarkington, Major and Davis in- variably use the adjectives tiny, dainty and fairy-like. CITATIONS. “Hope faced the general, her deep wells of eyes blazing resentment.’— Soldiers of Fiction: Davis. “With the cry of a tigress she burned Lord Derringforth with her vio- let eyes.""—Whose Heart? : Libbey. “He pressed her ruby lips to hi subtle incense from her raven hair s ting his blood a-tingle."—Beverley of the Balkans: McCutcheon, “I shriek. I snarl. I am a lion a she-cat; a leopardess of Numi The Scream of Mary MacLane. the Our Paper Money T is a great mistake to reduce the size of our currency. If any change at all is to be made, our paper money should be enlarged. One of the prim functions of money is to make a show. If we strive to make a show with the things we buy with money why not strive to make a show with the moncy itself? Enlarge it by all means, It is ter- ribly hard to make a show with small bills. ANXIOUS MOMENTS. cComicbooks.com