countries. 
Bit there is, 
O ‘AMERICAN GIRL’’. 
-Bror Kronstrand, Famous Swedish 
Painter, Who Summered At 
Beverly So Asserts. 
- Bror Kronstrand, the Swedish 
artist. of international reputation, 
who painted Mrs. Taft’s portrait at 
Beverly Cove 
drawn an exceedingly 
verbal portrait of the ‘‘ American 
_girl’’, so New York reports state. 
last . summer, has 
interesting 
Mr. Kronstrand registered at the 
Fairfax, Beverly, during his North 
Shore sojourn, and those who had 
the priviledge of meeting the distin- 
- guished artist, found him very en- 
_ tertaining, original and clever . 
During his stay at Beverly he 
must have studied the North Shore 
girl shrewdly also. 
These are his impressions of the 
© American Girl’’ :— 
“T am absolutely firm in my opin- 
ion that there is no such thing as the 
much-talked of American _ girl. 
she has been kept 
in the dark since I have been here 
and I have not had one peep at her. 
“The American girl is always a 
woman, that is why I make the state- 
- ment that seems shocking. As far as 
I have observed from her days in the 
- nursery until she is a mother she is 
a woman by instinct and in manner. 
She is a Child Woman. 
‘“Why, I have seen small children 
in this country older in manner and 
expression than young women of 
eighteen and twenty in some other 
They have a sophisticat- 
er expression of eyes and face that 
comes to them long before they 
know really anything about the 
_ world, and this expression stays with 
them through life. ; 
-““T can’t say that I dislike this 
child-woman of yours at all; in fact 
she is very lovable and charming, 
but why call her an American girl? 
(all her a woman always, and you 
will be paying her intelligence a 
great compliment. 
‘You see, here the children are 
brought up in such close association 
with their elders that they lose their 
baby manners for that reason, in 
Burope they may have their teas and 
matinee parties, their fads and 
games; they are permitted to exercise 
their fancies in the selection of 
clothes, and are consulted regarding 
their food. The very first of their 
early days are fraught with a know- 
ledge of business and social affairs, 
because such things are talked before 
them, and I am utterly astounded to 
hear the wise remarks of very young 
she is a woman. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
girls on matters concerning State 
and business. 
A Wonderful Creature. 
‘‘All of this develops the mind at 
an early age. The child realizes that 
she has a certain mount of responsi- 
bility. This the European child 
rarely encounters and for that rea- 
isian Girl or the English Girl. 
-I@q oy} savy ABUT aM odoangy Ut ‘UOS 
‘““To look at the young people of 
social circles in the United States is 
to be confounded. One cannot tell 
at first what he thinks: he sees an 
absolutely new and wonderful crea- 
ture. In years she is a girl, and man- 
ner, knowledge, carriage and address 
You cannot treat 
her as you would a young woman of 
the other side. She demands more 
courtesy, more formality; she is the 
woman of forty in dignity, and the 
girl of eighteen in figure and face. 
She is always a woman, never a gir). 
‘“‘Then take the other grades of 
life. Look in your stores, your of- 
fices, everywhere that women are em- 
ployed with men. 
‘‘Harly in life they have received 
a business education and have been 
impressed with the necessity of earn- 
ing a living and becoming self- sup- 
porting. Here you have the child 
woman again, and often the girl do- 
ing the work of a grown woman with 
a calm dignity that one could scarce- 
ly believe possible for one of her 
years. 
A Period is Skipped 
“Tt is this early forcing of 
thought, of responsibility that 
makes this girl who must work for 
a living a woman. I believe there is 
a period in the lives of the women of 
America that is skipped. That is 
the period of transition from the 
absolutely care-free mind of the 
child and girl to the broadened 
mind of the woman. It is this period 
which might stamp them as Ameri- 
can girls that many of the artists 
try to portray. 
“There is another thing in all 
classes in America that tends to de- 
velop the child into a woman, that 
is, her absolute freedom with the 
other sex. Here the chaperone is 
becoming a thing of the past; the 
young people of America will not 
tolerate old custom. Their freedom 
of speech and action develops them 
to a wonderful degree. 
‘“‘Such conditions have taken 
away the ideas of girlish romance 
that dwelt in the minds of young 
girls of other lands. The man is 
a real man to the American young 
woman, He is not a shining prince, 
not a bit of it. 
‘*Your women treat men more like 
great big brothers than anything 
else; they don’t exactly lean on 
them, but they expect them’to be 
there to be leaned upon in case of 
necessity. That is a reasoning of a 
woman, not of a girl. ; 
‘*They are all lovely, these women 
of yours. They have a certain re- 
gality about them that calls for a 
court for expression; they would 
shine in a court perfectly, and I take 
off my hat to the American’ child 
woman’’. 
Boston & Maine Improvements. 
The outword station of the Boston 
& Maine in Lynn will soon be moved 
to Durham, N. H. and that ‘town 
will have one of the handsomest de- 
pots in the Granite state. Tearing 
down the station and rebuilding will 
begin in a few days. The building 
is of yellow pressed brick and cost 
ten thousand dollars. 
The members of the Lynn munici- 
pal council held a conference last 
Thursday afternoon at the North 
station, Boston, with President Mel- 
len of the Boston & Maine railroad, 
Vice President Burns and Third 
Vice President Barr, over the mat- 
ter of abolishing grade crossings in 
Lynn. The plans adopted hefore 
Mr. Mellen became president of the 
Boston & Maine »rovided for a steel 
girder bridge at Central square, and 
the citizens of ,luynn were afraid 
that this would be too noisy. Mr. 
Mellen assured the commission that 
the matter of noise would be taken 
care of. : 
The grade crossing committee of 
Salem, went to Boston last Thursday 
and had an interview’ with Pres. 
Mellen of the Boston & Maine. ‘The 
committee came away with the con- 
viction that the president is not on- © 
ly willing, but anxious, to do what- 
ever Salem wants the road to do 
within reason, but that the present 
situation seems to be that Salem 
doesn’t know what it does want. 
Personally, Mr. Mellen would pre- 
fer that the Boston & Maine stay 9.2 
its present right of way through 
Salem, depressing the tracks in the 
tunnel to a point where they would 
disturb nothing; but will agree with 
Salem at any time Salem can agree 
with itself. 
The trials that make us 
Fume and _ fret, 
The burdens that make us 
Groan and sweat,— 
Are the things that haven’t 
Happened yet. 
