Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-03

a creature to make love to, on still summer
night with the stars multiplying themselves. a.
hove you. and aboat you, and on every side Of
you-in The sky aud in the air, and among the
green leaves-per adventure on the turf. or in
the blue sea. And this btiieve 10 De owing
chiefly to the better physical education OF thr
English woman. She. lives better she hyefl
longer; anG she lives happier than her pate, sny
sister OF the new-worln. Her wisdom anu
strength, and 5sauty ale immoral, In compar.
ison with what we observe IN tins country, = anu
par,icularly al the south; and they are p' esrr'-
ed as ,h.y are nnu ished, by plentiful exercise
in The open air. by riding and walking, and
breathing as God meant mis- children OF both
sexes 10 bre a,h-no, in the over crowded, ener-
waiting atmosphere Of bathroom or house,
but abros d where tn hills are swept over Wy
the cool winds IF the torth-where the wood
TOD, are bending forever TO the changes Of the
sea-brerze where they may dip their leet In
the flashing brook w,h impuni'y, or diench
their garments wi,hou' fear in the morning &rw
or shake out their hravy trrsses 10 the summer
shower and walk unabashed before the spirit
Of the universe.
Bot however ! may regard thu beauty and
health OF English women, | would not say
tina. OF all--nor de- say il Of ALL am only
trying IN Dive the reader some idea Of what
stranger from his country would think on his
! first aIriva, among The Blush fair. BY and
/ by, however, he would, begin TO perceive That
! there " as not so much 10 sci them apart from
| his country-women as he believed, when he hist
me, them--after long voyage, Tor long Voy-
age is wonderful quickentr OF that which de-
serves 20 be called not Inerelya taste nor a ieel
ing, Sut a relish for beauty. Alter twelve
month al sea, the women do not appeal so very
black, nor so very hideous-and know a man
who believes thai he took cold on his arrival
a, Madras, after very long voyage, on hearing
the rustic Of silk gown.
By and by too, he would meet with Philadel
phia errls-,helr dark hair parted on heir fore
heads like heavy shadow; with Baltimore
girls. >-the rose-pped apparitions, that come
and no with flush and a thrill about the path
of The stranger, now floating by with graceful
slow motion as if they had power TO sail with
eisoever they would with a wish thought;
and every day he would be thrown into the So
ciety Of others, who would make him start-
and look up-and try to recoIlect where he was;
so like would they be to the handsome, we'll
shaped, weli.educated, though not very fascl-
mating CHATS the word now or coqueltish
New. England girl.
AS he goes more into company, mis- idea OF
the character Of the English woman alters Tie
begins TO regard her as more ioUeabe; but is
obliged 10 admit, IL he was bred in America,
tha, she is TOO intrepid, 100 sensible, and much
too healthy; that her chest is too broad, her
step TOO free, and her foot rather large; for it
is d solemn ruth, that an English woman is
endowed with a magnfcen. breadth Of chest;
that being in the habit-one breads 10 ask why
~~ef tseSiag tLs $50 with lall men, She is RAJ
so becoming; and that their Ieei are generally
as large, 10 saw The least Of them, as they ought
| 10 be. And these are grave matters-verv
grave IN the view OF a stranger, who was bro't
up among people that either drag their fee,
after Them, or step on their toes. or swing their
legs abou: in semi circles, or Jump along the
highway on their heels. with their knees bent
nine Times out Of ten, about half as far as they
ought 10 move al a step, and the tenth about
Twice as far. The English women do no, mince
| their way, to be sure; but then they siraddIe a.
bout over field and hedge, highway and byp path,
as our women could never do. They are not
very fas'idious neither; they do not call child
babe. nor eating beef taking beef; nor would
they Imagine that II was more delicate 10 saw
that neighbor had son or daughter, than
hat he had boy or girl. But then, to be
sure, they do not scruple to blow their noses
with loud report over the dinner table. And
it they do not talk as freely about purges and
physic as French woman, or with so MANY
ridiculous rouud>abouts oil speech as woman |
Of our country, II is certainly true that they are
in III. habit Of calling too many things by their |
christian names; that they do talk at times in
language that would be though, very coarse
nere. Nothing is more common, for example,
'han TO hear well bred English woman talk a.
bout being knoeked.up, or tagged, to death, or
4 l
d"ne'up' like coach horse. And ,her they
are aot backward about speaking with old men
before their daughters abou, MARI. PC, and the
consequence Of marriage; and this very ire.
quen,ly with what, if it were confined 10 The
married or the widowed. might be called a
professional air. They may not, nor do they
'nui themselves up from the freewind Of heaven
afraid almostto look out OF the window, or 10
touch the sweet roses that glitter and blow a.
bout their windows; but then, they play battle
door and shutte-cock in the open air, long az
'er they have married off their chi drrn: and