New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-14
French, American and EngliAh Young
Ladies'.

The last London Atheneum, ia a5reyiew Of are
cent French book, entitled 4 Mfrrisge in the Uni.
ted States, takes occasion to ma Ike the following
remarks 7
No two nations do the same thing in the same,
manner We do not make coffee alike, we do not
dress alike, btek Hattasp1 or es en- o Gordon ble~.
is not the beefsteak of London tshop-hOuse the
Chinaman's cup of tea is a very 'isrant thing to
that affected by Mrs. Soapsads; t he Turks mar
Chile has but little resemblaHhe to the Eishsaan's
Guilty pipe, and that which seems Il te bset way of
loving and marrying to set Of pc ople, horribly
ofends the instincts and moFalities OF anlther. In
the civilized Christian world there cannot be a.,
greater discrepancy in this last partcl liar than be-.
tween the French and American. Ff ON the.firss
look of love to the last word of maria ge there is
not stage Of the affair that is condut ted in the
same way; not round of the great lat ldee which
is hewn out of the same block.
The French girl never leaves her mothef's side.
unless, indeed, she be brought mp in a eenzent.e
The American young lady neither claims nor would
submit to the most ordinary protection u friend or
parent The French girl IS married oil bF>her
mother, without the senlblance of o consulta-
ton: suitability of fortune and condition being q
much more Important matter than any such -saen-
shine suitability of temper the elective sftin
ties. An American does her rown husband hunt
ing single handed; and if she does not takea quite
the initiative in the moment of proposing does not
hesitate to make her preference as undBsguissd
words would have made.
The same national opposition holds good after
marriage. The French wife is free, ema nciaated,
almost irresponsiblea leader of soeie ty, per-
| sonage, power The American loses herself
when she gains husband. She Is henceferth
/ scarcely side-ornament where, she was lately
i crown and seepter both.
| Young and handsome she is no sooner married
than she is drafted of to the elderly ses ton, with.
\ whom there is no longer question oil fi-tation
| and the world which forgave her even grave indis-
eretons while she was single, will no VI severely
punish the slightest infraction of appearances. It
| is curious and instructive investi tigaton--thers
French granting the wife the liberty which the.
American grants to the maiden and both. so ter-~
ribly shocked if, by chance, their wo mena change
/ places and cross hands over the eodsi.
| Between these two extremes we English hold
our usual middle place. Not SO 81 -rics with ourr
| grisas are the French, nor lax4as tha, Ameri-
cans; not so liberal Of social frceds tssour w7es<
| as the one, nor so nggardly as the other, we.
! think, as patriotic matter of course, that
| have hit on the exact golden mean, cad shot our
arrow into the very bulls eye of he question. We,
form their characters, and time and ,op portunity
| to know their own minds. We nat na arrg them
Oh to the first eligible bidder. like SO mi,ny tender
little doves sold hoodwinked, in the tenn lie: neither
| do We suffer them to roam ung uid ID shroagh tie,
hnsbandess desert, like wild creatures seekiag
| their prey.
| shadow of the broa6s maternal wing very far. so
that by these wise measures, sec urss a race of
maidens perfect in their feafiesa- innocence as
our wives. fawess in their eayssS i px1rty Onr
friends the channel, tbs Gsontnary nrefer
pretty das. in the case and N atrimoilai free
hooters in the other. and our con- ins to Ihs West
mold the pest preparation iot tfdt letters of mar
rage and maternity to consist in q laate IS reanse
ana tank protection bondag8 aud psudeinf counsel
mental slavery. OF course eaah of the rother fsya
countries is as justified TO kielf as NS are foi
where was there the ration to be f md yvh;cf
was not in its estfmation the uitis ste snrn 4
nortauty2 The line to me right haav j OF to III,
left spols all the symmetry; the dad i of blue d
che du Fabso! is always successful in fha aer,ssa
gate; and there lives not a man gho does no
think ais national hone the most nerfectv or
ganized, and his countrywonen tb most charm
Hing the most virtuoas, the best roneht If thei