The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-29
English and American Ladies.

English women have their out ofdoor sports
as well as the men. They low, they ride, they
they walk out in every kind of weather. / am
not about to repeat the old cry that American
ladies wear thin shoes, fade quickly. and die
early. This cry was never quite true, except
are very much alike all over the world, wearing
the same attire, living the same lite, and coming
to the same end. But, uuquestionaoly, the
opening OF the New York Central Park-which
rendered all American parks suddenly fashion,
abe-and the subsequent and consequent intro.
duction of English walking boots have greatly
benefited American women, and have blessed,
like new Providence, the American children.
j have had the honor of introduCtons to Eng
lish matTons who appeared quite as young as
their daughters, and have met an English lady
who assured me that she was grandmother,
although she looked young, handsome, and
charming enough for maiden of eighteen; but
think could find similar phenomena in Ame-
rca, and have encountered some English girls
who seemed old enough to be their own Mothers,
not TO say grandmother, aud ugly enough to
suggest the theory of demoniacal influences.
The truth is that American ladies, as
rule, are as handsome as the English,
and last just as long; but theirs is
different style of beauty, aud each man
has his own ideal, do not want the American
women TO look like the English but | want
them to be as healthy, and to introduce to the
world as healthy children. To accomplish this
they should wear warmer underclothing, walk
more, be more independent OF the weather, live
more in the open air, aud take horsebac exer-
else regularly. Almost every English lady
knows how to ride; that goes without asking;
but in America although you may be sure that
every lady can thrum the piano. not one in dfty
can ride. Croquet Is not exercise for which
reason, | presume, the American women have
been willing to adopt il; but gardening is a
healthy amusement, which most Americans
neglect, and in which English ladies take the
utmost delight.
Foreigners who reside for any time in England
soon learn the pleasures OF garden. l have
seen an Italian prima donua, for whom the
critics cannot find sufficient praises nor the
public adequate applause, digging away with
enthusiasm and a trowel at O'Clock ia the
morning; and 1t is astonishing how much ine-
rest American residents here take in an occupa-
tion which they scarcely thought o In their own
country. Better this than forming women's
clubs, or agitating for women's rights by de-
resorting to watering places every summer in
quest OF rest and strength, and returning in the
autumn more fatgued than ever.
English people go to watering places also;
but they go for the water, and ffirt incidentally (;
\ they batbe they trot aronnd on the beach, they
j make walking excursions into the adjacent
country, they are not so particular about their
toilets as in town. The American ladies go to
firt, and take the water incidentally; they pass
the day in frequent changes OF dress for the
breakfast, lunch, promenade drive, dinner, and
evening dance; go to bed when they should be
thinking of getting up, and commit more follies
i in few weeks than they can satisfactorily
repent OF during the remainder of the year. The
! fret duty of q woman is to be handsome and
i healthy and the average English woman pers
/ forms her whole duty faithfully; the average
American woman fails after the handsome half
a --Itas'eys Magazine.