Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-05

them it seems TO be only question of
time. The disestablishment of the Irish
Church will come soon, and this will be
but the beginning of 6 grand crash.
l confess to little disappointment in the
Englishman physically. No American
passing through the streets of London
would imagine that he was among peo-
pie superior physically to his own. / speak
only of the men. The English woman is
larger and stronger than her American sis
ter, but / am yet TO be convinced of the
physical superiority of the Englishmau to
the American. That there are some mag
nihcent specimens of mer in England /
know very well, but The average height Of
Englishmen is, am sure, not above the
American average. You will zee, on
Washington street, Boston, any pleasant
day just as fine set of men physically ss
can been seen on Regent street or Oxford
in London. doubt whether there are any
districts Of England or Great Britain that
produce such tall andhardy men as Maine,
in New England, or Kentucky in the
West, All the talk about the physical de-
generacy of the American from the Eng
lish standard is stuff. The Englishman is
rough in his sporls, and fancies that they
have done great deal to make him strong,
but he is mistaken. His cricket, and boat
ing, and horse racing are doing aim more
harm than good. How much toward the
development Of the race is base ball doing
in America? In a recent conversation with
an educated Euglishman on this subject, |
met with opinions coincident with my own.
He informed me that without exception,
the athletes of his class were dead or worse.
The great cricketers and oarsmen exhaust
ed all their vitality while they were in the
university, and never did anything after
leaving it. Sir Henry Bulwer, who h4s
just left the hotel from which write, is a
very effeminate man, who cannot weigh
over q hundred and thirty pounds, and was
watched 10 his departure by a curious
American six feet and three inches high.
/ have said that the Englishwoman is
larger than the American. 1 have the aC-
thority Of competent and candid English
woman for the statement thatthe American
woman is the handsomer. There can be
no doubt, think, that the average Ameri.
can girl IS more beautiful than her cousin
across the water. She has greater delica-
cy Of feature, and generally a finer make
up ADhN Ahdtuitb tdEllcI, anu IL Is QGllB
likely, fades sooner but the fact that she
is prettier is not to be disputed. The girl
here is, also under the usages of English
society, suppressed creature, without the
freedom that favors vivacity.s The Ameri-
can girl is perfectly at home in society be-
fore the English girl sees society at all, or
has ever been permitted to escape the eye
# her governess or her mother. The
American girl may be much too forward,
but l am sure that the Eoglish girl suffers
by too great bondage. Female education
in the two countries differs greatly, and,
singular az IL may seem, the education Of
the Euglish girl is more snowy than that
Of the American. As general thing, the
English girl knows little or nothing of
mathematics and the natural sciences.
These branches in America absorb a great
deal Of time, as you know; and you will
find multitudes of American girls who are
adopts in them. That, in the educ Ilion of
the English girl, which strikes an Ameri.
can, is their knowledge of language, of lit
erature, of music, and of drawing. Every
thing which contributes to show in society
Is acquired by the English girl. cannot
recall among my English travelling ac-
quaintances a lady who could not speak
French, Italian and German, with entire
facility. With these Languages at com
mand, with a wide acquaintance with his.
tory and belle iettres and with the accom-
plishmenls Of sketching aud playing the
piano, it must be acknowledged that the
English girl shows for all that she l. md
that for social purposes her scquisi ions
are greatly superior TO tho5e of the AmsTi-
can GIRL