The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-11-26
WHAT A SCeTCHGM saw ~ AIEGICA.

DafIu fhhClHe. f1tOltlsD WfficT
who recently visited this country.
and apparently enjoyed unusual
facilities for studying the character
and life Of the people. has publish
ed some notes Of travel. under the
titNOf e Low .bipgs are in Amer
ca" The foIIOwiVg excerpt EN-
bodies his impressions Of tho
choicest part df the nation; It's
beauty and youth The American
ladies, says be. agree4bly disap.
pointed me They are by no
means the dry, bard, angular disa
grteably independent strong mind.
ed women they are often describ
cf Hefe and, there no doubt you
find few 81 thisi stamp Travel
ing over theeountiy. you Occasion
aIly tncodGier.ia lady who lectures.
ltf prcaches. or Gifts a new spaper.
pr GIls a pr'tiesAF66af chair. Or ha.
a rcgalar practice asa physician =
But tlfe cases are few aud far be
tween q rdri nants t. gnrgfe rdsto
hnd even they are very often, as
g Scotch doctor in Massachusetts
described them. "stickct women 2
but American females as rule
are Just as gentle, as kind, as love.
ny as agreeable, aud MS affection
ate as our own. Their lovriness
is Of n. different typc--palcr ard
more ethereal A beautiful Cana
dian or American girl comes near
or the popuIdr idea Of an angel THAI
any being ] ever belieId out ot
drcamlsnd Pale ieaturca, Of cx
quisi'esymmetry. a delicately pure
complcxian, eyes radiant with in.
teIligcnce. light. graceful. otter
fragile form--tliis IL the visinn 0,
lovelinces that meets the eye in a
most every American drawing
room. | never saw during all NY
Iits before 20 many fairy forms
which it would have surprised M
less TO see shooting cut wings anC
float up into the ompyrcan.
American girls, however are 'oc
generally too pale and thin. l;y
cry other face suggests delicacy
and dyspepsia; and one does no
liketo think ofanGcIsaA dy spertic
| Tho American girls, ! think are
nervous about their thinness. anG
anxious 10 get stontcr, for they arc
constantly having themselves
weighed, and every ounce Of in
crease is hailed with delight, anC
talked about With the most dread
fuI piainness of speech. | asked
ore beautiful Connecticut cir
whom met N Pennsylvania, how
she !ikcd the change.
T. 20, immensely! she said; a
bave gained eighteen pounds il
flosh since last April" " .t..a-
This was not vulgar girl. Or
the contrary, she was educate,
and refined aud would prnbabl,
have been shocked ut some expires
sioDs that are not considered indel
'cate here. o9 Aa. ,nI
Still.it sounds very odd to I
strangcr.a Every girl knows hol
d. own weight to within an ounce
and she is ready 10 give ii to yot
at . moments noticc. 1t seems Il
be a subject of universalintorcst -
Ono Of the first things done with {
baby when it is born is TO hurry j
| into o pair Of scales aud have il
weight duly registered 1t cOu
tinues to be weighed at short in
tervals all through its childhood
and on to. the time when the ques
tion. becomes one of personal inter
est and it is old enoaghoto woigl
Eitself9a ~. e.at auc1 .A-lu.4
kGoNow Tor a wetd about the chill
dren. The ohihlren,-as ] writ
the word, bow the sunligh
seems to burst around me =
Ehow many sweet voices start iron
tho silencei of memory and fill th
air with melody and Iaughtef!-
how Imany bright and be&utiIu
! faces far Tar away g',ther arourt
me once again ! 1t could pietur
forth some.oflhose little ones wit
when the happiest OF all my bnf
spy hours ina america we're spent
81 in could reduce ehe tun, tue r6mF
"a Ing The games oa the carpet, To
q hundred li,lie inpocent delights W
a shared Sin common, my reader
a wodId see. that after all that ha
+ hbeeh written abont American lIrt
cocity, the children there ar
0 children still--ip most points Jut
like our own tho joy and the sur
4 light otievefy homo. ygaG..sJH
One thing that astonishod IN
Q was the food given to the children
n III seems TO be the rule in Amemc
.ts0 lot the children have u share (
j Everything on thetableIH IHJiremen
I'd bes2s sitting beside ono lita6 afcIio'
4 OF four who had soup,la slice
,Iifo@l wtth7dressihg, sweet potat
II a plate oipadding and. "A hunch
n grapes. BE was a very smaltho
Il aAdihad 10 get tIfo slice Of iOV
u cut for 'ifim Byohis aunt. A lad
\ in Washington, speaking Of hi
III own.little. boy jct itwo years oil
4 said EHeeaunot 60 TO bed will
out bis piocelof turkoyA lie mu
thaveitd' o Fancy tbs in Scotlan
q At, ClitcUh 4 House, Niagara, u
Is botel enothe Canada sihc, iSmii
n tparty shutdown at one ofthc breAl
ls fast tnblesli One Of the party W
o. q beautifully dressed child Of b
+ IItweeu two and three years Of ag
~ who was wsited upon by II ia
81 negro Tho first thing this sma
al eentloman Ind was Meoup of mi
n and ,bisosit. Then he ahsd.c ctv
10 eggs iscat apin a slice of Johnn