, 1874-09-20

elscn you now as much English lady can take In
Al once I have shown you my confidence in your
p@taeEce and End feelings.
Miss Aiken snstches up tho glove thus def
an1ly cast at her feet, aid harris it back again
with moro energy and feeling. probably, than
Ut. Charming had anticipated. TIE little I" lis
tory" she develops in the course OF her re-
marks, il especially worth attention:
rs to the very delicate subject 1T comparative laau
t. (rhe wriie'l, travellers attest taat ynu have
many pretty girls: 70 lave we; Hnd eyon Alas srls-
cent from twenty to lye-aud-furty! No satstul;
80 Ict 1t rest
With respect to ste', strii you ssy. l,avo
little history to give you Dowa to dve-a1-tor:y
fifty years ago. onr ladies', tisht-aced and *p1urred
French heels" had short, ninc.ng step, TncEed
figures, pale faces, weak nerves. much atfectst:on
dc.ic: he elrsEuees and miserable Eeaith. Physicians
prescribed exercise but 10 htte purpose THU
tAs event with Is the beginning uul of everything,
amongst uther restraiht4 sa1utary the contrary.
cn1ancpate Themselves from their stays. and kckcsl
by way Of improving upon it, learned the march of tho
d.-scrgeau. mounted boo:A, AMI hid defiance to dirt
and foul weather VIC have Eoa' wcl!-ievcont1 Ig-
urea blooming cheeks, active habits firm nerves. nan-
raj md easy 1lanets, of ntcctatIon, and viz,
orous constitutions II fair daughters would also
learn to step ou. their p: would be less transient,
ond fewer would I'LL ;nttncly graves 1 cdalit, i'll
decd, some unnecessary incrsanco il tho step Of our
pedestrian fair outs but this does not e1teIld TO liz
chiefly III carriages hor.ehack- Thy walk with
the 1uc. grace that Icryadcs I'll their acIort-
1nent and to which you have seen nothing similar or
comparable. Again, your charge Of want OF
dclieacy cannot understand Tho wrmcn Of every
European natiou charge us ~lth prudcfy and really
cannot conceive Of human being more nnassalabie
by just rcprcach on this head than wel-conductcd
EIg!:shwomau. VIC have, Indeed, heard HoTne whtIn-
sIcal stories Of American a1ses who would not for
the world speak Of the iro Of table, or the bdr
even Of a el.air; AMI I do confess TINT VIC
no: delicate or indelicate to this point.
yet i'll your country noue of our
:lies Of high rank aud few Of your reon::. except
ing diplomatic characters, have had more than very
transient gIupscs Of them here; while We have had
the heads OF your soeicty with uA- Now, must
frankly tell you reference to your very unexpected
Claim for your couutrsnlen Of superior refinement,
tat although lave several of them whose
too lirt aud retiring to give the least Of
fense, have neither seen nor heard Of any who even
in the society of middle clAsses, were thought ti,
titled to thnn this negative COMMUNICATION,
who have become prominent without he:ray1ng Eross
ignorance Of more than conventional Eoodbrctdlng
Tic very tore Of voice. tho acccnt and the choice OF
phrase, give the impression Of e1reno iuelcgance.
Patriot and s:aunch Republican rs you arc, think
Won must admire the a-l'riori probability that the
Metropolis Of tho British EulpircAe first city in the
world Size, for opueacc for diffusion Of the
forts accommodations, a1 Injuries Of life, well cs
for III tho appliances Of science. literature, aud
taste,-the seat Of Court Nurscelica III sp!cndor,
ard Of an rris'ocracy absolutely 1 unriralea in
c,ialy III mental cultivation Of the most soiid m
most elegant kind--wouid afford such standard Of
graceful and finished manners your State Capita als
can have no chance Of coming up to- Further It has
been most truly observed that. in every country, IS
the mothers who give the tone both to morals and
manners but with sou tho mothers are, BY your own
account. Tic t4lcrs Oppressed with the cares OF
house children they either retire from society into
the bosom Of ,Lelr family, leave 1t least the active
aud prominent parts in it 10 mere girls and can you
suppose tina. tie drfdnd whence Of good-breeding-tor
s,,ch 1t is-wi e likely to uvauce toward perfection
when all who have attained such proficiency expert
cnce give resign the sw"y to gidhy nor1ees With
1t is different Young ladies' do not eoHt out 1 II,
and then their part u very subordinate one. It il
the mother who does the houors OF her house und sup
Iors conversation and her daughters ay thcs rsits
beneath her wing. Cutcr wholesome restraint like
this, the young bet learu self-aovernmcnt
One Ct YOUR young worlen showed her taste and
breeding BY ss-ing English lady If che had Eeen
"E'toria :" aud must mention that Miss Sels"1ca
las thought rsoEeF TO describe tho iir=t and g1catts1
.fy T. F ~ afbta c w, 1 Il 10 ona5
luckily hut your Mr.. D., who bad the sperlaTe con
ceit End tn,pcrtineuce express his s1trpr7se to
friend OF mine finding much good society in Lou
don. Now, tAi@k hive given you enough Ter oao
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