Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-06-08

American women. England is now the
great country for making terrible mess
of eolors. Yellow, blue. green, and
pink seem all to match in the eyes of
the great majority of English girls and
women. And then what shapes they
contrive to give to their attire Who
does not know the fearful bows they
manage to construct behind, or their
homemade polonaises ? Who has not ad-
mired the pretty birds and the substan-
tial fruits and vegetables they gracefully
stick upon their bonnets? Who has not
noticed the amount of false jewelry they
adorn themselves with all over, be it in
doors or out, in rain or in frost. on ma
kcds neck and arm, or over fur and coarse
cotton tissues? To any man who has
eyes at all, every nine out of ten Eng
lish women are, as far as dress is con-
cerned, poor and ugly caricatures, while
every nine out of ten American-or at
all events New York-women are pic
lures Things might have stood differ
emily formerly, but this is how they seem
to stand now have not seen yet a
badly-ftting dress or a tasteless costume,
even on the negro women of this city.
And if any objection could be made at
all to the appearance of American ladies
it would only be that they dress too well
and too ''fast." The majority Of those
you meet on an afternoon of bright
day look like Paris cocotteS This is,
however, chiefly question of means.
The average French lady cannot afford
to spend on her toilet half the amount
of money her American sister seems to
have at her disposal; consequently what
is wool in France is silk here, and what
is silk in France is velvet and lace here.
The Paris c0cotte, chiefly supported by
American, English, and Russian travel
ers, becomes in this way the only posi-
bic competitor of the American LADY.
Besides, no French lady, however rich,
would when dressed as sumptuously as
the majority of American ladies dress
every day, venture out on foot. And
as the American ladies are of very frank
sometimes very easy manners into the
bargain, tue general impression they
produce on the stranger is highly pro
voking | am not quite sure that, hac
1 still preserved my proclivities of twen
ty years ago, l would not have alread.
: offered a good many flowers or paid som
other compliment to some Of these charm
ing specimens of woman-kind. But
1 alas the progress of years and the con
7 sequent growing reluctance at gettin
4 into scrape cause me to abstain froI
3 anything of the sort nowadays. 4e
5 the temptation is immense, for th
: American ladies not only dress well, bu
It as even the everything English worship
g ing Dickens was compelled to acknow
d edge, they are 'ssingularly beautiful.
e l don't know how it happened, but
:, have not seen repulsive woman her
If A vast number of them are perfect bea1
l. ties, while the rest look at all even
to pleasing. seem to possess forms and ha
y which so few English ladies can boa
h of, and have the small feet and ham
he which you would in vain look for ev'
J. in the prettiest English girl.
m [ have been too short time here
form any opinion at all concerning t
lg other side of the medal. How far t
ly moral and intellectual features of t
ot American woman are in harmony WI
ey her physical appearance is perfectly c
Irs seure to me yet. In England Amerlc
"a morals and manners are a standl
ge laughing-stock, but as | never knew
ng any opinion being generally accepted
the British Islands unless it was wro
of one, won't rely upon this either.
[ good many Americans themselves s
ng that number of the ladies one admi
nd in this city are strongly inclined to |
on personals" in the Herald after two
be three looks exchanged with stran
Is in the street or in car But that
las not concern me at present; it will hi
rth to be inquired into by and by.
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