, 1874-01-18
The Women More Handy, Intelligent,
and Sagacious than
the Men.
gev cast.otf Costumes Are Sold at uigh
pricss to Fashionable Nomen u:
Other Countries.
swindling Of Americans by Partisan
Shopkeepers.
Cbv Frencltmen Seldom Traycl Abroad,
or acquire ANY Other language
than Their Own.
rhe, Feeling Of superiorit. Over All Other
People; -.. Pecu|iariies Of Their
Domestic Relations.

Yhef Feeling OF superiority UYer All usneF
People; 80. Pecuiarlties Of Their
Domestic Relations.
sprid Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
PAn1s, DEC. p, 1873.
The amazing rapilitT with which France is
racoycring flom the crushing blows inflicted by
the Germans gives one exalted idea Of the
resources and wealth OF this country. The pro-
dnctiye power OF the nation ia great, but the
success in overcoming stupenduous losses in go
bnef time must be attributed as much to the
habits of economy and thrift rs to the amplitude
Of production. No people in the world =
Practice FRASKL1H's MA11Ms q
% generally and continuously as the French.
Faey never cease thinking that 4 penny saved
ia worth two pennies earned, and that u bird in
The hand is worth two in the bush. They habltn-
sly save everything that ls possible. and venture
nothing where there is any chance Of losing the
Investment.
The natural resources Of France are great,
scriculturally; but in the useful and important
minerals they are quite small France has but
& very scauty supply OF either ccal or iron,-the
two most important minerals. Sha produces
but ltHe lead, copper, OF salt, and no tin; and
imports from England and Belgium the greater
nart OF the coal consumed and the iron needed.
II the strength OF nations we're measured by
their production OF iron, as some writer's con-
tend, France would rank among the second
class Powers. The chief coal and iron mines Of
Franc, were in Aisace and Lorraine, and these
the Gtumaus have seized, with the double OBJ
iecs Of Strengthening their own manufactures
and nr.aductiou Of iron. and weakening those Of
Erance-
But the remarkable capacity OF tho efeocn
people for
AAK1Sd TIE AoeT
Of every circumstance, OF turning everything 10
The best account enables them 20 pfoouce g1ea.-
er results from given stock OF materials
than any other people, with the exception, per
haps. OF The SWISS. who are essentially ftencn
IN their habits OF nlnd and domestic econo-
mics, and may be included with tue frencn I"
my survey Of natlonal chafacee1lss'cs.
One cannot help comparing the naturh re-
sonrces OF france with those OF Inc on1'eo
States, aud perceiTing how vastly the former
faa short IN everything except rne prooucuon
Of sugar from beets' ana 1ne grown o. 'he
grape and the s1k"orm ana 5es tne wealth o1
France increases faster than tnat o1 'us on'seo
statss; and, at . 1alr caso-7anaaon' tno 1e9a~
izsd property OF Francei is
NOT 1rss.rHAs EoupLE
,h.t ~ Aha American I1nion. France il iuf-
~A1' e-:.,a =. xo.o,,t,,o ,,o-aa, ~
proved ano nn'sneu up W fesenete %. ',. -. ~
park in beauty. Ihe comforts OF n1e nave oesn
provided for to wonderful degrees. and. to the
eye at the traveller, there seeme little left to be
aoaa i. ,ha .av ~ in,n7ovement. The climate
sAe ~ H. -.ot,e .,,,;1o-ea11, ;,dratr;ona
gen'A' ai'o '4e Peop!e @Nu ',. A1.e'
1t IL true there are hau-a-nlluon VI neu p4as-
Ing soldier in time OF peace, who contribute
nothing to the public wealth, but are s'ta1-
,sta,e = and hava IN 1e annnorted bv those who
~, 's. "An ~. - IT, h.,5 a.. a..
10 1Aoot' ous, on 1Ho oAoo1 NA.o' @t1o.o 49,
one or two millions more women VINO "ofR tnan
in the United States. The idle-lady class in
F1anca ia verr small in comparison with
tL.. yuon,ar ,aano ,1rnoat
4A' ~ o"e4 ~.
70 nonopohze every aFocauon IN ING c'nes Aol
which they possess the physcal strength. Ihey
constitute the great bulk of the Visible shop
tean;no c1.se n1o,a c,ar1-a ara scarca in Franco
'e'P.-e e1ae. --4o - --~, s.-. r-~...
The "oaEs aA'He AoS @n1.u w.
tefklng is not looked upon ~ "en WIN "
this country. The hotels and boarding-house8
IRE managed by females, who keep accounts,
n.ka mt hin, nd 1ook affair The husiness of
.1.Ae w. ntno' Aua to 49,, sss ,;oh.or
"9 e0saoaonu!oos 80
mechanical trades are largely hleo WIN "omen'
sho manufacture most OF the clothing, head;
gear, shippers, dolls, toys, and Thousand
articles Of commerce With which the French
npp'y the markets Of the world. In the country,
Ill French women work ont of doors on their
farms, side by aide with their male relatives.
Thus the loss Of the labor Of the half-milIon
IT young men who are in the army, and the
enormous cost OF their equipment and mainte-
nance, are made Good and provided for by the
un.sersal industry of the women. It would be
.sats estimate to state that half the productive
Industry Of France is the result Of female labor.
The women seem to be
roRk HARDY, INTELLIGENT, AND sAaAC1ous
Eau the men, sharper at bargain. and more
subtle md adroit in oyerreaching and cheating
foreigners Who purchase from them. They are
~ smiles and professions. but truth and slncerl-
= ars not wasted on outside barba1ians in their
dealings With them. In this respect the men
ne not much behind the women.
But that in which the French more particularly
s1cal Is economy Compared with these French
people, our Americans are wastefullv improvi-
decs aad e1travagant. It seems to me they live
IN ir.4 II. L. 1n