, 1876-05-28

opera behind two young ladies who had coma
there without either escort or ehapeton. It Is
but the other day that an American girl went 70
the Jart1in Mabi}le with party Of gantleme1
friends, waltzed there with some Of her escorts,
and ended by partakng OF refreshments side hY
Yet all these wld young women are Of unblen-
ished moral character. But who can persuade 4
French observer that such Is the true state at
the case9
THE DEAp-BEAT.
The American "coufideuce Wunan" is also
another being whose existence abroad is shame
and O scandal to her cbmpatriots. Usually OF
some social standing, she contriVes by dlnt OF
neS acquaintance with some few Of the respect
aDle members OF the American colony, to OBJ
TAIN credit from dress-makers and hotelkeepers,
anu TO carry on successful warfare against
poverty, without the slightest help from that
all-potent weapon, money. OF course theirs
comes DAY Of reckoning and Of rctribution;
Whereupou She either makes her escape, to COM
mence her depredations In some new field, or
else contriyes, by dint Of tears and piteous prs
testations, to extract some pecuuiary assistance
from her fellow-citizcus who may chance to be
soourning in the same city as herself. 1t ishart1
for an American gentleman to see woman
weeping and suffering without doing something
to relieve her, and 50 she generally gets COM
fortahly enough out Of her first scrape; it Is
only at her. second and third that she gets gen
orally found out and comes signally to gTicf.
The ways and sagaries Of these impecunious
DANES arc rather amusing sometimes It Is re-
corded that one OF them, being In the most alb
ject depths Of poverty. according to her own
showing, was generously accommodated with u
man Of her own, 'shereupon she purchased a
pair Of light kid gloves, hired tiacre, and went
out to pAy calls. In another instance one oi
these adventurous ladies borrowed 800 franes
from q gentleman, and on his calling upon
By her. that, instead Of her havinS
borrowed the money from him, he had
borrowed It from her, and if he made any more
such claims upon her she would appeal to tha
Consulate for protection. As he had no eyi-
forced TO resign himself to the loss Of his mon
ey. Wherever these women 20 there Is weeping
and wailing among hotcl-keepers and dress
makers; They are generally very da5hing IN
the best hotels, and ordering garments at tha
most fashionable establishments. As the PEN
atty Of Imprisonment for debt has been abot-
ishcd in France, they may, II acute enough, es+
porary annoyance. But let them bewarK-hov
they attempt to obtain money by false pre-.
teuces. Such conduct comes under the head OF
swfnding, and by French law Is punishable
with Imprisonment and fine.
THE FoRLoRy FEMALE.
These birds OF prey must not be eonfounded
with another hapless class, the women WHO
come abroad with vague idea OF finding somc-
thing to do. Lurcd by tales Of the surprising
cheapness OF living on this side Of the water,
drift abroad only to fnd themselves stranded,
penni1ess, and forlorn, upon n foreign shore
Teachers Of English arc not in demand, and cd
ucation in music Is not to be picked up for moth
womanhood, teaching or singing, are not avail
ablc. Untaught, untrained, and wholly misera-
bic, they generally end by becoming shop Wom-
In or By soliciting aims wherewith to return
home. But these are isolated cases, pathetic
enough to merit recording, yet fortunately Of
The usual type Of the American woman
abroad has, however, no affinity with this poyer-
ty-stricken sistcrhood. The e1travagant woman
completes with Expresses and Duchcsses for tho
Virot:: The entcrpristng woman makes her way
into the most exclusive OF social circles and tho
most jeaIous1y- guarded shrines. The snobbfsh
woman sits face to face with Kings and Princes,
and gazcs brcathless upon old women who are
glorided with the title OF Queen: The evilly-
disposed woman queens It at Will in the circles
Of the demf-monde, side by side with Corn Pearl
and others Of that i1k- One Of the leaders Of
Parisian society is an American by birth; The
can actress. The heroine Of the greatest
scandal which has Of late years been promul-
gated respecting member Of q Royal house
the robbery OF the diamonds Of the Russian
Archduchess Constanttne-was native Of Penn
sylyania- The beauty that cnchants New York
fairly dazzlcs Paris md London. Style, grnce,
elegance, are all theirs Beautiful as English
women at their best, and stylish as Parisfcnnes,
they luck no charm wherewith to captirate. But
wherewith the fast girl may be suppressed She
is scandal and nuisance at home, she is
doubly scandalous and twice as obnoxfoua
abroad. II she must exist land, like Richelieu,
~ see not the necessity y, let her stay where
she fs mt set down a. being ever so much worst