Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-26
An English Girls Impressions Of an
American German.

Some English lady, possibly quite a
young one. has contributed to lead
ing Scotch periodical n description of
german given at Troy, n. T., with
some rather amusing details Of the
supper and the drc-. and appearance
Of American women and girls. In the
figures of the German the English
girl, following her leader, has to pin
rose in a gentlcman's buiton-holc,
and then dance with him. She blush
@ rcddcr than a rose. go the rqconte,Lsc
tells it, but pIuck- up courage, pins
the rose 10 the gcutlcman's coat, gets
bravcly over il, and concludes by
stating: Before We left America We
regarded it with all the philosophical
Indifference of American belle-." The
supper, however, plea-c- our young
lady immensely. II was so delightful
10 camp out anywhere on the stairs
and pariake Of tcrrapin, oysters. chick
cn-alad, "and an enormous plate Of
several kinds of ice crcam-perhaps
strawberry. banana, pi-achc, and LEM
on-a large spoonful each" Ii *
soIomnly asserted that In America il il
considered exceedingly ill.bred TO cat
all that j, on your plate. In order 10
assume certain amount Of languor,
young ladic. jus; nibblc a little. a. If
eating were a vulgar habit, hBt IAN
unaffected, healthy American will eat
twice the quantity an English girl
will and girl. who are blessed with a
good appetite are overheard To say:
Il am irightful hungry, but | must
leave something. ] think few let
tucc leaves would make a great show"
When an American girl receives more
boqucts at n party than they can con-
vcniently carry they tie them around
their dress. As to personal beauty,
the conclusion j. arrived at that Eng
lish mists and rain are more favorable
to the continuance Of bloom and beau
" than the extreme heat and cold of
America. Girls Of eighteen looked
ten years Older than they really were,
and ladies past thirty were wrinkled
and scraggy, "as are seldom our wo-
men Of fifty" Something that quite
shocks our British maiden is the un-
fortunate fact that Americans adopt
the fashions directly, without reference
to age, complexion, or style" As to
the matrons, old ladies wore quite lows
dresses, their poor, thin arms and
necks looking terribly cold and un-
lovely. As to "the Boston" the con-
cluding figure Of the dance, it was no
dance at all, people moving languidly
up and down and showing off their
trains. Notwithstanding all this mild
disparagement, our insular girl, in her
dreams that night, acknowledges that
she danced her first German all over
again. This little commentary on
American manners at Troy may be
more or less truthful. We want some
little return for Mr. James, "Inter-
national Episode" We are afraid
that the fair chronicler of the Ger
man, though as pretty as could be,
was not very well attired, and igno-
rant Of Emerson's clever SAYING about
the American woman "That feeling
herself perfectly we'll dressed impaired
a tranquil happiness that religion
itself could not bestow." That MEM
orable speech of Mrs. Westgate. when
the Duchess Of Bayswater calls, "shc
won't even know how well I'm dress
ed, is TO be resented for years 10 come
bv Englishwonneu "