The daily gazette., 1879-09-11

Yankee 0lfls Abroad.
rHKIR PERSONAL ATTRACTIONS AND |
FAULTS FROM AN ENGLISH POINT |
OF VIEW.
Prom Mayfair.
Il IL doubtful whether any country in
the world produces 20 many pretty girls
as America, and It Is certain that some
of the prettiest In the world are Ameri-
cans. TIE fact Ii indlsputable as the
causes of It are obscure. The little
New York beauty 10 irresistible so long
az she keeps her mouth shut. and almost
irresistible when she opens it. We
know the dignity and bearing of an
Austrian lady, and the commonplace
comeliness OF q little German parvanu.
We have our pet theor es, ready cut out
and dry, and can apply them to every
case. The lion and the unicorn are
fighting for this crown of beauty, and
up comes the little Yankee belle and
knocks them both down. The impartial
Paris Tin suit Of dittos), standing with
his hands in his pockets on the Rhine
boat and not paying the slightest atten-
ton to the scenery, but looking at the
pretty girls Of all the countries in the
world, singles out the New York Venus
in moment. He has not doubt but
lie is right, and she thinks that he's an
excellent judge. And se. everything is
against her. She comes to us across the
At antic with that horrible twang that
spoils everything, and of which she
seems utterly unconscious. She perks
1t up IN your face with the most provok-
ing sang froid. Her mother accompa-
MES her, and Q hatchet-face objection
able brother, who seems to have the
grace to know that he is not gentle
man, and is In consequence alternately
| depressed and defiant.
A man, however fundamentally in
clined, gazing on that alpaca mother,
| finds serious courtship q difficulty. A
little general filtration is, however, de-
lightful; and it Is impossible to with
stand 80 much beauty set off by such q
charm of manner. The little American
does not object to the Irritation but she
has frugal mind, and knows the kind
Of lover who IS likely to develop into q
husband. Yet with all her frugality, she
has mind on pleasure bent; and fiirt-
ing, which in England is practice, and
| in France an occupation, is for her 9
/ SClCuCCs WHICH, oAlC 6tuuiCo
ly, and In which she makes daily pro
gress. She is still young, perhaps moi
out of her teens; but she has heard 8
great deal, and certainly makes no secre
of her experience. She is perfectly
frank, and her absolute realism protect.
her from some of the bad effects VIII eli
Irritation produces in England. 1t il
hard to avoid admiring her, AID it is i'm
possible to believe that the lady in alpac'
Is her mother.
1t is just at this season of the year tina
the importation of pretty Americans be
gins. They come over to us on delight
full triumph and pleasure. Not, indeed
that they think much of the English, O
care at all for our sights and institutions
They believe in Alkani and Kellogg, IL
Mark Twain and Hawthorne, Tifiany,iI
Sothern, and in Leland. London is tn
first big city they see, but for them it i
only halting place. The submit to b.
taken to its few places Of resort. The
regard Westminster Abbey as havinl
but secondhand appearance, aod th.nl
the Langham Hotel small and dirty
They are very lively in their critic sn
of English girls, whom they pronounc
for the most part to be egawkies." Per
haps, after all, the English girls are Lo
so bad. Possibly they may not be sue
gawkles as they are said to look. II the
are, one fact Is at last clear they 500
grow out of it. American beauty ha
me consolation even for a Jealous Ems
lish critic. He must admire IT. He car
not deny it. 1t is not matter to argu
ABOUT or dispute. The little New Yor
parvenu, with an ancestry that throve o.
shoddy, and parentage that grew licl
on petroleum, has, notwithstanding thes
antecedents, beauty that is at ono
captivating aud refined.