, 1880-04-19
English and American Traits.

conditions. Yankee ingenuity is sim
ply an importation, and the almighty
dollar is sired by the divine guinea.
With general resemblances, there are
differences of physique. and characters,
which are of special interest to stu
dents, of the nervous system, like DIR.
Beard. Thus, as regards female beauty
in the two nations "While the beauty
of the English girl may endure longer
than that of her American sister, yet
American beauty has this sovereign
advantage-that it best bears close OBJ
servation. The English beauty ap-
pears best at distance, and grows
homely as we approach her; the typi-
cal American beauty appears more at
tractive near at hand; in her case, near
ness brings enchantment. The Ameri-
can face bears the microscope mainly
by reason of its delicacy, fineness and
nobility of expression-qu qualities that
are only appreciated on nearness of in
spection. The ruddiness or freshness.
the health-suggesting and health-sus-
tanning face of the English girl seem
incompatible when partially veiled, or
when few rods away; but, as she
comes nearer, these excelling charac
teristics retreat behind the irregulari-
| ties of the skin, the thickness of the
lips, the size of the nose; and the OBJ
server is mildly stunned by the disap-
pointment at not finding the nimble
and automatic play of emotion in the
eyes and features without which female
beauty must always fall below the line
OF supreme authority" The American
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from European, Swiss Or German of
the same rank by the grasp of the
hand. That of the European woman
is tirmer and harder, as though on ae-
count OF greater strength and hrmness
of muscle. In the touch OF the hand
of the American woman there are
nicely aud tenderness that tho English
woman destroys by the force of the
impact. DR.. Beard douhIs if muscle
reading, popularity called = miad-read-
".could be SO successfully per
formed by English as by American
women, among whom it had its origin.
"The attractiveness of American wom-
en- woult appear to be the direct effect
of climatic conditions, since beauty of
the most precious sort requires tneness
of organization, delicacy of features,
MIN mbleness and sprightliness of express
sion. The same influence that makes
/ the American female more handsome
also causes her beauty to decay earlier
than in Europe. The English weman
| is less beautiful. less delicate and at
tractive between fifteen and twenty five,
yet she retains her beauty longer.
Women, like plants, need abundant
moisture, else they wither. The rains,
| the clouds and the storms that enroDe
castles and cathedrals in ivy, and keep
the meadows green throughout the
year, bring freshness and color to the
face; so the English matron of forty
five or fifty is, perhaps, sometimes
handsomer, as well as healthier, than
at fifteen and twenty.
In England all classes, high and
low, consume large quantities of alco
hol, while in America great numbers
are ceasing to drink even coffee, owing
to their nerves. Parliamentary leaders
and professional men can do more
speaking and sitting up late at night. as
well as more eating and drinking than
the politicians of America. The Amer
lean says more words to the minute
than the European, and can hear more
words in the minute. American Or
atory is, in part, the product of Ameri-
can climate" The Susceptibility that
makes the speaker here eloquent, sub
tile and persuasive, causes him to be
timid, distrustful, delicate, and, some
times, cowardly. Our dentists are the
best in the world, because our teeth
need the most care. The quick decay
of Amer ican teeth is the result of eli
mate, com mbined with civilization.
Nervous temperaments suffer from
comparatively slight bodily hurt, when
persons OF slower organization have no
sensation at all. "These psychological
differences come mainly from differ
ences of climate, and secondarily from
institutions. In Great Britain and
Central Europe there is no summer
and no winter, as we IN America are
accustomed to understand those terms
Warm days they have, but not, as with
us, succession of days that are hot
and oppressive during all the twenty
four hours. In the valleys of Switzer-
land and in Great Britain there are DAYS
that are there called very warm, but
which we in America would regard as
simply comfortable and this GOODNESS
comes on as early as four or five o'clock
in the afternoon people do not suffer
from the continuity of heat and depri-
vatlon of sleep. A well-known physi-
clan of London told me that he made
no change in his clothing all the year
round, dressing IN August very much
as in February. One who should at
tempt this in New York would desire
to perish. The European climate al
lows more outdoor life than American
not only in Paris, where many pass
the larger portion of their time in the
open cafes and on the boulevards, but
| in Ireland ENGLAND and thrOuRhout