The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-09-23
Some Points in Which American WON.
en- Have the Advantage Over Their
British Sis erS.
"Gath's" Cor. BROOKLYN Eagle.

"Gath's" Cor Brooklyn Eagle.
There is little bathing in Brighton,
and in this respect was disappointed.
People do not come here flying from
the heat and plunge into the water to
cool the blood as we do. They fly from
the cold as well, to those sheltered
south coasts, and seek an equal climate
rather than revulsion Of climate. All
the time have been here it has been
pretty cold weather, although a soften
ing wind from the face of the sea abides
even in the dampness. The English
men are often fine swimmers, and
there seems to be no treache Gus cur
rent here, bearing the swimmer off to
sea, and consequently the nude bodies
of young Britons are seen half a mile
out in the water. The women do not
swim as much as ours. Eng
fish women battle in flannel, generally
blue, with no sleeves, the arms, which
are the best limbs they have to show,
being exposed to the armpit. The sun
does not scorch those fine muscular
arms, but mere puts a little haze or
fog upon them to tempt their roses out.
They all wear bathing shoes, or rather
slippers, which do not hide the ankle,
as the pebbles here and strong surf
would soon lacerate the feet. They
wear stockings in but few cases, and, I
think, wear corsets in the water but lit
tie. The bathing-dress is made loosish,
particularly below the middle, and is
seldom belted. The legs are wide and
not tied, so that the British legs are re-
vealed in their full length, and often
above the knees. A cool, measured,
and judicial view brings me to the con-
illusions that the British leg is fair to
middling. It lacks three Of the noble
elements of the American limb,-the
large, round, tapering calf, the small
ankle, and the high-instepped, we'll
born foot. The British calf is like a
bandage tied on, punching once and
then sliding away into leanness; the
whole foot of the English woman is a
masculine article girded into abomin-
able shoes, which may be sensible in de-
sign, but are without symmetry. I
think we make the best shoes in the
world for both men and women, and
our machine-made shoes are not only
the cheapest in the world, but the most
slightly and comfortable. We are the
best-dressed people in the world, al
though the model of our styles is man.
ifestly Partisan. Continuing with the
female anatomy. may say that
American girls resemble the French
more than the English, yet resemble
neither much. There is refinement
of skin and Latin contrasts in the
French girls face difficult to surpass;
but in form the French woman is al
most without hips, unless she be a
laboring woman, and is planned off like
a board. Her feet are nomely, how
ever, and the ankle is cut square, Civ
ing her freedom without strength of
motion there. At Brighton I saw some
few rare specimens Of beautiful vital
life in English girls; such had generally
darkish hair, dark gray or brown eyes,
skins without roses, of pale, brunette
TINT and bodies fluent, limbs long, and
necks and heads cut fine and clear Of
the shoulders.
NOBODY is having much more trouble
this fall than Jones. Jones is. or was.