The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-11-20
GIRLS OF THREE COUNTRIES.
Contrast Between the Girls OF
France England and America.


can girl will not be spoiled, observes
the San Fracisco Chronicle. by the
incense burned On her altar by cos
mopoIite Englishmen and travelled
Frencbmen in these days Of univesai
criticism. Though sometimes such a
result seems 20 be feared. it is hardly
probable. for were she really in dan
ger from the praise of brilliant and
designing men, there would never be
wanting antique and frowsy danes
like Ouida, to punc'ufe the bubble OF
her vanity with venomous pin prlcks.
or mean correspondents in London and
Paris to tarnish her reputation with
the gossip and scandal that is always
banded about these social centres.
< She seems in spite OF occasional re-
butts from young riters, AID unfair
attacks like the Dairy Miller" OF
Henry James, to be gradually VIII
ming her way in the worlds estime-
ton. Mr.. Labouchere has lately
written long letter on Americans Ill
general and our young c"untrywomen
in particular. which is ali that justice
can ask. and q trihe more than some
bachelors think, VITO feel. sure they
have competent understanding of the
merits and defects of our cls-atlantlc
maidens. He says of American NO
men, meaning the younger portion OF
the n, that in nine cases out OF ten
they are more agreeable as companions
than English women. They are bet-
ter instructed, they talk better, they
live better and thew fiirt better
They are neither dolls nor tom-boys
dressed in peiticOats, nor bread and
butter misses. There is. indeed, moth
ing either missish or masculine about
them"
We sincerely hope that all Mr..
Labo lchere says about our young ladies
is true. He lived in America. and is
familiar with the society of London
and Paris. and therefore has all neces-
sary means for observation aud CON-
parisoD. Other foreign testimony to
the same purpose is not wanting. Bar
on Salvador, one of the editors of the
Paris Fl. arc, accom- !anied NJ. Hatch
to the Yellowstone, and on his way
home was entice1 into an in erview ia
New York, in which he affirmed that
khe American girl is greater as nat
nal institution even thau the great
National park, which was the objective
point of the visit. He says that the
American girl is "a product indigenous
20 the country" which must please
hose Americans who prefer that every
hing national should have national
iavor. ''She stands out" he goes on
10 say, Gin full relief and in rose-col-
red light. In Paris l have many
riends among the American residents,
ID have found the study of feminine
Fharacter an exceedingly interesting
ne. Why, L have seen American
urls of eighteen or twenty years look
Eravely into one's eyes and enunciate
pinions of their own on most import
NJ matters. And they really say very
iginal things sometimes, and have
cry original ideas. As class they
re bright, sparkling, and they know
ow TO take care of themselves"
As the Frenchmen look on women
puch 10 the same light as the Mo-
ammedans. any signs of wit or ORR
inality in the sex naturally strike
hem with astOnishment. 1t is also
(urce Of never-failing wonder to Doth
|ngIish aud French writers that the
merican girl "knOws how to take care
herself" Even Ouida discovered
at, though she found nothing else to
mmend In our country women. Girls
England ard France are reared too
UGH in the shade. and are never al.
we'd out of parental sigh; till they
I've the home of their childhood for
at of their husband. They are never
hde aware of danger, that it may be
|oided. Tbe seIf-dependence of
merican women comes not alone
bm the fact of their being often
rown upon their oxn resources, but
pm the different manner in which
ey are taught. tchools OF higher
Ter for women are little known in
bglaDd and France, the task falling
the governess or to the convent.
ich prevents any knowledge of the
rid until the novice actually steps
into it
The following are the main points of
tory told by an American gentle
Of an English girl whom he met
railroad train going from Liver
to London. Fatigued with an
a voyage, he wished to be alone,
had bribed the guard to give him
Eperate compartment. Leaving the
for few moments at a station, he