The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1883-05-24
OUR GIRLS.
w That Mrs. LanGtry, the Eng iSh
Beauty, Thinks of Them.

\ reporter has secured quite an extern
aive interview with Mrs. Langtry on the
uhiect Of American women. She told
him:
II think American women have very
pretty faces, 50 bright and winning. One
sees many more pretty faces here than in
England. Then they have beautiful hair
and very pretty hands and feet"
and their figures ?"
"Wei, | must take the liberty to say
that thlall their figures or generally bad.
The American standard Of figure is alto
gether too plump to please me-"
But she Confesses that this may be be-
cause she herself has been called ''scrag-
W" probably in Pittsburg where the
most disagreeah!e things were said about
me-" Next about their dresses
"Do you admire the dress of Amer lean
women?"
81 cannot say candidv that | do: on
the whole, ] think they dress TOO smartlv
for the strickland too simply for the theatre.
! think they mix their cOl0rs badly and
have too many bows and ends on their
dresses To my taste Il woman cannot be
too simply dressed for the street. 4 dress
Of simple neutral tints please me best
saw woman in the street the other day
wearing a gray ulster blue dress and
scarlet kid gloves. just that :" and Mrs.
Langtry almost shuddered with horror at
the Thought Of scarlet gloves, land she also
had a boquet de corsage Of daffodils That
was rather Il gay. mixture Of colors, was it
not ~
"You said that they did not dress well
enough for the theatre 2"
Nv Ell, what ! meant to say was that |
like t. see ladies in full dress at the thea
ire or they might, if they come in bon
nets, wear the charming little theatre bon
nets one secs in the French theatres
These big hats that women wear in Ameri-
can theatres think are abominabe."
what do You think of the fashions in
America? Are they behind the European
fashions"
We'll ! should say that the American
style in dress, in cuts and all that, is about
a year behind that of Paris
Finally about their manners:
You want to know what | thirt of the
manners Of the American women? | think
them charming, s. free ani open. The
American women are 50 independent. and
there is sucn a delightful lack OF self
consciousness about jhem. They are. too,
very bright in conversation, and the free
dom ana tranNneSs OF their manner I'M
presses one instantly. 1t is so different
from the reserve Of the general run of Eng
lish women"
To sum up:
''Well, to sum mp on the American wo
wan' Mrs Longtry said returning to the
subject, Il thinR her very admirable and
charming, and think she has very strong
national characteristics. | would know an
A ncrican woman anywhere, In what
way r? Well. principally from her frank
and open manner and her independence.
This may be call an E glish expert
opinion. l. will surprise many of us to
know that our women are too plump, es-
pccially by an English standard, and that
they dress badly. But all will agree with
her ideas on their hats at the theatre, and
commend her for her good taste in admir-
ing their manners Elk.
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