The sun., 1884-11-02

that matter most women leave their homes In
evening toilet merely shrouded In IN opera
CLOAK when they go to the theatre. to which. Of
course. thoy drive"
Mr.. Max O'Rell. like Hawthorne is confound-
cd at tho quantity OF nourishment that Eng
lish women require. or which, at all events.
they manage to consume. 1lo lays before his
French readers u IN ute account Of the copious
and numerous repasts with which tho daugh-
tors Of John Bull MI up tho hours that other
wise might drug q little In . country house.
According to Lady John Manners from whom
his data are borrowed. " In country houses the
ladies arc served in bed with tea accompanied
by thin slices OF bread and butter. The young
mon generally preier nj the same hour brandy
and sot2er water. Fortified by these rofresh-
rnents. such guests as do not hunt or shoot
come down to breakfast about ton: the table
IL spreAd with four hot dishes besides cold
meats Of every kind. with fruit and cakes.
Toa. cofreo. chocolate. Wines nothing is lack
ing to this feast. that will bo prolonged for an
hour and q half to two hours. The luncheon.
that important event OF the day. begins at2
O'Clock IT. consists OF meats and fowls. dishes
hot aud cold. plain pudLings for ladies' who
have delicate stomachs. cream cakes for those
who do not mind a slight indigestion. fruit.
cheeses. and Ices. At coffee is served Nths
sportsmen are aleld. hampers Of good
things are despatched to them. At the
ladies sit down again to drink tea ani
do honor to the mullins and other comilts suit
cd to tho hour. Then. after q little chat. It's
timo TO 20 up stairs to dress for dinner The
dinner Is served ut eight or half after, nnd lasts
till ten or II half hour later. Dinner over. the
ladies retro to tho drawing room to take coffee
and smoke-this must be whispered-just a Gig
arctic or two. Tney play at cards. a few sover-
eigns change hands, and thon the ladies 20 to
bod Thereupon the man are provided with
whiskcy. brandy. claret minera, waters. lem
ons. nnd cigars TO enable them to support OK
istence till one or two In the morning."
Such is tho normal bill Of fare OF
tho English arIstncracy. and Now" Ia
the authors comment. we understand why
the tooth OF English women protrude from the
gums before they are forty: we comprehend
why these teeth. which are no fools either. pro-
test against such superhuman toll and work
themselves out. 80 as to compel the gums to
nid them In tho gigantic labor OF masticaton;
we can account. lastly. for tho fact that with
most Of the freQuanters OF Rotten Row tho eyes
secm popping out of the head. for your eyes
too, would soon start out Of their sockets If
your digestive apparatus were doomed to Il
perpetual proc"ss of degiutition. On tho part
OF tho body and its membors it's universal
save himself who-cnn."
These reflections lead tho writer to descnnt
at length upon tho small attractions possessed
BY middle grd women In England. ''rho fact
H." he says. that in tho fashionable drive OF
Hyde Park you SEQ but few pretty women. If
you except the fair and rosy children. who nrc
delicious. you will hardly SEQ in the carriages
any but pcev-h. stolid fnccs that cast at you Il
listlcss and almost stony glance. They are the
faces OF boa constructors absorbed in the func-
tion OF Digestion For tho feminine beauty
in which the English stock is rich
you must. we are told. go elsowhere
Would you regae your eyes with pretty
faces. rosy tempting. and frc>h as daisies
would you watch them ne past you by hun
dreds. 20 saunter down Regent street Oxford
street. New Bond street. Pccadilly. between Q
and 10 in tho morning. There you will SEQ tho
prettiest thin. that John Bull can offer you in
the way or national products. Tho finest
specimens OF English women tho shop
girls In the large silk goods irossInaking. and
millinery Establishments. The great English
tradesmon. who arc Intelligent fellows will
only give employment in their shops TO young
pretty well-made. and wclI-man nercd women.
and tho sight Of these indopendont. reputable.
and oven distinguished looking girls hying at
morn by thousands to their occupations is one
OF thoJnost pleasing AMI odifying spectnclos
of the immense metropolis"
From the shop girl the transition is easy to
the British b,,rmaih. Tho fashionable shops
are not the only places whore the hantsomest
feminine article of English manufacture is on
NibW. uo buTTooinb ana TobtauThnt9 are Iull
OF them, and tho finest nples. too. Messrs.
Spiors and Pond. tho famous restaurant keep
ers. have leglons at their call. These
superb daughters OF Albion emerge IL
Is trne. from inferior social stra-
tum but they have good manners and for the
most part. are surrernely handsome. Their
virtue is not 40 savage that they cannot bear
the eye Of man. or permit IA swell now and then
to indulge in the ghost OF Irritation as she
hands him his glass Of beer or grog but women
who will submit to work staadinS % their feet
from ton in the morning until midnight for
thirty shillings q week. ars incontrovsrtitly
respectable. modest income. in tho case Of
woman young and handsome. Is o certificate
OF virtue"
Another chapter to which We would invite
particular attention depicts the English wo-
man at home and dilatcs upon the widely dif-
ferent conceptions Of marriage professed and
acted on by John Bull and by his Gallic neigh
Dor. But the whole book is worth reading for
while 1t may have a little padding In certain
intercalated and supplementary chapters even
such superfluous matter is commended and
embellshod by tho authors genial animated.