New-York tribune., 1884-10-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE DAUGHTERS OF JOHN BULL. 49,

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commentary ON pcrhdious Aoo"' i"'' ,. VIZ. 30
go An truth all he does is to describe some ex.er
..a,. from the point Of view Of Frcnchman. Inc
s.ol IL superficial, sketehy aud without the pun
-,ccv which madeaJ ohm Bull and his Island emuS-
Dc ,Spitc its often grotssque bRndcrs The ch'ei
srtsrest IN IL lies in tho comparisons pctweo"
rrspch and English customs and soeia INSTITUTIONS
Max ORell was probably expected 10 ridicuo anu
abusc Enrlshwomen and 10 gratify the preVa''i"s
Augloobobia IN his own country. lie mas no', now
ever dome this and even his most canstic cii'e'sS
arc in many instances real compliments
The English process OF Irritation MIS- III" wiz"
,,order and admiration. In France he remarks
"tbcre is no flirting. Love affairs there are 100
scr;ous for that But he thinks it Is an innocent
pastimc. and he tries to define it. thus:
"To art is TO give audience to young man,
whom one has remarked, distinguished as the
Grand Duchess of Gerolsten SAYS II Is 10
INN by pleasant smiles, by little euticements, 10
throw aside reserve and 10 push galantiiy iy ns nens
near TO a declaration of love. TINS lttie ga,,e
would I've very dangerous with younp ;hmnn FOR
fiirtation is to bestow upon woman d"cn,,oms
without intentions, and l congratulate 'he young
luglishnen upon being capable OF TINS.
swcethearting. observes ORell. is very dhiereh'
thing Here we have love taken seriously.
"Sweethearting could not exist in France, where
the most fortunate lovers can only Tepe@t .ncn
vows of affection in the presence Oh a iu.ure 80
in-law In England, TO sweetheart means 10 pay
addresses openly, TO take the betrOtneu ever !,
where to have more or less solitary sentlnen.da ~
walks with her. TO take Thousand gracious n'''0
liberties III short" =,
lie follows this with a statement so curious that
Il might have emanated from NJ. Jules Chacaoac'
Thackeray's Paris correspondent. lie says graSeV
"Uis a very strange spectacle in a country where
reserve prudery, dccency arc pushed Amos, 10 in
conyenience to see the pairs of lovers walking q
dusk holding one another by the mana. the Wis. @
the neck and forming verltabe PROFESSIONS III cti
tam unfrequented streets. BE 1T understood tnai
ar not speaking of the upper classes but OF tne
middle class, OF shopkeepers. clerks, ana Wei WEI
dressed and respectable shop girls. iDese eOubars r
walk slowly, look ing languishingiy at one anoihei
aud saying nothing. When you pass ana look at at
them they seem 10 say TO YOU: You know what
we are and what we are dong long m y"a poti 1t is
useless for us TO put constraint upon ourscNo'
He tells us further that the benches in the Lon
don parks are wholly occupied by young people
who are sweethearting," and that the principai
function of the park police is to prevent them from
being interfered with
I.ove-making III England, it seems, is carried on
in remarkable way. In France the lover throws
himself at the feet OF his adored, and so 10 say
croyels: but the tyrannous Engllshman asserts MS
sunerioritv bv seating himself in an easy chair
lighting q cigar aud graciously permitting ms pe-
loved TO occupy stool at his side, and rest her
head ON his knees or his manly breast, as circuin-
s,auces NAV determine But this, remarks MI
O,Rell does not really indicate that the woman Is
degraded. The place she occupies is a state not
of slavery hut of exalted duty" 1t is just as we'll
60 know this.
He understands that in England kissing is con-
fined 10 the mouth, but he laments that he has had
no opportunities for personal observation on thls
interesting question, for these confounded island
ersalways took care to wait until was gone before
they INDUCED in these delightful proofs OF intl-
macy"
The submission of the wife to the husband, ne
thinks Is the base of the WHOLE social system for
John Bull woman is almost necessary eVh' 'nc
wife nm associate of his social reason love small
duty more OF less disagreeable. The Englishman
does not know how to make love. lie is cold,
phlegmatic. selfish. Even on the stage you Will
hear n young actor declare his passion in the same
tone with which, at table, one says TO MS
n.iohbor please pass me the mustard
lie does not like the Anglican marriage
service. parts of which lie thinks calculated 10
shock the feelings not only of the bride but OF the
bridesmaids. But the English Bible seems to meet
his views. and ne accords 1t praise which Is the
more generous because of the presumption that he
has made no profound study of the SUBJECT
On the question of English beauty he has much
to cav. and for the most part 1t is commendatory
Tho Trenchwomanr "is more graceful
ful and piquant than the Englishwoman; mt sne
4 les. healthy aud less fresh. She has llveer eyes,
prcter mouth better wsEt3r ss OGr and er bsthng sf
thIs is the secret of the beauty and health
fulness of the EnGlishwomen;, Ihey ,,h Ita,
neither showeT-baths nor drafts lhey sleep WIN
omen windows and IN The morning they deIugc mem,
selves with cold water. In winter the more timld
take sponge-bat, and rub themselves if1ln nG1u u
crles for mercy. The appetite thus sharpeheh they
go down to breakfast fresh and vigorous, mas .
hearty meal of eggs and-cod meat anu INC" ''"''
Tor "A country walk or game Oi lawh-tehh!s.
sineularly enough. NJ OReil prefers the London
fashions in headgelr TO those of Paris. and reads
his ccuntrywomen a homiy upon their ex-
trayacance and bad taste IN bonnets. al1rinine
that the Princess of Wales has devised
or made popular simple yet elegant hat, whlch
Is much more becoming than the tawdry things the
French milliners recommend. The English women
nj the higher class he says, dress usually in dark
coors for the street, simply. bat at the same 'iho
richly and IN good taste. Their evening coliiures
are simple and graceful, aud win the critics APP
proval-
lie finds fault with the white lies current IN
English conversation. and with sort OF prudcry
which he thinks more habit than hypocrisy. The
F.eter Hall Nav meetings perplex him and excite
MS r,dicule. and he is intensely disgustcd by the
advocates of woman suffrage and the Salvation
Army.
Taking his text from Lady John Manners he
charges the aristocracy with guiony, and observes
that their enormous eating explains why the
teeth of the English decay before the fortieth year.
and why also the eyes of most of the hal bitues OF
Rotten Row seem to stick out of their heads.
"The fact is," he adds, that one sees very lew
pretty women the fashionable promenade
in HYDE Park. With the exception OF
lovely pink and white children you only
zee. in the carriages, stupid ana cinln"
6gres whose billiard ball eyes stolidly They
are the figures of gorged boa-constrictors There
are no smiles, no graceful gestures OF recognition
from carrisg, to carriage; it is the museum OF