Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-08
Frenchnan ON English
- Women.

book on "John Bull and His Island"
which contains a good many things which
ought to- interest American ladies'.
Some Of them are here reprinted, having
special reference to English femininity
English women are remarkable for
their fresh compilations, their decided
and fearless gait, and the length of their
feet, which reminds one that twelve
inches go to the foot in England. linz
possible to make faux pas with such bas-
es as these. They can not lose their
center Of gravity. They have only the
beauty of youth. An English woman is
seldom handsome after 81. In many re-
spests the Englishwoman is superior to
TIM French woman; she is more natural;
she is less subject to vapors, and does
not regularly get her nigraine. She is
not 80 naive as the young French girl,
but, ON the other hand, she is
less childish. She goes out without
her mamma and her maid, gives
you q hearty grasp Of the hand
and looks You unblushingly in the face.
Unmarried, free as the air, she may 90
to the theater, take walk, or even a
journey, with male companions; she Is
the leader of society, indispensable at all
social gatherings and pleasure parties.
Married, she does not boast of leading
her husband by the nose; she attends to
her house and her children; she does
not make love to her husband, but Meth
er does she make love to other men. If
she is not more demonstrative toward
the former, it is, in great measure, his
own fault; be permits no liberties to be
taken with him. The Euglishman has
not the bump of amatlveness; his neck,
on an average, does not measure more
than fourteen inches; her enticing ways
would he entirely lost upon him. In
her dignity the Englishwoman refrains
from making advances toward her lord
and master for fear Of their not being met
with approval. With US a too strict watch
ing them to much liberty, engender a
Evrything in an English education
tends to make young people self:reliant.
No mother or governess woul think
of opening a letter addressed to her
daughter or pupil; the girl has her own
private correspondence as sacred as
that of her eldsrs. No letters received
on the sly; no letters written. to young
sweethearts at midnight. The absence
Ct suspicion destroys the charm of mys-
terry. = Gentlemen never use
Objectionable expressions among them
selves, nor indulge in risky jokes in the
company Of Ladies"
1t may we'll be suspected that this is
something over couleur de rose, but
there is some good sense in it all the
same. And if the gallant Ganl is so
charmed with the freedom Of English
society. how he would be enchanted
with its exaggeration in Americai But
turn to another page of the spicy little
book, and one stumbles on something
which Wearsa somewhat different WIS.,
age:
"Adultery is frequent in the higher
classes, among the rich and idle; very
rare among the middle and working
classes. I do not mention the lower pop
ulace of London; their life is that of dogs.
"A married man, said an Englishman
of some importance to me one day, is
very foolish to be unfalthful to his wife.
Why ON earth should one blight ones
peace of mind? Is not one woman as good
as another? In nine divorce cases out of
ten the correspondent is an officer in her
Majesty's service. An officer and a
gentleman, having nothing particular to
do in time of peace, is fond of keeping
bis hand in by shooting over other peo-
pies preserves. The correspondent is OF
unfrequently Young groom, as one may
see by the newspapers. This sample OF
cores pondents begin at the spur; it is
not very far to the garter; the path is
very attractive, que voulez yous? Be-
tween The 1st Of July, 1882, and lst Of
January. 1888, counted seven cases OF
these favored Aunkeys in the newspa.
pers, How many must there be still en-
joylng their good fortunes on the quietP'
/ 20 Max, Max! You naughty Fnnchmanl
Your facts are Dad enough, but your in
ference is jnst too awful" Why couldn't
you leave argument for those only who
can 'read between the lines2"