The bee., 1884-07-19
TYPES OF WOME
A French View Of Some National
Characteristics,
THE AMERICAN.

ed, is the American girl. She adores
pleasure, dress, luxury; shows herself
morally without concealment, such as
she is, in manner to deceive no one;
knows she Is attractive, and loves to at
tract without committing herself Flirts
all the winter with this one or that one,
only TO dismiss him in the spring, choos-
ing Immediately another Her resources
are capital which never lies idle. She
goes out alone; travels alone; or, when
i suits her better, with a male friend,
with confidence without limit, and an
intimacy, In appearance, almost conjugal.
The thus elected is allowed to de-
scribe his feelings and to speak of his
love from morning till night, but it is
not permitted to him to kiss even the
tips of her fingers. After marriage she
passes all her days alone and her even
ingS in listening 20 talk of business, me
chanical inventions, farming concerns,
or the like.
She leaves her daughters to enjoy the
liberty which she herself has enjoyed
without grave abuse. Since nothing Sc
rious has happened TO her, why should
Mary, Fannie or Jennie be lesS strong or
less able to meet any emergency?
in one sense she has created the Paris
fashions. Parisans dctcst her, prcvincialS
dcspise her, vet men of all nations are
bewitched with her. though they do not
marry her un css she has large for
tune
With reddish hair, palcr than golden,
frank Black eyes which neither droop
nor Fuai, and a figure which it is i'm
possible to initiate, she lies back in
carriage rs if 1t were a hammock; a nat
ural and easy pose. On foot, she steps
along hriskiy and unconcerncdIy. her
heel tapping the pavement as she walks.
Attracting many glanccs, she is yet much
occupied with herself and little with
Others. \ plant from the broad wilds,
which, put in a narrow space and finding
itself hemmed in, stretches across the
glass without disQuicting itself with the
frozen plants which vegctatc around it.
If understood better and criticised less
this young gil would be more truly es-
tlmatcd at her Just value.
THE ENGLISH.
An adorable face, which in the full
glare of day seems as though in moon
light, so pale and transparent in its col
oring. Large eyes, frank vet modest,
with long lashcs. Little teeth. which
lengthen perceptibly, growing like grass
in the country, until at twenty five they
suggest a Keyboard Delicate and with
0ut pronounced figure when Young, later
enormously stout or dried up. Almost
invariably hideous at forty. Extremely
exact in mall matters, model of neat,
ness.
There is Il prudish simplicity in the ar
rangemcnt OF her chamber. which is only
a place for sleeping and bathing. No
one may enter there 70 all)w cTcn the
best friend 10 see so much as the pillow
on which she sleeps, oh, no! shocking.
Absolute mistress of hcr actions to the
day OF her marriage. bat the slave of
duty, She prepares herself from child
to be Il good wife and mother She
chooses her own husband: her parents
are not occupied with nor trouble them
selves about the matter, for in England
the old maid is not an object of con-
tempt. She has her own place in society.
and, if anything is lacking TO her, she
alone is aware of it She hunts, rides
horseback, and occupies herself with
music, literature and politics.
She always wishes to know all about
woman, but is not so critical in regard to
men. Nirtuous by principle and temper
ament, she does not permit the thought
of evil dong to rest IN her mind The
daughter Of noblemau is under the safe
guard Of hereditary or personal pride; the
daughter of a peasant is guided by her
conscience and follows a straight path.
Her mind is serious and sentimental
She awaits young lord who is travelling
around the world, or an officer who is in
India. She will marry him if he comes
back without being married. If he be
unfaithful she will regret him ali her life.
Under her white hairs passion will
never be eXtiuguIshed, and the tears of
love will still run behind the glasses of
her spectacles. The object of her regrets
may become ugly. fat, common. drink
more than he ought, but she will always
see him as he was at twenty. When she
comes to Paris she has her dresses made
by our celebrated costumcrs, but the
English sharpness of outline shows its
mgles through the softest material, fat
tens, plaits, pulls, etc, and miss" is
only knife dressed up, sllrmounted by a
veil of gauze, which floats above her head
like the flag of a ship at the summit of
her great mast.
THE SPANISH.
A perfect creole. \ child of nature.
The sun which makes the orange trees
blossom has developed her sensibilitieS
before her mind was formed There has
Deen no time to breathe to her word of
! love, and yet her eyes speak it already
She dances, sleeps and fans herself. Eats
little, a cup of chocolate, and cake
smelling of roses suffice for her break
fast She sups OIL a screnade.
She wears short dresses. pretty stock
;ngs, and slippers, or shoes without hcc's;
! passes her days in looking out of the
window when the balcony fails or is for
hidden her: is very ignorant, never reads
md much less writes. Desires to be
married. not from calculation orambition
but simply because a natural instinct
makes her understand, even before she
has ceased to jump rope, that a husband
is an indispensable thing.
TIE GERMAN.
With her, love enters first into the
brain, then ascendS into the heart. A
pale blonde; she has The beauty of youth
with a spice of the wicked one about it,
nd acts in manner that ought to please
him. Her ewes look very modest, be-
cause she hides them under the lower
lashes. Loves men in general and always