The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
Frencl,man on English

One Max Rel has recently written a
book on John Bull and His Islandp
which contains agood many things which
ought to interest American la!ies.
Sone 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. I'm.
possible to make faux pas with such bas-
es as these. Tney can not lose their
center OF gravity. They have only the
beauty of youth. IAN English woman is
seldom haudsomeFafter 80. In many re-
spests the Englishwoman is superior to
tn French woman; she is more natural {;
b Is less subject to vapors, and does
not regularly get her migraine. She is
not SO naive as the young French girl,
but, on the other hand, she is
less childish. She goes out without
her m and her maid, YES
you a hearty grasp of5the hand,
and looks You unblusAingly in the face.
Unmarried, free as the air, she may 90
,urney, 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 attelldsto
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 Eot more demonstrativc toward
the former, IL is, in n great measure, his
own fault; he permits no liberties 10 be
taken with him. The EEelishman has
not he bump of a~mativeness; 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 Engiishwoman 1efrains
from milking advances toward her lord
and master Tor fear oftheirnot being met
With approval. With us a too strict watch
. over our children, and the fear of CIV
ing them to much liberty, engender a
love of the secret and mysterious.
E%vrything in an English education
tends - make young people self, reliant.
NO mother or ~gov,fness Wonl 4 think
OF opening a letter addressed to her
daughter or pupil; the girl has her own
private correspondence as sacred as
that other eld-rs. No letters received
on the sly; no letters written to Young
sweethenrts at midnight. The absence
Ct suspicion destroys the charm of mys-
terry. 81 4 & Gentlemen never use
objectionable expressions among them
selves, nor indulge in risky jokes in the
company of ladies'"
1t may well be suspected that this is
something e cou!eur de rose. but
there is some good sense in it all the
same. And if the gallant Gaul is so
charmed wit. the freedom of English
society. how he would be enchanted
with its e~xaggeration in America! But
turn to another page of the spicy little
book, and one stumbles on something
| which wears a somewhat different VS.
age: Is e oa
Adultery is frequent in the higher
classes, among the rich and idle; very
rare among the middle and working
classes. do not mention the lower pop
ulace of London; their life is that oil dogs.
"A married man, said an Englishman
OF some Importance to me one day, 'is
very foolish to be unfalthful to his wife.
Why or earth should one blight ones
peace of mind? Isncto one woman as good
rs another? In nine divorce cases out of
ten the correspondent is an officer in her
Majesty'Sa service. An officer and a
gentleman, having nothing particular to
do in time Of peace, is fond of keeping
his hand in by shooting over other peo-
Piles preserves. The correspondent is not
u~nfrequently a Young groom, as one may
see by the newspapers. This SAMPLE of
correspondents begin at the spur; it is
not very far to the garter; the path is
very attractive, que voulez vous?- Be-
tween he 1st OF July, 1882, and LIST of
January. 1883, | counted seven cases OF
these favored funkeys in the newspa-
pers, How many must there be still en-
loving their good fortunes on the quiet!''
90 Max, Max! You naughty Frpnchman!
Your facts are bad enough, but your in
ference is just too, awful" Why couldn't
you leave argument for those only who
can read between the lines?"