New-York tribune., 1884-01-16

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beauty or fashion had been left IN the CITY bteH
at Saratoga the most attractive lace s'oho'i e & '"
young English lady passing tnroWEnl Vr nrescntrd
different appearancc and many pretty "Vuon oi.
TO he seen although the number was conplia'&N'nS 49,
small and mt the Metropolitan opera Ilpuso, Il, ~ ~,
H,r,car fr;ends were uunble to point out any lazy
whom they could call beautiiul. Srico Lc
artist told me that when he llrSt Nls'VV VI single
scarcely saw in the streets o1 new L"tk - " ~ no
fo~e which he could select as model IhouNn ~ 10
could find twenty such III the Lohuoh S'ioo' ~
which his studio was sltualed. ..o,,olr dol;co.o
The American type of beauty Is Nlf'mclL '~oIlo',D ~
| and refined and London and Cohtlh9tiu sooi'y ~
will always contain some American lhae7 Wlo nay
rank among the loveliest III the Wolln' "L'n Wo rn
i"nwn IN ris all but are more common IN Europe
than America beautiful girl IS, IN the irst hlace,
more likely to travel than PLAIN one IOr Tiio ~
inns for new worlds to conquer; the PRIDE and
affection of her parents are more lhciy 10 setuu %
her legitimate ambition, and havihg ,oa'n'tb tbcre
rcpa she is obviously more likely 10 r9laii toio'
If ncrican girls be anxious to marry thRIal'Ion
as n study of contemporary novels pays alu hoI
cietv would seem to show, II Is PROOF oi tho' B IL
sense for America, which Is the pes pace VI tar Wv
world for making money is the very "oIS, 1 tE tH
spending it Life revoiNes fouhn .lc oiiUo &c u n,rt
shop and the cOuntlng-hOuse ana "omih "i eI'iiO
doubtless prefers society like that OF Lohuon'
where even the men, to say nothing "t the women,
from the time they rise ut tn they 8" 10 pea az
q orlock in the morning think of nothing but now
thcv NAV amlise themselves. America VIII grow
day by day like the Old World IN th;s RESPECT,
and when its citizens shall have learned the hc't1Jc
of amusement it will become iar more agFeeanle
place than it is at present. The change IN the
habits of the men Will nave IeG. enece upTh thetrc
race and the amusements in which they dell9ht are
in the open air. As are the men so are Ih1 "ohh'
Riding and rowing. walking and tennis, nave aS-
veloned in them a beauty the chief charm OF which
is that il is healthy. The late hours OF the Dai
room do not take the bloom from cheek which s
daily renewed by gallop IN the park before h'h-
con or n game of lawn tennis in the afternoon In
America life is SO entary: The natloha game vi
base pail is mostly Pyed by cannot r' be
counted as exercise III the English sense OF the wQrd.
The men, with few exceptions. nave no country ,Iio
few of them even know how to ride; they helther
hunt nor row nor shoot nor play cricket and the
women. being everywhere the shadow OF the men.
are accomplished in none of those outdoor exercises
! i'm which their English sisters find and renew Ihelr
beauty. The charm which IS born OF dellcacS nay y
he very lovely thing, like the finest porce am Ont
it does not constitute the highest forlh Oh beauty
! which is inseparable from good hcalth'
MATHEW ARNOLD IN THE UNITED STATES.
The last of Lord Coerdges opinions that shall
| notice recommended Matthew Arnold to the Amerl-
| can public the most distinguished OF living Ehs-
! lishrncn: and although he atterwaId attempted 10
modify his statement the praise was iclt 10 DC eA-
| trayagant. The assertion III English literary
! iournai that there is scarcely railway guard or
porter in America who is not familiar with ArnOn
| work, is foolish as untrue. nave uaVencu
| many Thousand miles IN America but nave hcNo'
met railway porter whose literary tastes rose sii,
nerior TO The Police Noes and IN all societies Arnold
must remain an acquired taste. like olives or caviar
If be became popular his virtue us protro Wou,J @
disappear II was. then, with much interest ana
so ne anxiety that | went TO Chlckerlng nan 70
hear Matthew Amolds first lecture III New-lork,
! for he had freely condemned the Americans III
former days as a race of PhilStines, and they nave
| long memories We English are accustomed TO MI;
Arnold when like Balaam, he starts On niss9n % , po
sugor or beat our wives, We know that tnefe ~ no
| escape from condemnation. Unless we can Iake
refuge with the few elect III ms private aTki we o
long TO an upper class materlazed, IL mludIe Grass
yulgarizcd, lower class DTntallIed' DuI lhe
Americans were not used TO tins drastic trratehti
and had shown some temper when told that' even IL
bpV huIt
an unrcdpcmed and irredeemabe vulgar hlIdde
class Chckering Hall, however, display1d no signs sign
of hostility On the contrary. when Alr farke God-
win had ended laboTed and pcI1erVld lnIrOduc-
ton the great English critic was received Dy Il
crowded house with every sign OF sympatnI n, ana
spect. There was not vacant chalr' ana the auu
ence was evidently largely composed OF lhc llost
educated and cultured classes. and included many
ladies' But the lecture as such was complete
fai,nrc. Matthew Arnold says he dlsllkes public
speaking. and certainly his voice iS-or WaS|uh-
equal to the demands OF well-hled haI heaulhg
his lecture with the manuscript close 10 his eyes
placing strong accent on the penullnate OF ante
penultmate syllable and dropping the last
atogether allowing the voice to 50 sink at the cioSe
of a sentence that the last words were lnaunloie
without gesture or expression, Mr. Matthew Aih"u
comb nes IN himself all the possible lantS Oh pn-
lie lecturer. Sitting ten rows IN front 0l tlc icaucr
found il impossible to hear the whole OF any sen
tence or to follow the argument OF the address. ocI
casonally Il quotation more or less familiar could
be picked from the general monotone as DR.. john
sons declaration That Patriotism rs the last refuge
of a scoundrc" or Platos description, ol AthenIaR
society: There is but very small remnant OF
honest followers of wisdom, and they WING are OF
These few and have tasted how sweet pOsScssI0ni is
wisdom, and who can tuIIN see me mauhoSo vi tHo
multitude what are they TO do Z
Iyut these were mere GASES OF SOUND III utSert ol
inaudibiity; ana OF he hiteen hundred persons
present perhaps hundred understood the lecture,
10 some tOur hundred an occasional sentence was
youchsafcd while q thousand heard nothing. An
American audience Is wonderfully patent ana 4'h,
eroiS; and although at lTtt from several parts oI
the hall came unayaIliug cries o1 Louurr' Iah
hear yOu' vet. when It was thoroughly reallItd
that rcuOnStTance and eutTeaty were III Valu lhr
audience resigned themselves to the enjoyment ol
their Baunrcldc feast manner both amusing
and pathetic. The lecture, If audible, wonld hardly
have satisfied an American audience. lis pnrp"lt
seemed TO be that maOTltlcS were always VICIOUS
and wrong: and that the only advantage 10
America i'm her great and increasing population WAS
that. in 50 vast multitude Ol loolS anu hudN's,
thcre must be a considerable remnant" VINO. II
fortune were favorable which the lecturer dId not
anticipate might redeem and Transform the corrupt
MASS. Mr.. Matthew Arnold Is very likely right 6ut
with these sentiments America has no sympathy
II holds that he wastes lis rare powers III futile
criticism OF the Philismcs. who are the practical
men of the world and who do lis real Work. Inc
night after his lecture. the well-known journalist,
Mr. Dana, in the same hall, repudatcd his doctrine,
and declared that the facts ol America ana Europe
cOntradictcd his theory; that III England ana
France there was little no political progress, that
in democratic institutions and the prnclple OF
euuaiitV were the salvation of the human race;
Whine material triumphs by man over nature con
tanned the condition of progress, Work lndepthd-
ent of poets and e>SayistS like MIR. Arnold. There
feeling of his cuuntrymcn, who are satisfied with
Themselves and do not care to he improve or IN
structcd by any teacher however Illu>trlUus. Mr.:
Matthew Arnold, pHotcd by Alr. ID Oyly carte anu
fully recalls samson grinding corn for the PhiAs-
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