The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08
Frenchman on
Women.


Oulens
One Max O'Rell has recently written q
book on "John Bull and His Island"
which contains aGood many things which
ought to interest American ladies.
Some of them are here reprinted, having
special reference to English femininity.
IEshglish women are remarkable for
their fresh compilations, their decided
and fearless gait, and the length of their
feet, which reminds one that twelve
inches 60 to the foot in England. I'M
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. Az English wcman is
seldom handsome after so. In many re-
spests the Englishwoman is superior to
the French woman; she ia more natural
she is less subject td'vapors. and does
not regularly get her migraine. She is
not so naive asthe young French girl,
but, on the other hand, she is
less childish. She goes out without
her mammR aud her maid, gives
you a hearty grasp of the hand,
and looks you unb!ushingly In the face.
Unmarried, free as the air, she may Ga.
to the theater, take a walk. Oh even q
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, Utneith
er does she make love to other mex. Ii
she not more demonstrative toward
the eoIAler, Ii is, in q great measure, his
own fault; he permits no liberties to be
taken with him. The Engiishman has
not the buhlp of a~mativeness; bis neck,
on an average, does not measure O
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 oftheir not being met
with approval. With us a too strict watch
over our children, and the fear of Civ
ing them TO r4nc!s hhbertys engender a
E~vrything in an English education
tends to make young people self. reliant.
No mother or ~goyerness wouli think
of opening a letter addressed to her
daughter or pupil; the girl has her own
private correspondence as sacred as
that of her elders. No letters received
on the sly; no letters written TO young
sweethearts at midnight. The absence
Of suspicion destroys the charm of mys-
terry. Gentlemen never use
Objectionable expressions among them
selves, o indulge in risky jokes Ia the
company Of ladies'"
1t may well be suspected that this is
something over couieur de rose. but
| there is some good sense in IL all the
same. And If the gallant Gaul is SO
charmed with the freedom of English
society. how he would be enchanted
with its exagGeration in America! But
turn TO another page efshe spicy little
book, and d stumhles on something
which wears somewhat different Wis
age:
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
uiace OF London; their life is tIIat ofdogs.
"A married man, said an Englishman
of some importance to me n day, s.
v~eryfoolIsh to be u~nfaithful TO his wife,
Why ~ earth shouleTone blight ones
peace III nind2 IsnctSae wOma as good
Laa another? In nine divorce cases out oil
4 bCAAAD NAEt O1RQAA0N1tt AZ III 1AAAAGE Ia lACA
Mpjesty's service. An officer and d
gentleman, having nothing particular %
do In time OF peace ID fond of keepinp
his hand in by sKooting over other peo.
pies preserves. The cokreGPsndenkfs mol
unfreouentiy young gr6nm, as one may
see by the newspapers. This sample b
4 correspondents begin at the spur9it ia
not very far to the garter: the path il
very attractive, cue voulez vo.ss@ Be.
tween the LIST Of July, 1882 aud 7st ol
January. 1883, Iceunted seven cases d
these favored funkeys in the newspa.
pers, How many must there be still en-.
joying their good fortunes on the quiet
20 Max, Max You naughty Frenchman
Your facts are bad enough, but Your in.
ference Is just too awful" Why couldn'
YOU leave argument for those only who
can read between the lines?"