The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08

II, q him. "My dear voAsistsin. she 10 he
latest freshest fruis Of our great American evo-
iution. She 10 the ssli.mads sirli"
yoGslstsih gassd Q moment Tho mutt Of
The ereat Americas nsvoiutioAf Yes. Mrs.
etsubsn told me her arsst.srandfather----"
but the rest Of his sentence wss lost IN the sx-
plesioA Of Mrs. Donnyoastls's mirth. Hshrsve-
y continued hls interrogation. howsvsf And.
desiring his host's definition 70 b defined. In.
Qulrsd what the sslf.mads girl might b.
"bit down, and veil tell you oil about H."
Mrs. Bonnyoastls said. II like talking. this
way. Aftss . pArty's over. You can smoke. II
you like. and Alfred will open window. Well.
to begin with. the self-msds girl 10 new fsa-
ture. That. however. you know. In the SEQ
ond piaos. she isn't self.made % oil. We ell
help 10 make her: w take such IN interest In
her"
That's only after she 10 msdei" Alfred Bon
nyoastts broke Ia. Bat les vosslstein that
takes an interest," What on earth has started
you up 20 on tho subjeet Of Misc Day"
vosslstsin explained. - VOL - he could.
that II waA merely the accident OF his having
creased the ocean In the steamer with hort bus
ns felt tbs inadsduAoy Of this account Of the
matter, felt II moro than his hosts. who
oould know neither how little actual contact
he had had with her on the ship. how much he
had boon affected by Mrs. DAnserneld's warn.
ines. nor how much observation at the Same
time he had lAvlshed on hor. He sat thsre half
an hour. and the warm. dead stiffness Of the
Warrington night-nowhere arc the nights 90
silent-eane In At the open window mingled
with soft. sweet earthly smell. tho smell OF
growing things. Before he wont away he had
heard all about the self.mad girl. and there
was something In the picture that almost In.
splrod him. She was possible. doubtless. only
IN Amerca-Amerfcan life had smoothed tho
WAY for her. She was not fast. nor enamel.
pAted. nor crude. nor loud and there was not
In her. OF necessity. At lesst grain Of the stun
Of which the adventures IL made. She was
simply very successful. and her success WAS
entirely personal. She had not been born with
the silver spoon OF social opportunity: she had
kraspsd Il by honest exertion. You know her
BY many different signs but chiefly. iniallibly.
BY tho appearance OF her parents. It was her
parents that told the story; you always SAW
that hef parents could never have mnds her.
Her attitude with regard to them might vary
In different Ways. The great fact on her own
side bein9 that she had lifted herself from q
lower social plane. done II all herself. and done
It By tho simple lever OF her PERSONAL
ity-in this Wow. OF oourse. II was to be OK.
pected that she should leave the authors Of her
being In the shade. Sometimes she had them
In her wake. lost In tho bubbles and the foam
that showed whore she had passed.: some-
tines. As Alfred Bonnycastie said. she lot them
slide: sometimes she kept them in close con-
flnement: sometimes she exhibited them to
the public In discreet elimpses. In prearrangsd
attitudes. But the general characteristic of
the self-made girl was that. though It was
frequently understood that she was privately
devoted TO her kindred she never attempted to
impose thom on society. and It was striking
that she WAS much better than they. They
were almost always SOLEMN ana portentous.
and they were for the most part OF deathly
responsibility. She was not necessarily snob-
bish. unless 1t was snobbish to want the best.
She didn't crinee. she didn't make herself
smaller than she was: on the contrary. shs
took 4 stand OF her own and attracted thinga
to herself. Naturally. abe was possible only
In America-only In q country where certain
competitions were absent. Tho natural history
OF this interesting creature was at last COM
| pletely exhibited to Vogelstein. who. - he sat
there In the animated stiffness. with the
fragrant breath Of the Western World Ia
his nostris. was convinced OF what he had
| already suspected. that conversation in tho
| United States IL much moro psychological
than elsewhere. Another thing. a. no learned
that you knew tho self-made girl BY was her
culture. which was perhaps little too obvious.
She had usually got into society moro or less
| by reading. and her conversation WAS apt to be
Garnished with literary illusions even with
sudden quotations. voeelstein had not had
time to observe this element In a developed
form in Pandora Day: but Alfred Bonnycastle
said that he wouldn't trust her to keep 1t under
| In 0 tete-d-tete. 1t was needless to say that
| these young persons had always been to Eu-
| rope; that was usually tho first thing they did
| by this means they sometimes got into society
| In foreign lands before they did so at homo; II
was to be added. on the other hand. that this
resource was less and less valuable. for Eu-
rome. in the United States. had lees and less
prestige. and people in tho latter country now
kept watch on that roundabout road. All this
applied perfectly to Pandora Day-the journey
to Europe. the culture las exsmplifed in the
books she read on the ship) the placement Of
the family. The only thing that was excep.
ttonal was the rspidity with which she had ad-
vancod. for tho jump she had taken since he
left her in tho hands Of Mr.. Lansing struck
| Vogelstein. even after he had made all allow
ance for the abnormal homogeneity Of Amer
lean society. as really considerable. It took all
her clcverness to account for It. Whom she
| moved her family from Utica. tho battle ap-
pearod virtually to have been gained.
Vogelstein called on her the next day. and
Mrs. Steuben's blackamoor informed him. In
| the communicative manner OF his race that
tho ladies had gone out to nay some visits and
look at tho Capitol. Pandora apparently had
not hitherto examined this monument. and
the young man wished he had known. tho even
ing before. OF her omission. 30 that he might
| have offered to be her initiator. There 10 toe
obvious connection for mo to attempt to con-
ceal IL. between his regret and the fact that In
leaving Mrs. Stsuben's door no reminded him
self that he wanted good walk. and took his
way along Pennsylvania avenue. His walk
had become fairly good by tho time he reached
the great white sdiflce which unfolds it's re-
peated colonnades and upiits its isolated dome
at the end Of long vista of saloons and to.
bacco shops. He slowly climbed tho great steps
| hesitatinG little. and wondering why he had
como there. The superficial reason was OBJ.
vious enough. but there was a real ono behind
1t which seemed to vogestein rather wanting
In the solldity which should characterize the
motives OF an emissary OF Prince Bismarck. The
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