Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-13

weight OF an ornament Among the fans
Oh note Is the one of gold LACQUER. on
IVORY OF great beauty, which was nre.
scented to Mrs. Grant by the queen of
olan, who also gave her an exquisite
representation of Chinese figures. Then
she received silver fan with blue enamel
ana gold tiligree and blue enamel from
foreign despots
THE WOMEN or EUROPE,
Nine. Durand tIIcnry Greyine) in a
recent lecture AT Boston, spoke interest.
lngly of the feminine portion of Europe
She spoke first of the women OF Russia.
where the peasant expects his wife to
pillow, TO harvest, TO work like a beast of
burden. This would be comparatively
nothing II they were well treated and
loved. Their husbands do love them.
out In peculiar fashion. For the first
two or three days after the Wedding
things 90 on very well--that Is, while the
families are exchanging their visits. After
that the husband beats his wife. And II
he does not beat her she thinks II is be-
cause he does not love her. Beating is
the mark of a proper jealousy. Among
the weather Russians, the mothers on
trinity day dress their marrageable
daughters very handsomely and
take them TO city garden some
thing like Boston common. The silk
dresses of the girls arc unlike ANYTHING
you ever saw here. They are pink, vel
low, or sky blue, with huge flowers Of
contrasting colors The girls are as stiff
as sugar-loayes in them. The mothers
and daughters seat themselves ON benches
In the garden, and all the young men who
want wives parade before them. Tho
girls never look at the men. They sit
until O'Clock without saving word
Then they so home and wait. In two or
three days, or perhaps week, an old
woman appears. She asks for the mother.
and begins to talk TO her about everything
in the world eNcep: the narriageable
daughter. She Is the matchmaker. II
would be highly improper for the young
man or his family TO appear in the matter.
At length she says; "You have turtle
dove and have u turtle-doye." Aftera lit
tie parryng she comes TO the point. ''Why
should not my pigeon marry your pigeon?n
The mother demurs, and saws her
daughter Is too young. "Why did YOU
take her TO market then?n II Is soon ar
ranged after this. The matchmaker sets
forth the present and prospective advan-
tages of the match. The girl is summoned
and informed that in two or three weeks
she will marry the young man. She must
not look very much pleased If she likes
the match, and she must look somewhat
so If she does not like 1t. She cannot re-
fuse. The Young man comes to family
tea-party, perhaps to two. Then his
friends return the civility. They see
nothing of each other beyond this.
The higher classes, the lecturer contin.
ued, spoil their wives and sisters with
kindness. They treat them not AZ equals
In Germany IL is different. There the
wives aim at but one thing. Their hus-
bands must be well fed. TO this all their
powers are devoted And the husbands
look well fed, as the wives reward. In
Italy they don't think about eating at all
Macaroni can be had every
where. have often wondered
how IL would do to live on the border
between Germany, where they cook
too much, and Italy, where they don't
cook at all. | don't know much about
English women, therefore | shall say
nothing about them. make 1t a rule
never to talk Of things OF which know
nothing. In France women are clever
aud help their husbands. French parents
love their children too much. have
been told that II is not good TO love chill
dren too mach, and | sometimes think
that may be true. At least, IL is not we'll
TO show II too much. They do show II
too much in France generally, and the
children tyranniZe. The wives are more
the equals of their husbands In the coun-
try then in other classes OF society; aud
In the country husband and wife are more
TO each other than among workmen.
Often workman cannot support the fam
lily If there are many children. The wife
must help. She also goes out 10 work.
She leaves her children 10 be taken care
Of at institutions called creches, where
they are nursed fed and taken care
Of for nothing from O'Clock in the
until at night. French
women are very dependent, and the law
Is very hard on them. Until recently
French woman's earnings belonged 20 her
husband. A recent law gives them their
own earnings. The French woman Is
never free II she maFries she Is not free
then. Widows only are free. When O
girl is seventeen or eighteen, her mother
begins to look about for a husband, and
everybody begins TO dread her, They
forget to send ner invitations, and invent
excuses about cards having been lost. /
When the son-in-law is secured he Is In
vlted to dinner. he looks about 10 see
II the linen the silver, and the furniture
are al right. lie calls two or three times
4 week, aud brings magnificent flowers.
No matter how poor he l., the flowers are I
always splendid He expects the brides /
portion 10 make up for IL. "This Is a
de conyenance,p though what
! do not know very well I
[ do not anproye Of such mar |