Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-10
ABOUT BOYS AND GIRLS.
How They are Brought Up ana
Brought Out, In England.

The boys begin outdoor Sports "iinO0'
when they began to walk. The COVER
ness is expected to take the children Tor
regular and long walks daily. The boys
have cricket, "hares and hounds" lawn
tennis, riding, swimming and boating,
and keep up these outdoor exercises and
recreations pretty much all through life.
Gentlemen of all ages engage in these
sports, and when too old to play the more
vigorous games take hand at bowls.
Every Englishman knows how t. play,
and to the last enjoys the play. The
Fnolishman is a Spartan. He is hard
and hardy. He suppresses his feelings.
He has feelings, but they are so deep
down that he seldom gets at them. They
never come to the surface 1t Is deemed
unmanly to show feeling. He plays as
boy at football.
it is cruel, almost brutal game. He
runs his risk. have seen a boy taken
off the field unconscious; when he came
to himself he said: ooh, it's nothing
These boys are manly fellows; honest,
truthful, trusty, generous and stout
hearted. | never had an English boy
tell Inc lie In the upper classes few
would in any way act dishonorably. Only
through servility would the boys OF the
lower classes consent to be sneaks. Eng
lish bows look upon German boys as
pedants, upon French boys as ''babies,"
and upon American boys as ''elderly gen.
tlemen."
The American boy is the mystery. An
English boy stops in his short breeches
lust as long as can be. He has no fancy
for parties and balls and evenings in
drawing-roums. He calls such things
CHORES" He prefers football and
cricket; he chooses rather to roam the
fields with gun and dog; he counts it gain
when he has been in the saddle for the
day. He is taciturn He uses slang.
This is the vernacular. A green grocer's
son who puts on airs he call "cad;" an
awkward boy who is inapt and Il bit
cowardly he says is ''duffer;" hiding
and deceitful boy is known as "muff. ;"
When the schoolmaster is angry he is
"waxy." He always uses negatives. A
fellow is gushing when he remarks that
a thing is good a Rugby or an Elton boy
never ventures far bevond saying, ''it's
not bad" OF cts OF half bad" He
never would dream of saying, chats
immense" when he meant the same
thing he would say, "It's rather jolly"
A sixpence is a tanner" and shilling
| is "bob." His father is the "gov'nor,"
| and his mother is the master" His
companion is his "pal," and his dog is
his "brute" He never has 'picnic" or
"circus," but only Clark" So
universal is the use of slang among Eng
| lish boys that they have no notion that
| their vernacular is slang. To talk in any
other tongue would be not only affecta-
ton but Cheeky" Girls as well as boys
use nasty" for disagreeable, and
"beastly" for offensive.
English boys are never effeminate, and
they are very ''taking" because they are
such splendid boys. They dress like boys
till they are eighteen years old. They
| obey like boys; they study and play
they feel and think; they feed and sleep;
they disport themselves in all ways like
| boys till they become men, and then they
put away childish things. All foreigners
in America ask where the children are.
The absence of the boys and girls is alto
| gether the most striking feature OF Ameri-
can society 1t is deliciously refreshing
| to meet in America boyish boy or girl
| ish girl Manish boys and womanish
i girls are the rule in American life, so
foreigners think and say
English girls are suppressed, but they
| do not know it. II seen they are not
| heard, and they are not often seen. They
are never put on exhibition. Their man
ners are quiet, and their dress is always
very simple. The richer and higher OF
rank the palmer they are dressed as rule.
no 10,
often that an unmarried lady wears lew
elry at all, and if SO, very modest pieces,
such as pin or a ring. Children are
never put into finery, They are kept in
the nursery till they have acquired quiet
dine with the family till such age as
brilliant compilations OF the children
somewhat due to the soft and humid
climates result OF careful diet and
regular hours of work, recreation and
sleep. The girls are with their mothers
much less than are French girls, and are
with their nurses and governesses much
more. They are very shy and modest.
Their reading is religiousIy looked after,
and few read sensational or fashy fiction.
Solid reading is the rule. Indeed, they
read but little and know but little outside
OF their text books. The girls, and for
that matter the women, have no genius
for conversation. They seldom prattle
interestingly, as the French ladies do.
and take no great delight in Whispering
scandal, as the German ladies do. They
embrolder and sew, and all have Clancy
work" on hand. They never sit idlv.
Even in the drawing-room, in the even
ing, they will converse while doing some
sort of needlework. The girls ride, take
long walks, play tennis and roam the
gardens and fields. Among the wealthy
classes they have their horses and dogs.
and spend no inconsiderable time with
them.
The date for girls entrance into
society is not left to be decided by a
whim, an accident, or not at all. She is
not in society while she is school girl
She does no. 60 60 20 pa.Tsios, or have beaus.
or fT>ut on the dress and manners OF a
young lady till her girlhood DAYS are past
and she has quilted the school room.
When the time comes she is drought
out" A party is given at the opening of
the season and she is introduced into
society. This would not be earlier than
her seventeenth year, and perhaps as
late as her nineteenth. Robert Laird
Collyer. '"