The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-03-04

spicuousty black; her hips were grace
fully draped with the materials Of her
skirt, and mot the faintest vestige Of her
callow awkwardness remained on shape,
movement or pose. She was . manifest
anglomaniac of the intensest kind, and
yet, unlike the male specimen whom /
have put into the picture with her, she
was not grotesque or ridiculous She is q
member Of the Rockaway Hunt, has four
or five dogs, including big mastiff, is q
member Of Badminton Club, and wears
the most English Of clothes. Her ador-
ers are plentiful, but she has one enthu-
siastic. admirer whose devotion never
wanes. Wherever she goes her solemn,
powerfully built and thoughtful-looking
brother is somewhere in the neighbor
tood, regarding her with an approving
gnnce. He seems to look upon her as
3pecial handiwork She is versatile.
M. save already described her costumes
!, ssP church and for a steeplechase; but
law her again yesterday At county
seat. Her clothes and manners fitted the
occasion. She wore the nattiest of square
toed boots. with cork .soles and light
drsb overgafters, and her little English
walking-hat was set well forward on her
head. Her hair was drawn back from
her forehead and coiled at the back after
the quaint old fashion familiar in por-
traits of fifty years ago. There was some
thing extremely taking about this quaint
arrangement of the glossy hair, and it con-
trasted greatly with the fluffy and curled
appearance Of the heads Of other women.
She wore a pepper and salt ulster with
cape that came to her elbows, and had
long tan-colored gloves. One hand held
small whip which was regarded with
extreme veneration by small and sinful
looking fox terrier which walked at the
girls side. The ulster was not buttoned,
though there were several rows of gleam-
ing buttons down the 'front.' On the con-
trary, it hung loosely and carelessly open,
displaying collar, cravat and pin, and a
bit of shirt-bosom of the most man-like
fashion. A small white waistcoat was
just visible under partially buttoned
little jacket. Her collar was very high,
her head erect, her shoulders held back,
with the elbows close to the side, and she
stepped out like grenadier. Her broth
er and | were walking uptown and she
had stalked down to meet him. She was
as cordial and jolly as ever, and the grip
of her hand was like that of a strong
man. We hadn't gone six steps before
her brother looked at me with great
solemnity from the other side of the girl,
who was swinging along between us ex-
actly as she had done seven years before,
and asked, "What do you think of her
now, eh ?"
"Great! p gasped, "and so amazing
ly English, too"
Rawther," said the candid girl, brisk
ly. "This is the fashion of all fashions
for us you know. Anglomania is ram
pant for the very good reason that it gives
the plain girls the very first chance they
ever had. 1t was easy enough for a
pretty girl to look stylish in the old days,
when physique amounted to little, volum-
inous skirts were the go, and it was the
fashion to be languid, elegant and inert.
but the other kind of girl was waiting
her chance. When Anglomania came in,
we plain, but strong-minded girls took
hold of it, YOU know, and that is why it
holds New York in It's firm and deadly
grip. And we never mean to let ND.
either. There was time, not long ago,
when the gushing and romantic young
thing was the proper girl. She never ad-
mitted that she had any appetite, she
gloated over Shelley, adored the sweet,
sad melodies of Chopin, waltzed SLOWLY
and languidly, and beamed upon men
with gentle and bovine expression of
the eye. After that the accomplished
girl who was tall, stately and elegant
came in vogue. She moved slowly and
seriously, believed in George Eliot's
'Romola,' John Stuart Mill and Mr.. Hux
ley, and made it point to know French
and Italian. She was at her best when
sitting at a discreet distance from some
partially educated young stock broker,
conversing with him on the Thinguess of
the Which, and quoting Italian lyrics at
him softly. Of course, this reduced him
to mass OF mere pulp. think this girl
is responsible for the elevation in popu-
lar favor of the healthy and vigorous
maiden who dresses in cloth instead of
satin, eats heartily, never faints away,
talks about horses, yachts and games
that stock brokers and immature Young
men can understand, and believes in the
fun of to-day instead of the romance of
last century"
"But what about the accent ?n
"Oh, deah me! !" gasped the bouncing
Anglomaniac, as sudden spasm of NOR
tlf'cation spread over her good-natured
face. How consummately shocking! l
haven't been bit English since we met,
ave l? Sumow it quite slips me mind
when I'm with old friends; but when 1
am in the swim, you know, and anxious
to impress the vulgah, am so crushingly
English that one man out of ten can't