The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-12-07
800. Ma-ryat's American Notes

hpslratps 70 say what she bnInAs, anu
Ter conclusions are not always com
rlimentarv. The interviewers, Of
course. dealt with her, and she gives
FMS experience with them:
/ had the pleasure OF seeing eleven
gentlemen Of the New York press
during the first two days OF my ar
rival. 50 whoever the cap fits may
wear IL but i must confess that a great
deal appeared in print that He0er sad
nor could have said and that some OF
the questions put to me went beyond
the bounds Of courtesy And now,
Miss Narrvat. said one reporter, look
7nr me full III the face, lat what age
sbsll ] 1ut vOu down2" wait min
ute.- I replied. you haven't asked
me how many under-fannels / wear
vet Surely your readers will want
r. know that" You mean. " he con
t7nued. that you don't intend to tell
me ro1lr age2" i mean" | said.
that I have no intention of answer
ing any question except such as an
English gentleman would feel himself
justified in putting to me in my own
drawing-r0om. II guess thatreporter
put me down at about sixty -hve-)
Sophie Eyre. who was staying at the
Victoria. also told me that she had
similar question put to her ID San
Francisco. to which she answered that
a woman is never older than she looks.
When tie critique appeared, it praised
her acting. but said. 1T was a pity she
E2oleE forty
The American ladies are, as q rule,
pretty. They have small, delicate
features. fine eyes and good heads of
hair. even when gray. But they sell
dom have any figure.
As a rule they do not ..fraternize"
with the English women much. On
The other hand they adore the English
men. and were / an American gentle
man. I should feel rather jealous of
their admiration for everything mas
culine ON this side Of the water. The
height of their ambition seems TO be
10 marry Britisher. lord If posi-
BE. but in default Of lord, an officer
IN the army. They have extravagant
ideas about dress. and they talk too
much for good breeding Of what things
east. Yet the majority do not dress
fashionably; far from it, according to
our ideas of fashion. | had heard so
much OF the American woman's taste
in dress that | was astonished to see
SO little of it: but when / mentioned
the fact. / was told that If | wished to
see real elegant dressing" | must
walk up and down Broadway on Sun
day morning after church. This being
50 entirely opposed to the principles
In which zoe are reared, !. e., that gen
tlewomen should wear their quietest
dresses TO church or in the public
streets. / did not think it worth my
while TO 90 in search Of the New York
toilettes. When American ladies
might dress gorgeously, that is at the
theaters-hey do not. The occupants
stalls. b@as and dress circle, appear
alike in bonnets and walking costumes,
which takes a great deal Of the at
traction from a well filed house.
At Concord. on her return to the
United States she had the following
adventure:
An amusing incident occurred
after my appearance at Concord.
NV manager approached me with
bated breath. The committee
were entirely satisfied with every
thing. but but some comments
had been made upon my wears
ING a low dress. | wished to know
f-Iat comments. My entertainment
dresses were such as any English lady
would wear at the dinner table, and /
could not understand in what way
they could possibly have offended my
Concord audience. ~Oh! no, not Of
Tended nothing of the sort, only
American artistes wear high dresses
rs a rule. and the committee consid-
cred it preferable" Then" Ireplied.
You may tell the committed but
mol 1t is quite unnecessary to tran
scribe my message to that honorable
body am I continued, ian Eng
glish gentlewoman, who has been used
to mix in the highest society, and 1
know exactly what is the proper thing
to wear. But / have come over here
to teach the people how to speak and
recite-I have not come to teach them
how TO dress When / do, they will
be at liberty to criucise my wardrobe.
Until then they have no business to
notice it.
No doubt the Concord committee
. considered themselves duly sat upon
after this energetic rebuke.
Oscillation of Chimneys.
E. Bou1Ty, in the Memories de Ia So
cizc des EngeRieVrs Ciojls, June, 1885,
page ri: distracted III the Proceed
ings Of the Institution Of Civil Engi-
neers Of London: The amplitude of
The oscillation Of chimneys has been
exactly measured by observation of
the shadows cast by the sun upon the
ground. Recently the oscillations of
a chimney lis feet high and four feet
N diameter externally at the top. near
Marseilles. We're observed by the
shadow. during high wind. to attain
maximum of 20 inches. 1t was es-
timated that the chimney detected by