The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-08
The American Girl in Paris.

The American Girl in Paris
The Paris Figaro, discussing tn
success of Americans in French socie
ty. says: Let not our good Brothe
Jonathan carry his head too high. 1
is not through him, but through hi.
charming daughters. that America,
society has gained its present prout
position in Paris How captivating
the American girl is in society! From
the moment when she made her frs
appearance in the salons Of Paris shl
created q perfect Juror. Her engagin:
manners, her freedom from restraint
her familiar shake,hand at once con
qnered that class OF young men-more
numerous than most people imagine
who frequent doubtful society on &C
count OF their excessive tiInidity wher
in good society. What can BIO NOR,
pleasant to an embarrassed youth in
company than to have the v
ton started and carried on by a pref
ty, chatty girl, totally devoid Of false
modesty and awkwardncss, and hav
ing rarely, if ever, an arrterc -pensce o.
marriageP Nor can we conceive any
thing more pleasing for a young maj
than to be chaffed and frightened up
so to speak, by pretty girls-tor suct
the American girl always is-wht
have none of that stiffness and
gauckerie, neither the hands nor fee
nor love of gaudy colors so character
istic of their Anglo.Saxon great-grand
| mothors.
But this is not all. If the American
| girl has not invented Irritation, she
has certainly brought it to its highest
| perfection. 1t must never be forgot
ten that it was she who first introduc
ed into the Partisan salons that de
lightful and ,unrivaled innovation
known rs tho Boston dance. Tht
waltz is charming, captivating, if yot
will, but it lacks one source of enjoy
ment-you can not chat with YOU
partner. In the Boston dance yor
may talk to your hearts content. This
| dance, which is SO voluptuously slow,
and which is besides as applicable te
the air of the polka, the mazurl,a, ano
the guadrillc MS to those of the waltz,
is the surest auxiliary of the lirt. The
dancer leads the dauscuse backward
or forward, into this corner or that
and as they glide between the couples
IN their easy, undulating movements
he may pour into her a the older
tale. THIS is an undoubted triumph
over the waltz, which can only be en-
joyed with sealed lips.
A great many American girls have
married into families of the French no
bility. This affords a chauce to the re
publican journals frequently to poke
fun at the aristocracy for their eager.
ness to secure these plebeian queens
OF course it sometimes happens thai
tho proud descendant of the crusader;
is more in search of wealth than 6
wife, and that the young lady is more
in search of q title than 4 husband.
But this is % always the case
Whether she possesses n dot or not
the American girl in Paris has nc
difficulty in stepping by marriage into
the highest circles of the French no
bility. Among the many women who
| have married members of the Frenct
aristocracy the following names will.
be known to many Americans: Prin-
cess Murat. mother OF the Duchess de
Mouchy; the Marquise de Chasseloup,
Laubat, Comtesse de Saint Roman,
Nine. Ia Generate de Charette, Com.
tesse Olivier de Cheyignc, and the
daughter of the late M. Ridggway, who
is now the Comtesse de Gaday. These,
and numberless others equally well
known, are among the leaders OF
wealth and fashion in the capital Of
civilization.