Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-01-26
THEY'RE CHARMING.
An Englishwoman's Opinion of
Her American Sisters.
Agreeable and Never Rude-Usually Very
Pretty, and Always Well Dressed
ytsws Which VIII BE Generally In
dorsed on This Side.

! We do not me an to attempt a long
dissertation on the "beau sexe" of an
other quarter of the globe, or to write
an exhaustive essay on the female por-
ton of the American nation; but as
the American ladies who come over to
this country form such feature, and
generally such pleasing one, in the
society of the present day, there may
he some interest in noting the differ
ences existing between them and our
own countrywomen.
1t is no wonder that, though in the
great minority as far rs numbers go,
they hold their own in London or any
other society. The days are long past
since 1.-THE Fair Barbarian" was looked
down on by the self-important leaders
of small country town coterie simply
because she was an American. The
tide has completely turned the other
way, and Americanisms from fair lips
are hailed with delight; their quaint
sayings and way of putting things
often remind one of Mark Twain, the
accent that so few of them get the bet
ter of makes every thing sound still
quainter, and when to this is added a
charming manner, partly the gift of
nature and partly also owing to their
being accustomed to society from their
earliest childhood, no wonder that
they are welcomed with open arms.
The American child and the Ameri-
can girl seldom experience the COM
parative secIusion of nursery and
school-room which is the common lot
of English children. They are "before
the public" so to speak, from the be-
ginning. This may work badly in
some respects, but ease of manner is
certainly gained. The ordinary Amer.
lean girl is as much at home in society
rs if she were an experienced dowagel
of fifty; manuals homie is unknown
They may err in the other extreme, but
as rule they are quite at their ease
not forward, and do not often resemble
that precocious brother of Daisy Miller
who at nine years old sat up all nigh
in hotel 'parlors," refused to 90 t,
Italy because there was no cand,
there, and, to use the words of his sis
ter, Randolph c. Miller believed il
nothing"
No one takes so much trouble Il
please, to make herself agreeable, ans
to say nice things as u charmin;
American woman; and, as a rule, it j
not only the young and attractive sh
lays herself out to fascinate, but eve
those who are voted "old bores" an
prosy creatures receive good treatmen
ut her hands. An American woman
is never rude; the insolence of many
London lady who poses for being
grande dame would be impossible t
her. She does not pose for any thing
all she wishes is to have 'goo
time" and that, with singula
mixture of acuteness and good nature
she finds she can best attain when a
peace with all the world. Family jar
and family quarrels are not at all il
her line; live and let live is her motto
by which means large families dwell i
peace together, and under the sam
roof, who in England would not temp
Providence by doing so. of course
these easy-going ways have some di:
neutrality-suspicious. are not kept i
order, girls arc practically their ow
chaperons; mothers, as rule, spo
their children, and seldom interior
with their daughters arrangement.
In fact, though we may be genera
izing too much, the aim and object {
American women is 10 enjoy then
selves; they like society, and shine
it; and they do not like bother "H
good and you'll be happy, but yo
won't have good time" is mo.
appropriate American saying. The
are very seldom possessed with tt
feeling that so many Englishwome
have that they must be up an
doing" On the contrary. the
like things done for them; AM
to tell truth, pretty America
gets as much work out of a who
train OF admirers as possible.
Henry James says. in one of h
novels: american women-the pref
ones, at least-are at once the mo
exacting in the world, and the lea
endowed with a sense of indebie
ness" They make their mankin
whether relations or adorers, fag f
them Ito use schoolboy expression
in way that would never enter Il
head of an EnglishwO, IN. An Anne