Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-17
Girl.
ns.oc God Compares Her to
rIs--Bsttsr Educated,
% sq5 sthful and Brighter.
oo"d Busters Aore Beautiful,
TIT, Jertsin Types Of AmerI.
:: = y 1Isls In Lendon Society.
lie Come TO be MIsjudgei by
srs-Acoomplishments OF
uglish GirIs-DAncinG.
4 bOOpyrtEhted, lses ,

gIish GirIE-DAnciDG.
oOopytRhted, 1sss,
- GAzette.l
am int rviewed, in q social
opinions on American girls
with the French, italian and
rhis matter / propose TO treat
one can In brief article. It is q
Thr sstion, but do not intend to
SUI pick phrases, or In any way
-or national preiudicesor indi.
cit. Yet 1 shall speak in ali
ss= all sincerity.
young ladies of good society
educated, mentally and morally,
siT French and Italian g!rls-sre
sAAE sRd truthful; they have more
A1tes tact, are more anaiable and
70 y more knowing and less deep,
GsbrIaly and less devoue. They
ssr. smsrter, more piQusnte and
: than English girls, and would
sgh prettier had they in
I'd form-the warm pure
cct the firm, full contours
~, n5,srpse blooming, glowing,
~ 18th OF the daughters of
dps isle" This IS . general
S @an n girls lack and always
seSS' - - they abstain from long
PGoison their waists in tight
elrsE their feet in tight shoes, bake
in monstrously over-heated
Basi rioiously indulge in confec-
ssda English gentlemsn,a middle
asS once told me that on his first
AOnlmerica, q young country
So mine kindly gave him some
LA to aid him in sight
shopping in New York, ending
st amusement, with this i'm
boirectiol, ''For candies, go to
NJ
=e years past the supposed typi-
bresentAtive American girl has
popular in certain fashionable
atprcles; her freshness, her orig
gayety, her independence,
audAcity, furnishing a
lar ce for jsded social sp-
rinThich the modest airs, the
4 reeding, the grave cheerful
) cot reticence Of English maid.
: led.
=" that have been thoroughly
Fat hearing quoted as "good
Meme Of the lively ssllies Of these
ng American "high flyers at
!, It seemed to me that things
iArs Oyet so fat, so senseless and
'astgs1r only have been uttered by
'S0s nlior fools. That they have |
said and grscioasly !
time :. Ives the power of beauty |
Times To 8 young Englishman,
Times en- retailing some Of the
Times. Don mots of s certain |
ons nc BELLE" and describing
cents startling eccentricit!es, /
Ha-If' possible that you prefer girls
: pih lie to-your sisters, for in.
arrF f'No, not exactly, but to other
al ,sters, yes. They take ones
ohi y occasionally, especially when
liking to crowd, saying stun
nj ,,s in peculiar American tone,
o, but they are original; they
lew sensation; In short, they
= sg ~ oily"
the closing night Of Mr.. Irviug's
ondon season, / had the ill-fortune
seated in q Lyceum stall Just in
II fsir countrywomsn OF this de-
on: She WAS young, pretty, and
,h," but In conversation she was
"a lawfully" audible. All through
Ire-Acts, and every now and then
1.-The play, she discoursed with, or
10, "dudish" youth at her right,
giving q look, or q word to the
inother at her left. Her high
provincial voice had remarkable
i.power. A score OF people turned
Ill her curious or annoyed glahces,
nook all regards as tributes to her
rs and piquant prattle, tossed her
a cad, and twAnged away.
b girls are the most undEtnon-
md uDessertive creatures living, Il
10 them peculiar shyness and re-,
seFAy OF hElf-ehacing themselves M
a =, liety. They seem without 81
petal distinction, but are seq
nsIens In the discharge OF any sholsl
linen cans privileged to visst In
.es soon recognize the pecul-
ID virtues, the gentle domes.
ID accomplishments of Eng