Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-06
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An EngIisI, Journal Ascrsbrs IL 10
Practical GoodlSense. @ilg n
London Stand I'd
MThe frequency with which Ensiishmsn
OF distinction seleot their domestic part
ners from the United States may we'll act
people asking whAt 1t ia that causes the
occurrence. The fact that Lord Kan
doIph Churchill, Sir William Rarcourt,
NJ. Clemepceau, the Duke of Marloor
ough, and the successor of Count Moltke
In the important military post with which
his great name Is associated have married
American ladies may tempt philosoph c
inqnirers to go In search Of true aud
efficient cause Of the occurrence, now
brought sii more into prominence by
che engagement Of Mr.. Chamberlain.
II we are to initiate them, wa might iiud Q
certain number Of plausible explanations;
but, at the end OF tho exercise OF our best
ingenuity, we should have 10 confess
ourselves puzzled.
That there are number of American
young ladies' who are mo3t abrasive gpd
charming will readily be admitted. But,
without pos,uring SO outrageous patriots
In this respect, we are disposed TO think
that English girls can hold their own
against even their fair American cousins
in tho matter Of good looks, and decidedly
outstrip them in the qualities wbich most
Englishmen regard as engaging and ire
sistihle. The ideal in the states IL, motor
ioualy, not quite the same as that which
for the most part prevails in this coun-
try, aud we suspect it would be foand, on
searching aud Impartial investigation,
ha oh al De- l.a ~
what is usually meant by au ideal than
the English standard, In other words it
is, like the Americans themselves, moe
prastical Just as, Tor the most part,
they educate their oil iren NOT 90 much
with the object Of mskipg them hne
scholars and cultured gsntlstnan as n
making them capable aGd SUCCESSFUL elf
zsns, SO, probably, they aim, even rincon.
scionsiy, at Preparing girls not SO much
for brief passage or romar5s as for the
long and unromantic business of life.
At the back Of the head, as the phrase is,
of most English girls Is The idea that
Ianceiot or Prince Charming, or some
equivalent Of those agreeable and ssdue-
tive persOnages, Ia living somewhere In
the world that it would be delightful TO
meet him and that, conceiyably, that
happy fate lie reserved for them III par
tioular. In q word, English girls are
what lis called romantic, and American
girls, il romantic are SO in less degree.
Like the rest Of their racs, they are edu-
GATED to understand and be In harmony
with the hard and somewhat cynical CON
diions Of their life. They hsve lass
nonsense" about them than English
girls, They are sensible women Of chs
world, knowing ell about It" not easily
deluded, and quits equal to the task OF
confronting existence IN ali It's vsFIDus
phases. bAg e EHat 81
Hence they enjoy considerable success
in society, even on this eide Of the ocean,
Society does not ask for romantic dis
position, for refinement or delicacy Of
temperament, but, on the contrary, for
practical good sanss, for certain bust
ness-iike quality, and for those Rifts
which enable people to succeed in dealing
with their fellow .crsatures IL is often
remarked thst American women posh
their way where English women, pos
seHsad OF no grea'at personal advantages,
would fail The reason is that the FORMER
understand the conditions Of success bet.
ter, and accommodate themselves to than.
They are not the women that stir the
passions or insptse the gong OF poets
nor will they go down to posterity a.
herotnas ~ charmerz But thep have
thif dsy. Thsy sueeaed in London
dtawiug rocns ~ their brothers euccsed
ia Dry BooIs stores n A,ew YORK, and
for much the sams reason. We have no
doubt they make excellent wives to men
who live in the full glare OF society, and
prefer clever, capable associate TO ten.
der domestic companion.