The sun., 1888-04-22

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The manners Of American women arc pro-
verbally good In private, but in public they
sometimes forget themselves. They are loud.
defiant, and noisy At the opera, the most flsgrant
sinners usually being those IN the best boxes.
Last winter prima donna burst into tears as
peal OF laughter was heard from conspicu-
GUS box. At an Irving matinee what scene OF
almost brutal cruelty could have been wit
messed as women pushed their way to tho fronti
Little children were In danger Of losing their
lives from the pushing Of angry women. who in
q crowd seemed to lose the whole idea Of gen.
tleness and politeness.
The recent anathcma OF the clergy Of New
York against "the congregations committed to
their charge" must have arisen from their OBJ
servance OF the angry women who push each
other before them at Trinity. Grace, and st.
Thomas's on the festivals Of Christmas, Easter.
and the Annunciation. Believing with Burke
that manners are the shadows Of morals" the
reverend gentlemen looking down upon surg
ing mass Of femininity with angry rcd faces.
elbowing the crowd either aide, and plung-
ina fists into the unresisting backs In front OF
them. The rector or the Bishop can but believe
that all the evil passions reign IN these 30
called gentle bosoms. His mind on holy things
intent, he looks over the lilies at something
which resembles the procession Of flshwives
who went to Versailles to insult Marie An
toinette. and no says: II must rebuke this
people who have let loose all the angry pas
sions which led to tho French Revolution"
The manners OF American women in public
places have thus doubtless led to both the ser
mons OF Bishop Coxe and Of the Rev. Morgan
Dix. Both gentlemen say: I'VE do not mean
that all women are bad. but that the mass. the
crowd. II bad 49,.
morals OF American women are not bad There
now especially. shows itself In England; but
their manners In public places have evidently
deceived foreigners, and perhaps have Affected
At q crowded church in Philadelphia on
tSs Day M shap pfe sSe
iSend viz was simply prOdSing St an o6s,a, a;
to be the back Of friend. she blushed. and
prodded some other person: -,
mon % not O. only In crowds, but when people are
seated in church, or In the theatre, and that Is
the bobbing OF heads. each head crowned By
person behind has no chance to see ut ali.
This is vice OF manner and an outrage IRA c,sI OF
amount Of Inconvenience caused by the vain
and silly woman who docs not care for the play.
S as as too much SeS
@ Sc S:hen R q ns vsa
tween TIE spectsto! and ths play the gpiveTsal rY
OF td0'tfs the Tr sorrows A' of the " modern play.
Eyss Ess, n9 d EhG ns strides s weSE IN
quiet puR' bonnes. S % and t6 ksep her head still.
SO that the person who sits behind her
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paSHI' tSss Tas He
these come the careless, who fa!l into trap Of
Where H 20, Or how. @ Such people do not stop to ask
hnF q sss
arc producing.
fshss Ss %oasn sEs Rnh The
cal training Of modern English girls Is such ! as 8
above reproach.. The lives they lead. the aim
set. before them, all tend to degeneracy and de-
up 10 develop ali tSe wa vsner eie%ents to study
TO show of. to traffic on their charms for char
for 70 for
sItrasasss sis and ffashiohsSie wo%en. This = IS
Il morals are not bad. manners certainly are.
ba brans
society Is q finely woven fabric of threads Of
In ths web dies s II ali sorts are Caught They
struggle they fight they b amuse a tnemselvshs; th
but they are all there, together; Now. what wand
Of the enchantsr can be passed over this web but
bring ali these varied potentiaiities into har-
mony but good manners? We must have sym
PFnsa Psa ha hsd Pass s WHICH which Rahss hs
strong s for ef the battle Of life Now. ii we have
sbont So e man bssnd cannot e the
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on the clergy. that all our private virtues VIII
seem to G It. 9
foreign watering place during last summer.
came into the Casino dining room with her
| hands in her pockets and marched about speak;
ing to several men. and afterwards smoked
How very American" said an English lady
to SS psssn whom aha snok,
Yet 4 that sort orr Original Sodness OF
a ls es
thf sonSsnt as e dess in 'oss sss.ss
The Woo 81 manner ei 2 few becomes The in
than any other woman. She has a wild wood
flavor. She. throws away her resefye, II she
| has any II she is moro respectable than
her foreign. sister. she appears much
less SO; for girls reared In Eng.
that conventional air. that certain fragrance OF
prcpriety which is second nature to the foreign
| woman. Thus the American name suffers
from the vice Of bad manners. The American
beautiee are always more conspicuous and less
conventional than the young French or Italian
adventures. The manners OF q few conspicu,
GUS examples are supposed to be national
| vices. and when English women OF the highest
| order see q well-bred American woman they
say: How very English she is." not knowing
| that such a woman Is by far a more representa-
tive American than she who dnres to insult
propriety by her loud. fast. foolish behavior in
| public places.
There is no lack Of vice among the fashion
able, women OF certain set In England II We
| can believe the accounts Of certain recent d.
vorces. The tone Is perceptibly lowered even
within tenyears. Their own noyelists: essay
men men O." Of France and Italy In their dissoute-
ness. Canon Farrar has added his strong