Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-20
coouETTes or THE NATIONS.
Thomas stevens Gives tho Results of His
Observations During His Trip.

seriously Ia ever soar Ia the altitude OF
the American girl rs a natural born CO.
quette." She couldn't carry coquetry TO
the length that the American girl does,
and do 1t with the same impunity, even
were she equally skillful, which she is
not. The soil she hourishes in is hardly
so suitable for the favorable development
of the art: nevertheless. there is no doubt
that she does the very best she can under
the circumstances
The same thing may he said Of the
French girl. If she had as much free
dom as the American girl, the French
girl would he more apt to peep over her
fan at q dude in n theatre than the for
mer. Shut up and chaperoued as closely
as the French girl is, the American girl
would have to be equally dcmure and
unseCu-ls much Of II n%uncutity. The
first taste Of real freedom the French girl
gets is after she is married. 1t is then
that She makes her debut in the world Of
Irritation. All her pent up %propensities
for coquctry are then let loose, and she
quickly shows the world ''what might
have been had she enjoyed the same
freedom as a girl that is accorded to her
as Il married woman
The Germans don't flirt much. Frau
lein has greater opportunities than
mademoiselle has, but there isn't much
chic and sparkle about fraulcin. She
flirts. of course, but she does it in n mild,
matter of fact fashion. There Is q vast
difference between coquctry in Germany
and America; as much rs there is be-
tween lager beer and champagne. Frau
lein is IA metholical, busiucssiiGr mortal:
her qualifications to iiil the position OF
wife and mother are admirable, but rs a
coquette she falls far behind any Of the
others mentioned thus far. Honest as.
the day is long, and throughout,
whatever inclination she may ever have
possessed for Irritation is offered up rs n
willing sacrifice mon the altar of her
marriage.
There is a good deal of coquetry among
the iIwngarians, and in the lower Dluu.
bian provinces Of Slavouia and CroliC
the maidens seem almost to the manner
born.
One would scarcely think there was
any such thing as coquctry among
Turkish women, considering the arbi-
trary social conditions under which they
live. As a matter Of fact, however, there
is a good deal OF filtration going on in a
surreptitious manner. The Moslem lady,
c~oQueuishly inclined, has TO he very
careful; any Bluebcarl detecting the
least improperly might cause her ruin.
and even nowadays her death. If the
other party wasa Giaour. The Turkish
lady rams very great risks. and ilirts under
mot decided difficulties. The extent of
her Irritation with a Frank would he the
stealthy removal of her yashmak. to let
him see her face. when meeting her NJ
some ~unirrqucntcd srot. II a very bold
coluctte this risky performance would
be- supplemented hy 4 smila.
The same difficulties have to be over
come and the same dangers braved by
the ladies Of Persia. They, TOO, coverup
their faces when in public. and they, too,
would ct into serious trouble if detected
flirting with a Fcrcnghi. The Persian
lady would actually be in danger Of her
life. And yet, when walking in the sub
urls Of Tcherau, | have seen the wells
quickly raised on sOme lonely street. and
have time and again been the recipient
of forbidden smiles. These venturcSome
coquertes were literally smiling at the
risk Of having their threats cut! Ii was
all pure tliItatiou, too. 10 more Signiti-
cance in il ism in the Sleeps eyes the
American lady at the theatre male at the
two dudes-not "A lit.
The only country whore | positively
escaped ANYTHING in the shape Of ilirta-
tiuns was IN A~rghanistan. In that fanati-
cal country the women are practically
Invisible. / used 10 sometimes catch
slimrse- of female heads. closely yelled,
poopi1g cautiously at me around tie
chimney of their ilat rnofri houses; but
u single glance ia That diuU ion awl tho
sa1s would undGv back ulJ OF light a.
quickly as though duisug ahuIlc..
~ India c~u1U,lry l. cnu.inod cD i"lr 10
thn N8uu"l .irl7. They understand tl0
nrt to Perfection. and Wl0n performing
hriurr "a '-umb' =lurDilnp, mluul him
more pleasure ly lhnir coVm'trg. directed
80 bim..Ii. than hy tine dancing ilsulr.
Tie iuluu-', rs q uylW ral thing, rIr
horribly Hia't,r II fact aud realistic. But
lhtr' Uru c.guutJu~ ,grn among the
Iiruthrn Chime. umi quito O Irritation
directed % me BY % nu. u~uhaHl<uup
golden lily one dg, up il tln province Of
Dmng-tal. She was aIl lIu in,rr inter-
estiug becausr | hwl up ill lrn San
little disposition among hCr country wo-
men to fiirt. She YVES aJ "a ruu Idle tn
hittim. whore ! lHltrl for r,frt .mcui,.
The golden hlv. hrr tins fec, bandagcd
prctliiy with rcd aud blun ribbon. camc
and sat beside ulr, uud helped herself e.
tea and PEANUT, suDiluw"r sad cakes
and swoptmrt's, nni su.Ioi ami clHt.
tered like a CoIr,i | parrot. STAYED
there about hall u hour. during which
time the golden lily lud chartered and
gieglcl necessarily, aul when I iinaliy
mu,rycl or she wug-'ni h,r hand gul.
by and ''chin.chiMoi" an / was out ~
sight and bearing. Thomas Stevens in
New York Mail and EyprCs-.
The Royal Irish Contain arv.
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