The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-14
WHEN mES MAKE LOVE.
Livery Actress Reveals Some Interest
ing Points an the sahject-

ing Points the sahieet-
New TDrx Word
rrenchnlan 10 the most delicate and
persistent Of suitors, /" saia Marie Halton
the Franco-Americaa opera houfEe singer
IN recent Interview @Rerel his advances
and he redoables his attentions. n you
treat him eooIIy his bouquets gradually in
crease IN size and beauty Not all at once.
mind you- He does nothing 10 create sur
Prise and pat the object OF his sentimental
attack on the qui vive Your true French
man IS an artist in love as in everything
thing else. The bouquet increases IN size
almost imperceptibiy day b. day, and deli
cate attentions Of all kinds which serve To
soften the peryerse heart Of woman are
multiplied after the same careful and
mathematical fashion. The amount 81
time Frenchman will give to the besiey-
Ing OF citadel il, in itself, the most deli
cate compliment he can pay TO The object
OF his devotion. And il IL for this reason
that Frenchmen are usually successful in
Their love snairs. Men who az srst ac-
quaiatance are positively distasseful sue
coed IN mingling their personality after
tine SO thoroughly with a multitude Of
pleasant attentions that The first unfayor-
able impressions are altogether obliterated.
The American, on the other hand, car
ries into his love-making the ideas which
have proven successful in his business.
Ills chief object seems to be TO save time
He measures his success in love NOT so
much by what he captures rs the time he
has expended in winning a victory. lie Is
In the habit Of taking everythin for granted
aud. what Is worse, plainly shows In his
manner that he does so. No woman wants
man TO think that she is easily won, and
no mode Of proceeding could be more i'm
polite. The American il introduced to a
lady and in half an hour expects to be
treated Ike lifelong friend believe
that IN your American game of poker what
you call 'biuiiing' i very ordinary mode
OF procedure. As ! understand it, bluff
ing is an attempt to convince your oppo-
nent that you have a mortgage on all the
cards IN the pack worth having and YOU
really have nothing. That illustrates my
point exactly. An American carries the
game OF bluff into his wooing He practi-
cally says: 4 hold all the winning cards
and when get ready l will simply lean
over and collar the pot And he says this
with confident air highly exasperating to
his opponent who, OF course, in this case
happens 10 be the lady.
I'm the matter of presents the American
is also very different from the Frenchman
lie Is more lavish than the Frenchmen is,
and often generous 20 extravaganza. But
he shows little or no discretion. A French
man is introduced TO lady upon whom
he is DESTROYS of making good impress
sion. The next day he sends her bouquet
of choice flowers, and the next box of
bonbons. Ii may be weeks after the in
PRODUCTION before be will make a call and
the diamond stage is reached only after
months Of acquaintanceshir. When an
American meets lady he desires TO win
he will call the following day and bring a
diamond brooch or bracelet. The day fol-
towing he will send grand piano or any
thing else which happens TO strike his
fancy should he receive no encourage
ment from the lady Of his choice, he does
not. as in the case OF the Frenehman. con
tinue sending presents until his persistence
compels recognition. He simply transfers
his attentions to some other quarter.
The difference between a Frenchman
and an Engiishman may be seen by the
way each looks ut woman on horseback
Frenchman looks first of all at the
woman an Englishman first OF all at the
horse. The American looks at both to-
gether."