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ems without . grain Of affsctation, but with
scharm OF naturalneo that q delightfully."-
winnlng.
French women are the only ones I know
who can compare with the American lady In
charm Of conversation, and even then 1 am
obliged to admit two things. that the AmerL
can women Of intellectual society are often
more natural than their French rivals. and
that they mako len effort 10 charm In .
word, with them you are amlable without
having 10 b gallant, and mono Of thoss
stcreotyped compliments, which % often sEosl
the charm Of conversation between q mau
and woman, are expected Of you.
The Americans and that In every station
Of life, have almost always three names. one
Chaistian name and two family ones: George
Warrington Smith, benjamin rsankEn
Jones, William Tell Brown I should noe
have been astonished to make the acquaint.
ance Of q Mr.. Napoleon Bonaparts RoSlnsou.
Tho celebrities do not escape II any more
eAan the rest; Henry wadswcrth rnnsfellov.
John 0rcculeaf whittir, Oliver Wendsli
AolmsA Thomss bailey Aldrich, Richard
watson Glider, James Russell Lowell, Ralph
waldo Emsrson, Henry Ward Beocher, eic.,
80 Can one not 90 In thee double names 8
title which the father thinks hs confors on
hb child q tho baptimal fonts
All new societies have tho samo weak.
nesoA On tho morrow Of the Revolution,
"a W not ca1 our children Epaminoudaa
IsouidaA DdriuA Napoleon, stc.s
Every American with tho least self respect
b colonel q judge
4 Few escape II - Mark Twain once 70
marked Of the decorations Of tho Legion Of
Honor. We arc quita Mark. America has
hundred times a. many colonels - ws have
knights Of the Legion Of Honor.
When you srs presented 10 . gentleman, In
an American drawing room, and you have
unfortunately not caught hh mama, there b
% need 10 try and repair the evil; call him
"Colonel," nine times out Of ten Il b safe; u
luck should be against you, call him "Judgs.'
and you are pretty sure to bo right
II, however, pursued By tho fatsa, you
should discover that your intsrlocutoe b
nsither colonel nor Judge you have another
resource; cali him "ProfsasOr," and you are
out Of the difficulty, IN American always
profoses something, an art . religion, and
JON are risking nothing.
lmet few American colouels who had
recently been promotod "mister1" They
were % proud Of their now title that they In.
slsted on being addressed thua
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CHAPTER vrr,

American houses arc furnished very luxufi-
cusly. and for the most part With sxouisits
tasta Here you re the influence Of woman
IN the smallest details Of life, indeed, as
svsry step you take, you SEQ that woman ha.
passed that way.
Tho luxury displayed at receptions, dl,mers
end dances surpascs European imagination.
At . ball given In New York In the month
Of February, 1854 tho walls were covered
with rosea which did not cost les than
$1,000 When ono considers that the supper,
and everything else, was on tho samo scale, it
becomes doubtful whether such luxury d to
b admired was present ono evening 1t .
dinner given In the large dining hall at
DelmonicoS restaurant, In Now York. We
wero cighty-seven guests at an Immense
round tabla The center Of the board was
covered with gigantic star Of nowsr,,
rosa, arum lilies, and hcliotropa Al that
season, lilies were worth . dollar each, and
al through the winter the price Of rosss was
from quarter to two dollars apiece, sccord-
Ing to ktad. Tho Americans at this feast
estimated she star of 1owcrs at six or soycn
thousand dollara
At dinner party given recently at Dol
mouicoA, heard that each menu had chain
attached, consisting Of pearls and diamonds,
and valued At 1000
In houses, In clubs. In Offices one cannot
help admiring the ingenious forsthought, the
tho wonderful care with which tho smallest
wants and tho slightess convenlenccs Of life
have been studied; II seems a. II there wsrs
nothing left to desire
Il d impossible, however, In speaking Of
American interiors, to paa over In dlence .
certain cyesore, which meets your sight at
every turn.
The most Indispensable, u appears, tho
most conspicuous at any ratio. piece Of furni.
turs In America Is tho spittoon. All rooms
are provided with this object Of primo neces.
dty; you And one beside your ssat In the
trains, under your table In tho restaurants;
impossible to escape tho sight Of tho ugly
utendl In the hotel CORRIDOR thers b Q spit
toon standing sentinel outside every door, In
public buildings the floors arc dotted with
them, and thoy form tho line all up the
stain
Tho Americana. used to these targets from
the tenderost age, are marvelously adroit at
the use Of them; they mover mis- their aim
] saw some really striking fcats of marhsman.
ship; but perhaps the best Of all at tho Cap
itol, In Washington.
Tho supreme court Of judicature was at.
ting. Az entered an advocate vas launch.
ing thunders Of eloquenca All at once bs
stopped, looked at spittoon which stood two
yards OF, aimed at IL, and Kcrrron-
-ptui right In tho bulls eye; then on be
went with his harangue ! looked to ses the
seven judges and tho public applaud and cry
bravol Not murmur, the incident passed
completely unnoticed. Probably thore was
not man In tho hall who could not say to
himself, "Theres nothing In that. could do
a. much.n
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CHAPTER ~.

Tho American men are generally thin.
Their faces glow with Intelligence and
energy, and In this mainly consists their
handsomenesa The features are bony, the
forehead straight, the nose sharp and often
pinched looking In Its thinnesa At times one
seems to recognize In the faces something Of
the Indian type. tho temples indented, the
cheek Bones prominent, the eyes small, kean
and deep set
As for the women, do not hesitate to say
that In the east, In New York especially,
thsy might perfectly well be taken for
French women. It Is the same type. the same
gait, the same vivacity. the same petulsnce.
the same amplitude Of proportions
The beauty Of the American women, like
that Of the m2, Is due much moro to the AMI
nation Of the face than to form or coloring.
The average Of good looks Is very high, in
deed. do not remember to have seen one
hopelessly plain woman during my six
months ramble through the states
American women generally enjoy that
second youth which nature bestows also on
numbers Of French women. At 40 they
bloom out into more majestic beauty. The
not wrinkle, the hands, neck and arms re-
main firm and whita 1t Is true that In
America hair turns gray early, but, 50 far
from detracting from the woman's charms, 1t
gives her an air Of distinction, and Is often
positively an attraction
The New Workers and Bostonians will have
It TO be that Chicago women have enormous
feet and hands. was willing to believe this
up to the day went to Chicago. found
the Chicago women, and those Of the west
generally, pretty, with more color than their
eastern sisters only, as rule, quite slight, not
to say thin.
That which Is lacking in the pretty Ameri-
can faces Of the east Is color and freshness
The complexion Is pale, and It Is only their
plumpness which comes TO their rescue after
30 and prevents them from looking faded
Those who remain thin generally fade quickly;
the complexion becomes the color of Witty
brown paper, and wrinkles freely
II American women went IN for more out
door exercise; II they let the outer air pene-
trats constantly into their rooms; II they
gave up living In hothousss they would have
some oolos. and their beauty need psrhaps
fsar no competition IN Europa
J v~AAn&D
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CHAPTER III.

A nation, scarcely more than Q hundred
years old, and composed Of many widely dif-
fsrent elements, cannot. In the nature Of
things, posses very marked characteristic
traitA
Thsre arc Americans In plenty, but the
American does not yet exist.
Ths inhabitant Of the northeast states, the
Yankee, differs as much from the western
man and the southerner as the Englishman
differs from the German or the Spaniard
For example, call . Yankee "a cad, I" and
be VIII get out Of the room, remarking;
"You ny b, sir, but that proves nothing"
Can Pennsylvania man "a cad" and he win
gst out Of temper and knock you down. Can
real westerner 80 cad" and hs win get out
his revolver and shoot you dead on the SPOT
Should minister indulge In unorthodox
theories In the pulpit, the eastern man win
content himself with shaking his head, and
going to another church to perform his do
votioos the Sunday after. The Pennsylvazian
win open . violent polsmic In the newspaper
q the locality. Ths Kansas man wiz wait
es ths minister ct the church door and give
In lQQn6 thrashins,
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CHAPTRR Y.

jonathan admiro IN tha1 eiltssS svsu
that which = not gold In his syu ~ 30.
css q thing answsrs Tor 10 quality, and
the charlatznlm that snccssds b mpsricr 30
TIE merit that vsgstatA The dollar b not
only ths unit oe tho monetary ystsm; n b
also The unit Of The metrical system.
Twas chatting ns day With IN American
about The famous Col Robsrt lngsrsoll
HE b your greatsss orator. am told, I
aid
"Ya," hs replied, '1ngsrsoll can an ths
Metropolitan opera houss any day, and have
ave thousand dollars In tho housA"
Certainly that b curious way 10 speak
a . great orator, great writsr and great
thinksr.
lnesd not say that am now speaking Il
the average American, not the litteratsur Or
ths nan Of good society.
u would bs quite possible FOR an actress 10
attract largo audiences all through Q tour
from New York 10 San Francisco, not b.
causs Of incontsstable talent, but because shs
Travelled In . magui6csnt palace car Of her
own.
law, n en- American paper, tho appear.
ancs Of MlD Minnie Palmer spoken Of In the
following terms,
"Ninnis PAlmsr win wear al her diamonds
In The third act"
Ths booking ofics was besieged al day,
and, In the evening, money was refused An
amusing detail was tho arrival Of . good
fourth Of the audience at 10 O'Clock, TO -
the diamonds in the third act
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~ ~ AsS>oApSSs OS1S9<tS&W abo1<pvSS
Tbese arc the princes Of The Land Of Tho
Dollar. The largcss English fortunes fall
dhort of these iigureA Tho Duke Of wnt-
minsters u reckoped at'only es0, 900 900, that
q the Duke Of Sutherland at e30, ,oo0, 900, The
Duksof Northumberland has ec5, ,0o0, 900. and
Tho Marquis Of Butte ee0, 100000.
u b In mines and railways especially that
ths colossal American fortunes have bssn
madA
I have no4 seen The town house or ths
country houss Of Mr.. Gould; but know that
ih The groundsof the Latter stand conserva.
toris estimatsd 10 be worth ec50,00o trust
this WI give an idsa of what the rest may ba
came guarantee that Mr. Gould b .
happy man. Concerning immsnn fortunaa .
witty American friend, rich In moderation,
and great philosopher. said toms ono days
"No man can own moro than . million
dollarA When his bank account outgrows
that, he does not own Il; II owns him, and he
becomes its slavan
Tho Americans, having no king In our
senss Of the word, mako the [moss Of thoss
they have, republicans though they ba To
read tho pedigrees, published In fun every
TINA death occurs Ia ono Of these rich
iamiliss, q highly entertaining. A NrA
Astor died while was In America, and, after
the enumeration Of her charms and virtues,
which were many, came tho lise Of John
Jacobs from whom her husband had sprrng.
Tho Astors were all John Jacobs apparently,
and were mentioned a. John Jacob I, John
Jacob II and John Jacob LII Tho line docs
not 60 back very far, John Jacob having
gone to America a. poor emigrant early In
this century, believe, and laid tho. fouuda-
tiouof tho present. grandeur Of his house by
trading in furA
II win not do 10 inquire too closely into tho
way In which some Of Americas millionairss
have amassed weAth. Strange stories sro
told Of men 70 grasping that they stepped at
nothing, even TO tho running Of their own
soma When ! saw Mr.. Bronson HowardS
clever play, "The Henrietta" In which he
portrays son 20 madly engro@sd BY tho or.
citsmeut Of gambling on tho stock exchange
a. to try and absorb his fathers millions,
thought tho picture was ovsrdrawn. Ameri.
oaus, however, told me that tho cass was-his.
t0rical, but with tho characters reversed
which made II still more odioua
An for tho colossal fortunes Of railway
kings. II d well known how Thousands of
small ones 60 TO mako them, how tho rich
mans palace Il too often built with the stones
Of hundreds Of ruined homea
There Il no other name than "kingn used In
speaking Of the few great Gnanciers, who
hold the bulk Of the railway stock In America.
But they arc not the only onea There arc
Oh kings, copper kingx silver kings, and !
know not what other majesties in America,
and whom you see tho power possessed by
these, and tho numberless trusts, combine
tions and pools. power pressing often very
closely on the million, you wonder how the
Americans, who found ono king ono too
many, should submit so patiently 10 being
governed by scorca
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CHAPTER II.

When . man Of average intelligence re-
turns homo after having made q voyage to
foreign land, he cannot help having formed
. certain number Of impressions, and be has
. right to communicate them to his friends
They are but impressions, notes taken by the
waydde, and, II there b an error committed
By any one, It Is by the critic or the reader,
when either Of these looks for perfect pict-
urs Of the manners and institutions of the
people the author has visited, instead of
sample impressions dc voyage. Certainly, II
there is country In the world that 1t would
b impossible to Judge In SIX months, that
country Il America, and tho author who, In
such little space Of time, allowed himself to
fall into the error Of sitting In Judgment
upon hsr would write himself down an ass
To form really exact idea Of America ono
would need to live twenty years In the coun-
Try, nay, to be an American, for may add
that. In my opinion, the best books that exist
upon the different countries Of the world
have been written by natives Of those coun-
trisA Never has an author written Of the
English like Thackeray, never have the
Scotch been painted with such fidelity o. by
Ramsay; and to describe Tartarin It needed
not only Q Frenchman but Provencal, al
most Tarasconnaia
u must be allowed that Jonathan has good
rsason. to mistrust bis critics. Most books on
Amsrica have been written by Englishmen.
Now the English are, Of all people, those
who can the least easily get rid Of their preju-
dicss In speaking Of America. They are
obliged to admit that the Americans have
made their way pretty well since they have
ben their own masters; but John Bull has
always Q ranking remembrance, when he
looks At America, Of the day that the AmerL
cans sent him about his business, and bis look
seams to ny to Jonathan, "Yes, yes, you
have not done at all badly-for you, but Just
think what the country would have been by
this time II It had remained In my hands"
Ths Englishman, on his side, has no antip-
aahy whatever to the Americana For that
matter the Englishman has no antipathy for
any ono He despises, but he does not hate,
fact which Is irritating to the Last degree
to the objects Of his attention. When man
fesls that be hos some worth, he likes to bs
loved or hated; to be treated with indiner-
sncs 4 CALLING. John Bull looks on tho Amert-
can q q parvenu, and smiles with incredulity
when you say that American society Is not
only brilliant and witty, but quito as polished
- the best European society.
Il 4 this naughty dislain which exasperates
AmGicana
Jonathan has forgotten that the English
wrs once his oppressors; he forgives them
sor tbs war Of 1879; without forgetting II.
b forgivss them Tor having, during the civil
war, dded with the alave owns1; but hs can
not forgive an Englishman for coming TO his
dinner table In tweed suit.
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CHAPrlln'i

CHAYTHRi
~ pcpulaGioa q Amrim b slxty mfIiious
-0aGly soaonsh
! 3& sartA 3 mall, Amarica b 1Arga and
- Am9icans are immsnsi
Y@ axty millionsi-All alive and kickingi
Run go b vssA Amaica serstchs ovse
shsssdth os more than 5000 milea Hsrs
nbwsn 10 put soms readers o. thsir guard,
b 60 IN American should ons day put 10
thsm ous of his favorits questions. "whws
p ths csntr Of American mysslf Imagined
thaA starting from New York and pushing
wsseward. ono would roach The extremity oe
America on arriving as ean Francisco Not
.. and hsrs jonathan has you He knows
you ars going to answer wrongly, and u you
want 70 pssass him, you must let yourself b
eaushstn this little trap because Il win give
him such atisfactiou to put you right At
6An Francisco, u appears you are not quits
haR way, and the center of America b really
in tie Pacific ocean. Jonathan more than
doubled the width Of his cuutinsnt IN 1901,
wh0 for the sum Of e7.oo0, 900 be purchased
Alaska Of the Rusiana
In America, everything b on an Immense
scale, the just pride Of tho citizens Of tho
Young Republic b fed BY tho grandeur Of its
rivers. mountains, deserts, cataracts, its aas-
pendou bridges, IL huge cities, etc.
Jonathan passes his life In admiration Of
all that b American He cannot get over IL
lhavs been through part Of the country,
and ! lcannot get over IL either. am out Of
breath. turned topsy-trvy. Il b pure con-
Turing, II b Robert Houdin over again
occasionally perhaps Robert Macairs too
but let ~ not anticipate Give me time to
recover my breath, and set my ideas In order.
These Americans are rsehing with unhcard-
oe-ne1. can tell you that to begin with.
Ny deas are all jostling In my poor old
European brain. There d no longer any
thing impossible. and the fairy tales are
childs play compared to what one may see
every day. Everything d prodigious, done
By steam, by electricity, Il e dazzling, and
mo longer wonder that tho Americans only
ne their adjectives in the superlative.
A an illustration Of what I advance, here
b . letter that received from an American,
IN tho month Of May, 1887, and which finally
decided me to 60 and SEQ America II d
dated trom Boston;
"DEAR Sm-I was on the point of taking
the boat at Ii today, to go and have talk
with you about an ideq which occurred to me
yesterday; but as have already been across
three times, and In q month or six weeks
shall have to set out for 81. Petersburg and
Japan, lam desirous, II pomible, Of arrang-
ing tho matter have at heart by corre-
spondencs." =
"Good heaveni" exclaimed, "this d
man l must mako the acquaintance Of;
must 60 and see Jonathan at homo one of
these days"
And - soon as circumstances allowed,
packed my trunks, took cabin on board one
9f the brave "Whits Star" liners, and set out
TO 80 Jonathan and his continent.
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J0NgTHgN gND HIS CONTINENT.


devceed
ETC. This his
visit 70 America
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CHAPTER vi.

ChAFiEh W.
Man has been perpetuafed to exptate tho
tranagresion OF his nrst parent by hard labor.
Jonathan u PROOF OF It he iabon, b tolls,
ana tho sweat OF nis brow crystaliises upon tho
arms ana neck OF his beloved womankind In
the form OF oiamondA
10 the American woman The diamond u
nos an object OF luxury, It q an object OF
prime necessity. An English Old maid would
DO without her ten before an American
woman would 60 Without diamonda
good styic consists In not doing what tho
vulgar do' good styio IN Amerfca ought to
consist Tor ono thing In wearing no diamonds
-unie@ democracy snouid demand this sign
OF equality
When you zee diamonds In the ears Of shop
girls and factory girls, they arc sham gems
bought With well earned money, or real ones
bought with badly earned money.
Love OF woman, innate In the American, h
NOT enough In itself to explain the luxury
that man lavishes on her In the United
States America d not the only country
where man y devoted TO woman and reody TO
atiny all her caprice@ The Frenchman Il
- keenly alive to her influence o. the Ameri-
can, u not more.
The luxury Of the American women must
b explained IN another way.
Money Is easily earned In the United States,
and Is freely spent Business savors more Of
gambling than OF commerce In tho proper
sense Of tho word.
Jonathan. then, u In position much like
that OF man whom I saw give hundred
franc note to beggar one day In the streets
OF Monte Carlo III win at trente-et-qua-
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lam afraid 10 win maks my rsaders lIps
watsr, but horo b liss Of some American
fortunes - have heard them seatsd,
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CHAPTER XII.

The liberty enjoyed by American girls as younl
tonishes tho English as much as tho liberty Amsg
Of the English girl surprises the French. s,h.
From tho age Of l0 tho American girl ,,sL,,
Allowed almost every liberty. She takes tho -. !.
othsrA She can travel alone, and 60 to a,a :.
=. auu s''A " 'n'a'''' usa''ena0a " With /
S,I s ,., tion.
she spends at her own sweet will In bonbons, .h..o
knickknacks and jewelry. II there Is mono ~,i,h ,
loft for the milliner and dressmaker papa Il =, -,
coaxed to pay them. She visits and receives ,.ho~
whom she pleases-I mean those who please ho,sl
her, She has her own circle Of acquaiitances .cr;hs
IT, at ball, she. meet with young man who ha 80.
takes her fancy, do not say touches her AM,
heart, she says to him, ~ am at homo ON u.r
susI uAy eoN'e suu ~ ~" WV uAy no ingtou
may send her ticket Tor theatre and be "a
T.. a.. 10 80 .As ~. S's S..". as o's Atyp
play, and take her homo In = carriage. In GO
=. .a.' s ~ ~ ~ NV "oss na' rangir
timacy. for q few days later II may happsn Hsr
that he meets tho young lady at bali, and .bn ALa
she comes up to him. and says; ~ wanAoek of HAn
present you to friend; do tell ~-~'ss sae ~ sa'
The American girl xso:sso condition. which We VI
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