St. Paul daily globe., 1889-01-28
Bankstone Morgan and asked her to

klndlY cOTnmenJsaS Slle f6au.
.sI see here that the American girl
under consideration" she. said. KNEW
herself as good as the best. She was
not born to think the Squire and his
relations better than herself. Now, 1t
may be quite true that she looks upon
herself as the equal of any number OF
'squires and his relations, e eat
1T does not by any means fol-
take for granted that he is just Wee
bit preiudiced-to say nothing Of his
sisters, his cousins and his aunts, looks
upon her as his equal. AS she is pretty,
his eyes, always ready to admire beauty.
rest upon her with pleasure. and he
may even hobble about after her on on
his equity feet, and pay her
antiquated compliments" The live
ly journalist then goes on
to say that the American girl has been
used to difference from others all her
life-from men that is. From them she
expects it still. Quite right. too;
and no doubt there are men left in Eng
land who dorequire to be taught to show
Difference to women. Now comes bold
assertion. Her social success, we are
told, indicates not less than genius.
Genius is not too large a word; the
social qualities of these Incompatible
country women of ours cannot be
summed up in any term less ample and
comprehensive" Later on he declares
that the american girl may teach her
English sisters to
HOLD THEIR HEADS HIGHER,
and not stoop in taste and talk to the
level of men. The talk of the turf, of
the hunting field, of the stable and the
kennel, sometimes even of the smoking
room, was to be heard from pretty lips.
But, perhaps, if the American girls had
had the same training as the English
girls their conversation would run
on much the same line. We have sew
eral types over in England. and some
admire one type and some another: we
have, for example, the Old-fashlolled
demure English maiden, and we have
and self-reliant girls, as well as lew
who belong to neither sex.
alt is quite possible that the intro
duction of the American girl into our
homes may tend to make society
brighter and liveiier," the lady con-
tinued, land probably some of her sue
cess comes from the fact that
she caught at once its pre-
yailing note-equality. Of course
the notion that one man is quite as
good as another has spread with great
rapidity of late in a certain circle OF
English society, or, more particularly.
society in London. We need not stay
to ask whether the growth of the idea
would have been so abnormally fast il
her gracious majesty had kept her place
at the head, of English society;
but should like to know what certain
of the great ladies who were leaders OF
society in the past think of the curious
amalgam which now sometimes goes by
the name of good society. And no
doubt they have some antiquated opln-
ions of the pretty, smart American girl
who is going around to mend our
manners and customs: to teach tur
women how to talk and receive COM
pany, and our men to bow the knee In
homage to the sex which is allowed to
be superior to man. Well, much as |
admire my interiors, the men. cannot
deny that in the matter OF courtesy and
Difference to women, some OF them GER
tainly lack what Matthew Arnold was
wont to call distinction.
A FEW NOTES AS TO MILLINERY
in this midSeason month may be in
hats there appears to be a general ten
dency to run to an extreme in the oppe-
site direction. Lower and lower go the
crowns. and wider the brims, and more
eccentric the manipulation of these
brims in the hands Of the artistic
milliner, seeking for new effects in
shaping the contour Of the new picture
hats for the winter of 's9. Low crowns
are shown in all foreign dress shapes
and they have been adopted BY manu-
shapes extreme low and sharp-cornered
square crowns are apparently impera
tive. Brims are short at back and very
deep at front, number of shapes being
shown with the deep hood Tosca effect
of last spring. Dress bonnets are small,
many on the capote order. Several
while others show shelving-doWn brim
few shapes Oh the Direetoire order are
again introduced. The majority of
women do not favor the swift collapse
of the high headgear of several seasons
past. Fashion in these days appears to
move rather by transitions and gradual
remodelings and notifications than by
abrupt moves, and although the pict-
uresuue chapeau of the season is looked
at and admired in its various forms, and
made of the novel and elegant textiles
bringing one ''lapstone" style and then
cases in her saloon, tWirls them sevt ral-
Iy upon her hand and holds them in
their best light, in vain.