The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-24
ENGLISH GIRLS.
Why They Do Not Become American
Brides
From TIE Saa Fruneiseo Ar0onaut.

of rank and title marrying American
women, it is curious that we never hear Of
English women of rank ami title, or OF
mere birth and position (which may lack
title marrying American men. Why Isl
There must be some reason 1t is not merely
chance. 1t cannot be that American men
are not attractive enough to English
women. American men are chiyalric 70
high degree ia their homage of woma1,
simply ON account OF her weaker sex. There
ought to be no slrer pathway to womans
heart than this, be she English or of any
other nationality. American men are. for
the most part, handsome, and they
are clever and bright takers; and they
know all the soft aud tender little
speeches which women of all nations de
light in having made TO them, and in the
knowledge aud use Of which EngliShmen of
the present day, and Of the higher classes,
are so proyerbialiy deficient They are
generally well educa ed, well informed, and
are neat aud painstakiug in their personal
appearance They are graceful in move
ment, polished in department, and they are
beautiful dancers. No people are admitted
in Z gland to be such good dancsrs as the
| American men. And yet English girls do
not marry them. Whyl
! happened, the other day, to ask an
| American lady why it was. Her answer
| " as lac blllC dIl1 TO DtFl ueCislhe- DoCduSo
Anne lean men dom ask them"
But" told her. that is no answer"
"And why notr she asked. ITS the
best can give, anyhow"
ITO begin with" said l, show do you
know they don't ask them"
| "Oh. if you come to that, | don't know
anything. l wasn't aware that was under
cross-examination. l thought you only
asked my opinion. | know this, however,
if was a man / wouldn't ask them. So,
there"
But whyT'
"There you go again-Yl Why can't
you say why, as we dof'
THE corruptlng influences of long asso-
citation" said L; 81 daresay, now if ="
There You go again. dessay. Why
don't you say dare say! l often wonder
why English people put W and h in their
whys-the letter Y would be ample. And
| then -"
but that's not answering my question.
l thought you were above woman's be
cause.'n
"And Them she went on, not needing my
remonstrance, "the letters and are quite
unnecessary in your lure. D-e-s spells dare
in England"
"Pll allow all that and go on with what
we we're talking about. | asked you why
American men don't marry English
women, and you gave me no answer at
ALL"
mo answer at ALI"
"Well, equivalent to none. Now, shall
tell you why they do1'ts Yes. All right,
will. Pll try to, at all events"
At this point, an glish lady OF title
joined us. so had to be a trihe circum-
S eco in my reasons
"Now, then, we'll start with this propo-
sition. There are no women in the world
more attractive than American women
You'll admit thatE'
| YOU very kind.n
"dind you, l say more attractive, not so
at ractive," qualified, with my eye on the
English woma1.
"Oh?n in rather crestfallen voice; "but
wish you wouldn'o talk so much of
women. Why can't you say ladiesa hate
women"
"Ye', believe you all do hate each other
at heart"
you know perfectly well what mean.
| only mean the word"
"It's au English word, and a coed one,"
said L; "for my own art l detest ladies'"
what an admission for a gentlemanI'
with a toss of her head; ''thank YOU"
IF believed that y u really misunder-
stood me would explain. But l don't.
| detest the term ladies. 1t means moth
ing"
"Nothing2 1t does in America"
II do 'G agree with you. | know some
thing of America myself, and there, as in
/ England, the term lady is applied to
females who have no claim whatever to it. ~
"Wha do you mean by ladies of title,
: thenW
That's different There every one
knows what you mean. speak Of the use
, of thu word in a general way. We have
) Spiers & Bonds young ladies, and Marshall
& SnellgroveS, and Howell & James,, and
= Stage g. Mantle's, and dozens of other
ladies' in London dry goods stores They
are all young ladies in these days Thirty
5 years ago they were young women. No
one thought of calling them any
thing else. As for America, l con-
stantly see in American papers
'Saleslady wanted Indeed, l once saw
, an ad yertisement that "a lady wants stu
alto as cook 1t hasn't got to that in Eng-
: land yet, but it will get to it. Therefore,
/ say that lady as a distinctive, designating
term, has no meaning. For what is meant
by lady, l generally use, and let us now
? use the word 'gentlewomau.' | really pre-
l fer woman but as you don't like it, well
: take gentlewoman."
Haven't we got rather far away from
the subject we began talking alb )ut@ she
6 | asked.
8 "Pm afraid it's your owl fault if we
have. But to return. Now, while il is
true that there are no more attractive We
| gentlewomen on earth than Americans, it
q is also true that there are loads of English
! glrls-n
: There! That's another word l can't
F.: abide. Girls. Girls mean servants in
America" said she.
"Well, loads of English gentlewomen
. who are quite as charming and desirable as
. wives as any in the world. II left to the
. free exhibition Of their natural impulses,
American men-I beg your pardon, Amer
lean gentlemen-would find this out. Un-
3 fortunately there IS no way for American
s gentlemen to q I'd it out English gentle
!: women are forbidden by the strict laws of
l class to show any feeling of regard for or
interest in any man, and of all men for
eigners, and Americans are considered for
u eigners in Engl nd. They are labeled
Hands off, Keep off the ass and Don't
= HANDLE fro TOP to toe. There"
"Who area American gentlemen? Not
much they're not"
5 "Pm talking of English ge1tlewomen.
There is barrier of propriety surrounding
= them at arms length which it would take 4
rave man to storm. Then, again. The {
are 50 many strait laced rules concerning
\ cou tship, if such vulgar proceeding as
| courtship be tolerated in high life, which
n doubt. Suppose mana gentleman
) storms he redoub5 and gets inside, what
does he fndl More barriers More notices
of Please don'G touch L stead of ha ing
r | a good time with the girl he is ii rhtinp for