Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-29
...vre WIVES ABROAD.
,r.aI Gives some Excuse for
! English you Familiarity.

YANKEE
,ournai Gives Some Excuse for
N Eng Tbeir Popularity.
,.,ouenoy with which English
Ine a;sfinction select their domestic
men = from the United States may
par.sho at neople asking what it is that
vel -, tbe occurrence. Tho fact that
causes randolph Churchill, Sir William
Loru TT M Clemencean, the Duke Of
nassrlborough and the successor Of
nas. ., Moltke in the important military
Coun S,;tb which his name is associated.
pos' married American Indies may
nas0 nbiosophic inquiries to go in
'. ssrch Of true and efficient cause Of
seaf0u laurence, now brought still more
~ nrominence by the marriage OF
NV chamberlain. If we are to initiate
= - we might find certain number
'e !. nlansble explanations; but, at the
" p - tba exercise of our best ingenuity
su1 sh,uld have to confess ourselves
puzzled. 49, r,,n,her - Anar;
- yo,ng ladies who are most attract
Gov md charming will readily be adj
!. .i,.sd. but, without posturing as out
lu' Cons patriots in this respect, we are
.aS to thin1 the English girls can
Ia their own against even their fair
...rican cousins in the matter Of good
100 and decidedly outstrip them in
~ qualities which most Englishmen
..sard as engaging and irresistible.
mso IDEAL of the States is, VIGOROUSLY,
=. mite the same as that which for
.ho most part prevails in this country,
"a ue suspect it would be found, on
searching and impartial investigation,
~ the American standard is less of
THAT il usually meant by an ideal than
ne English standard. In other words,
!. i like Americans themselves, more
n,octical. Just as, for the most part,
thov educate their children not SO
much with the object of making them
sna scholars and cultured gentlemen.
sof making them capable and success
N citizens, SO, probably, they aim,
ayen unconsciously, at preparing girls
mt 40 much for a brief passage of ro-
nance as for the long and unromantic
business of life. At the back of the
head. as the phrase is, of most English
rrls il the idea that L4ncelot, or
Prince Charming. or some equivalent
Of those agreeable and seductive per-
sonages. is living somewhere in the
world; that it would be delightful to
meet him, and that, conceivably, that
happy fate is reserved for them in par
tcular. In word, English girls are
what is called romantic. and American
girls, if romantic, are SO in a less de-
gree Like the rest of their race, they
are educated to understand and be in
harmony with the hard and somewhat
cynical conditions of their life.
They have less nonsense" about them
than English girls. They are sensible
women of the world, "knowing all
about it, not easily deluded, and quite
equal to the task of confronting exist
snce in all its various phases.
Hence they enjoy considerable sue
cess in society, even on this side Of the
ocean, Society does not ask for ro-
mantle disposition, for refinement or
delicacy of temperament, but, on the
contrary for practical good sense, for a
certain business-like quality, and for
those gifts which enable people to sue
coed in deal ng with their fellow-crea-
lures. 1t is often remarked that Amer
lean women push their way where En-
glsh women, possessed of no greater
personal advantages. would fail. The
reason is that the former understand
the conditions of success better and ac-
commodate themselves to them. They
are not the women that stir the pas
sions or inspire the song of the poets;
nor will they go down to posterity as
heroines or charmers. But they have
their day They succeed in London
drawing-rooms as their brothers sue
coed in 'dry goods stores in New
iork, and for much the same reason.
We have no doubt they make excellent
wives to men who live in the full 81 are
~ society, and prefer a clever, capable
associate to a tender domestic compan-
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