The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-16
M GREII.
His Random Observations N
American soeiess.
Women. M<n .sd Hussn~s@-A Keen
SD Frissdsy view ~ Alnsrssa by
an obs~rv1nx Foreigner.
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pes1sF PLAINLY tstsiszs1s p the Lays
cities 81 the East Use 1sst thing wiaSEA
caught my attention. rrax slae fsssrsts4s.
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$500. Ts.s. -. - s.s.s g.,
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s6i5 ssss sis9 tiss'ss ~ = tszsssaer u sAssss-
xfy and The latter 50 taoftoa
wool Thss inlpressfon soso'
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'sssss 80 sAss 9 stassla9 - 'ass's
Refinement q society IN fnenn she
palmer Il be zones % Eae that. Z Amer
ica had thus early riyased the older
nations 81 Es.r,r,s in al the eseya ncies
- fasa,;o,.as.Ea ~. 4 w.s s,ara.,xs.
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shssa - hss 's@t isfs aN -
near 20 Icing perfection 81 an
earthly iot ssJi5id Re. A fsepert
Amounting 70 reverence - sls1sn for
her. asf = aEspeass 70 bt the CHIEF sifa
OF ber Projectors 20 sfssssss-.a1fad Der wifh
INJURY and make her path through
HE sfzsny f,fss 20 Tar a. adding 70
Der mEntal aud FssysEes1 grace goes.
this faafs q faaklssg every woman ~
HneroNDsa queen has answered
confisfsly- seeing hsr bzgh psss1-
ton. she has SEE hersesf AZ wars e
III y bseo1ftngiy and Is - the Ekiitl-
walton Of Asuesleas dAugh1erss y L
ehsis charming Independence and :
c0nscloasfssss OF their power, that
make them - attractive and render
aissIIsah sss.sistl 20 sssslEnhal ~ ~ E
Woman. tne AHasrsrAns hight give
more s5AA o..s issSs'o - 'hs ffssn q
.Hs Os1 n911as sfeh Y. the
1 ...s sot ~ sse ALassf "
lg 1ss EsSs ssea araa, ! ara
aranI. %. ahe seI'alAa5s'h ~ ms an
1919. me fseet s1 woman %
a asa sss 'sis''a - n,f 70 rs pefisea,s
gss'sI.rsesasns Farels Iaatohsl. 70
ssE, ibis Iesises almost alsays
$500 III, pn fMiAnlfs. fsSnehinxn
via ~ sss s'aaia eatN 70 sei woman
pas, 'sht ne VIII eehefapy prom. ~
mt ossea-ioH 70 take COCA ipok aI
nsI.
III an oass,isF De COM Ietenf 20 form
N opinion, 1 venture 70 say that tue
Ansefissn woinan does not render =
snan Iisns ~ the devotion she re-
Crssss from MIN. ihe french wife re-
pay husband = devotion ~ protect
ang nis interest an American one too
oftFu fTPaFst ~ breaking INTO ms
.afatai nut sonathan complains not
10 MIN u = ssiiiy seenliy that beauty
siaoaa go bvanhtniiy III one fortune
goes. ne SETS 70 YORK 70 make another,
anu sne sweat OF us brow - soon crys.
taliizing once more upon the neck and
arms 81 bis beloved wosnankind In the
form OF diamonds.
The dress OF American wornen must
oe . considerable itsm In The sxpen-
Gifsife OF the country. They dress
well on oil occasions. and Foyfsia fres
bssn Ia Toilette but they have vet so learn
The highest effect Ia dress; COM
m1ngiinE OF simplicity and elegance.
To see the street folietfes, one you'd
think that ofsy The ioosis OF Lyons
and feisos we're capable OF furnishing
the material Tor woman gewn: and
IN evening dress there - an apparent
~ dssp-rooted tendency 10 oyer-elab-
Grafton IL must strike Europeans as
very oroH 20 see ladies attired in low
necked ball dresses 10 receive after
noon callers, but found the practice
Vas universal. AFTERNOON teas being
tregnenuy gwen 10 Introduce young
girl mt, society one could understand
. little extra toilette being thought
necessary in her case Though in
france . woman Playing hostess
carefully avoids etssipsing her gnesfsl
OUT ~ ~ not only the bud. as
she - eaiied. Who u ia saii wal
paint u u bud mamma, or
.uht. or poih, In looking at whose
bare necks have often been inclined
70 exeiaim LADIES, throw veil over
the past There - something strik.
inKty ineongruois M this loztiing ui
the white satsn and fsiie OF the host.
ess Win TIE street dress OF she
callers.
VI All TIE tasks SET my.
neil shiis on American soil, that
which l found most Difficult,
Was geulag NJ the national character
islir traits. lily aud by II became cleal
10 me thst though there are plenty o.
AEnericaiss. tie American does not sx'
ist ~ Yet. The American OF the Yves
OILERS as much from the American o
tbs East as tsis latter does from tn,
coutnerner. IN All, however, ! wa
struck with the mixture OF a powel
and energy most manly. With a gen
ueness almost woiHaniy. The stern
est oi those pale toIten eare-worn
faces hxht up with smile that L
sweetness itself.
Another thing that Is general II
America u the absence cf that Brit
ish crust OF reserve, which IL some
times takes a stranger years 10 hreal
through before he ear find the MAJ
or woman underneath. An Amer
can MAY be iovable or the contrary
bat. whichever IL Is, you are not lon
ia finding IL out. After You have me
him two or three. times, you kno,
whether you have enc more friend i
the world. or have simply made a
acquaintance between shom am
yourself there never can be niue
sympathy.
The character Of the Americans
English from the point OF view of i;
contrasts and contradictions,
there. for instance. anything MOT
sublime than the way IN which III
American can combine the sacred an
profaneY Why. he j. greater asief
at ID than John Bull On board ii
steamer We had PARTS OF American
who passed seven DAYS al the voyag
In PLAYING poker. The smoking rooi