The Southern herald., 1889-03-16
YANKEE wlvEs ABROAD.
An English Journal Gives some Excuse for
Their Popularity.

YANKEE WIVES ABROAD.
An English Journal Gives some Excuse for
Their Popularity.
The frequency with which English
men Of distinction select their domestic
partners from the United States may
We'll set people asking what 1t is that
causes the occurrence. The. fact that
Lord Randolph Churchill. Sir William
HarcOurt, N Clemenceau, the Duke Of
Marlborough and the successor Of
Count Moltke in the important military
post with which his name is associated.
have married American ladies may
tempt philosophic inquiries to go in
search Of a true and efficient cause Of
the occurrence, now brought still more
into pFOminence by the marriage Of
Mr.. Chamberlain: u we are to initiate
them. we might find q certain number
of plausible explanations; but, at the
end 0i the exercise 81 our best ingenuity
we should have to confess ourselves
puzzled. s.f .4Rd
That there are d number Of Amert
can yopng ladies who are most attract
i've ana charming will readily be adj
mitteds hut, without posturing as out
raeeous patriots IN this respect, we are
disposed to think the English girls can
hold heir ovh against even their fair
american cousins ii the matter OF good
LOOKS, md decidedly eutstrip them in
the qualities which most Englishmen
regard Is engaging and Irresistible
The ideal Of the States is, notoriously
not quite the same as that which for
the m0st part prevails in this country
and We suspect 1t would be found, Oh
searching and impartial investigation,
that.the Amesican STANDARD is less of
what b usually meant by an ideal than
the English standard. In other wordA
it is. like Americans themselves. more
practical. just as, for the most part,
they educate their children not SC
much with the object Of making them
fine scholars and cultured gentlemen,
asof making them capable and success
full citizens, so, probably, they aim,
even unconsciously, at preparing girls
not SO 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
girls is the idea that Lancelos or
Prince Charming, or some equivalent
OF those agreeable and seductive per-
sonages. is living somewhere in the 1
world; that it would be delightful TO
meet him, and that, conceiyably, that
happy fate is reserved for them in par
ticular In 4 word, English girls are
what's called romantic, and American
girls, il roIhantie. are so in d less de.
gree. Like the rest of their race, they
are educated 70 undersiana ana be ID
harmony with The bard and somewhat
cynical conditions Of their life. /
They have less 'eionsense" about them
than English girls. They are sensible
women of the world. knowing all
about II, not easily deluded, and quite /
equal TO fhe task OF confronting exist
ence IN all its various phases. s1s
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, forpractical good sense, for q
certain busineas-Hlze qualitys. and for
those gifts which enable people to sue
ceed in deal iig with their fellow-crea-
lures. It is often remarked that Amer
lean women push their way where En-
glish 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 viii they go down to posterity as
heroines or charmers But they have
their day. They succeed in London
drawing-rooms as their brothers sue
eeed in ''dry goods stores in New
York, and for much the same reason.
We have no doubt they make excellent
wives to men who live in the full glare
Of society, and prefer a clever capable
associate to a tender domestic compan-
ion. London Standard.
"A couple, iately Of AlphafstlA. c..
went to Squlle's office to get married
While hey waited tot the Squire 70
hunt w The book containing tnefofmu-
10, the man asIed 20 be excused = mo-
mepk and hurfying out. mounted
horse and rode furiously away. As he
was leaving theroom be whispered q
the aroemaman that hs was ashamed 70
get married before 80 many persons.
The groomsman told the bride, who
promptly said: "You helped 70, bring
me here and now You musk take his
placa The young man said be vas