Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
IN Spite OF Her Shortcomings she Il Pos
uiRr In Londen.

IN Spite OF Her Shortcomings she Il Poo-
uiRr In Londen.
May ! be allowed TO say one word
about our American visitors who are rev.
cling In the London season at the present
time? They are very numerous. and, TO
my mind, "the more the merrier." /
think we are all getting more apprecia-
tive OF our American cousins that we
used 10 be. know have only to whisper
the words IAN American" before intro
ducing either young lady or young
gentleman. to be sure of q bright re-
sponse. A hostess win reply with fer
vor, DO bring your American friends, IL
the suggestion is made 20 her. But We
don't quite like their dancing. IL Is so
very lively and does not suit our slower
blood; and they rather pull us to pieces
tearing after this thing and that
and showing an energy and youthful
ness in pursuit of pleasure which are
apt 10 take ones breath away. Are they
like that at home, we wonder? Or, Is Ii
. case OF Gather ye rosebuds while ye
may with them?
A paper on the subject of American
girls, by Mrs. John Sherwood, has some
excellent things In It. Mrs. Sherwood
reminds her young readers that what
English people find fault with in their
demeanor Is an absence OF reserve"
an air Of success which is a
characteristic of many. This Is
quite true in the main; self-assertion
and self-assnredness in any shape is al
ways unpleasant. and perhaps one does
see IL exhibited little more by young
folks who have not had IL rigidly re.
/ pressed by parents and guardians as q
form OF Ill breeding; but for my own part
/ can only say that many OF the young
American girls who have been lately
presented to me have had as gentle, def
erential manners and as soft voices also
as any English mother could desire foi
her children. This may not be com
! mon experience. but 1t is certainly mine
IL all young gentlewomen, whether
English or American, could only believe
how much IL adds TO any charms they
!, possess to be polite, attentive, deferen'
tial. and how entirely 1t spoils a pretty
Z face to find its owner arrogant and opin
ionative leven IL in tho right. which
is quite possibly the easel, surely they
would be on their guard in this respect
Brusquerie Is always disagreeable; and
certain set-you-right air with which
very many boys and girls in their teen,
deliver their opinions in the present day
when freed from society restrain
is in the highest degree unbecoming
but the rising generation needs to learr
that truth just as much on this side o.
the Atlantic as on the other. In one re
spect | may add, young Americans o
the fair sex have a decided advantage
rs rule, over young Englishwomen
They take part in a general converse
tion. They do not either sit mutely by
looking as II all that was required o
them we're to pose their graceful head
and fold their taper fingers-they show
an intelligent interest and here anC
there insert an apt remark. Often, too
II is very lively remark. One of th'
commonest observations in London so
ciety Mt the present moment is "Amer
lean girls are so amusing" Englisl
girls might be little more amusing
without detriment 10 themselves, an,
sometimes with infinite comfort TO thei
weary entertainers. L. II. Walford, IL
Critic.