Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-01


Mr. Rudyard Kipling, the new Anglo
Indian author, whose popularity is SO
great in London, was lately on visit to
this country. and writes as follows about
the American girl:
"The American girls are pretty-very
much so-with piquancy, all of their
own, impossible to describe as TO resist
) eet ana comely are the maiiens of
Devon shire; delicate and of precious
seeming those who live ia the pleasant
places of London; fascinating for all
their occurrences the damsels of France,
clnging closely TO their mothers and
with large eyes wondering at the wicked
world; excellent in her own place, and
10 those who understand her, is the
Anglo Indian Spin in her second sea-
son; but the girls of America are above
and beyond them all They are clever,
they can talk; yea, it is said they can
think. Certainly they have an appear
ance of so doing which is delightfully."-
deceptive. They are original, and re-
gard you with unabashed eyes, as sis
ter might look at her brother. They are
instructed, too, in the folly and vanity
IF the male mind, for they have associ-
ated with boys from babyhood and can
liscerningly minister to both vices or
| pleasantly snub the possessor. They
pos ess, moreover, life among them
selves, independent of any masculine as
sociations. They have societies and
clubs and unlimited tea fights where all
the guests are girls. They are self pos
sessed without parting with any tender
ness that is their sex right They under
stand. They can take care of themselves.
They are su erbly independent. When
/ you ask them what makes them SO
charming they say: 1t is because we
are better educated than your girls and
w are more sensible in regard to men.
We have good times all around, but
aren't taught to regard every man as a
possible husband. Nor is he expected to
marry the first girl he calls on regularly
Yes, they have good times. Their free
dom is large and they do not abuse it.
They can go driving with young men
and receive mods from young men to an
extent that would make an English
mother wink with horror; and neither
1river nor drivee have thought beyond
the enjoyment of a good time.
But this freedom of the young girl
has its drawbacks. She isl say it with
| all reluctance - irreverent from her
forty dollar bonnet to the buckles on her
e ght en- dollar shoes. She talks flip
PANTY TO her parents. She has a pre-
scriptive right to the society of the man
who arrives The parents admit it.
This is sometimes embarrassing, espe-
cially when you call on a man and his
wife for the sake of information; the
one being merchant of varied knowl-
edge, the other a woman of the world.
In five minutes your host has vanished.
I'm another five his wife has followed
him, and you are left alone with very
charming maiden doubtless, but cer-
,ainly not the person you came to see.
:" he American of wealth is owned by
his family. They exploit him for bull
lion, and sometimes it seems to me Lnat
his lot is lonely one. Nothing is too
good for an Americans daughter. q
speak here of the moneyed classes) The
girls take every gift as matter of
course. And yet they develop greatly
when catastrophe arrives and the man
Of many millions goes up or goes down.
His daughters take to stenography or
ltypewriting. / have heard many tales
Of such heroism from the lips of girls
who counted the principals among their
friends.