The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-27

sert me- I waited for few minutes after
saying. Did heF And then reached out
and got little case from the table just be-
side me. opened it. and sho we'd her The pic
ture inside 1t was the heads Of my husband
and myself taken together on our wedding
trip, and then | announced, He had that
taken for me- don't think ste will bore
me again" You couldn't help but laugh, it
was such an intensely womanly thing to do,
and really thiuk IL took an Americas
woman 10 90 II.
The FRENCHMAN OF TODAY.
Opposite you is the Freedman of to-day.
He IS no longer the rather effeminate rather
understood man with a waxed mustache.
but he IS a well-built. big fellow, no has
en- trained after the English fashion with
the French IDEAS. That is, he has the En-
glishman's manliness and the Frenchman's
courtesy. the Englishmans good looks and
the trenchman's exquisite ueatnesS He is
ne irest to perfection man can get unless he
went up and sat on pillar aud made all the
women in tne W rid unhappy. Years ago
this type was unknown in France, but it il
curious to see how the men nave seizsd on
the English virtues without losing their
own, and with " hat approval the women
look on. Even Nine. Bernhardt;s great de-
sire was to have her son look like an En-
glishmsn.
TACT OF FRENCHwOMEN.
Whenever we English-speaking people
get among the French we ought TO kick
ourselves unexpectedly. if we are women.
aud physically If we are men. Why? Be-
cause, if a Frenchwoman knows ten En-
glish words she will do her best to help Won
out If you don't speak much French. She
will never smile at your atrocious accent.
and she will encourage you until you think
your words, which have a flavor of South
Fifth avenue with a strong cockney ele-
ment added to them, are the purest Paris
ian. Then you grow courageous and
plunge in, and after that you have a very
good time. In a similar situation an En-
glishwoinan thinks it's very funny when
Frenchman tries to speak English, she
doesn't hesitate to laugh and she shows no
sympathy whatever In his struggles to be
polite to her.
THE MODERN FRENCHwoMAN.
Englishwomen do not compare well with
French ones The latter is civilized. the
other is on the road TO it, with the odds
against her getting there. Her idea Of wit
Is a practical joke; her idea of after-dinner
conversation is an off-color story. She has
few big virtues and no little ones. The
Frerchwoman would die for a cause or
belief, would work for it. would intrigue
for it, and would be capable OF enduring
almost anything for the sake of a friend.
She understands the art of small talk
without INDUCING IN 8 scandal, and gossip,
to her, possesses no attraction unless it is
witty; for beauty, brains and Drawn she
has great admiration, but she can be
gentle and kind, sweet and sympathetic,
where none exists
She reverences blood. and an impover-
ished lady from the Faubourg is treate as
a guest of more honor miliOnaires
whose titles are rec ent, are counted of little
worth. The American woman is nearer to
the French than is the English, but even
the American woman might initiate her in
some respects advantage lusly. Here are
some of her virtues:
She looks well, which means not in a
fussy way, after her household.
She is the best of luoUuels aud the most
affectionate of daughters.
She is patient with her husband, giving
hima smile when she knows that ne de-
serves something else, but believing that it
Is always a better weapon than cross
word
She can talk for one hour In pleasant
way alb u things and PLACES, and never say
a disagreeabIe word about people.
She may be the center of attraction at the
dinner table or In the ball room, and she is
beautifully unconscious of it.
She can wear cotton frock so well that
you will wonder why you ever thought silk
or velvet worth consideration.
She shows respect for every mans relig-
ion, all that she shoulders al IS lack of it,
She has read the last new book, seen the
last new picture, heard the last new opera,
bat if you haven't she never makes you con-
sclous of her greater advantages.
She rules Ill country where Sale law
does not exist, and rules by making her
sons adore her, her father love her and her
husband respect her. Bah