The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-16
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.
HOW THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH
WOMEN VIEW HER.

Woman of To-day as She Is-She is
Loving, She Sweetly Cuddles, and
"She Gets There"-A Modern Society
Play-"Bab" as a Dramatic Critic.
How a Woman Views q Playa Pen
Portrait of Ward cAllister-- Our
Girls win be Russian-The New Robe
de Nuit-A Mans Opinion of Woman.
Bah" Gayly Chatters and We Gladly
Listen.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-For a long time
the English papers have been writing about
her and finding fault with her, but now
the French papers have taken her up, and
they see nothing in her that isn't good and
charmiug-by her l mean the American
woman. The English woman saw the little
gaucheries she committed, saw that she was
bubbling over with the youth that comes,
not only from sagacity OF years, but from
purity OF air and a now world, saw that
she was different from her. and therefore,
like tho average Pharisee, concluded there
could be nothing good in her.
A FRENCH ESTIMATE OF AMERICAN WOMEN.
The French woman didn't say much in
the beginning, but she looked and listened.
After awhile she said: What beautiful
feet and hands these Americans havew
Thea little while after that she said, "Ah,
hal these Americans are dressing better
than we do; they are taking the best of our
millinerS creations and the best that the
English tailor gives, and they look well on
the street aud in the evening also.r Then,
of ha oh 49,. a
began to talk 10 the American one, and she
confidentially told the man she loved this:
'Do you know that these American women
have not only our duickness OF wit, but the
English ability to keep quiet when they
want, and they are the women of the
future" This is the French woman's de-
csion boiled down to few paragraphs, but
nevertheless she keeps on writing pages
upon pages about the American woman.
After one of us has read her articles, we
give look at the glass and say: How far
sighted these French women are"
WHAT THE AMERICAN WOMAN IS.
For my own part, | don't consider the
American woman the creature Of the fu-
ture. regard her as the individual of the
present. She s healthy, wealthy and wise
enough. We don't want her to know too
much-the nation objects to 1t. We like
her just as she is, without one plea in favor
of dress reform or physical culture, and we
grow extravagantly proud of her whom we
see her contrasted with other women. She
may be bit like the lily of the field, toll
ing not, nor spinning, but when she is, 1t is
because the American man considers ID his
greatest pleasure to have a lily In his es-
tablisment and TO admire it. When she
does toll she does 1t in about half tine time
that it would take the French woman
and, If it is question OF money-Inaking
can do more in one day than the average
| English woman could in q year. / don't
believe in her having to make money. ]
belong to the association that believes In the
cuddling up close to q man and being taken
care Of, but my heart does beat quicker
when | think how an American woman can
do if it she wants TO- She has a lovely deter
mipation to "get there'-and she arrives on
time. II is simply and absolutely blissfuiy
beautiful. That sounds exaggerated to a
man, and don't know whether those ore
adjectyes or adverhs. but they express
what | mean and therefore do their duty In
life.
A MODERN SOCIETY PLAY.
There are some things in the world 10 be
more than thankful for, and one is that the
general American woman doesn't write
plays; exceptionally she does, and they
usually die a saddened, sudden death. The
reason am glad she don't write plays Is be-
cause she doesn't In this way expose what
little ignorance she may have TO the pubic
at large; she let's the men commit them
selves in that way. | saw play
the other night that had beea TALKED about
for weeks; about which | bothered
and fretted foc fear the mascu-
line element who was going to buy my
ticket wouldn't get me near enough, and
after that play | went home aud put my
arms around my fox terrier aud thanked
the powers above that | was not the author
Of that drama. 1t was supposed 60 be a
picture Of the society of to-day, and ii was
really picture of society that wouldn't
have been tolerated by tho cowboys.
Doctors came into fashionable drawing
rooins and talked about events happening
upstairs, events that are, of course, neces.
sary, but
WHAT DOCTOR IN DECENT SOCIETY
gives a lecture on obstetrics before crowd
of young men and young womeni Then all
the meu wore huge dance cards and pencils
as big as policemen's bilies hanging on the
lower button Of their wastcoats, and they
referred to these dance cards with exceeding
glee. The cast entered somewhat after the
manner of the old nursery rhyme
"Here we come two by two,
Dressed In yellow, pink, and blue"
The women all sat on one side Of the stage
and the men on the other. tho sheep and the
goats being divided.
Then, when a young man was introduced
TO young woman quigered with delight,
for thought it was going to DO something
after this fashion. judging from the sur
roundings, Say, Name, let me Introduce
my friend Gawge." and that Name would
raise her eyes and say: "He amt no gentle
man, he's got flannel shirt on but instead
Of that they said, Mr.. Temple, Mrs. Bill
ingsly," and soon after that somebody said.
"Are you going to church this eveningT'
and all I could think Of wns the 1nimitable
way In which Dixey asked, "Been TO the
sociablei Real oysters in the stew"
AS A WOMAN SEES IT.
Men who can write strong plays and good
plays, and who know very Little about the
rules Of fashionable society had better let il
alone, for the mistakes become ludicrous
and queer In any play. Then, too, don't
you think people ought TO look little like
the characters they represent? Ia tais
affair the gentleman who was supposed to
have done all the mischief. TO have wronged
a young woman and basely fed, didn't look
capable of doing ANYTHING more wicked
than taking an egg phosphate and wiping
his fevesed brow. The audience firmly be-
leved that the dead and-gone young
woman had made fool of him and he
hadn't done anything wrong at all, that he
was physically and mentally incapable of
it. Then the heroine had a mouth that
reached from Dan to Bsersheba aud nose
10 correspond, and she was continually
spoken of as being beautiful beyond ex-
rNraaQinp Whan tho ca1 VIZ