The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
LA DEM0ISELLE AT HOME.
THE FRENCH GIRL, HER BROTHER
AND her FIANCE.

Peculiar Gallo Ways, Few of Which
are Worth Consid ering-She was
Married in Aprll-At a Partisan
Boarding School-Behind Bolts and
Bars,
(Copyright)
PARIS, Sept 6.-The French girl is q
product so totally different from that to
which Americans are accustomed that it is
to be wished larger proportion of those
parents who year after year are sending
their daughters to finish their studies in
French converts or boarding schools could
have more thorough acquaintance with
4 the type of character to which it seems to
4 be the fashion to desire the young women
a of the United States to become more or less
& sssimilated.
II Daisy Miller, indeed, could with profit
take lessons in manners from the ieune
den1OiSelte. French children of both sexes
are trained to a careful politeness which
makes many things second nature to them,
at the lack of which they often wonder in
their American visitors. This afternoon.
Tor example, a boy of u or Is bolted past
me into hotel elevator AS we reached
the landing where both were to alieht he
bounced out ahead of me, nearly throwing
down child and with boisterous 'HuIlo'
to somebody of his acquaintance in the hall
way. In strong contrast with Young
AMERICA French boy of about the same
age who was waiting to descend stepned
quickly to one side to give Madame" pas
sage, hitting his cap and holding it in his
peared
IL gives one an uncomfortable sensation
5 10 see French girl open her eyes in genuine
~ Iai prise at peholdlng an American young
.au FeIaln her seat while an elderly lad
eodu uing, or precede an elderly lady in
passing from room, or refrain from rising
wen addressed by a married woman or
nt tti u1e ner opinions in the conversation of
sfpa. "ithout being asked to state them.
So So AClle OF this one comes to under
d an why the French assume the tone they
~ ID sleaKlng OF their transatlantic visitors
uo nave never been taught what is the
js NJ alpnapet of living to the Partisan.
NC standard exacted of French young
fso9 pc "5 III certain respects is SO high as to
r. ''ileIilnes to amusing misunderstand-
to M, An american resident in Paris was
80 H. Z me That, having been asked TO spend
tve.o otr "!o'I pr6ncn IrlenQ. apologies
z ~ 't +I oLered for the probable misbehavior
49, .ne : hostess little son and daughter, who
o 9,e Inscribed as delicate children who by
con a ooIrse of petting and tending on &C
roo mo- VI lil-healtb had become utterly I'M
8 ,sbat seable. Taking the words to mean
r ma. ;tney would have meant at home, the
Ia ts1ti,! icah guest paid her visit most reluc-
go expecting to be tormented by a
no utie Of spoiled urchins and to spend a
W. uisagreeable time, instead of
col lin Ia fHette and le oarconnet
sc cnuuCIed themselves with the most
t1o, L nous perfection of good breeding, sit
oya2 ~ her side watching her fingers fly
adJ,o .iler woods, never speaking unless first
"a MOI b eSseu, never touching thing which did
ro,r nel9ng to them. When dinner was an
aroaa 80 the chief of the infants terrible
tanu Offering his arm with the air OF
crpa.. marquis, conducted his mothers
You. 70 the dinipg-room. The spoiled
net tins people might tax their mothers
has s,e4 te when alone with her, but they had
I|# WIS., .augnt too thoroughly what was due q
dravvir 70 IAN to respect the precincts of the
W ca Iue french maiden can SHAW her Ameri.
E knor,, Goesl9 a good many things worth
"iNsi out when one advances beyond