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coriucsew and begins 10 draw him ouk
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ths west Who. perhaps, habitually wsars
. slouch hat ont cf doom and 1orgu1D to
remove his o~srcoat - he entsn draw
ing room. win begin b tlmw I'D fesl
like himself. he win talk. b attended
by the delicate fiaktsry1 casss sttsu&ion,
and bsforo he knows Il be reAAy 70 vote
tho reception. which he had hefors
thought such . great boro, . most
charming AFFAIR, md hmsef one of the
lions thereof.
Then pretty women win be brought
M for an inkroductiou. and moro and
broader conversation viii follow, and
IN . fsw weeks the odds arc this cal2ow
vssbsRnsr viii become ono Of the most
charming Of society men. stxsightGor-
ward, frank and unaffected, and al thu
mope sought and hked ON accounk there
Of. Tho young diplomatic attaches and
rich mems sons WI do for an after
non's amusement, but when the gzs il
lit, and tho electric current turned ON,
and we don our best gowns" sa1d most
expseiencsd and sucos@fm society WON
an tho other night, ''we want men, real.
Substantial nm, who have something
besides manners 10 orecoxnne0d them
Not long ago 1t Was my pleasure to sit
for m hour beside q boaHtiful little
woman from Vienna, . countess whose
husband Is attached to one Of tho for.
eign legations. Madam" said / 81
fear yo0 find our American men very
awkward, hacking IN social and physical
grace. compared with your own gentle
mem" Eyes" she replied frankly, 1.-The
Americans are . little swk~ard, and
they do hack grace. But do not like 80
much grace. A man m2y be TOO grace
ful to suit woman. You Americans
have that which Is much better than
grace, or any superficial quality-sincer.
ity and sense and habit Of treating q
woman as if she were your intellectual
equal and moral superior. have been
with my husband to Madrid, Berlin,
Paris, and Of course l know Vienna very
vef1, bat the American men are as a
rule the most charming men have ever
met" Was this not very good Of the
beautiful little countess? And what
wonder that tho most stohd and prac-
teal Of Us are at times inclined 10 Join
the ranks Of the woman worshipers?
American men have the st1ong quail
ity of adaptabhty. There is no doubt
about that. We see this everywhere.
Plain. common farmers or professional
men or merchants come here from the
yural districts or small towns, take high
stations in congress, on the bench, or in
the executive. and deport themselves
almost rs if they were TO the manner
born. Thy are weakest in society, foa
there manners and form mean so much
more than In the more serious affairs of
life; yet even in society they- quickly rub
on their rough edges. learn 10 wear dress
suits without eternally pulling at the
waistcoat, and even master the mysteri-
ous intricacies OF card etiquette. But if
American men have adaptability. what
shall be said of American women They
appear to have been born under some
magic star.
have in mind, "a type Of the wo-
men of whom I am writing. one who
three years ago was shop girl in west
ern city. Her parents having been very
poor, she had few home advantages.
Even the public schools did not do her
much good, for sle was not able TO at
tend them very long before her father
sent her to work in factory. From the
factory and it's rough but perhaps honest
associations she drifted to dry goods
store. and was there seen by q well to do
and ambitious man. who fell in love with
and married her. The whirhgig Of poll
tics brought this man to Washington as
= member of congress. HIS wife came
with him They set up house. bought
carriage. hired six servants. visited the
miIliner ard the modiste. and are now
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