The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-19
BOSTON INDIGNANT.
Its Women Talk Sarcastically Of
Mrs. Henry N. Stanley and
Her Anatomy.

According to a Boston despatch.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Stanley would be de-
voured without salt, and her husband
is not likely to find a~ppreciative audi
ences. if they should visit that city
again In a recent interview on
American women, the wife of the dis
tinguished explorer talked with free
dom. If not with discretion. She
discussed Boston women in a manner
that has not only shocked the sensl-
bilities of the Puritan DANES, out
aroused their deepest ire. TO Dos
toms bellies Mrs. Stanley gave the
palm for daring decollete gowns, ana
said that the anatomical displays
were in some cases good. but In most
instances simply fearful.
These reflections upon the anatomy
and physical construction OF h Bos-
ton beauties was brought to the at
teption of a number of the ladies,
and their replies to Mrs. Stanley were
somewhat severe. Mrs. Jack Gardner,
In reply to the question, had h met
Mrs. Stanley, replied:-"Oh. yes; she
was good enough to let me see a great
deal of herr 1t was evident from
Mrs Gardeners answer that n was
not pleased with what she did see.
Mrs. Abby Morton Diaz said that she
was not a society woman, and, from
personal observation, could not give
an opinion of value, but of Mrs. STAN
lev's anatomy, from what she knows
at second hand, she was led to believe
that Mrs. Stanley should not have
criticised Boston women so severely.
Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell said
81 don't see how she could havetalked
SO. | have seen almost as much OF
London society as of Boston, and GER
tainly decollete dressing Is carried TO
n much greater extreme in. London.
In America women reserve the decol-
lete mode of dressing for private
gatherings. where they meet only
their friends and acquaintanees, and,
of course, desire to be as charming as
possible, while in England they dress
in precisely the same way at the the
atre, where every stranger who wishes
can gaze unchecked. / shall never
forget the odd s~ensation-the little
shock. almost-that | experienced
when | first went to a London thea
fire and saw the rows of bare necks
and arms. most of them very fat and
red. by the way. As to the young
girls pining for husbands, | do not
think that our American girls give
half as much time to that as English
| girls, They have more to interest
them, / think
Mrs. Mott Smith said:-"Mrs. Stan
lev has apparently fallen into the
same error that Charles Dickens and
the mother of Anthony Trollope did
that of talking too freely. The Eng
lish pride themselves on their plain
speaking, you know, and do not real
ize that it frequently becomes a really
brutal frankness. l have e in Eng.
land and on English women wherever
L have travelled a greater extreme OF
decollete dress than | have ever seer
in America, and hat is not. my opin-
ion only. 1t is confirmed by every one
| know who is qualified to Judge"
All those who met Mrs. Stanley com.
mented severely on her lack OF tact
and violation of hospitality, and die
not hesitate to give their reasons why
Mrs. Stanley, in their opinion, objected
to decollete dresses. saying it was the
case of the fox who lost his tall
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