The morning call., 1892-03-30
Her RICHNESS WOMAN.
Max O'Rell Has Something to Say
About the American Girl.
Another Big Crowd Fills the Grand Opera
House to Hear the Witty French
Satirist on Social Topics.

Max O'Reil or. Paul BlOueD appeared
before another large audience in the Grand
Opera-house last night His theme was
''Her Highness, the American Woman"
but he had as much, if not more, TO say
about her sisters, the English woman and
tie French woman.
NJ Blouet is nothing il not comedian
in full dress who gives point to his satires
by action, expressed in gestures. walk and
information of voice. lie is a great story
teller and he leads his hearers with great
deal OF deliberation to the point where th g
ridlcule trips them into al most boiSterOus
laughter
AN AMERICAN POTENTATE.
In describing woman's bonnet his
hands, not his tongue, create the picture.
His audience roared very heartily once last
night after be had walked half way along
the footights and then up few steps to-
ward the iback of the scene. For the mo-
ment they forgot Blouet and thought only
of the character he was initiating to the
life. Ii was that OF the p0mpous, lordly
person who reigns In the average American
public dining hall-the steward. Blouet
gave him in the act OF receiving and seating
two imaginary guests. This was followed
with lightning change artist speed by an
imitation OF the average American husband
following his imperial spouse to his seat at
the table. The straight shoulders in an in
slant collapsed, and with shufliing steps and
with head down, and arms hanging awk-
wardly In front of his body, the type was
recognized by everybody aud the perform
ance loudly applauded.
TYPICAL FRENCH WOMAN.
The satirist described two classes of
French women. The first on the list was
Jacquelinr, the wife of the peasant prOprie-
tor of France. She stood the representative
of S.000.00o OF the population. She was
sober. busy aud frugal There was not an
INDECENT hour IN her life. She was the per-
sonfcation of industry. 1t was she who
gsTnered the fve-franc pieces ia her linen
closet. She practically controlled the purse
of the republic. Hell daughter did not wear
fringe OF hair on her forehead nor 81
diamonds In her earrings. When her daugh-
ter weat out to service she put every sou
she earned in the savings bank. The Eag-
lish servant girl did differently. With he
months earnings she bought new hat and
then got herself photographed In it. Mr..
Blouet said he would not undertake 10 say
anything about those duchessesr who con
descended to act as helps in the United
States. lie paid high tribute to Jaeque-
lines fatuatiOn and her tender care for the
poor French soldiers when France was en-
gagged I'D var with Germany.
WHAT MARRIAGE DOES.
His next portrayal was the French woman
allied to the trading, shopkeeping and me-
chanic class. He had heard French women
charged with being frivolous. The aeeusa-
ton no doubt came from unin structed
people. The class of French women whom
he was describing were quite capable of
managing their husbands business and
practically did so. Right here he remarked
that By marriage q French woman gained
her independence, an English woman lost it,
and an American woman-kept it.
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
Referring TO the American type OF girl, he
hat tc th..f hal eI,~ L.
OF age she Is allowed every liberty. and
after that age she takes the others.
Laughter Her freedom when she shows
up in Paris at first startles aud then charms.
He was glad TO know that the American
girl was emancipatng the French girl. His
explanation OF the ease with which Ameri-
can girls could travel everywhere In this
country was owing TO the fact that Ameri-
can cities kept their streets morally clean.
In his own travels in New York, Boston
and San Francisco he. had never seen the
slightest thing on our streets TO give offepse
TO his wife or daughter. He thought, too,
that the Difference exhibited by American
men had much 20 do with making women in
this country what they are. He was per-
fectly convinced that q woman in America
has the softest berth In the universe.
A ASTRONOMICAL TEST
He raised another round of laughter by
saying that he had never detected In an
American woman the slightest trace OF
gratitude to man. He then described the
different ways man and his wife entered
a dining-room in England, France and
America to show the difference in the social
condition of women In the three countries.
In England the wife meekly and demurely
followed her husband to the table, while he
absorbed himself in the newspaper the
moment he took his seat. In France the
two always came In arm In arm or walking
abreast and chatting amiably, and in the
United States the wife haugbtily led the
procession. AT this point Mr.. Blouet imi-
tated the rotentats called the steward and
asked whether anybody had ever been
daring enough not to sit where the steward
led them. This alone shows" he re-
marked, shat you are well-disciplined
people,"
THE CREATURE NAN.
In conclusion. he thought that the Amer.
lean woman had just gentle, mild con-
tempt for that creature called man. OBJ
serve her when she Is slipping out of
streetcar and man is In the way. Her look
at him betrays her contempt
Tie education OF boys and girls together
in the same ciassrOoms when they were
young he thought had something to do with
the superior position held by the American
girl. This more than anything else gave us
show to the world that women can compete
intellectually with men. Another good
point that he saw In the American girl was
the entire absence Of affectation Ia her man.
ners. 10 sum up, the American girl was
intellectual, healthy, high-s spirited, lively
and had an appetite like table d hote.
The American girl eats.
After he had retired NJ. Blouet was re-
called to accept a second salvo OF applause.