The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-13
7HE .iMERICtS GIRL ABROAD.
Foreigners FAN TO Chd"rs and, hut All tho
More They Heartily Admire Her.

More Ihey hchrtuS her.
Ono OF the certain and constant satisinctions
Of Americans travelling abroad is the Amer-
can woman. dstiu.ushahle everywhere.
known as an American woman everywhere.
and admired as is no other product OF what
most Europeans are pleased to regard as tho
harhnrism on the other side Of tho Atlantic.
How they are able to keep up the Idea OF Amer
lea as barbaric with the joyous presence ofthe
American girl so often before them. ID mys-
terry that no on" solve.
There used to be iallacy abroad In tho
world that only many generations Of wealth.
power. aud culture could give u woman certain
Grac"s Of features. form. and carriage. AS
these graces mover did exist among European
women Of the lower classes. who are SO busy
ut plpuGhing and rcupng and at draught-horse
work o! various kinds. it is no wonder that the
fallacy existed. But American women have
changed all that There is n romantic notion
that princesscs and duchesscs and the like are
generally most aristocratic to behold. 1t is
akin to tho other idea that great men are
necessarily great to look ut. AS IL matter Of
fact. which We al know now. Il high horn
hands. an angular form. aud ugly and in
significant features as nnyon" else.
Bat. they were wont to. urge. granted that
nature makes no dls'in 'tionS in favor of long
ancestry. still tho high-born woman has the
grand air the impress sion. and confident Sc
TtUltS Oh NuUleE WINCH me !OWly tOTn cannot
hope to initiate. And this has held on much
longer than the other fallacy. because it rested
unon an Intangible something which people
ara fond OF seeing in the high born OF earth
whether il exists or not.
But III" American women have disproved
this. None If us on this side Of the water can
lny much claim to ancient and lofty ancestry.
The Pilgrim fathers and the settlers at James
original and pure Americans were simple,
honest people who had simple. honest virtues.
and were Grave and stron. and self-rciant
n ar
any great hoprui fame And it is tho dauGl-
tiers ard EranddauGht"rs of these people. said
Of their race to have tho advantages OF the
mviizntiiTm tHat !, ,smnrosed TO- refine and
to see what they could see.
born ought TO be awkw ward and lncking in the
their TAM" manners were not positively bad
they "ugnt 10 havo something Of the peasant
IN ihcm. some suggestion Of the pioneer set
Element and the mining camp. But 10 and be-
hUh:. the American woman w.lI,ina. among
the high born W men of Europe has more OF
distinction in her appearance than the de-
sr.udnu,s of ten generations Of rouIts.
IN the Ilrat place. these American women
whom it l. 50 Pheasant TO see on the houle-
wards or at the Ia enable resorts Of Europe.
are taller ard si,r.iEhler and moro robust look
better teeth. better hair. better eyebrows. bet
ter noses, and better !"rms Their feet are
ave as long auI slender. and their Fingers as
tap" in. Their "oml.eXions. too. are more
drlica'eIy COlrr",i. AMI herein they most dis
turn heir i.UgliSh COUSIN. * for the man
nrr ihrT bear h"u-rlvro with dignity and
.rar" that are not exceeded by the women Of
uny other country. They wear their gowns
and 'nci hntS "a even lrcnch women cannot.
To- this Worth or any great dreSSnukcr Of tho
Ruc IL la i'aiN. aE'! any milinrr of tho Boule-
ward dos liaIi"n- Will bear witness cheerfully.
~ ;hji comes in n large nleasiir" from two
things, from Ia" yOHth AID vgor and virilty
81 TINS -rll OF IA" Now WORTH and from tho
liberal education and th" equality OF women in
Am"rc.r. Anl The European men, who first
run after th"S American women because they
are az suIpU-, Il to b" nlliOnaircs aud after
war; i,"ral :" th"y think them n triile rapid.
r,u,,uu ;nHIu!r" and worship them because
th"i, ulnnu".s arc 50 frank and their CONVEX
s.tiou 80 interesting. IA" American woman
can DO som thing more than look hcathy and
s.urid. which ara the chief points OF the Eng.
lIeh girl She can. do. something more than
mon- ic'.r,' asr i" French young girl. And the
lur1 prau men know that high breeding is not
necessarily distinct from commercial anccS-
tor and that moral honor is not necessarily
the resell i hawk eyed chaperons and elabo-
/ rate "Tt"rual d"trEces.
Th"4" nrr good things for European mon to
/ learn. 10" gennratious Of loose morals. and
often o! ,ehAuch.ry. have not been without
, rnr't. And honest and clean ideas about
wumnn ar. the rule rather than the exception
"u this side Of tho water so the American
! woman in Europ" is pleasant to contem ri to
tEr more 50 NJ she is eminently able to take
| caro- IF herself.