The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-01

everything up. One goes for substance. thj
other goes for chow. One sticks close 10 the
ground. the other goes on stills. One ID pract
tlcal. the other IL ideal
The French style In writing 10 eminently
captivating. There seems to be great deal In
the language OF French writer or speaker.
He appears to soar higher go deeper. and
spread wider than the Englishman.
Yet you nre apt to ind this conclusion mis-
take VIII on you investigate closely. Tho French-
man ridlcules the English mind. He says II is
man retorts that the French mind Is rhetorical
sentimental. aud vague. He alleges that an
indedniteness OF idea. The Englishman meas
ures forces by experience. the Frenchman by
is benton. says the Frcnchman, and thus re-
fuses to retreat from a chosen position even
aSE defeat rom mafH ra thc Frenhn,o
succumbs and settles into cheerful submi--
eion when IL becomes inc2nyenient for him ~
the allies In Isl 4. almost Without resistance
It is said that the French arc insineerc, and
But without admitting that there Is any
great difference am9pF NATIONS pm s az regards
Flonah nsTS u their IN
that which. while it may cost them nothing. Ia
II You want money OF q Frenchman. he may
be no more generous than another. hut II You
want ClNllty Oh COuuuCt, klhco VI hlu
blandness OF speech. you never make draft
upon him in vain. And though these things
give nsr 70
It's pleasures. 1t is pleasnnter to DO cheated
by a French shopkeeper than buy bargain Of
q surlv salesman OF some other nation. =,
In estimating people we must not lightly es,
ttmate. their. manners. for manners are the
ee There q. Is an acknowledged vein of deceit in
the French. which docs not naturally belong
IT, that psHp s1 ID yst 6
These formed On the basis e
The marriage union is Just like any other con.
tract 1t is give and take for q considIeIration.
gain is fully recognized and acted upon. To
mako things go easy under such clrcnm.
husband G must not be needisssly irritated nor
the wife needessly rendered suspicious.
system of good natured deception thus nat
intimate association. although their chief In
terests are identical. ~ -
for trifes which her husband deems extrava-
giant. she must do IT by subterfnge me gro
me mems Iii Bills must ali DO inlamed in order to
give the means OF making certain expendi-
lures which must not appear IN the asSo1hts
en- Confessed s that she pursued this course: and
she she was married It was inculcated as duty il
order to avoid little jars IN the family.
VI course. WnaC tn6 Wlle uoes Iho hubphuV
may do. and thus begins q system OF small dea
feet matus! confidence and trust that the love
What the parents do the children quickly
learn. and SO nation may become inocu-
lated with vices which do not naturally be-
long to It.
Madame and her husband and their landlord
will put their heads together to cheat the tax
gatherer. They will all separately declare
that the rent on viii the tax was levied was
1000 francs year instead OF oooo francs. the
actual sum. No..
The land ord and the tenants each save 300
francs by the mutual lie.
And you think this is right. madame
| out OF the whole II could"
And do you confess the act at your annual
summing up OF sins to the priestT,
Indeed do not mention 1t at al
How the upright husband and really con-
scientious man satisfies his conscience | do
| not know. but undoubtedly on tho ground that
1t must be confessed that only very loose
| moral methods could lead to such a result as
| this. The Englishman is more honest. He
wouldn't lie to the tax gatherer but he would
knock him down and beat the life out OF him.
The standard Of oratory and stage acting Ia
very different in France from what 1t Is In
| England or America The French. all the
| world sees, do not object TO the use OF lofty
and florid language In writing. But they will
| fectation. nor pomposity on the stage nor In
their public speakers. They insist on sim
| plicity and naturalness and grace. The Eng
fiah method on the stage has long been artifi-
| clal. pretentious. and grotesQue. 1t Is some
| thing that i'm proves.