St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-20

Otner Tor IKE favor, lllau IL is &C.
cided comfort to a daughter of Revolu-
tionary fathers to see the spirit of '7G
assert itself occasionally, as it seems to
have done in very womanly way in
the heroine of the following spirited
sketch:
II like your country" 'he said, lean
ing back comfortably in his chair, and
speaking in a kind voice; Il wish you
Americans were not so absurdly thin
skinned, though. There are some criti-
cisms l should enjoy making"
She smiled. too, and her voice was
kind. I'VE Americans are not all eX-
actly alike" she said. 1--WE differ some
times. We don't always agree. Now, l
am not morbidly sensitive. Suppose
you give me the benefit Of your stric-
lures with the privilege OF a reply. You
know am often i'll England"
Ion, | don't care what you say about
u.s." he answered. mo EngliShman
does"
No" She shook her pretty head.
That is quite true. No Englishman
does"
He supposed this was intended for a
compliment. 1t was not.
In the first place, then, don't fancy
your food the oVerdone roasts and the
underd0ne fowl, the New England con-
cocton of beans and bacon, and sweet
lSh. raw stuff that they call brown
bread"
Il have heard that our beef was gra-
ci0usly received in England" she re-
piled. Your indispensable SouthdoWn
mutton | grant to you. But not all your
4. -nt
that, may we not, against our Ierrapin
and pOmpanoS and canVasbaclls, and
Blue Points? And the brown bread and
the baked beans-doy you prefer your
mullins, that taste like sour flannel little
scorched, and the bitter marmalade and
cold toast for breakfast? Or oatmeal
aud molaSSeS, with bread and treacle in
the nursery? Or the Onnipresent boiled
cabbage, served as simple green's
compared with our corn and tomatoes
and eggplant and Lima beans and sal
sify and"
stop" he cried, giving his hearty
laugh. 1--WE will waive the food"
by all means. And what neXt?"
Next -pOSSibly-might come your
names OF towns and counties. They are
either jaWbreaking, as Memphremagog
and ApDaiachicola, or they are vutgarly
Attica."
And many of yours" she unused, her
eyes upon the fire, are sWeetly pretty,
ike Rotten Row and GObe and Barking
and Ouse. Or you have made them
such, if they have striven TO be some
thing better, by converting Birmng-
nam. Cnoimondley. Magdalen into
Brummaien, Chumley. Maudln. A
n0ue effort, and crowned with COM
pletc success. Now, here, the great uh
washed don't teach us how 10 pronounce
our ploper names: they have their
methods, and the rest Of US stick to our
own"
well. at all events. your climate and
your mode Of living. taken together, are
itlpStabe; the hot. airesS houses, the
biting cold. the giaring Sun-"
"Ah. that's true. There's no sun in
Engand--the creeping cold, the damp
halls. and musty, shut-up rooms the
thiinblefu of fire | went walking once
with woman who was wrapped III seal
skin and groaned all the mile OF two
Aboutthe cold. We came back 10 her
home. and IglanCed at the Thermometer
by the door. 1t stood at IS degS. she
ran up stairs. and appeared by and 10y
IN an evening dress. She sat away from
the tiny CRATE and seemed quite COM
Portable. ] was freezing. l looked at
tie thermometer in the room. 1t stood
at 56 degS."
Then your dress" he interposed.
"T0ur diamonds by daylight, and your
silks and SatinS and velvetS on school
room girls. or older women for travel
ing or The street. You would never see
an EnglishWoman come to boarding
house table in a dressing gown"
NO, she would only wear breakfast
cap" was the reioinder. Il don't think
the dressing gown is raging fashion
here. either. As for taste in dress, l
have met a countess in England who
wore pleatlngs of fur on her frock.
have seen Mrs. Gladstone at dinner
party swaddled in yards of lace till she
looked like mummy. | have friend,
the wife of a q. c., in the incest set,
with oceans Of money, whose bonnets
and gowns would disgrace a kitchen
maid"
Those are older, palmer people," he
objected. Il admit that after middle
age our women are mostly dOWdY ana
careieSS-'
i forced the admission" she MUIR
INJURED.
You should take our younger ladies;
for instance"
"Well?'' For he hes!tated.
ION, one WHO lives by her looks; take
Mrs. Langtry."
Il saw her in Twenty-third street one
day in a gray gown which had a flight
of birds painted across the front. They
few UP over one shoulder. 1t was very
queer"
the ovardressed children, and"
ii will admit that" with scarlet
| No
dressed than underdreSsed of the two.
And your WOmen-the best Of them, the
most retined-are shameleSslV and
laughably immOdeSt in full dress"
You used the word refined your
self" he said. You must forgive me
for limiting that no such culture Of man.
ner is possible in people of pork pack
ers. and tailors, and skin traders. as one
will find among orr families, noble for
centuries back, surrounded by every in
fuence that might teach and elevate"
such as were lavished upon the late
Duke of Sutherland, who visited us,
YOU remember, short time before he
died. No man not of royal blood ever
had more royal belongings, l suppose"
"Well?"
"He committed several objectionable
social sins. Among them was the at
tending a wedding in shooting jacket
You must have heard about 1t. We
complained bitterly. We called him a
bOor."
HE was the exception"
"There are so many exceptions.
There is the young nobleman whom l
met at a LenoX cottage, who hoped that
/ would visit his mother and sister
some day. Then he said, I'll show
you what hospitality is. Not with a
Sneering smile and a wave of his hand,
mot like this sort of thing, you know
There are that smart set whom l have
seen get up on chairs, at social func-
ton, the better to stare at professional
beauty. TO whom professional
beauty is possible. in society-it isn't
here. Among whom Richard Grant
White remarked all earl scratching