New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18

In one of DR. Mauriers earlier drawings, two
pretty sisters. an older girl of perhaps twentJ and
d pert-lookng little maid of twelve or thereaDou's'
are depicted walking on sunny road. GU can
come under my shadow. If you are warm. Ethel
says the elder with well-meant kindness Much
obliged Maud, but | have shadow OF my own
thank you" the little one. with an ndepend-
ent toss Of the head which the clever artist mas
caught and fixed forever more. We might para
phrase this little anecdote nowadays by substi-
tuting Britannia for the eldest maiden, ana Coium-
bia for the lasse with "a shadow Of her own -
for il is very noticeable OF late that fashiohapie
people have almost If no. entirely, given up
Ango,nania and that we have at last a
healthy national social life Of our own. IL
sounds almost provincial now TO hear people
affecting an English accent, or using British terms
in lieu OF familiar American expressions wheh we
know that they The recently acquired d'ic0'a
tons Of supposed culture. Even in England more
over it is very noticeable that the Ha"! Ha"'
Engishman" and the old Dundreary types nave
been reeeated TO travelling adventures ana pre-
tentious nobodys and that the cosmopolitan Eng
lish gentleman OF to-day has very niue accel' 10
distinguish him from an American gentleman Vi ''e
social standing.
But many good American has not YET iedihS"
these facts and sometimes makes mistakes IN cling
ing n foreign customs on neVer-t o. be- forgotten
occasion a socially ambitious woman belonging 70
another city stopped at a we.-known country hou'5
in Great Britain. where the post was only "eA'F0'
once day II was distributed by the hostess' -
whom the pos,baS was brought every morning d' '''
breakfast table and who unlocked the Dag Win
tiny key suspended from her chatelaine. Coisueiie
this TO be quite the correct method OF procedure or
country houses Mrs -- purchased a postbag forth
with In London; ana on her return TO her Paiatlai
American home proceeded 10 naugurate ''e
matutinal distribution Of letters whlch "e''
brought to her as she had seen them dehVerel -
Lady NJ She was sublimely regardless OF the laCl
that there were three mail deliveries durInC the
day and OF the evaporation Of her guests VINO
knew that their letters were being kept owe bo
this needless ceremony The same lady on ahoth .,
occasion while looking for ciX nous shon 1 the
"onces' and their arrangements i 90 nor tnhh'
ne said in reply TO her Pue sond care TO let his
dwelling for professional purposes anu s,r'a inc
nothing for II but for her ladysnp bslness that
she referred 10 the kitchen laundry Servants man
pantres.
There Is one senseless custom that shonid
like to see abolished" remarked a woman VI inc
world the other day. land that is the lnti''"0
ton OF half educated and undeVeiope" e"" ~
society al the obviously immature age OF eish'ec"'
l say bal,educated she continued. "for whatever
the amount OF learning and accoinplshnie''S
crammed into their poor little heads before 'n"'
time. # IL impossible that the NINA ca"
and digest a hrst-class education Deio''
or twenty-one. 1t would not be eApcct'' "
ceverest boy nor would IL be advisable ior 'e"'-
Ing. take IT, should not be boiled any "o'
than food but should be ABSORBED s'o"'S
inwardy djgcsted to really develop inc "''e'-
!ect. So why should girl. whose nina ~ qu''.
As crude II not cruder than her brother III ''
age. be supposed TO be finished. just AT TIC ~
when she might really study to aUVd"'as.
Moreover IL is not fair either to nous e"'ee'
10 force these bread-and-butter misses iil'o o1
social life and expect that we should asN '"s''
70 our dinners and opera boxes
1T is really dreadful 10 have crown u ~
recruits enter the ranks OF society year 90
Year. expecting recognition and consideration
snd mothers make a great mistake N in. bnn
h nelt daughters at an age when ths. n vse OF
SSeng at disadvantage. There IS 10 ~, NE
,,orclng veal upon the market-people 90 ~ tbeir
~ and never will Let these children nav but
vwh dancing ella sses and their own rcullon" ,.,om
o ,vr their sakes. If not for ours k'"p nj
IL. or general society until they arc '"o''''
How Mrs g. afford TO go to such expensive
PAGES for her hats and gowns?" queried MIS- ~
mutual friend
why" answered the after, 'her theory -
zoe cannot afford to make any mistakes WA" ''''