Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-13
MAX O'ReLL AND WOMEN.
The French Are Attractive, But the Ameri-
cans Are Like No Others.

cans Are Like No Others.
Mr.. Max O'Rell. in a recent lecture
on Woman" at Manchester Eng. said
that the leaders OF thought had said wo-
man was the only problem not given
to men to solve. They had all tried,
had failed. and We're still trying. a
Frenchman had peculiar views about
women. In his eyes she was an ever
pre- sent and fixed idea: his interest in
her was never exhausted. There was
nothing more absurd than this to the
mind Of an Anglo-Saxon. If the French
mixed more with the other sex az chill
dren they might probably acquire the
Anglo-Saxon GOODNESS. The object Of
mans worship must always have some
thing OF mystery. So Frenchmen con-
sidered n woman far superior to them
selves. Not because she was SO. but be-
cause they made an Ideal of her. He
had been travelling for eight years, and
had only found two countries where the
men were in leading strings and the
women We're the leaders-France and
America; SO he would limit his remarks
to the women OF those countries. In
the French household woman was queen
she led her husband, and he did not
complain: she knew all his affairs. He
consulted her about his investments;
that was why wealth in France was so
stable, because women were not specula-
tive She might be affected some
times. but she was never vulgar. She
thoroughly understood the poetry Of
matrimony. French women were called
| frivolous: II was the height Of absurdity.
Though n Frenchman. he must know as
| much about It az the ordinary tourist.
nj H., ri. ,1.,ss,
| who was the confidant Of her husband.
| and had n deliberate voice In his affairs
| Among the tradesmen the wife keeps the
| books. and could carry on the business
| after the husbands death. When a
| French girl OF that class married she was
| emanclpated; In England, she often lost
| her liberty. In England. a woman knew
| nothing OF her husbands affairs, not as
much az his clerk. The wife OF the pea
| SAINT proprietor was the very fortune OF
| F"ance-hard work, sober. thrifty. al
ways working in the house, the fields, the
market Her daughter did not wear rings
but when she went to service every
month. she paid a visit TO the saw
| ing's bank when she got her wages; ar
English servant-girl got new hat and
! was photographed in IL. The more he saw
| OF American woman the more deeply ht
/
| they were totally unlike all other women
| There We're few women TO be compared
| with them In a drawing groom; none with
| whom men felt more at ease. They had
beauty. but II was not equal to that OF ths
| English woman; but it was their intel
lectual qualities that were striking. lr
the largest cities Of America at any hour
the streets were perfectly respectable
The influence OF women was enormous
and morality profited by 1t. The respect
| that women seemed 10 inspire In America
| In men OF all classes enabled girls to 90
| about I'm security. He sometimes thought
| the American women felt little mild
! contempt for the poor creature called
| man. They We're the most natural and
| unconventional OF women. II he did moi
know much OF women. he knew grea
deal of men, and his most sincere con
viction was that there were few men. in
deed, who were good enough for women
People said sometimes that roses had
thorns. but they should also remember
that the thorns had roses, and the roses
| of life were women.