The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-01-18
N-THE AMERICAN GIRL.

Filtration Perfected Mating sTay aud he
cember-what Anne rican Giris Admire
In Man.
| The liberty enjoyed by American girls
astohishes the English as much as the
liberty of the English girl surprises the
| French.
From the age of is. the American girl
is allowed almost every liberty. She
| takes the others.
She is supplied with pocket money.
which she spends at her own sweet will
/ in bonbons, knick knacks and iewelry
| She visits and receives whom she pleases
| i mean those who please her She has
her own circle of acquaintance. If. at
ball, she meet with young man who
takes her fancy, she says TO him: II am
at home on such day; come and see
| me-" Next day he may send her ticket
| for theatre and be her escort for the
| evening In America, all this seems TO
be the most natural thing in the world
This leads to no intimacy, for a few days
later 1t may happen that he meets the
| young lady at ball. and she comes UP
| to him and says: Il want to present YOU
to friend; do tell me your naIne, | quite
| forget it."
Tie American girl seems to me to act
according to the dictates of common
sense. Tired Of the old formula, "A lady
cannot do that, it would be improper >
she says: Il will do it, and if choose to
do it, it becomes proper" "Why should
| not go to the theatre aloneY she saws
again; IF your streets are impure, it is
for you to cleanse them. Why should !
not receive my ball partners who please
me? If one of them were to profit by
my seeing him alone in the drawing
room to take q liberty with me, he would
be an i'll bred fellow, and should have
him properly shown out of the house.
and certainly it is not for such as he that
should change my habits"
1t is the respect that woman inspires in
American men, which allows the young
girl togo about with such freedom and to
queen it all through the States. Jonathan
might G i've more than one lesson in this
subject to the men Of the Old World
even to the Frenchman. Jonathan's re-
spect for women il disinterseted, purely
platonic. In France, this respect takes
the form OF . politeness which verges on
gallantry, and il often not disinterested
A Trsnchman will always stand back tc
let lady pass, but he will profit by the
occasion to take good look at her The
American, in similar circumstance, will
respectfully lower his eyes.
In trains, where the seats are con.
structed to hold two persons, you will see
the American seek place from one end
OF the train to the other before he will
60 and seat himself by the side Of .
young girl.
With what pleasure l remember the
young American girls whom occasion.
ally met at Parisian parties in my youth
full days. One never felt awkward with
them. Whereas with 4 French young
girl could generally find nothing but
absurd comrnonplsces to say, il the pres
encs Of Jonsthan's merry maidens / lost
my timidity and could chat away with
As little embarrassment as l would with
young brother officer Of my regiment
The American girl u still without
rivals. Men seek her for her gaysty
WIZ, Va OOAuty, u1OtIlCfo pOOk I6NOI&DlN
upon her for her dollars; the younger
women tear her to shreds-nothing Il
wanting to her success.
It was to her that Paris owed the In
PRODUCTION Of that attractive dance thai
goes in France by the name Of boston
An inspiration this dance!
Some one, forget whom, has remark
ed Of the waltz, 1T L. charming, 1t il
fascinating, but one cannot chat" With
the boston it is different; one can dance
that, and chat and flirt too. Now fiirta
tion with an American girl is immensely
agreeable, on account of the perfection
she brings to the art. To be gallant Il
no longer sufficient; to say things thai
are pretty, but insipid and commonplace
will not do at all; you must surpas'
yourself in wit and amiability, while
keeping well within the bounds Of the
strictest propriety.
I also used to get great deal Of di
version in looking at the American girl.
clearing the buffet. How they made tn.
ices disappear and tossed of punch
champagne or anything that came t
their pretty little hands! With whar
disdain they passed over the sirups anc
eau sucree, that the French girls timidly
slipped, looking all the while to set
whether mamma was not staring round
eyed to show that she disapproved Of suct
dissipation. They must have something
, serious and satisfying
Only the musicians, As they struck VI
the first bars of the next dance, had fas
cination enough TO draw them away from
the refreshment room.
And what spirit there was in thei
dancing! What animation! What eye
Lit up with pleasure! Not moment
tagging: they danced with as much sur
pleness at 5 in the morning as at the be
: ginning of the evening. And why not
indeed! Such pleasures are harmless
and it is not because 4 woman has dance
much in her girlhood that she should lea
her husband dance. when she has ona
The morality Of a youth is in direct Pre-
portion to the delight he takes in play
t that Of girl may be measured by he
gayety and high spirits.
shall never forget a young America
. girl, who sat at the same table a. myseli
on board the steamer. The dear chilC
f who was about II. performed prodigie'
l watched her with never tagging inter
est What little table hote ogress!
5 First Of all, at in the morning, te
i and bread and butter was taken to tn
hungry one in her cabin. At half past
she breakfasted- At II, she had beef te
s and biscuits brought to her on decl
: Lunch time found her ready for thre
courses Of solid food, besides pastry
fruit, etc. At 8 O'Clock. she did vsliantl
i, again. and 1t 10 she was regularly serve
with . Welsh rarebit. or some other tast
trihs Notwithstanding this. | rarel
met her on deck, or in the corridors. bl
t she was munching sweets, gingerbrea
:. or chocolate.
After all, there are so few distraction
on board ship. Men smoke, play poke
or indulge in q little betting on tie III