New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-09


adventures. ,, .,
,f,.r that II Is difficult to take anything from
~ p,urget seriously Still he was particularly
IMPRESSED with the seriousness OF MS s'uus VI
yoren though nowhere is his failure or insight
On onnarent and this shortening emphasizes
tho worldwide difference between his ana our at
titudes toward them. The word woman 10 an
American raises the concept OF personality 81 III
dividuals with qualities, rights ana respohs'oh'-
ties in themselves just like men, with socla 'e'a
lions secondary are those OF men 10 inc
Frenchman first and foremost II slgnnes the iuea
If sex The accounting for FEMININE attributes
on a material basis seems as inseparaple from HIS
examination Of social phenomena as ACCORDING W
his tradition, a romance Is from an Ehshsh "o'A
-, o.,iop An American woman who is frank IN
dependent. thoughtful. charming. the associate
and faithful companion Of men without being
their abiect worshlpper H. Il creature OF To" even
balance for the analyst Of morbid sentiment and
nervcrted impulsc She is intellectually ana
morally healthy and such health Is 10 him the
abnormal lie can see her only AZ an emh'dl'd
Niu whose NE love and character are all regu-
| lated M "A matter ~ calculation ~ he proorrdN
to demonstrate her quite In clinical fashion, now
and hrn forgetting the attitude of IN" surgeon ~
! IA, n,n,ur, NJ being his own curious-mnded self
,,rh, mind accs what the mind carries. ANA VI
| n,urrct brought L. America something othrr man
the idea ~ Ango.SnSon womanhool, ll' doubt
l,sa tried to bring that type into the Held of hlH
CONSEQUENCES hy such means "a h" hhd ~ COM
mnnd Thoi ne should think those means adc-
ouate 10 the comprehensive ana sohor discussion
~ splrit and motives 50 foreign 10 his own pro-
vn<cs amusement at his concci, rather man re-
pr.t AT his failure. Perhaps h" Is most 81 all 10
be- piilcd for the buntncss II soul when FORBADE
/ tho true American woman t. reveal herself 10 MN
or left him blind to the deeper meaning u whit
came b fore his eyes.
NJ Rourgct saw q little of society ard Iiile
~ the sluins He glanced at Harvard ana
wellesley. lie talked politics AMI watched US
MAY polo. He listened to smoking-r ON gossip
preparcd To believe the strangcst thing true III
n strange country. Then he went home win
notes for a considerable volume. and while On the
Journey put down what may be called 'he
/ argument OF the piece.
I have sad enough. in the course OF my
| travellers diary. II the defects whlch nav
/ shocked me in that New Word. Of It's incoh'r-
once and It's haste. Of the crulIty Of the streets
Of IT'S big towns. Of the "xcesses ~ It's iishivn-
ahl. life and is lack Of equilibrium. h'h ui'
,,a taste. II the too artificial tension OF us
culture which gives TO its women as 10 ~
towers the artifciality II dollhouse plants a"
that abuse of energy which results IN sor' "l
/ f.racity in the cpDlN' tItloh p'A"''" '" ~
mon and which reduces the heaten-'h' I""'.
classes I, cruel cxtrs nifty Of misfortune ',
tho corruption - It's police. is maEi-'rA's "'''
IFS politicians thai irdcnnAnl" splh'thinE VIZ"
x.',si,c e,n.cntness mixes with education.
AMI finally ~ the abscnc" OF IrlaNh'"h an
abandonment In It's pleasures. But "ha' .'l'''
All tho defects Of this society are w
,ris-thof il has dispensed with time me suu-
49,, ,r.rs,l,nflng 81 thu most energetic ana the
most unfortunate children ~ Eur"pr I" mn NJ"
country has produced too rapld a m''''''"'
rb,, sums NJ, what he had To- say. II Is an
i,nrr.sslon In part true; IN part founded on nun
ln.v,l.lrc. I'm part :alsc. most OF ali As u ''''
extremity ~ mis-: rtun" concerning VIII" '"'
or,to~v ~ the aritatDr mas been ac''p''" IL
mot II is interesting a IN" suifrhcla! N''"
- a clever writer. Hut it Is Mt new. II zoos
.. ...,,. "a 4 revelation 4 Us to ourselves or
others.
Man. mau- id better within the narrower
limits %, her theme though she was as hur'''u
~ ,~,var.r as VI Bourget She realized what ne
dia Mt seem TO- that AL women 81 iash''h'
,,h.s. idle existence - spent in III" great cip'-
,t watering places. winter resorts ana gay
,.h.,. hotels are all cut out much after inc
NM. ,,,,,.rn without any real originality ea'h
, ,hen represents that cosmopolitan society
,..h has no native land" Instead OF t'khs
/ ,,t, ,,a,s u living when they s"Journ III N'"''
/ 60, an, "a. financial conditions back 81 them
,,., ,r,hl. them T. exist ~ typical oi American
No.. .h. made her study II the average w"'h""
/ ,, "a. f. found In tn" hom" ~ MODEST '''"''''
=, IN. Workshop managing charities ana ''"'"'''s
school with a feminine Insight superior To- '"',
barriers she Judges the character "i "o''''" ""'
,h. n,tur. ~ their work In ms country '"'
zoos If E,urgcts coquctters ana mus "''n'"t
hid or shocking In thcr copueiry " '''''''' "
h.inp Young girls they were :" many S'""h
married women. should think th'ir ''"'"'
out,c cnrr.ct: II Is "A mere question: "' wv '
-, vicw" This recognition that IL ~ P"''' ~
,,, (which makeg understanding "t l"''N'
.,.io,v difficult puts Mime. H'anc III N"P''"'
,,,h the manners ~ the people she sees WV
,,L. her criticism valuable. she S''S WV" ~
sncc.sses and failures ~ women :" '"''' WI
rho ,vnm.n's clubs and colleges the N"'"' Wv
49,, ,..,s nf co.ducaton. womcns l"por'
,rnng the poor for the negroes j" ''''''' ~
,...,, and In the home all receive her attention
Ga. * not led away 10y travellers JAWS IVA
49,. ,,,. ,h.. man who wrote: AT Tours all IN
u,mcr have red hair because ne ST" '"' '''
,,,,,, I'm the street. our servants ar
had I'M. poorcr girls of our cities u" h'' l"'
>, J., ,o,l housckecpcrs. the tendency I" ho'c
,,,o bouse life increases. Such thing
= .,,. ,el,s MS and We know they are ""'' -"
,ho trivial things that she notes
p,ss,np over eNtcrnas. she anaiyz'S' an" s'
, .x,,his all that remarkable work 81 women "
= ,ha development OF one another an" ''' Wv
,r,,, th. moral and physical '"ndi''"" VI '''
: race which is done quietly, wh''h II - '''
I | With MS "A matter of cours" tha' we w "'' w.
- stop t. think how remarkaD' T" u VI ~"
r. good # has done. Hut Tor "' ''''''
70 ohr,,d II posscsses extreme sghihcahc'
= NJ de Vargny pays go mu'" ''''"''"
y divorce and breach OF promise '''''' w.
= Starr and Elizabeth Patterson ana o'h'r zen"
y nine phenomena. that it seems impossioc una
3 -, snou,d have any Just conception OF tn
n a,.,r,o, American woman. He studied her care
4 ,,ui, svnpatheticalIy. NJ concludes that ne
:. s,r.ng. training has In many ways had eNce'
n lent results. but she Is an anomaly neVer'h'
i less a knowing creature practlsed In the arr