Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-06-06
WOMAN'S WORLD.
A FRENCH NoVELisT's OPINION OF
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.

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Woman Crusade-4Mrs. MaybrickssCasa
Statistics of Women In Business.
The apotheosis Of woman, which Is
the so original feature Of society" In
America, is first and above all the
apotheosis of the young girl. These
words, so simple, are still two words to
be explained, for 1t Is probable that on
all the points--reserving, let IL be un-
derstood, that Of honor-=they express
exactly the opposite in the United States
TO what they do In France. What first
strikes the traveller who has heard so
much of the young American girls is
tho absolute impossibility Of distin-
gushing them from the young women.
Tho fact, SO much commented upon, that
thcy can come and go alone as they
please would not suffice to establish the
confusion The identity goes further.
They have the same jewels, the same
toilets, the same liberty of speech and
laughter, the same books to read, the
same manner, the same beauty already
fully developed, and, thanks to the in
vention of the "chaperon, there Is not
theater OF restaurant party to which
they cannot go, alone naturally, and at
the invitation of any gentleman OF their
acquaintance.
The quality of that official surveil-
lance may be measured from another
fact-that the young lady for whom the
bachelor gives the party chooses herself
the chaperon. The younger that chaper-
Oh is the more she is appreciated. The
young widow and the grass widow
the woman separated, divorced or sim
ply isolated temporarily from her hus-
band-fills the ideal conditions of the
part You might just as well say that
the young girls whom you see at Del.
monico's in the company of three young
men and the said chaperon, or who go
and take tea at the rooms Of another
young man, are as free as though they
had no one to look after them than
themselves. 1t is that habit Of acting
for themselves without control which Is
manifested in the singular assurance Of
their countenances.
One of the most amiable men Of New;
York, who is poet, has had the idea
Of forming collection Of miniatures,
where he places, with their permission,
all the professional beauties Of the
town. / remember that in examining
them with the magnifying glass through
the pane behind which those hundreds
of pretty and fine faces smile forth l
sought to guess those who had known
marriage and could not succeed. What.
in truth, will it bring them more when
1t comes? Duties, a husband ; TO bear
with, children TO care for, botise TO
look after. Today the young girl has
none Of the burden of those chains. She
knows ii, and she enjoys the time she
has 10 the utmost She will not have
one liberty the moro when she IL mar,
ried, and she will have less time in
which 10 amuse herself But In most
eases she niarries late. II IL is not quite
an end 10 her. as IL Is for the young
man Of Paris when he decides 10 break
on his bachelor life, il IL at least com.
mencement Of abdication The majority
do not conceal IL.
I'VE must Amuse ourselves before
marriage, " said one Of them gAyly 20
me. Does ono know what will come
afteFf"
The divorce cases. OF which the news.
papers publish the details from tinas 10
time, prove that that young person hAA
as much good sense ~ beauty. FoE any
part, after having closely investigates
the human conditions here aud Ia Eu-
rope. ! think that fora young man of
20 years tho best chances of hAppinaas
aTe 10 be an EngiisbmAn u good FAINT.
~, oonelpaing bis stadies Al OEsord,
aad for young giTl 90 bs burn AmaIf.
can, with fathsr she has made bis
money inn'inss. railways % land spos.
ulallon, and % arrive with good sp0a.
sors m ths sooiety " New foEk %
Washington, Paul Boufset