Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-03

o,o the arlssocratie purity Of lines OF the
sinrilsb woman the expressive ana
.hanreahle physlognomy OF the Freneh
,yoman. the dazzling complexion OF ne
irish Girl This II the country OF com
nlexions; they are more deheAte' ine,e
pr. very rood ones In England. in Hol.
land; but they are very apt 10 be coarse
There Is too much RED.
the American woman does not know
snobbism that moral sickness OF an .liaei
her gracious anabllity puts everybody az
ease assuring the timid ones and encoufr
aging the silent
she knows many things, not only b. m
tuition. as the women Of other nations,
but also 10y study, npproprihting 70 hsr-
self the literature ana poetry OF an ~
tons and showing In all the intense pie
which h In her. She likes to travel con-
tinuaiy--lt is for her necessity and hap
piness. II IL a traditional instinct OF lter
ueonIp with a taste for the nomddic,
which recalls the large plains, the great
forests the melancholy rivers ana gray
sands OF their own country anu causes
! .hcm to feel crowded
She Is very practical in her home life,
and works more than the European wo-
1 man; nowhere do you see 20 many girls
I worl,ng-often not for their LIVING, but TO
( have more money TO snenl-as you see In
/ America This struggle for life, this CON
/ llnuous contact with men In business
1 Offices all day long, the gymnnsic ex-
/ erclses practlsed in this country by the
/ women even OF the best society. impart to
/ the American woman a certain masculine
character, which is evident In her move
I ments, in her manners and IN her en-
ergy. Her movements are 50 original, so
dfrercnt from the movement Of the Flu
rppean wunanl How lovely Is the undu-
latlon Of her holyl how pretty is the
swinging Of her armsl =.
The American woman IL very smart In
. an "a aNulnlt her gtlurHmuCW.
But how would she explain to me her
almost unrestrancd penchant for Ger
mans? Is 1t possible that fascinated by
a iuggled victory over nation which Is
most chivalrous towards her, she forgets
the position Of German women?
Now as to flirting.
The definition OF flirting has been given
so often TIA. it would he a tircslme reps-
ttion to return to II, The Irritation Is not
defect or quality: II is an education. AT
Ave years Of age the girl gpes to school
without being accompanied by her parents
n by a servant as Is the case IN Europe.
Young boys Of the same age come to take
her. and they accompany her home; the
school Is mixed the boys and girls all to-
gsthpr After school they play together
; on the streets, near their homes without
the least watching on the part of their
parents At the ngs Of l6 or II the boys
ana girls are separated, the isrmer being
sent to college or 70 business. FROM this
time they can see each other only during
vacations, but IN the interval, from both
, sides. som. progress has been made--.hey
arc lust at the threshold OF Loves Young
Dream" and everything i8 rosy as you
would say; we say dams lie bleu, ......you
know the song:
petit bleu petit bleu petit bleur
So, az any one can see, The privileges
OF Irritation in the United States are holy
and imprescrIplblc lt they are not set
forth definitely In the American consutu-