The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-02
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.
Max O'Rell Says Clever Things About
Her, but Admits That She Is the IN
crowned Queen Of Creation.

Her. but Admits That She Is the I'm
crowned Queen Of Creation.
Sly Max O'Rell, who is just now lee
turing in the west, realizes the i'm
portance of having the women on his
side. Below are some of his choicest
recent compliments to the sex:
"A Frenchman views the sex as some
thing apart. We regard women as be-
ings greatly superior to ourselves
which they are not 1t is all matter
of education. Our boys do not grow up
with our girls as in America. To the
young Frenchman his sweetheart is an
object of mystery and reverence. Ana
it should be so. Mems ideals should
be something extraordinary, apart
from everyday life and clothed in mys-
terry.
THE Frenchman's ideal is his Wife.
In France woman is a queen. Her en-
pire over her children is perfect; she
leads her husband in whatever path
she chooses, and whatever path she
chooses is the right path. And her
husband likes it-because he doesn'
know he is being led. The politics of
matrimony is a science Unborn in our
women. They know THAT love lives on
stupid bits of trifles. Men have said
that matrimony kills poetry. They are
fools. There Is no poetry out of matri-
mony.
English Women Have Big Feet.
'The women of France are the stabil-
ity of its wealth. They are their hus-
bands business partners and the finan-
cers of every successful firm. When
they become widows they can take care
of themselves and they do so. French
women are not frivolous, as has been
said. Because they make home attrac-
tive is no sign they think of nothing
else. French women are beautiful with
beauty of their own But the English
women. How different. The English
women have fresh compilations and
stately figures, confident carriage
and big feet When the English wo-
man is beautiful her beauty is incom-
parable, she is an angel of beauty. But
when she is ugly
I'm France We men are the slaves OF
our womankind, but not such slaves as
are Americans. The American works
and works and works and the beads OF
sweat upon his brow crystaliZe into
diamonds with which he decks his wo-
mankind. The Frenchman's thraldor
is threefold. His queens are his moth.
er, his wife and his daughter, but he
| rebels at his mother-in-law. If there
are any young men here tonight con
templating matrimony and his mother.
| in-law is contemplating living with
| him. let me advise him not to hesitate
between matrlmony and suicde-get
married, shoot the mother-in-law."
AS to Mrs. Jonathan.
After a five-minute interval the lee
turer turned his attention to Mrs
Jonathan" 1T has been said that the
! typical American does not exist" III
said, but with me the impression has
grown to a conviction that the typica
| American woman is "a delightful anC
absolute fact. Her brllliancy in con
versation, the animation of her features
the absence of affectation in her per
/ feet manners, make her unique. N
! other woman compares with her in the
beauty of her person and in her intel
| lectual beauty. She is the first woman
! in the world, and with no other womaI
is man 50 completely at his ease.
There is a total absence of stupii
! faces in America that is a treat t
Europeans-especlally those who hav,
had the misfortune to spend much tim,
! in England. You are not all beautiful
but you are all intelligent looking. Tn,
American girl is allowed almost every
liberty-and she takes the rest Wher
! told my friends at home that Ameri
| can girls of II are allowed to go to thea
ters and late suppers alone with young
men and let themselves into the hous,
| when they get home with their owl
latch keys, they said: is it possible? ?
And / replied: I don't know, but tn,
girls can
"Ah! my friends, the lovely thinl
about you Americans is the respec
that woman inspires in every class
And let us remember that there ar,
few men IND every country who are gooC
enough for the women. And woman
will continue to rule our heads ant
hearts so long as the word is synony
nous with beauty and tenderness anC
sweetness and devotion-and that will
be forever