The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26

.,sins TO have gained during his two
u.sks' stay in this country. l didn't
s,,ber myself about reading them. for,
,.Yallv. 1 have found that impressions,
Il Unions or sketches of America, written
. A.. foreigners. are great nonsense And
M. is too short to bore ones self with
/ .,sr The funny thing about the Castel-
. ,.rs article is that it is a diatribe against
.se almighty dollar; you would never
think the Castellane family considered
money as worth anything. And yet their
a Oldest son married the daughter OF
..., whose views in regard to money and
.se making Of it were, TO put it plainly,
81, peculiar that an honest American, or
ID, honest Englishman, would rather not
4 have mingled with the blood. Not long
,g, Frenchman came to New York,
saved seven days at cheap hotel, and
.,,ounced that all New York ladies wore
,,ita muslin aprons when out walking,
and that all American men hired their
i oiotbes when they went to evening af-
fairs. What sort of people did he go
among?
Then there was another-an English
os, Now fault-fnding is in the British
blood They come over here. find no end
Of fault with everything, go back home,
and no end of fault with everything
hero. die and go to -1eaven and find no
srd ~ fault with everything there, be-
rsuse If is their nature. An Englishman
hv birth and education is a brute, but he
usually tries to tell the truth just as he
makes a violent effort 10 pay his debts
Of honor.
pbvsicallv. he Is the most beautiful spec
linen in the world; he knows how TO put
Nbis clothes on, and he never looks con-
scious Of them. Occasionally an English
man comes over here and lives. An Amer
#ican woman trains him, knocks some of
The brutality out of him, and then he is
the nearest thing to a gentleman angel
ID ever met Not long ago an English Wis
stor got in a bad temper. went home and
wrote book one always has to have
ones peck of dirt so 1 thought | would
have mine in one dose and read this book
He told one great truth. He said the
streets of New York were the filthiest in
the world. but the most surprising thing
was to hear-"in fashionable society gen.
Ntlemen invariably struck matches on their
trousers, He confessed that the effect was
peculiar-"ne seemed to be drawing fire
from that part of his body" Then to be
more positive he announced that nobody
ever strikes matches in any other way
And he confessed that ne himself got into
the habit Though since ne has returned
10 civilization he has not been so naughty
He saw "a very nice 90 girl do this, but
persuaded her mother that 1t was rather
dangerous. | think any Englishman or
american would be charmed to meet
nice girl like that. He also said that our
cups had no handles, and that an Eng
4lshman is invariably spoken of as
Britisher--a something that is as abso-
lutely unknown in this country as the
vulgarity of the man who wrote him down
fool.
| happened to see, a a public enter
tainment, a woman, loud and vulgar In
manner. with the stride of a man and
the voice of a fish woman. She was
from England, and had come to write
book on this country. She got into the
| so-called literary set, met women who
never had any position in good society,
. and pictured them as representing the
a best element in this country. She said
all American women painted, all talked
through their noses, and that when they
wished to entertain, the hostess always
read "a paper, and there was nothing to
eat or drink but stale cake and claret
#punch / know there are some Ameri-
cans who do speak with the nasal cound.
but l think they are found only in the
extreme northeast. The western woman
4 has an accent and speaks little loud
4 ly but her words are distinct and we'll
chosen. New York women are almost
entirely free from accent of any kind and
southern women, if they do cut their
words a little and forget their RS, usual
[ly have sweet, low voices and use good
English. They could not only teach this
|woman how to speak well and gently,
but they could remind her that the hy-
crNT IA Yp hn n
Hand the vugarity of a barmaid, seldom
ECommends itself to the world at large as
IA teacher of either manners or morals.
Il Speaking of manners, the exclusive set
IN New York is growing English to this
Hextent-"What l do is right" Not long
ago l heard of a woman VINO occupies
San extremely good position in society,
Saying to her daughter, who objected to
SgettinE into an open car because it was
Ia so common: My dear when we are
tthere, it ceases to be common. Then.
10 they have taken to dressing as they
like for the street. Old clothes are worn
put and if they look shabby it Is be-
cause we can afford it. The funniest
'hlng done was by an Independent young
woman of twenty five. She was going to
spend Sunday with a friend in the coun-
Try. She wanted to take a dinner gown
and morning dress with her, and she
lad no bag large enough to hold both.
que sent to the laundry for basket ana
tWo-handled one came up to her. The
lresses were folded and put in it, and
"earing one of Redfern's duck suits, she
poarded the Madison avenue car with her
pasket, never looked embarrassed, never
AIRED what people thought, and didswhat
Hhc wished
NOT long ago l sat next to a girl whom
Know slightly, the daughter of one of
ne richest men in New York and the for
innate possessor of some millions from
er grandfather She had on a blue cloth
NIT whole and clean, but old-fashioned
cut; cotton blouse made before big
eeVes we're in fashion, and an inexpen-
i've nat. She was on her way to a hos
lHl Where she is on the committee that
OoAs after the comfort of sick babies
"o over-dressed women criticised her
ulniy laughed at her appearance and
eened to think that their rich frocks
u usl make them subjects of envy to her.
"nen She left a man sitting near them
oIld not resist telling them who she was
ni haven't the slightest doubt that
took to thinking and learned one
Gyo leSson-that fine feathers do not
ways make fine birds
10y lhe bye, one of the most unpleasant
imens of the new woman is the over