The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-14
STRAWBERRY and LOVELY WOMAN.
How tho Briton Regards Our fruit-An
EnyIishman's First Clam-Sait Fork
Affecting American Purity-Maoe-
moiselle and Her Eyes-Uniucky
and Lucky stoac.
NEW YORK Innn II. 1906


by its stem 10 her lips. and then pro-
ceods 10 eat 1t in the dainty way that
well-bred woman always does, which,
between you and me, is something dlteI
the fashion Of a polite Kitten. All the
good things that We have. strawberries,
asparagus, green corn, are dainty TO cat,
and tend TO make one healthful, when
means. Of course. beautiful. The trouble
IS. that We don't appreciate our blessings.
We sec a wagon load Of pineapples so
by and think nothing more or IL;
IN England q pine, as they ,i hnsist
On f5o calling dlt r,d IT. costs nut s" upon
the table to do duty as decoration, and
then, on the second night IL carefuly
cut by tho hostess, each guest getting
Tiny little piece So 1t is with melons.
a canteloupe and a watermelon, Is dealt
out as II II were gold, and Is particular
~ tasteless and dresdfully expensive.
Then there is Ice You md l, who are
housekeepers. growl dreadfully about the
ice men. bat II we were in England and
asked for some ice at dinner piece
the size OF small apple would he
brought, and that would be expected
TO answer for everybody at the table |
tell you, we don't appreciate our mercies.
About the only good thing in the fruit
line that England offers is the goose
berry. Here, we knCo II as sour, lard
berry, seldom served in It's natural STATE,
and not over good when made into
pie or tart. over there II is pink or color
and has an exquisite taste a sweetness
with tinge OF sourness best describing
face-preferably an English housckeep-
er's face-when she hears that all tle
fruits that cost so much money on tnS
tight little Isle are within the reach OF
the very poorest people In the states;
that peaches, such peaches as she oniy
gets from q dollhouse. can be bought
FOR a few pennies by the Nottingham
wife, and that great, big, sweet, juicy
away.
WE ARE EXTRAVAGANT.
II gives her an opportunity 10 say how
eXtrayagant we are, and truly, we are.
A funny sight. and one that, In New
York in summer. when the gl0bo-tIotteI
is 10 the fore, is quite common IS an
Englishman eating HIS first clam ana
French woman her first green corn. the
difference In natiOnalities stands out
plainly. The Partisan is determined 10 pe
pleased; the Engishman Is determined 10
be dsspeased, and yet equally deter
mined to taste the little beast Tor
fear he might be thought coward.
He first says the clam is too iisby; men
he announces that II Is neither as pilteI
nor as salt as those miserable things
that in England are called natives
and which compare with our oysters as
stage pineapple does 70 real one.
But in time the Engiishman ana the
clam grow very friendly. and when he
with him a chatting dish. and ne hopes
10 be able 10 teach the wife or MS DO
som how TO prepare on IL JUST aeEn
dalnties as he has had from the chatIs
dish here. Deluded man, lie forgets tnHt
clans a Ia Schenck would be lmp0ssiDle
where clans do not exist, that lopSters
a ID Newhurg Will not piease tne L"s
liSh palate, and that teIiaplh, "eH-to
tell the truth. he never got quite accus-
toned 10 terrapn himself. NoWaoayS ne
has n better opinion Of American COOK
ini than he used TO have. 1t Is curious
how little the well-bred English people
know about our country, anu IL mus Do
confessed that, after visiting, not tAe
set that is written about, not the set
into which American girls nave maifleu'
but the real Engish. people VINO @Ir
eEvly hoSpitable, well-mannercd, Wen
read, and interesting, one vanity sets
n tumble The truth is discovered. IL is
this: They are not interested III Us
What we do and what we say Is mat
ter Of no Importance 10 lnen' Thu 1,r
sometimes I don't blame them. Ihey
have got the finest ships IN the WoIiH,
they have got the finest army IN the
world, and they have got ihe peS. Ddoof'd
eminent in the world, and WnY shouln
they be interested in a lot or nan clFl,
iized savoges Ike ourselves? They need
only read one OF our newspapers II they
dc.lre to prove that we are sayas- ..
STARTLING STUPIDITY.
An English woman who had been TO
India several times, who goes 10 Egypt
every spring who has travelled an over
the continent was surprised that l was
so white. since Americans lived ON noun
ing but salt pork, And this has only
been I'VE years ago. she sald she Wa
afraid 10 come to this country because
She understood lynching was common
and she thought If she saw man huhs
as she might do on the street at anF
time. il would upset her nerves: we
think that We are a great peopie, nut
wo are not; that Is, we are not III t"e
ewes OF the great mass OF the LnGtsh
people while we are looked on as semi
barbarans by most OF the frehch- We
are tight in thinking great ueal ot
ourselves, but we must seu awa' , liV,I,
the idea that other nations are hluCn
troubled about us. / am afraid thaI II
II came to a naval display, we cOuluh |
DO the lingo business, ana am 3lso
well-wars have brought out good ilght-
era, but our army Is not parllculaIy
large. nor does ii have proper attention
shown 1t by the powers that De -.
Gracious goodness. l must stop or ese
somebodv will conclude that l have Sc
rious opinions and these are not COCO
things 10 have. They trouble you IN me
night and make you conscious OF some
thing that worries you-wnaL Is ~
Heart or conscience, or what! OohsclcnCc
h n troublesome thing, in warm weather
particularly i wonder If That Is the Tea-
son 50 many crimes are comm ~ -.
warm weather. lheh loo, NS'i-e
why. when a man commits crlile sile
is sentenced to be hung, the Governor OF
the State doesn't insist upon ms pelhs
absolutely secluded and allowed 10 sec
nobodv2 IL that were done we might btt
lid of some OF the sickly sentimeniallty
that nowadays Is about all ne d"luI
Sr,tes that ever deserved 10 be put 10
death bv torture That is not a nice
subject. Let US talk about the girls.
ABOUT THE GIRLS.
The tyne that Is interesting nowadays
has undoubtedly resulted IRON the now
nr-trimmed hats She Is tho innocent
81, ri sbe talks about the little cotton
srnrs she wears in the morning, and IN
Tho evening she IS far IN white muslin,
rot The dowdv white muslin or the En-
,-tish girl buf the white muslin as IL IS
made beautiful by q French dressnak-
- II has a wide skirt dlaped Dou-
lea. a lace-trimmed nchu, WINE 1bous
The small waist is narrow eTule OF
s"btte ribbon The sleeves are full ana
biq and on the dainty niue heau -
$50, hat heavy with the flowers or the
ga and the dollhouse. The innocent
riri looks from under the brim ana Won
ders how the gentlemen knew so
much" and "is IL really true that soi,le
OF them drink wniskey' uaa ,bnt he
bodv have the heart to say tnat Inc
nretty girls in the bailat are even III u
liz tiny bit fast"-and she shutters %
rDpen She saws fast. almost az II she
we've saving something beginning with
a great big ID, then she wonders where
mamma is" and is afraid that she mas
done something wrong, hopes that you
will not misunderstood ner, put, oil "v"l
sha is SO frightened The chances are
Ton n one that you have misunderstood
N''' SNARE AND DDLUsION