Middletown transcript., 1896-02-22

sGNS hands, and the
women kiss each
other and sometimes cry. In France
and Italy especially the women weep,
while the men kiss and hug each other
almost as vigorously as if they were iu
a wrestling match. An American wo-
men shakes with man of her acqain-
tance, while in Spain she always gives
her hand to be kissed. 1t makes the
same SCI stion in Madrid fra man to
seize woman's hand and shake it as
it does in New York for foreigner to
seize New York womac'S hand and
kiss it.
In America il is rare for wine or beer
to be seen on the table at woman's
luncheon or dinner party. In Europe,
not to have these would be considered
the height of discourtesy. Among
the Western nations, to offer visitor
"a cup of tea is to invite him to prolong
the visit. Among the Eastern nations
it is The conventional intimation that
it is time for him or her to go. An
American Nan REM his hat while
king to woman, while the ''cad"
keeps it carefully perched upon his ear.
In China nativs man would sooner
lose his hand than he seen without his
hat on when in company, while The
ruffian takes i. off as mark of disre
spect.
We put on our best shoes when OR
friends call or when we call upon our
friends. In Japan woman takes off
her shoes at the threshold and makes
her call in her stOckinged feet upon her
hostess, who is similarly attired.
Among the Anglo-Saxons the most
cordial invitation IS ''help yourself ard
be at home." This. in the tropical
lands, is very bad form. You express
the same pleasant thought there by say
ing, "My servants are yours, and that
one" (pointing out the best one) SIS
your boy whenever you are here.n
In Western lands every guest has
his or her own knife. LII Eastern lands,
to give guest knife is an insult, eti-
quette demanding that the labor of
cutting be done by the cook and not by
the guest. In America women will
not expose her ankles to view, while
an Arabian woman never thinks of her
lower extremities, but regards exposure
of the face as a positive crime.
~
Milltcent w. Sainn, in the Century,:
l have no doubt that the remaining
cause of the low marriage rate is that
many men dislike intellectual women
whether because such women are real
ly disagreeable or because mans taste
is at fault, shall not try to determine.
And even among those who like them
as friends. many feel as the young man
did who made this confession:
II never expected to marry the sort
of girl did. You know always be-
lieved in intellectual equality and all
that, and had good friendships wi h the
college ghls. But you Gee you girls
hadn't any illusions about US. After
you had seen us hanging at the board
on problems you could work, and had
taken the same degrees yourselves, you
couldn't1imagine US wonders because
We had gone through college; and when
| met dear girl that thought l knew
everything-why it just keeled me
right over; it was d feeling | had no
idea OFF,
And the College woman answered.:
Il will betray something to you.
Lots of US are just as unreformed as
you; we want just as much to look up |
to our husbands as you want to be
looked up to. Olly, of course, the
more we KNOW, the harder 1t Is to find |
somebody to meet the want. Probably
the equal marriage is really the ideal
one, and everybody will'come to prefer
it some day. But personally, l like
men to be superior to me; only I'll tell
you what don't like in them-the wish
to keep ahead of us by holding US buck,
like spoiled children that want to be CIV
Ell the game, an ] then admired for their
kill. If men would encourage us to
do our very best, and then do still bet
ter themselves, it ought to be good for
civilization.
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