Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-05-21
YANKEE GIRLS IN PARIS.

YANKEE GIRLS IN PARIS.
The Partisan Is Never Too Rusy to Force
Hts Attentions Upon Pretty Girl.
Every American girl who travels
to Paris stands in wholesome awe Of
the Partisan man. He is tho special
bugbcar of tho independent little
sightseer and the student who goes
to the gay capital to pursue ono or
tho other of the muses. They don't
understand him at first any more
than thoy comprehend the French
language or tho pulling system Of
Paris trans, but should be fore
warned to look upon his attentions
with good natured indifference or
stick close to II ChapcrOn.
Provided any girl is sufficiently
young, pASsably pretty, or even ohio
and engaging in her appearance,
sooner or later she will find that
when walking the streets Of Paris
alone sho is capable of arousing the
most alarming and unpleasant inter
est in tho average passing man. It
won { BE- very long before she comes
to the disguised conclusion that no
Partisan OF the sterner sex, no mat
ter how old, how soured, or how
busy ho may DO, but has time and
patience and tho inclination to have
little fun at her expense
Her first encounters are usually
with the bOulcvardior, the inveter-
ate loungCr about those broad, beau
tiful, shady avenues of Puris, whore
many outdoor loving Parisians spend
all day and half the night. He Is
well dressed chap, with fierce mus
tachoS, the orthodox pointed beard
and naughty little twinkle in his
eye. He knows an American girl rs
far as he can SEQ hor, because she is
the only woman of the better class
In Paris VINO goes about often alone,
her head held high and no suspicion
of danger il her big, innocent Amer
lean Dyes. Maybe she has walked
alone or with girl friend through
the business quarters and even skirt
CT the slums of London, Berlin, Am
Stcrdam, lrusdcn and Munich, lust
as she would at homo, but the bou-
lcTard lOungCr quickly shows her
that Paris Is Il very different sort of
place.
He begins ny slow, wicked little
wlnks with his twinkling black orbs,
or murmu'inc some elaborate COM
pllnont rs sho passes. Growing
holder, he VIII raise his hat and VEN
turc sugarcd bon jour, and if she
is a very pretty girl indeed, he will
do her the infinite compliment of
following her. At least no calls it
a compliment, for no Frenchman
looks upon these advances rs imper-
tincncos, ana it would be useless to
try and Persuade him that the girl
herself so regarded them. His in
torest in wOmankind is as vivid as
Adams undoubtedly was the day he
made Ewes acquaintance, and gen
teman and student, the workman
in his blue blouse and the little sol
dior summing himself under the horse
chestnut trees, all feel an undying
and burning sentiment about la
fommo.
Down III the Latin quarter alb
smith drinking students pursue less
gentlemanly tactics, for they openly
resent the INVASION of thoir little
world by the American girl student.
They hate her straw hat and her in
dependent ways. Along those mar
row old streets of the ancient town
groups of this gentry seated around
their little sidewalk tables throw
bread pills ut the sailor hats, quote
derlslVo bits OF verse, comment open.
ly on the young woman's costume
and appearance and often use their
sticks in trying to tip the sailor bat
from her head.
After running the gamut of Off
ciousness and impudcnce, wnen tine
American girl experiences her first
atfray with Paris cabman her
views of masculine France grow
soured indeed. He, too, has his ideas
Of women, but his methods are those
of bully and coward. Woe bctide
any lonely damscl who disputes IA
fare with him or who fails to agree
with NJ. Cochvr' humor. His Ian
guago Is frequent and fluent and
free. He will cheat and insult and
overchargo and annoy her until she
prefers to walk and INDUCES her
first season III Paris in many gusts
of tears over the hOrrid men.
By and by, however, philosophy
comes to her aid. and she learns the
efficacy of hor own tongue and the
policemen to keep her two types of
enemies in subjoction.-New York
Sun