The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18

-iou41 character. a. ven as the nation
itself. viii become homogeneous closely
wsaoed. deem and SOLID
But 70 leave Attractions. A naroes
Of En~ilssznez hare sAii 70 me: oh.
come. now. when all this 1ust and noise
Is over. yvu nuE write q good word for
the American MAJ After al he Is ceae
best raan In he world TO lis family We
are nruses conrared 70 ht-n."
Tbs - beside the question. oue Is
point 20 be both admitted ard disputed
There Is no e5u1 rs 70 his being q good
prcyt1er. an sD5clxent husband ard
father An American grows preznatursiy
gray accommodating money for his family
20 spe1d and dies IL the harness Or has
an interval Of leisure IN his old age only.
But. then he likes 81. II Is his particular
fad And what Is the result W5atever
may be saii % Erxiish-nsn As husoanas.
nobody who has lives in this country
viii isrr shat they are wise fathers
TIE men os the upper class. az leas..
take a. controlling interest In what their
children eat from he tire they are
weane6- ard supsrin-enS their education
az every point The American parent.
however afecetonats he nav oe in his
brief intervals OF leisure leaves his chill
dren 20 q silly wife-for most women are
sfily--ant In consequence Americans are
brought up on hot SrisGie-cakes. soda bis
cult. strong coffee. cake. candy and Ice
cream. and America Is a nation Of 1ys-
pepsics- An appalling number OF young
women die with their first baby. and the
young men. Instead OF being led 10 inter-
es- themselves in sooer ard healthy cue-
door life. have bur two objects for their
fathers usoney-champagne and women
Moreover. the older men pass the best
years OF their nse with their brain pointed
away from the woman they married CAS-
rntt w -Na.S~ s<r<7 -
a dead letter 20 thsn-shey have no time.
When with wrinkles and gray hair. ieis-
ure Genes. the woman too. is Old and urs-
seductive What do thev io7 Make the
best Of itg Make a beiats1 attempt 10
get in touch With rne inner life Of the
woman who has been the stable and bet
ter part OF their scurrving lives. Have
the annals % the American grayoeari
ever been wrftten2 II SO. IL is no wonder
we have never heard Of i,-Anshoay Com
stock Is siwT--s with rs
american men," Generalizing Is thank
less work There are the makiags OF five
or six races IN the United States. as dis
tinet one from the other as all are dlGer-
ent in every possible detail from the men
OF England.
The Southern man Is supine and senti-
mental. but comparatively harmless: the
New England man Is narrow and hard.
but can be trusted to behave himself up
on almost any occasion. and has usually
an excellent. supply of brains.
The Western man has bad manners and
relatively good morals.
The California man. in nine cases out or
ten. has neither morals. principle, honor
nor manners But he is usually bright.
The New York man has excellent man
ners and no morals. His attitude TO a
pretty woman is this. you are friend
OF my wife or my mother, and as far as
! know your life has been absolutely re-
spectacle Nevertheless. although this is
the first time / have been alone with you.
wish 10 make love TO YOU This minute;
there's no time to lose I've no time for
any such senseiess preliminary as trying
TO make you fond OF me. Times short.
and New York's busy place
Now. l ask, what woman. with a thinker
between her ears colid fall in love with
a man like that-or make him the hero
OF a novel? In all New York l could