The sun., 1896-10-11
VARON AMERICAN WOMEN
,r,sr ~ LONDON FROM
4 Ini,tC ~ FIR USrniLTi.
Ed,tors who Applaud the Harsh
1,,,rg- SIC -svs-S,ience OF the Foes
,.nr.,te and Hts Cause - b'-mnrcks
.,,.r ON silver and uis Omeini acts.

t,spuv. Uc. 81 have crave anu perhaps
-,s.,,ipr news this week for the women OF
',nerir,. | will not trouble o break IL sehtlS'
-. .hprk ~ sudden knOw!edGt may oe ius1 lho
.,,mulus uecded to enable them 20 meet t"e
ea''n a,,,, ranf,,lly-I mean, with feminine
y.sourcefulness. The danger WINCH tHreaIe"a
,s,5Is rhe whole outside world is talking
,,,L,,, war uuun the Amer lean woman.
m, crisis may not cora" tomorrow or next
.a nut tho war clouds are gathering
Ir.,dv the 4 crtcan Noman's position is he
,,,,,,,rg IKE EnKAnds n Europe-isolated.
sDl.nnid will her Isolation be. more splendid
indeed than EnV!ands, but u is an emear-
rnsslur, even II complimentary. distinction In
zach Instance. JeaIousy and envy are the
,rr, ,ai,es III each case, and humiliation Is
the object.
,,p.t I may be hardened tho use of the
language and the SMILES OF diplomacy in treat
,ra this delicate subject, but in these days or
Furopean crisis have little else at command.
Perhaps | should apologize also FOR r1vertlnR
auain TO topic which have presented quite
yoluminously OF late; but am merely faith
.,l cnronicler of eveuts, a sentinel on dis
.ant OUTPOST and should tail in the first duty
of my position IL did not sound this alarm in
ara sars of Americas Amazonisn hosts. Let
.he women Of New York read of the following
hostile advances, all made within tho past
three or four days. and say If am wrong in
summontug them to n national resentment
which shall rival in intensity the American
agitation In Great Britain. Listen:
American women are tho most uncon-
sciously selfish beings the face Of the earth"
The impression which she has made upon
American life and literature is 80 small as to
be almost indistinguish-ble
fRl,.. Vale taI NaNA kar,~
sentiment"
.'They are as costly as orchids and as un-
feeling.
Imperious. matter r.of- fact, exactinG. they
are ''guIuries for which man must pay with
the sweat OF his brow, affecting the while to re-
zard it as a privilege"
Even the homage paid to them els rot quite
so voluntary as it seems"-they know how to
demand all they want"
England. according to the memorial tablets
Of the Boston Public Library. contributes
20 the glory Of the ages ive times as much
feminine greatness as the United States"
There is no excuse for the fulsome fat
terry which Americans cay TO their woman
Kind"
In poetry, the American woman lis hardly
recognized st all
The American woman has the least chance
OF any woman in the world to become a great
literary parsonage. but she does not or will
not accept her opportunities"
She thinks more OF how her body will look
after death than OF the issue that is involved
IN the passing away from life"
Marriage In America is no longer invested
with a spiritual Significance. 1t is a contract
and nothing more. How could 1t be other
wise in a country where divorce laws are made,
not for the utmost necessities, but for the con-
venience OF married folks"
The American woman, as she presents her
self in society, whether at home or in Europe,
is surely an exceedingly Vtsacious and uncon-
venttonal creation. often impertnent, alwas j
amusing, and sometiL es beautiful. with a
piQuant. exotic beauty of her own"
Is not that a sufficient call to arms? I have
been quoting from an article in the current
number of the Contemporary RepieU, and from
the editorial columns of prominent London
newspapers OF the present week. | puz-
zled to account for this persistent crusade
againet America berter half just at this time.
Is it that her critics are an xtous TO provide her
with diversion and food for thought and intro
spection during these dull weeks for woman
kind in the United States. when her brothers
are absorbed in pursuit of politics, or do they
imagine that American women. well "a
American men. are giving all their attention
lust now TO abstruse financial profile ms. and
that ths onslaught will therefore pass unno
riced? The foolish and unprovoked attack
upon the women OF England by notoriety
seeking American woman WAS the melting
cause Of the outburst in this country six week
aZo, but that had sGbsdei. This later reta!!a
ton has a deeper significance. 1t is amusing
in its bitterness and widespread in irs NANTES
tation.
The text OF IFS latest expressions is usually
the article in the Contemporary ReuIetr, al
ready mentioned. IL is entitled American
Women from Colonial Point OF View" anc
Il is written by an Australian bearing the nam'
o: C. De Thierry. The Ddily E:Gs. in it
long leader on the subject, assumes that th'
writer is woman. Not so. He is mer'
man. Chr.stian name Cecil. American wo
men, by The way, should write that name larg
On the tablets OF tie memory, and bracket i
in bad preeminence with Schopenhauer. l
is. as one journal points out. . curiously inter
national affair that an article upon ;hs A rneri
can woman, written by an Australian. appear
N an English magazine. will not exasperat
my countrywOmen further by quoting from II
cruel and mtrCi.ess paSes-eyen Australia
accessible from the United States. Not on
good thing has the writer to say about the mos
lovely, loving, and lovahle Of human creatureE
save a grudging and partial admission tha
she Is amusing and brilliant In socisty. o
her beauty, not word! About her virtue
her wisdom, her tact, her daintiness, her gr ace
her tenderness, her sympathy, her adorable
ness, absolute silence The United States, h
agrees, seems Of all countries to offer tn
widest field for the expansion Of feminin
capacity Why. then, does not tho 'eminin
capacity expandt Alas, he does not tell us. II
asks himself great many more questions &
Che same tenor, hut he answers none Of then
Apparently, this bilious critic in the ant
podes ha' oeen Sung into wrathful prote.
oy the !u.somc fdtLrry which Americans pa
70 thur *nmaAk.nd." He eX plains that 'th
feeling of colonial men for their wives. mott
eF', sisters, lies too deep for words" So b
questions the sincerity OF the homage paid
American wonlen. lie llnds IL cause nr ser
Gus rerpqac'I tuat the bride at wedding "
The most 'et-yossassed psrson present." an
makes mention VI the shocking instance thu
not )" .oaE ASD, Ssg York belle walked u
the aisle on Aer flthers arm laughing and cha
ting AS unconcernrdy as II she was In bal