The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-04

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NS1elSfltAy difficult to and one
%NSslltiI gentlewoman In
hundred In England
who Is acquainted with the Identity OF
the president OF the United States. who
has the faintest conception Of the dis
tinttiSn between the two great national
parties here or who does not imagine
that Boston Is only a few hours dis
lance from New Orleans. This ignor-
ance OF the English woman as a class
Is 30 general that when any one Of their
number can really put forward any
claim 10 accomplishments that are.
after all. ordinary. she Is At once con
sldered In the light OF a phoenix, and
her name Is heralded forth In the press
to such a degree as 10 convey an alto
gether wrong impression abroad In re-
gard to the intellectual oaliher Of the
English womln.
Were accomplishment more general
among the fair sex OF Great Britain. Il
Ia doubtful whether We should hear 80
much about the attachments OF the
young Duchess OF Sutherland as a pas
try cook. Of the hate Duchess OF Lein-
sters skill In trimming bonnets. Of
Lady Warwick's knowledge OF hortloul-
ture. OF Mrs "Dodo' Asqulth's mastery
or English politics and Of Lady Reay's
acquaintance with foreign tongues and
literature.
In France the gentlcwoman IA equally
acking In accomplishments. True.
there are daughters OF the old aristoc-
racy who. In spite OF the afluence Of
their parents. have made q point OF be-
lng graduated from the public schools
and OF taking up the diplomas that
lualify them 20 earn their living either
as governesses or as teachers at the va
rlous educational institutions OF town
or state. But this Ia the exception rath-
er than the rule. and although the prac-
tice has been adopted by the daughters
OF some OF these socallcd princes OF
finance" who are forever endeavorlng
10 place themselves on the same social
footing a. the old nobility, yet It Is by
no means countenanced by the average
French woman. who Il OF the opinion
that blue stockings are not the par
ticular form Of feminine hosiery that
finds the most grace In the eyes OF the
sterner sex. what the French woman.
however, lacks In the line Of accom-.
plishments she atonos FOR In grace. ole-
gance and chic 10 such a degree that
attachments OF an intellectual order
would positively seem lncongruous and
ont Of place In so captivating an en-
bodiment Of friyolliy.
Austrian and Hungarian ladies pos
scas much N common With their
French sisters In this respect. What
they lack In chic and tn elegance thcy
make up In beauty and IN native grace
but they cannot be considered ns ac.
compllshod In the true sense OF IN,
word and an intellectual Austrian oi
Hungarian gontlewoman seems just al
much Of an oidlty as n spirliuell,
French woman. The only accomplish.
ments which the faircr portion Of N,
subjects OF Emperor Francis JOSEPH
may be- said TO possess are those o.
riding and dancing. both OF which ar,
inherited rather than acquired.
Whatever accomplishment the Ger
man genllewoman can boast OF are o
the domestic order She prldes hersel
upon excelling IN the art OF gasiron
omy. which In her case 4 only thl
somewhat barharous cooking OF Ger
many. and although she makes an ex
cellont mother and a devoted wife an
Is quite the reverse OF intellectual an,
cannot be- said 10 possess any OF thos
graces Of mind which are feminine &c
compliments Ia the siric,c1t sense o
the word The range OF her menta
vision rarely extends beyond her owl
immediate circle and surroundings. he
views are narrow and everything out
side the borders OF Germany Is TO he
terra incogniia.
Italians and spaniarda are distin
sulshod above an other women In En-
rope by reason Of their profound ignoi
ance. due In the main TO their lncurabl
Incidence They do not even posses
the art OF elegance or OF dress. an
/ while tho fair spanlard may be SAT
to excel In the management OF the IN
and In the wearing OF the mantilla, he
Italian sister o. without a single rs
decmlng point TO save her beauty.
Perhaps the most accomplished won
an 10 Europe, al any rate the mo.
. brilliant o. the Russian, who unltea I
. her ylyacliy OF temperament a marve
J bus facility Tor the acquisition of fol
. cisn languages and "a power of adap0
. ability that o. altogether Amerlcai
} She picks up knowledge quickly an
/ makes tho most of o. But her atun
! menn are invariably OF o. mporaci
! character. nE3 @ o. dImeult Co roca
b che name oi even one Russian woma
. who has ever achieved distinction
d The reason. of her accomplishments.