The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-29

NJ H!HCt%tHI But IL would De
SHNRIIYfN dificult to find one
NSSx~ gentlewoman in a
hundred in England
who is acquainted with the identity OF
the president of the United States, who
has the faintest conception Of the dis
tinction 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 so general that when any one of their
number can really put forward any
claim to accomplishments that are.
after all, ordinary. she Is at nee con-
sidered In the light of a phoenix, and
her name is heralded forth in the press
o such a degree as to convey an alto
sether wrong impression abroad in re-
gard to the intellectual caliber of the
English woman.
Were accomplishments more general
among the fair sex of Great Britain, II
8 doubtful whether we should hear so
much about the attachments Of the
young Duchess of Sutherland as a pas
ny cook. of the late Duchess OF Lem
ster's skill in trimming bonnets, OF
Lady Warwick's knowledge of horticul-
.ure. OF Mrs. "Dodo" Asquith's mastery
)f English politics and of Lady Reay's
acquaintance with foreign tongues and
| literature.
In France the g%entlewoman is equally
lacking in accomplishments. True.
here are daughters of the old aristoc-
racy who, in spite of the affluence of
heir parents, have made a point of be-
ng graduated from the public schools
and OF taking up the diplomas that
lualify them to earn their living either
as g~overnesses or as teachers at the va
'ious educational institutions of town
or state. But this is the exception rath-
ar than the rule, and although the prac-
ice has been adopted by the daughters
Of some of these socalled princes of
inance," who are forever endeavoring
10 place themselves on the same social
footing as the old nobility, yet it is by
no means ~countenanced by the average
French woman. who is 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
,terner sex. What the French woman,
however, lacks in the line of accom-
)lishments she atones for in grace, ele-
sance and chic to such a degree that
ittainments Of an intellectual order
would positively seem incongruous and
cut OF place in so captivating an en-
)odiment of frivolity.
Austrian and Hungarian ladies pos
,ess much In common with their
French sisters In this respect. What
hey lack in chic and in elegance they
But they cannot be considered as ac-
,omplished in the true sense of the
word and an intellectual Austrian or
hungarian %gentlewoman seems just as
much of an o1dity as a spirituelle
Fren>h woman The only accomplish
nents which the fairer portion OF the
subjects of Emperor Francis Joseph
may be said to possess are those Of
riding and dancing. both of which are
Inherited rather than acquired.
Whatever accomplishments the Ger
nan gentlewoman can boast of are Of
the domestic order. She prides herself
upon excelling in the art of gastron-
omy, which in her case Is only the
somewhat barbarous cooking of Ger
many, and although she makes an ex-
%cellent mother and a devoted wife she
Is quite the reverse of intellectual and
cannot be said to possess any Of those
graces of mind which are feminine ac-
complishments in the strictest sense OF
the word. The range Of her mental
vision rarely extends beyond her own
Immediate circle and surroundings, hei
views are narrow and everything out.
side the borders Of Germany is to hei
terra i%ncognita.
Italians and Spaniards are distin
lguished above all other ONE in Eu
rope by reason OF their profound ignor
ance, due In the main to their incurabl,
: Incidence. They do not even posses
the art of elegance or of dress, ant
while the fair Spaniard may be sait
TO excel in the management of the fai
and in the wearing of the mantilla, he
Italian sister Is without a single re
& ieeming point to save her beauty.
Perhaps the most accomplished won
|, An in Europe, at any rate the mos
brilliant, is the Russian, who unites I
q her ~yivacity of temperament a marvel
), GUS facility for the acquisition OF for
sign languages and a power of adapt
@ ability that Is altogether American
She picks up knowledge quickly an
= makes the most of 1t. But her attain
ments arc invariably OF a superfcis
), character, and 1t is difficult to reca,
the name OF even one Russian woma
= who has ever achieved distinction b
the reason OF her accomplishments.
Al, The Old Brute.
- ar innt hafo TINT old Mr. Rrnmno