The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04
AMERICAN GIRLS
why they Prefer 60 Marry Eae-
sinAuen.

VI tue pesfssses and untitled social lights
- Snxsisf society who have been reouist.
iSSe.f sFom American houes to grace the
old mansions Of TIE artSsocracy ana To add
tneir cnAfms TO the brilliant social iife Of
the EnEiish capital. everybody has heard.
rev peopie realize how large y the num-
her OK American girls Of no particular for.
tune who have welded untitled English.
men and have settled down happily 10 q
ale Of quiet domestic JOY In their adopted
country
That these international alliances have
IN the great majority Of cases turned ont
happily there Is every reason 70 believe.
But the question that pussies American
men IS this What Is the attraction which
f-nsassnmen possess Tor our womankind.''
The answer Is easy. The attraction lics
in the attitude OF Englishmen towards wo-
men. Our American men love us. ana win
slave FOR us until they drop dead In their
traces.
They VIII wear rags that We may hloe-
SON forth in q new garment or q coveted
jewel. hat they do not show u those little
sndearsng attentions which q woman loves
more than jewels or cables They give IN
All that fooilshness" when the honeymoon
Is ended. nd settle down TO the sprioua
business az lfe-she making Of money.
They surround rs with every luxury
which money can procure, and encourage
us IN aii.our extravaxanees: but they do noe
Walk with US through the Names Of social
hie. They adorn us with the evidences OF
accumulating riches. and expect IN to do
that for them socially which their ener-
getic struggle leaves them no oppcrtunftv
20 40 Ior themselves: and all the time
wnife We delight In the struggle and reyer.
ence the man who sacrifices himself 70
place Us upon pinnacle OF prosperity far
away from and above the rest OF our
world. our hearts yearn for the exchange
OF those little courtes.ee and for the COM
radeship which 20 80 far towards making
up the sunshine OF home llfe the little
intimate noth.nEs which are In reality 20
much a woman's day.
These tribes the Enxlishman gives. but
the secre; Of his ability TO give lies in his
early training. The American girl re-
ceives from her infancy the admiration and
alteration Of her family. She 10 educated
with the greatest care. The best of every
thing falls TO her share. while the boys
OF the family grow up more or less on
their own account. and are expected from
an early age 10 follow Some lucrative en-
pioyment. being content TO start out In
life with business education, which
has included nothing but necessary knowi.
edge. the res; 10 be picked up In the rush
and turmoil OF a business career.
In England the reverse Of this n tho
rule A son and heir Is locked upon by tho
happy parents as a gift from heaven. and
regarded from the cradle az = creature
apart, 10 whom everything that h best In
the family lockers must be given.
Early In childhood. at about 8 years OF
age. usually. the boys are sent away from
home to school. II r. tender age at
which TO sever those close and happy ties
which bind mother and son. hut no En-
g,ish mother would permit any feeling Of
sentiment to interfere with what custom
prescrihes, and she herself believes. to b
the best training for the child. From that
time forth the English boy spends only
hts holidays al home. and he II brought
up for the greater part OF each year apart
from womanksnd.
And II is. perhaps. shls early isolation
from the feminine world which gives to
an Engl.shman's manner from q very early
age that charming gentleness and tender.
ness which have without doubt won Tor
many OF their number wives from tha
ranks OF American sirls.-An American
Wife. in the Sunday edition Of the London
Mail.