The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
WOMEN And WOMEN
An English Authority Gives the
Palm to Americans.
When Travelling Abroad They Are
pendence. and General Charm-Our
British sisters Shy and often had.
~ Drcssed-French PecuIinrities.

The woman who pervades all foreign
parts is the American. Like the poor, they
are always with u.s." declares the Lon
don Telegraph" Their dress, walk. and
general appearance are unmistakable long
before the well-known accent proclaims tho
fact. You are grateful to them and you
admire them. They are always well dress
ed. beautifully set up. almost always thin
land that is alone virtue). and finally.
good looking. The girls are charming and
pretty into the bargain for no American
girl Is ugly She has an air that makes IL
impossible and there is a freshness. a
brightness, and an originality which IS
most captivating, and which no one can
resist Americans are full of interest Gu
riosity, and sympathy in return. There Is
no false shame. no reserve; they will tell
yon all about themselves. and would like
to probe the most sacred recesses OF your
heart. which is not done for an idle love
of gossip or wanting to know things for
the pleasure Of repeating them, but from
genuine desire to know you and all about
YOU You can tell ar American woman
anywhere by her back by the way she is
sS}nee, by the quick turn OF her head by
the lightning glance that takes in every-
thing. II is universal dictum that Amer
icaR women age very early and soon lose
| their youth Like alany accepted opinions
| 1t is erroneous, for American women are
bien conservee in every sense of the word
long after they have passed middle ago.
and they retain their appearance of youth
IN wonderful manner Wherever you en-
counter them they are agreeable, easy, and
Wiling TO meet any indication Of friendIi-
| ness in most hearty manner.
The English woman, on the contrary, is
shy diffdent, undemonstrative and her
| inclination is to always preserve the
strictest isolation How quickly one rec
ognizes her, seated away from everyone
almost always badly dressed, and gem
orally wearing clothes that have already
| done yeoman service, English women
| when abroad make acquaintance with
! great caution, and their tendency is al
ways to remain unknown, or if number
are travelling together they restrict them
selves entirely to their own circle. It
cannot be said that the English women
one sees on the continent are attractive;
occasionally we come across d few who
at glance proclaim the fact that they
are people of distinction but the ma
1ority of English women who go abroad
belong mostly to the middle class, for
those of the upper classes who travel do
y
give anyone a chance of knowing more
than their name. and may show desire
to refuse even that. An English woman
carries, however. the distinctive signs OF
her nationality, her Baedeker and her
kodak, and when one sees the well known
red cover protruding either from hand
bag or from under an arm, one recog-
nizes ones countryw0man. Two things are
to be said in their f2yor-English women
are quiet, unohtrusive, silent and OF small
appetites, and they do not carry all their
luggage in their handbags and I'LL up all
the railway carriages with their petits
paquets. An English women goes abroad
because she enjoys the change Of lie and
scene, and because she desires 10 return
more tiian ever convinced that there IS
only one place in the world fit to live in,
and that place is England.
French women are unmistakable- They
travel much less, and seldom frequent
foreign health resorts, but, old or young.
they are always quiet distinguished in
manner and appearance. and they cat but
little in comparison with the German wo-
men. A French woman is always well
dressed, however simply, and her voice is
low, and the tone soft. She is often fat.
but not in an aggressive manner, and
always more or less apologeticaliy, as II
she owed the world an excuse for taking
up so much space. She is pleasant IL one
speaks to her. enchanted with ones bad
French which she protests is perfect. and
is full of sympathetic it-chat and gos-
sip. One has always pleasant memcry
of the French women one meets, whether
at the table d'hote or on the promenade
or in the mysterious recesses of the gym
mast kiInie, where we both go 10 reduce
our weight