The Irish standard., 1901-10-05
RIDlcULE OF AMERICAN WOMEN.

uOn correspondents or AnglO-Amerlcan
papers say, the English people of all
classes have the fondest regard for
their American cousins. American trav-
elers in England discover that deep
seated antipathy to everything Ameri-
can prevails in the motherland of the
Anglomaniacs. The Tory politicians
have been telling the world that 'Sblood
is thicker than water;" that the Anglo
Saxon race, if united, can whip all
creation; that England during the
Spanish war kept the CONT
mental powers of Europe from pouncing
on the United States; and that in recog-
milton of English friendship the United
States will never allow the aforesaid
powers to jump on England in her Old
age.
1t was only recently that an observ-
ant American, Professor Robt. Ellis
Thompson, of the Pennsylvania Mill.
tary Academy, made tour of the Brit
ish islands. On his return he wrote a
letter to New York paper, in which
ne says:
"From the days of Wedderburn to
the days of Sir Lefel Griffin, we have
been the favorite target of the English
satirist. Our archaic variety of the
common speech, our democratic insti-
tutions, our attempts to be artistic or
literary. our public men, our social
manners, have furnished an inexhaust-
fble theme. And it was really cruel to
condemn the London weelllies to alb
stain from an enjoyment sanctioned by
such long usage, and so acceptable to
their constituency.
"They are visibly rebelMng against
the restraint. The tone toward Amer
lea is returning to its old character.
Social organs, such as Mr. Yates
World, caricature us and sneer at us in
quite the old fashion and with the old
gusto. Punch returns to it's ancient
manner more deliberately but as dis
tinctly. In recent number the voices
of our women were compared to the
squawking of parrot. What next?
And what the newspapers broadly hint
ds indicated by the look with which
Americans especially of the fair sex,
are greeted ON the street. They are
easily known by their being less dowd-
| lily dressed and straight in the back,
and they are treated with impudent
stares from both men and women, but
especially the latter. have not talked
with a single woman of our nationality
of her experience this summer, with
out hearing this complaint. 1t seems
that their especial offense has been
their wearing clothes made in the lat,
est Partisan style. which will not be
seen in England for twelve months vet.
And any variation from the London
style in the dress of foreigner is
ground enough for such Offense. A
much-traveled American woman said
/ to me last winter: 'An Englshwoman
may tear a strip from her red petit
coat and fasten her shoe with it, and
that will be all right But if an Amer
lean has her cloak cut in different
fashion from theirs, that is not to be
forgiven
The English people, from time i'm
memorial. have considered themselves
superior to the rest of mankind. 1t is
only since the close of our Civil war
that they have condescended to speak
respectfully of the American people,
During that internecine struggle the
English aristocracy tried to destroy
this republic, but failed. For their
treachery the government of Queen
Victoria paid an indemnity of Sf5.5OO.-
600 to the United States to escape
merited chastisement
In his "reminiscences of General Sher-
man. the late Geo. w. Pepper. a chap
lain in the Union army, writes: '"nhe
only time l ever saw him in one Of
his superb RACES was in the city of
Savannah. at the princely mansion of
Charles Green. A British subject
called and demanded protection on the
ground of the neutrality of his govern,
ment. Sherman's face became white
with wrath, as he exclaimed: Don't
talk to me, sir, of your governments
neutrality. Ny soldiers have seen your
queens mark upon every cannon and
upon every gun of the rebels; and they
can never forget it-no,, never" Ev-
cry GRAND Army man has never for
gotten the neutrality" of the English
during the rebellion 1t was then that
the English Illustrated papers ridiculed
the Yankees, both men and women.
Abraham Lincoln was represented as
an ape and JEFF Davis as an English
gentleman. The English Of today may
not be responsible for what their gov
ernment did forty years ago. but they
do not care whit more for the re
public than their fathers did in the
greatest civil war on record. The Eng
hsh of today realize the weakness Of
their country among the nations Of
the earth, and in a fawning, sycophan-
tic way they turn toward the Ameri-
cans and bespatter them with flattery,
while deep down in their hearts they
envy them because Of their greatness
Whnn punob r>o,,onoroS thu vojonc ~