The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-08
A New Story, 9 Eve victorious'' =
Printed in Paris, Is an
Odd Picture.
ARE SHOWN IN a NOVEL LlGHT
The Author Makes q CArsfal Study Of Hia
Heroioe's Character aud Her Pecu-
lissltIss-NewpoFt I.ife se-
vorely CriticisSA.


the sensation In the American colony
of Paris, as 1t paints the American girl
at home and abroad. married to an
American and married to French
man. as she appears in both countries
and in both unions to French eyes.
The author, 1t is evident, has made
careful study Of the subject and is
more just to- "L,Americaine" than the
average French writer. In general
way. Pierre de Coulevain does not ad-
NIT that the idea is as yet awakened
in ''L'esprit Americain.''
The American girl Is honest, practi-
cal, intelligent and independent, but
her infancy she believes man a slave.
created for her service. The Ameri-
can man in French eyes iH marvel
of unselfishness. The Americans Mom-
an abuses this admirable virtue.
There is no real Intellectual contact
and his wife. They are good comrades,,
but the husband, whether in business,
a profession, or science, cannot count
upon sympathetic interest In his, af-
fairs when discussing them with his
better half. That Is to say, he talks
about them to her. believing her In
| terested, remaining Oblivious to the
fact that she listens with a distrait
| ear. ss,s IS -s i3 lS
r The same is the case with the wife,
who, whether interested In society.
clubs or advanced culture. finds q. will
4 Ing but distract listener In her hiis-l
band. Neither would renounee the
equally blind to the lack OF Contact OF
l'esprit." The author hints, however,
that some day each will discover" IT.. @r-
American Women Have Eads.
American women are adntEted to
thobbies. Each has passion or a fad
4 for some one thing. One collects sill
iver for her table, another tapestries.
another lace, another old lace, still an
other old jewelry, and another old cof-
| fers. The author goes on; rs
Those Of the present race of rich
Americans are the ancestors who are
collecting art treasures for future gem
erat!ons."
The appreciation is just. One does
not remember ever having read a. Sim
] liar qualification of the present Amari-
can generations tribute of a French
writer realizing that the ar art treasures
| of the world are gradually being ac-
cumulated in America. He continues:
THE despised American dollar Is. be-
ing rapidly transformed into rare and
precious Objects
| The bathroom of the. average
4 wealthy American woman, with it1
resplendent mirrors and marbles It's
decorations and Its luxury, with the
toilet table brtmming over with gilt
tering gold and silver, would strike the
French man or woman, the author
claims, as out Of place. "
/ Then, with 'beaucoup d'esprit' De
/ Colevain accompanies her American
book heroines to Loisets and lis amused
to find that the scenes there witnessed
one Of which was Princess Of Rus
4 sia, who, after good supper, danced
/ figures on the table, all arranged and
paid for by the restaurant proprietor,
bent on pleasing his foreign clientele
4 are the basis on which American tudg-
ment Of the French people is formed.
l While the author in general admits
that the American woman has little
temperament, she allows her heroine
to play with the fire which finally
burns, leaving Eve victorious.
Newport Life Is Criticised.
In the descriptions of Newport the
author ts scathing. The Indians knew
better than their SUCCESSORS, with their
simple naming of ''the Isle of Peace
The immense marble palaces have
E ruined the natural beauty and are as
unnatural as the glitterilg luxury Of
the place. One longs to leave
American women, particularly in
New York, talk too much Of divorce as
of marriage. and If q certain set of
eastern women were once considered
fast. today taey may be termed rap
Il i'd.
That there are happy ma rriages be-
tween Frenchmen and American wo-
men the author insists, and paints a
number OF ideal marriages, the names
ST which can be easily OWNED.
The abstention of the aristocracy
from pubic affairs in France is blamed
4 and the ambition of American women
for their husbands to enter the struggls
heartily commended. *.
Despite some Just criticism the
authors evident admiration for Ameri-
can girls and American women is cons
stantly apparent.
4 strapped Together.