The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-02
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its or life. IT she has a strong consti-
tuition, good Judgment and a not too
dainty appetite che has a fair chance
to Withstand all dangers. The damp
bed rooms and chilly sitting rooms of
Europe are special menace to the good
health of American girls with delicate
lungs. As result consumption, as well
as other dangerous maladies, have been
brought on; consequently, instead of
enjoying the great pleasures and bene-
fits which they have anticipated, MANY
girls have come home to die or to be-
come charge to their families. Some
have not survived long enough even to
reach home.
The American girl living alone in a
cheap European pension is a special OBJ
ject of commiseration unless she
speaks the language well and possesses
great deal of adaptability. The food
is very likely to be bad, and sooner or
later her health is affected by it. If
she speaks the language poorly she has
little or no social life. In the brain de-
preston that follows overwork she has
no mental relaxation. She may have
financial difficulties also Such a girl
is in fair way to become prey to
dependency, if not to something worse.
One such girl committed suicide sew
eral years ago in Berlin. Another was
discovered by refined Englishwoman
and her young daughter, who saw the
misery of her situation, and being
drawn to her by the kinship of blood,
as we'll as by the bond of humanity,
they tried to ameliorate her lot by pay
ing her special kindness. Great was
their establishment when they learned
that she had totally disappeared In
truth, she had run away from her pen
sion and friends, having already form
ed ties and habits of which she could
not bear to have them know. She had
not been found soon enough; and she
is only one of the many
The quiet, well-bred American girl
leads an transformations life abroad, just
as she does at home. She seeks no
kind of notoriety and is not generally
observed. consequently she exeites no
comment; or, if she is noticed, she is
ranked among the exceptions. But the
loud Girl attracts attention at once and
her peculiarities are noted and set down
by Europeans as American. Notifying
to our national pride as the fact may
be, not all Americans abroad are refined
and they are always the ones who at
tract the most attention. We may COM
plain of the injustice of it, but Euro
peans naturally infer that nearly all
Americans are like those who have in
vited their notice. So long as Europeans
hear American girls talking in a loud,
high-keyed voice in the street cars,
concert halls and other public places,
and see them wear the extremes of the
most conspicuous fashions-girls whose
appearances indicate that they have
financial means and the advantages de-
rived therefrom-we shall have some
difficulty in convincing foreigners that
American women are modest and re-
fined.
The American girl at home is accus-
tened to as much freedom as her great
est good will allow, and she has no idea
of the restrictions to which the girl of
continental Europe is subjected. The
mistress of a good pension is naturally
sensitive to all that may affect the rep
utation of her house. When the Ameri-
can girl first goes to Europe she may
be inclined to rebel at these limitations
as something altogether foolish. How
ever, Europeans are somewhat chart
tably disposed toward us. Besides.
they are never unmindful of the fact