Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-26
FRENCH IDEA OF OUR C,p,n
How a Partisan Novelist D.
al Amcricaine.- rays

NO" Farlsian Novelist Por.-
IL Americaine." a's
A romance Eve Victoricn.,
ileTre dc Coulevain. is the sense: tg
the American colony of Por;s ii
paints the American girl NJ ~. "s II
abroad, married to an Ana,s aaI
married TO a Frcnchman. AZ Mo ' aai
| IN both countries and iii botb nm; li'~Fs
French eyes. 9"l9lr To
The author, it is evident has n..,
/ eafeIal study Of tie subject AMI ::''''
lqsb 10 l. AmerIcaine' than IT,. nm il.sr
i feheh writer, In Il general yyav T. az
DC Couieyaln does not admit --ff-
Americana l-t>..c..
The American girl is honest 1r....
lhteIilgent and Independent. i'm, ,..a-
not an Ideatist. Spoiled from I -, is
fancy she beileves man slave Co.,, III,
Tor her service. The American ,,9'ra
rFench eyes Is marvel OF unsclfsI.,,l'.- I'd
| able virtue '"ls a4lar
There is no real intellectual couta..
tween me average American man w.
ms WE hey are good conrad. fi"H
the husband, whether in business lat
fesslon, or science. cannot colipf n,.. i-4-
Syhpathetc interest in his affair. ,,i
discussing them with his hnrfa- 3-'-H
That j. to say, he talks ahouf tb., H'lI'
her. belleVlng her Interested raf,,;',,;1,'
Obvious to the fact that She listens ;.-
distract ear. ''>''"> with
The same is the case with tbo ME
who, whether interested in socicry iG,,''
or advanced culture. finds Il v,iljino i',,,
ulStEalt listener In her husband. Nri-br.
would renounce the mutual cnpGd.''I
and both are equally blind to the igoi.
contact of fesprit.t The autho,, hi,,t VI
however, that some day each viii h.,
err it. - ''>foV-
American women are addicted ia h,i.
| bies. Each has n passion or y fab ,',
| some one thing. ''One collects siIvr. ras
her table, another tapestries. ano+bor
lace. another old lace. still another al5
leWelrE' anu another old Golfers" Tbr
author goes on:
Those of the present race of ri5
Americans are the ancestors who areerai'
lectlng art treasures for future genera
TONS '''"'
The appreciation is just. One does NAT
remember ever having read a similar
qualification of the present American
generation--a tribute of French writer
realizing that the art treasures of tLo
world are gradually being accumnat1l
! in America. He continues:
Inc despised American dollar is bein7
| rapidly, transformed into rare and pre-,
cious Objects '''
| The bathroom of the average wealthy
| American woman, with its resplpndont
! mirrors aud marbles, its decorations and
It's luxury, with the toilet table brimming
| over with glittering gold and silver
would strike the French man or woman.
the author claims, as out of place.
Then, with ''beaucoup d'esprit," De-
| Coulevaln accompanies her American
| book heroines to Loisets. and is amused
to ind that the scenes there witnessed
one of which was a Princess of Russia.
who. after a good supper, danced figures
on the table, all arranged and paid for By
the restaurant proprietor, bent on pleas
ing ais foreign clientele-are the basis on
which American Judgment of the French
! people is formed
| While the author in general admits that
the American woman has little "tcmpera-
ment," she allows her heroine to play
| with the fire which finally burns, leaving
Eve victorious.
In the descriptions Of Newport the au-
thor is scathing. The Indians knew bet
| ter than their successors. with their sim
| pie naming of 1.-The Isle of Peace" The
| immense marble palaces have ruined the
natural beauty and are as unnatural as
| the glittering luxury of the place One
| longs to leave.
| American women, particularly in New
| York, talk too much of divorce as Of mar
riage. and if a certain set of Eastern
women We're once considered fast today
they may be termed rapid
That there are happy marriages he
tween Frenchmen and American women
the author insists, and paints a number
of ideal marriages. the names of which
can be easily OWNED
The abstention of the aristocracy from
public affairs in France is blamed and
the ambition of American women for
their husbands to enter the struggle
heartily commended.
Despite some just criticism the au-
thor's evident admiration for American
girls and American women is constantly
apparent.