The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

makes me dull and spiritless. I've been
wondering why 1 couldn't apply 1t to my
gowns. To Camille, for instance, scarlet
in the first act; blue in the second, re-
vealiug a more spiritual tendency; pink
in the third, symbolic of the flesh, and
white for the purifying influence"
The following week, new set of gowns
was accordingly ordered for Camille"
SO Ogla Nethersoles mind never ceases
to work for her art, even when her body
rests.
The Americans are as unmistakable in
Paris as they are everywhere else. the
golf skirted, felt-hatted ones have not
come yet, and it is hard to decide just
how you can tell your fellow-countrywo-
men 90 quickly. A friend with whom
was walking the other days, says Geral-
dine Bonner in Paris Letter, told me
she thought it was the shoes. We were
on the Rue St. Honore, and were at
tracted by a pair OF tall, weu-framed,
athletic looking girls walking on the 9TH
err side. They had muscular but slender
figures, very long legs, fine, broad shout
| ders and large feet. They were dressed,
with a sort of sleek masculine neatness,
| in tailor suits and turban hats, doRskln
gloves and heavy patent-leather shoes.
We were specializing upon their nation
ality, knowing in an instant that they
were not Parisians, when our eyes fell
upon their feet, and my friend exclaimed:
Americans! Look at their shoes!' Amer
leans are the only women who wear these
manly looking ties of an amazing thick
ness and size.
Despite these idiosyncrasies of hers
which are regarded as the interesting fol-
lies of an eccentric but attractive being
-.the American woman is conceded to be
a very superior creature, both in looks,
mind and character. All over Europe nov
her attractions are admitted. The points
of beauty which all agree in praising are
her figure, carriage and clothes. But
do not think it is her appearance that at
| tracts so much as her manner. The frank
and natural manner of the American girl
especially in her converse with men, is
very unusual in a country where the fem
| mine half of the population is brought
up in the old, traditional ruts. That
| girl can talk with man, walk with him.
| dance with him, laugh and joke and per-
| sifcate with him without consciousness,
or boldness, or arriere pensee, or senti-
mental relations in the background is
hard for a European to understand; but
when they once get 1t through their
heads their admiration for the girls clev-
| erness and poise are augmented by their
| respect for her as a woman who knows
how to use her liberty without ever
dreaming of abusing It, Both in England
| and France her capacity to take high
positions creditably is looked upon as one
OF her most remarkable attributes. The
| English can never make out how this Gu
rious self-possession and aplomb have
come to her. They will often speak to you
of 1t as of a conundrum that they have
never been able to solve.
Looking at her from the mathematical
point of view" said the thoughtful man
on the rear platform, 'she is something
worthy the study of ALL"
"Huh?' said the conductor. What did
you say?"
Il was thinking of something" said the
| thoughtful man, dreamily. go on COL
| Letting your fares. Never mind me-" The
| conductor says the New York Herald
stared unutterable things, while the
| thoughtful man went on, softly:
Il saw her when she got on. She weighs
probably a hundred pounds net. Her
| hight l should put at about feet 8
| inches. Her width is somewhat problem
atical. Let us say, for the purposes Of
argument, that she could naturally occu-
py a Pinch seating space and have an
inch or two left over in case OF emer-
gency.
a good many vacant spaces. She took up
her position In one OF these. After she
had settled herself down there was no
| longer a gap between either Of her neigh
bors and herself. Before she sat down
there was an opening between the two
neighbors Of the width of two car win
| dows. or a total chasm Of forty-eight
| inches. Neither OF the men moved 1f.er
she sat down. And yet there was now no
space IN sight.
THE deduction Is simple. Granting the
woman a legitimate width Of twelve
inches-a liberal estimate-and consider
ing the available space prior to her occu-
pancy forty-eight inches, II follows that
the woman is now in possession of an
| overplus OF thirty-six inches, which 1t
would be interesting to account for. In
| behalf Of the considerations of research
and examination l shall endeavor 10 learn
| the inwardness OF the phenomenon"
"Huh?" said the conductor
But the thoughtful man was standing
before the woman and politely requesting
! her to make room. When she gathered in
about two feet of skirting the thoughtful
man smiled peacefully. But the woman's
eyes snapped fire.
I wonder II the Queen will remain the
only Lady of the Garter. or II King Ed
ward will bestow this distinction on any
I other lady saws the I,ady's Pictorial II