The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-27

the inventory as only a French eye
knows how to do it.
ITEMS. une jolle petite femme:"
And that woman can have the choice
Of all the seats occupied by men. 1t is
worthy Of remark that the man who
yields his seat alights, as often as not,
at the same time as the lady. But an
other woman gets in. shabby and un-
lovely, perhaps a child in her arms.
There is the same look up. the inven-
tory is quickly taken. "Rien faire!"
The eye is cast down again on NJ.
Harduin's article, and it is perhaps an
other woman who gives up her seat.
And here comes a parenthesis. The
Frenchwoman, who has been cruelty
maligned by the writers of her coun-
try, possesses all the tact and real
goodness of heart which are the basis
of true pOliteness. l take my hat off
before the women of France.
And now to turn to Germany. The
situation may be summed up in a few
words: German manners cannot be dis
cussed, because they do not exist. 1t
is this absolute lack of manners which
enables German to interrupt his walk
and stand a full minute before a wo-
man, staring fixedly at her. 1t also
explains why a German will light a
cigar in a railway carriage labeled
''no-smoklng," although there are la
dies in it. without asking permission.
| An anecdote by way of illustration.
| An English woman lately went in
to German postoffice to send off some
kilograms. She patiently waited her
turn to be attended to; but when it
came German pressed in in front of
her, and the clerk amusedly remark
ed: 1T doesn't matter, it's only an
Englishwoman."
| Unfortunately for the clerk, the
lady had a high spirit and fluent
knowledge of German. To add to the
clerks discontinue, it turned out that
the lady was in attendance on a royal
! parsonage closely related to the kaiser,
and one of the kilograms happened to
be addressed to the King of England.
| The subsequent apologies We're as
meanly servile as the previous remark
had been arrogantly insulting. Unfor-
tunately, the Germans and French do
not assume any better maners when
out of their own countries. The latter
travel but little; the Germans, how
ever, overrun Switzerland and Italy,
and would spoil those two beautiful
countries more entirely than twenty
times the number Of English tourists
were it possible to spoil them. But
happily, nature reigns so gloriously
there that the pleasure of him who
loves her cannot be spoiled by the tri-
fling inconvenience Of occasionally
meeting ill-mannered Doors.
italian manners cannot be praised
too highly. At home and abroad the
italian carries with him the kindliest
and most lovable of natures His po-
likeness is extended to all-rich and
poor, humble and great-and is not re-
lserved for the pretty woman. In my
experience the Englishman comes next.
The Englishman who travels is
drawn from a much wider class than
the travelling Frenchman or German.
and In making any comparison this
fact must be taken into account. But
the educated Englishman believes as
well abroad as he does at home and
far better than the average Frenchman
or German of the same class; and
Though in making this statement I am
sure of finding many contradictory he
is better linguist.
The best sign of good breeding