The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-11
In Countless Ways the Ameri-
can Woman Has Shown
Herself to Be the Tree
Woman Of the World She
Easily Becomes Adapted
to Any Surroundings in a
Charming Manner.
By KATE THYsON MARI.

EE KAYE Tx SUN MAXI
~ all the products of American
u ~sn.as.os tn. typical woman
The New World has been the garden
where the flower of womanhood has
fourished in its greatest Iuxurianee and /
beauty. Sometimes wild, yet easily do
mestfcated: sometimes gaudy, yet state /
": sometimes modest, yet fascinating /
sometimes dainty. yet winning; some
times prudfsh. vet willing to be wooed:
sometimes living only for pleasure yet !
withaI American women are the most
charming. the most beautiful, the most
chic that the world exhibits TO the ador-
ing eyes of men.
But the typical women Of the world =
The most attractive Of the species, and
the best exponent of American woman
hood. and her adaptabflity is her most
potent charm
Take an American girl from the lowest
of social strata, garb her richly, Jewel
her magnifcentIy. and place her among
the best of her own or a foreign land.
and in a very little while she viii adapt
herself TO her environment and I'll he
position creditably-
This is the rule. the exceptions are
few.
Have Invaded Europe.
The American girls who have left the
shores Of the setting sun to I'll post
tfons OF. eminence in the Old World, havR
with few exceptions, reflected brilliant
" on the land that despite transplantins
still claims them. A man may renounce
biz allegiance 10 the dear old Starry
Banner, and for ambitious reasons, Ie-
saIIy adopt a new. country, but a woman
generally proudly boasts of the old
home and Is more patriotic in this re
gard.
Whan. called upon TO I'LL a conspicuous
position, no matter what her environ
ment may be. she is not only equal to il
requirements. but fills them with eredt
TO herself and honor both to the home o.
her birth and that of her adoption.
In am. or every position the woman o.
social prominence should be a typiea,
woman of the world. In the first place
she should be broad-minded in the sens
that enables her to look upon the word
through the eyes Of indulgence and tn
spirit fostered by experience.
An equable disposition IS the hrst
surety guarantee
Really Steadier Than Man.
A woman Is supposed to be as yaria-
HE as a weather vane, as tickle as the
moon. or as some men of whom we have
heard and read, and lot Of other things
that she really isn't; when in reality
woman is more steady in her love
after she has once made up her mind
than man, only, gentlemen. you must
be sure that she has made up her mind
OF course this is granting that she has
enough mind to stand the wear and
tear Of the making up" process. At
ter this much is accomplished The rest
will be smooth sailing.
An equable disposition presupposes
the utmost suayity, and the charm Of
good breeding
man may be excused. if when ruff
fed. he bIurts out a horrid lot of mean
uneaIied-for things that he is ASHAMED
of afterward. while those who love hin
are more so. but woman should always
have herself under SUFFICIENT control Il
keep an unrufled front no matter how
much she may feel annoyed or cha
grined.
Acme of Good Breeding.
This is SAVIOR faire, as the French de
signate it, and Of which there is hardly
term in our matter-of-faet tongue tina
It SO cIeverIy. expresses
It Is simply the acme Of good breed
ing
For a woman who pretends to socia
supremacy it is the stepping stone Il
success in the beginning and guar
antee OF TO be continued" series
in the long PUN.
She must be gracious, according t
each and every one a cordial greeting
or a pleasing word in passing The wo'
man who is gracious by nature is gift
ed Of the gods. Her whole personality
dfnuses the spirit Of content that male.
those about her feel pleased with them
selves. That may seem rather a tritt