Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-26
HAVE CONQUERED IN EUROPE.
American Women are Much in Evil
dar~a ia Enotand and Continent.

American Women are Much in Evil
dence in England and Continent.
Henry L.abouchere, the versatile Lon
don journalist and statesman, has
been making observations Of the Amer
lean woman in England and on the con
tinent of Europe and comes TO the con-
clusiOn that she has unquestionably
been a success in Europe. She Is
generally pretty. She is clever. She
takes pains to please those whom she
considers worth pleasing. She has that
instinct for the class above which
only they have who belong to the class
below. and, to, use an expression en-
ployed by NJ. Tame, she always
stands with shouldered arms and
feels herself on parade" Her affecta-
tons and the sins which she commits
against the commandments of Europ-
can good manners are overlooked be-
cause of her American origin, more
over because of the favor accorded to
them by royal personages and also be-
cause of the exalted positions which
many American women have acquired
by marriage. They are the fashion
and It Is almost impossible to escape
the influence of the fashions of our
own times. With those advantages
is 1t to be wondered at that American
women have succeeded socially in
Europe?
But are they also a success rs
wives? II is true that comparatively
few American women have trailed
their characters through the divorce
courts I'm England. Social success is
what they aim at and the exposure en-
tailed by divorce court proceedings
might endanger this success, the more
so because their social position is not
as protected as are women in this
country. They are tolerant and ex-
pect their husbands to be tolerant.
Society is the end-all Of the life of
such an American woman, and since
she has obtained foothold in England
society has degenerated from a polite
pleasure into a profession. There is
little privacy in English society now.
Dinners and dances are fully described
in the newspapers. Who drives or
walks is reported. The slightest occur
renee is alluded to in print A par
agraph writer calls early in the morn
ing and again late in the afternoon and
is inspired so that the most trifling
and apparently uninteresting personal
detail may be published in the newspa-
pers.
Is the American woman in Europe a
success as a mother? It is too early to
answer that question. II will be sur
prising II It later is found that the
kind of woman that has been described
has been a successful trainer of her
children, and If she proves successful
in that direction IL VIII be proof OF the
good qualities OF the American char
acter and the results of free and indie
/ pendent institutions.
Has the American woman come to
stay? That, too, remains to be seen.
II the women of this country can main
tain the higher and more womanly
ideals which have been handed down
TO them from past generations and
profit by the education and experience
Of modern surroundings they may
await a reaction with confidence, as
sured that their beauty, their home
making qualities and their disinclin-
alton TO thrust themselves under the
I limelight viii be appreciated when
men Of the old world cease to go to
the new to procure money and when
the American woman and her ways are
no longer popular novelties in Europe.
1t scarcely need be added that these
observations must not be applied to
all American women or wives in
Europe. There are many of them who
are ornaments, morally, mentally and
physically, to the country of their
/ European sisters lessons of reason
ableness and self-reliance which are of
considerable value.