New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-03

than for women TO marry for position or a
title.
Then their men always have a bright color in
their cheeks. Yes and II generally extends all
over their faces. Then. Englishmen never. no,
never. go around with their coats unbuttonedl No
account is taken OF the difference between the eli
mate Of bright, sunny. ardent New-York in mid
summer and smoky. rainy. foggy London
bright American woman whom I know was more
discerning. She said. do Criticfse the hang
OF the skirts Of English women / spent a month
in London once. and al the end OF that time my
skirts hung just as theirs cid ali scallops. Ike
a lanbrequnl, Have these English women ever
men go about ali day clad in pajamas?
Eat leI me 90 tnen justice They conceae simple
ought TO call our shirtwaists blouses. or tops.
no. really not But they carry themselves well.
and that is something. Let be thankful for
small favors, and be pleased that they think US
No English wome ever wears the gossamer veil.
OH why should American wear it? For the
her back hair in a bun
Then the American young woman affects the
extraordinary hgure of the Parisienne. Instead OF
the nice. long waist of the English woman. the
same al around What taste. to prefer the Paris
ian 70 the English style in dress, -.
al, And the shoes here in America The whole
one wears tnose SHINY shoes ir England;
ana the English never talk Of their bodily all
have never stayed at a Continental spa.
Our great tall. athletic New-York poHce71n do
are not so refined the London 'bobbies.' And
from what medical college came that iiiterate
American DOCTOR who ate with his knife2 And who
Is taken as type Of the American medical pro-
fession! lie must have bought his degree, did
an English doctor whom I once met
Anc our aggressivenessl What American who
has travelled anywhere abroad has not encountered
the English man or woman who insists upon hav-
ing the windows open when all the rest present
wish them closed. and vice versa. who claims the
pest OF everything, and calmly says the most in
suIung things 10 ms or her American fellow trsvel-
Ter An English woman at Nice said to me, I've
been in America" Indeed" 1 replied. have
you?" Yes. in Canada but not I'm the States;
sun. the Canadians are just like you. They speak
they drop their his just as you do?' I replied.
The combination must be dreadful" mo, han
heducated Hinglish person drops is atches. -
was the lnolgnant retoinder. II was very funny.
met two educated English women in New-York
who had been around the world and visited all the
English colonies. l remarked Sunday that
had been to a church service conducted by the
claimed. I shouldn't like that Was he A native2''
For moment was puzzled. then | said. DO you
mean, was he a negroZ' Yes she replied.
tried to explain that the was more a
native of South Carolina than any white person
there. when the other asked Where did the ne
groes come from originally. anyway They were
going 70 Boston the next day. SO l told her that
IN the Boston Museum she would a picture by
an English artist that would perhaps. enlghten
her on that subiect-Turner's Slave Ship
one or these same women, hearing James Russell
Lowell mentioned said Who is he? never heard
OF him She was told that not only had he been
one OF our most popular ministers to England. but
that he also of the foremost men Of letters
OF mis- day. and that he had attained the honor
Westminster Abbey.
Being well drilled by lifelong reading Of The
New-1 ork Tribune. believe in reciprocity
New-York City. Sept l. 1905 Z. c. H