New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-08
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.

From Tho Living church.
Several Of the London papers are discussing some
women" a novelist who goes by the name OF
Marriott Watson holds the American woman 10
meaning that she holds herself SO high TO be- in
dependent not only OF conveutionaIites but Of law
American civilization. which he says '+ Oh" Ameri-
the purpose Of furthoriuE the American wuman's
unnatural devotion 20 peaSars-uuless this alters
American civilization d. doomed.
one can make allowance for Views so depressing
thau pounds. shiIIuEs and pence. and women are
ascetc and - truistc from tor TO toe and one can
en-os ernanatIu- from moro barrarc shores which
might contamlnata such arcudan conditions. but
these trembling critics get their information about
the American woman. Tho fact Us. the american
woman does nor exist. There are many millions OF
women who were born ~ America bun n" a.-tl llct
which undoubtedly Justify any amount Of adverse
bad eonseTyltfye NJ radira! loud and fast or
modest and retiring, which can Pc said 10 De a
in a compac. island nnd il difficult TO take into
idea expressed by the word America" one fact is
the enormous territorial area OF this IepuD.''
which spans continent from East to West t- the
on the Atlantic and tho Pacific oceans ana e1leIIs
within which space for climatic reasons, " LOT
exist under m,lIt1iicf Of fIres The woman OF
New-England IS far from being duplicated ny { the
fvpe The Won1a,s 5lpi,il Tempe-ance Union
women OF Nev-Iersey and Kansas would reasona-
bly, be presumed 70 resemble each other. BUY Ihey
DO no. any more than do the girl COWBOY OF IeN,,S
and the schoorna'am OF Connecticut How does lHe
Quaker Iuatron Of Philadelphia compare with the
wife Of the noun taineer Of East TenpesseeE
At the same time the English mind Shollu, iIiy 70
grasp the fact that a very large proportion OF OIL
population foreign born. the women or W.lch
proportion a vet quite unassimilated ana :"
far as they are representative represent .le g
tries from which they emigrated. There rs a az
conusgent Of Italians in London. ana u IS sa1 - %
rapidly increasngi but their wives and aLlssl -
can scarcely be said 20 stand TOT tH ""iil'1H ''
This is a new country. and in sense has s.d it
rounded into completeness our natlona! cHit 80
being IN formative state. II is ABSURD 10 ooh
fixed types. Local sngulartte5 may Exist IKE IKE
Daniel Boone In Kentucky. David Liarufn IN ~
tral New-York Carrie Nation IN kansas ,, LOSE
Riglou in Nevv-E England and Dowie IN .hlCtsVs
hut not one Of these. not one or a uuLu'ude OF
others who might lie mentioned eInno tles or tN-
presses national chaTacteristic- Even the bIoJher
jonathan of the cartoonist is as imposslnle a per
Fonace as the unicorn who fought with the British
lion and stands for one whom no mortal man ever
saw or expects 20 see D., . -. -. go
also the woman We flatteT ourselves tnat Wnen ne
= Dr,aa~s on the scene the man viii not be a mere
vorshipper Of the almghty dollar. and that the
vror,ar viii 1--we for something nOhler than the
FOOLS paradise: and that as the brass Of C9rinth
VS. deemed the best in the world because il was
sorra7 Nv the fusion OF different kinds OF brass.
be 1I~nate national character OF both sexes shall
,Cr,-el the admiration OF all nations.