Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-19
AMERICAN GIRL
NOT So POPULAR
She Makes the Fatal Mistake Ia
England Of Initiating the
British Maid,
THUS LOSES HER CHIEF CHARM
Ebould Return to Her Own Land at
Least Oste Year to Bee
Amcricaniz,d---Gossip
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ONUON Aur. 0.-"ls the AmcU.
uu girl losing her popularity In
England" is question which orc
hears frequently asked i'm society
circles here. Many declare that she is
ro. so much admired as she used to be-,
Sh. has grown more reserved, moro
digUGol- n short, more English She
has made the mistake Of trying to imi-
tate the English girl. In most cases
perhaps 10 has been unconscious int.
tsuon, bat the result has been tho
same II Is her uncouvcutioualily and
pronounced udiylduallty-ho unlike.
ross tu the English girls Ia q word
tina, have made her such a huge sue
cess heretofore In the degree that she
gets 90 resemble them she loses the
characteristics that, combined with her
grace and beauty. constitute her chicr
charms in English eyes The Amcri-
can girl often makes the mistake Of
spending too many consecutive seasons
among English society She should rc.
'uu io her nutivc land every year or
r1o to got the effect OF English asso.
citations rubbed IN and become thor
oughIy Americani2ed over again, even
to her accent The popularity Of tho
American hostess, on the other hand
/, increasing rather than diminishing
She s. certainly doing most OF the en-
tfraiUmg just now. But her popularity
rests ON somewhat different fOunda-
lions She is I'm a position 20 make
her dollars count As long as she can
give moro lavish entertainments than
her English competitors her position In
The front rank Is assured.
CAN DANCE SCOTCH"
Like the Duchess of Manchester
young Mrs. Bradley Martin promises to
become am accomplished dancer i'm the
Scotch style Donald Mckay. profess
sondl Scotch dancer and piper has
been giving her lessons and he has
found her q most apt pupil She learned
The highland fling in six lessons. but
Scottish iigs aud reels she found more
difficult In six months. however she
made IL evident that she intended 10
thoroughly master Scotlands poetry
OF notion She gave one hour each
daF, except sunday TO her studies, and
now She needs "a teacher no longer At
social iunctlOns In Scotland, especially
IN the highlands, Scotch dances TO the
tunes of the Scotch pipes always con-
Nliut, 20 part Of the entertainment, and
American women making their homes
iu Europe frequently themselves IN
o rather awkward position when they
are forced TO sit down and merely look
on The Duchess Of Roxburghc
was. Ike Mrs. Bradley Martin,
obliged 10 take lessons, but the
movements did not commend them
selves to her and she humorously
remarked that she feared she would
never become an accomplished "pranc-
er She has however, learned 10 step
II pretty fairly and need no longer
tihe 70 back seat at any Highland en-
i0rlalnmrnt Following the example Of
n,s friend Mr. Carnegie. Mrs. Bradley
martins tlther, has installed a high
Ia1l piper at Beaufort Castle.
queen Alexandra, whose Partially for
o.d friends makes her rather slow to
y. x mp new ones. has taken quite A
,1N.y 10 the young Duchess Of RoXe-
DI'Ehe' She was fascinated by her
N'lE ana original conversation at
christening tea party given for Prn-
.sss Henry Of Pless's baby and now
sU' generally contriyes to have the
n4.a'ss placed near her when they
'"''' AT social entertainments.
TRULY METEoRIC CAREER.
Mrs Frank Mackey whose social ca
''e' mere has been truly meteoric, even