Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-07
AMERICAN WOMAN IS popu1 =,
English Writer Praises Her Mos, u;a,,
in a Book. -'sNIy

The rrcspressible. exuberap, ,,...
Marie Corelli is deyoting be,. .s.. '''',''e
III tne intervals of novel writing IL 49,.
III upon ihe American woman III
sue Dy no means discOurses IN unfr;- -.''.'
~ fashion, dis is the wont of Sn,.L I'-
Ilsil philosophers as Marriott w.
N hcf most recent article in tho W. a.
lhetoi Fost she points out why ,n
SdH "olnen are so popular in En~lorJ
IN the hrst place, she saws. Tho IN.
can woman is above all women -.
70 an almost incredible height of Lr.i,3
ness She can take the meaSur. ~"
man III anout ten minutes and cls...f,,
nun as If he were botanical s,,,,|t ,'''
and leaves the stolid Britisher W. l't t',,
at her feet and kisses the hem '' og 't I..'>
garment, wondering vaguely how +, +.
Sile manages TO make such fool -
IlIl. She is full of energy as Won va
charin, asserts Miss Corelli. and tLe cii -
note IN the ever-ascending scala of 1
lnhumerable attractions is her into.
Vltality. She is no lilly maid of Asto+,,
VINO spent her time in polishing H.
shield of LancelOt and who finally 5i.4
u o.e I9r that most immoral. bur fas
clnaung, Knight of the found ToiJo =,
Not she, AYERS Miss CoreIE .r.
American maid would make Ionc1l..
polish himself, and polish her own d,.,.
little boots and shoes for her ' into 't ,i'r
bargain iN'o we
Another point on which the u,ri,or
dwells III her unfailing kindness and NV,
tendency to say always the plpasar+
thing, the tactful thing, and her unfgiI.
ing VlVaclty, as contrasted with rEa
deadly calm. the automaton- like nan,,,r,
of the upper class British danes l~''''' n
Tor the frequent marriages of Amerirar
heiresses with effete British mobiles
she considers it the carrying our of
wise and timely dispensation of Prov.
dence, the infusion OF new san IN oin.
vigorate the grand old tree of the Rrit-
ish aristocracy, which has of late hoa,.
looking sadly as if dry rot were settius
ill.," '''''"7
But marriage" she continues "ie In,
no means the only, or even the chief re-
sourse OF life of the American woman
She evidently looks with Il certain favor
on the holy estate of matrlmony and is
quite willing to become an excellent wife
and mother. if the lines of her dpstinv
run that way, but if they should branch
out IN another direction. she wastes no
time III useless pining. she is too vital
TOO capable, too intelligent and energetic
altogether to play the role of the inter
estlng martyr to male neglect She will
teach or she will lecture. she will sing
or she will act. she will take her de-
grees in medicine and surgery. she will
practice for the bar, she will write books
She will manage Il cattle ranch
as easily as a household. should oppor-
tunity arise. Marriage is but one link
i'll the long chain of her general eficeu-
cy, and, like Cleopatra, age cannot
wlther her nor custom stale her infinite
variety"
But, whatever she does or leaves I'M
done, it is evident, according to the
above writer, that she has taken English
society by storm, and broken down the
',barricades of the most idiotic c0nven-
tionality. The secret of her
own success is in her own personal
charm and vivacious intelligence her
light scorn of stupid ceremonies, in the
frank geniality of her disposition when
she can manage to keep it unspoiled by
contact with the reserved hypocrisy Of
the smart set), and the delightful spon-
taneity of her thoughts, which find such
ready expression in equally spontaneous
speech. Marie Corelli in Exchange.