The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-29
Frenchman Says Their Abandon Is
Of Rsque Order
saw ONE DoING THE TURKISH DANCE
Her Efforts So Realistic That Two
Married Women Were Driven
From Room.

LONDON, Dec. ga London soci-
ETY. paper which devotes mucn space
to the doings Of royalty and the aris-
tocracy prints a communication on
Manners in English Country Houses"
signed Pole de Lion" giving impress
sions, from a Frenchman's point OF
view," as follows:
1T is in English country house par
ties that the, to us, surprising int1-
macy allowed between young ladies
and gentlemen occasionally develops
into rather unpleasing behavior, in
which English respect for their wo-
mankind seems eternally to be con-
spicuous by it's absence.
Il have so often noticed if among
the guests at big country house par
ty there is a man, probably a Local
man, who is not quite of the same
class as the rest of the guests, but a
good shot, or a good amateur actor
Or something, that when he sees par
eel of young men and women punning
each other about wrestling and saying
all sorts Of ridiculous things, he either
becomes very shy and uncomfortable,
or, which is worse, he tries to join in
the fun, but proves how entirely he
has misunderstood the innocent Rag
a rAnglais' by introducing a tone that
causes the riot instantly to cease,
much to the bewilderment of the poor
man himself.
Have Hazing Propensities.
There are certain young ladies in
English society who are notorious for
their hazing propensities. 'Hooligans,'
Or the Smack and Tickle Brigade l
have heard people call them. I know
some of these young ladies we'll, and l
agree with the universal opinion OF
their men friends that they are girls
without a temperament. 1 do not sup
pose one Of these young ladies has
ever had a love passage with young
man in her life and no instinct in
themselves tells them that man is
dangerous thing when you treat him
like a doll or a big dog. For them
men are not dangerous.
Il have seen a certain young lady
who dresses in manner l hesitate to
describe, and with a figure that in re-
pose is adorable, take her stand with
in a circle Of young men sitting cross
legged with turbans made out of tow
els around their heads, to represent
Arab chieftans, and dance a dance
we'll, a dance in which the movement
of the feet is the least important feat
ure 1t was very clever and very
amusing, and she performed her dance
with a realism and abandon that drove
two married ladies out Of the room,
broke the head off a Dresden shep-
herd, and the engagement Of one of
the Arabs with young lady who was
present. AS for me, it recalled WV
idly my student days in the Quarter
Latin.
Terms Them Lady Ragsters.
LESS, as a Frencnman, do I under
stand the male counterpart of these
lady ragsters-the young men who are
proved to be impairment to ladies, ana
who say very often the most disgrace
full things. 1 do not understand their
point of view, nor the point of view
of other men who say It's only that
ass Freddie
mo man, of course, would ever look
upon a Freddie as a rival in regard to
anybody's affections, nor any woman
feel any alarm in regard to Freldie's
sentiments toward herself. Still, they
are not amusing, these F'reddies.
'It is not, surely, very funny or
original to walk along the passages
rafting the doors of the ladies and
saying, May I come in?' or, want to
come and paddle in your BATH or to
dance about the corridors in pajamas.