Gilpin observer., 1907-01-10

MT. otallO is Jne son or Judge j. u
Stallo, minister to Italy under Presi
dent Cleveland. He lives here in New
York at the Waldorf-Astoria, with his
second wife. who was Mrs. Dan r
Hanna, wife of the son of the late
Senator Mark Hanna. They were di
vorced. Mr.. Mcdonald did not take
kindly to his son-in-law's second mar
riage.
In London the two pretty Stale
\ girls stay at the home of Mrs. James
Mcdonald, wife of the London repre-
sentative of the Standard Oil and ONT
of their nearest relatives. Mrs. Nc
| Donald Is one of the smartest Anglo
Americans in all England and enter
tains lavishly but in excellent taste
But none of this for her young guests
1t is the simple life in London as it Is
here in New York or in Cincinnati
Mrs. Mcdonald has just come over
to pay them visit and she has mad
much to say to a writer for the World
Magazine concerning AngloAmerican
marriages and the American girl
abroad.
"London Loves the American Girl
| London loves the American GIRL"
said Mrs. Mcdonald at the st. Regis,
"but the American maxwell, he is
only tolerated. 1t would be hard for
an American woman to have to choose
between her own countrywomen and
the English women for her friends,
but If she is like me she would love
both.
"The American women are beauti-
full, vivacious, daring and most enter.
tanning. They are excellent company
and they are distinctive. The Eng.
lish women are quiet, reserved, prob
ably not quite as pretty, but no less
attractive, steadfast friends and are
themselves distinctive.
"The average American girl is blase
almost before the English girl is ready
to leave school. The Englishsgirl never
leaves her governess and home before
she is IS, while at the same age the
American girl has seen much of the
world
yet the American girl retains her
vivacity and her interest in every
thing, and it is that one quality, I
think, above all others that makes her
so dear to the English woman. 1t is
! that quality that certainly wins for
her the admiration of the Englishman,
though at the same time it scares
away his love.
| THE Englishman admires the Amer
lean girl He likes to talk to her, to
entertain her; but to marry her-why,
that is a different matter. He doesn't
understand her.
| Natures Are Different.
"To trace the cause of the trouble
in many of the international alliances
between American girls and English.
men that have turned out unhappily
one would need go to the very nature
of the man and woman.
| THE American woman never looks
to her husband aS master, while the
English woman IL taught to do so
from the day of her birth. The Eng
lishman has been brought up to be-
lieve himself the unquestioned head
of the house. 1t is his right, he hon
estly believes. to command. An Amer
lean man, IL he would leave his wife
for a moment, would beg to be ex.
cused. An Englishman in a like posi-
ton would likely point to chair with
the curt command, Sit there; I'll be
back in moment and stalk out of
the room. l have seen that happen
time after time in the hotels of Lon.
! don, and it best illustrates the reason
of failure of some supposedly happy
marriages.
"At the same time, Englishmen mar.
ried to English women make good hus-
bands, and l think English women
make even better wives than Ameri-
can women. The English girl is taught
to love her home. 1t is an ideal for
which she is always striving. They
never think of leaving their husbands
to travel alone. 1t is that reason
which makes it so hard for an English.
man to understand the scores of
American women who yearly spend
months in travelling amroad while
their husbands remain at home.
But as warm as is the welcome for
American women in England, 1t only
equals the GOODNESS of the reception
given to the American man. The Eng
lish frankly dislike him and from their
standpoint 1t 10 not hard to understand
their reason.
The Englishman neither under
stands nor appreciates the American
man. They take him for just what he
appears to them. They see him coarse,
boastful, loud in his talk. unrefined
and altogether the antithesis OF their
gentleman.
The American Mans Lack Of Polish.
Mind you. that is the American
man as the Englishman knows him. I
know him better. l know his rough
ness is only surface deep, that he is
generous. but active and keen. That
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