River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-01-10


never had but one child my daugh-
ter, the mother of these little girls.
and she has been gone these II years. 7
Mr.. Stallo is the son of Judge ]. B..
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.
Senator Mark Hanna They were di
vorced. Mr. Mcdonald did not take
kindly to his son-in-law's second mar
rage.
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 one
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 a visit and she has had
much to say to writer for the World
Magazine concerning Anglo-American
marriages and the American girl
abroad.
"London Loves the American Girl
London loves the American gih,"
said Mrs. Mcdonald at the st. Regis,
'fbut the American maxwell, ne 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 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
cfn the
English woman is 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, if 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 a moment and stalk out of
the room.
cat the same time, Englishmen mar
ried to English women make good huS-
bands, and I 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, it only
equals the GOODNESS of the reception
given to the American man. The Eng
lish frankly dislike him and from their
standpoint it is 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.
know him better. I know his rough
ness is only surface deep, that he is
generous, but active and keen. That
he does lack the polish of the English
gentleman must be admitted, and
and hundreds of other American wom-
en- have often regretted that, at least
where polish counted for so much, he
could not display enough to bring out
his good qualities.
'sThe English people are essential
ly a home people, though the English
women love society. During the So
cial season l doubt if even the Ameri-
can woman is as fond of her society
and is as busy in keeping her social
eneagements as the English woman.
English society is more artistic
than American society, though now
there is tendency, which is to be
deplored. to change the afternoon
musical tea to an afternoon at bridge.
The English tea has newer been
thought complete without the presence
of three or four of the very best
artists that could be secured. 1t has
been this almost universal patronage
of art that has made London the great
center in which can be found the
most famous artists of the world"
to eet in the rear. his hand being on