The Washington herald., 1908-05-17

and 1 did not have on a starehed shirt
waist or a silk gown during the. whole
three months that I spent there among
those dear, simple-hearted people. who let
me do as I pleased and asked no ques-
tlons. Ny, how I hated to come away,
But felt so well. so strong, so good and
clean and healthy that I knew my outing
was epoch-making; that I could never be
Just the same again. I learned in the
weeks / passed in that quaint old town
something Of what life should mean. Not
that had any unusual experience, but I
was with real people. with real purposes,
VINO lived from day TO day. with no
thought OF an audience, no attention TO
the footlights. which had so concerned
the actors and actresses of society whom
l knew so we'll And then the freedom,
the glorious freedom! Oh, learned how
savage must feel in the days I passed
among the pines, the rocks, and the fisher
folk"
Calling ct one Of the diplomatic homes
the other day. I happened TO pick up,
while waiting for my hostess. d yellow
covered French book, bearing the title
Les Americans Chez Eux." by the Mar
ouis de San Carlos. Now, I have never
met the Marquis de San Carlos. There
may be such a person, or the name may
be only pseudonym, but whether he is a
real marquis or whether he is masquerad-
ing under a title, I never want to meet
the person who wrote that book. Per
haps the reason I hated him so-and I
confess to hating him the moment 1 had
read page or so of the vulgar abuse he
heaped upon us-was because among a
mass of lies there was now and then
hidden away an incontrovertible truth
lie says Of the young American woman.
The code Of CONVEYANCE, as We under
stand It In Europe. exists nowhere in the
United States. As soon as girl is de-
elared to be out she does absolutely an
that comes into her head. Her first care
IS to have reception day different from
that OF her mother. Mademoiselle also
receives alone In the evening. and her
mother is careful TO avoid checking by
her presence les expansions de la jeun-
esSe Without losing her innocence. she
leads the life of a rushing young widow.
II this young person cannot Gnd a hus-
band for herself, she remains an old
maid. Traditions and the fruits OF ex-
perience having in general no existence
IN the United States one finds in the edu-
cation of their children strange miscon-
ceptions OF propriety. For instance, Mile. /
-, the most modest of young girls.
gives an evening party, and reproduces
Tor the amusement OF her friends and the
occupants OF the boarding house in which
she lives the poses of the most remark
able statues OF the European museums"
The Marquis de San Carlos was obvi- !
Ously most unfortunate in the friends he
made while he was In America. and evi-
IDENTIFY confined his investigations TO
strata Of society that is as little known /
to the well-bred men and women Of the |
upper class in America as are the people /
of the Ghetto IN London or Vienna. one
cannot gain a knowledge OF the social /
life in this country from the drawing I
room OF secOnd-ciass boarding-house /
nor in the palace of a plutocrat at New /
port; and what Paul Bourget. who did 1
the latter, and what the Marquis de San !
Carlos, who evidently did the former I
wrote is equally misleading, and il be- 1
comes bit tiresome to have our young i
women 50 misrepresented by superficial (
travellers who come to this country 10 get
material for salable book, and who
avoid collatlng facts. that miebt
n
mercial author is determined TO tell. Rut /
II she, in her various moods and Dbases |
Is misrepresented by the occasional tour 4
ist, we who know the American girl love /
ner and no one who knows her we'll /
but loves her. Few have written more 4
eloquently or truthfuliy of this much /
aoused person than Mrs. Burton Harri- /
SON Hhe is. says this accomplished /
lothor, in the human family as the cape /
leSsamine in the kingdom Of plants-able 4
70 survive transportation, but rarely al
Iul bloom and fragrance under alien
skies. Fair and brilliant. she is as fear
less as nymph OF Dianas train Com
stantiy In movement, her throne is often
4 saddle, her scepter a riding erop She
rows, sWims shoots, and dances with
equal skill; reads novels abundantlv.
W0rks not at all. As all men In her
leighborhoOd are banded for her protec-
non, she does not hesitate 10 go about
alone or with the cavalier of the hour
choosing now this. now that member of
her train to be the recipient OF her
smiles, impartially delighted with them
aH innocent in thought and unconscious
y danger, without intention of being de-
lant' she does not know the meaning of
ne word conventionality. It was OF such
one IN the Southwest, where he had L
Known her. that young American, dis Il
,ussing the type, when asked in an Eng
ish drawing-roOm, Can you trust voIIr
nen in such a case? said, with dignitv.
We can trust our girls in such a case
md always
To follow from afar the movements
II this elusive charmer IN all parts of the
territory where she prevails one woI,ld
laVe 10 make use of the Lick telescope
instead OF the lOrgnette In the South
me Is generally 1.-THE and tall. of a clear
'aiior IN complexion that by lamplight
YARNS into rose bloom upon the checks
Win dark orbs, languid during the sultrv
louTs or day. al night and under The i'm
'uise OF music, dancing. attentions of the
'Iher sex, shooting forth a thousand
beams or mePTiment and mischief cree
ufe VINO can no more resist appealing TO
nan service, taxing mans gallantr,,
esthg her own power over his helnIess-
less, than hummingbird can turn avoa,,
rom Hover cup of sweets eoone+ta
'orn whose most engaging aroma is ex-
laled between the ages OF sixteen and {
Wenty. The whole omnipotent sisterbood 1
iold sway through their youth inso,,ci-
nee fearless audacity. These apnar-
ntiy souiless witches excite among their {
ollowers loyalty combining the fervor
I Don Quixote with the indulgence tbat
American. For a brief season thew aif
ma gleam; they marry early. or not at
IL; then comes the reverse of the medal, = I
'0CIAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED /,
Question-ATTopos Of the convention Of sovs-n-
rs here. viii you kindly tell me lust what rsio,
hey occupy in the social code OF precedence
GOVERNOR. :
Answer-There is no fixed code of praoad-
nee, bat the one generally used il ora I
ial circles gives the governors OF States
he fourteenth place on the list. Those {
Tho precede them are: The President t
he Vice President foreign Ambassad doris {