The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
FRENCH 70 rs.
The Tradn local GayriS Not Found by an
English critic.

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Perhaps nothing ~ uus'.s more swiftly
the " rath 81 the travelling Briton than the
ineftriency Of the French match. writes
an English woman IN the LdJy's Pictorial
1T - not Onlv that this indispensable" do
ma-iir dciail - extraordinarily expensive
IN. that seven times out Of nine u refuses
10 light AZ All
Possibly the French aliunetta is in
tended io stimulate the minor virtues
such 49, pltisno" hope and the control
~ the tongue: otherwise II ia diftiCult tu
see whv match manufactured bv the
stat. aud ta1sd -Norbitantly should he 81
such Infamous quality
And every wear the French ma tch he
comes more InsfI-ctiy" and higher ia
price. 80 that ~ call Paris la Vile Iu-
MERE viii soon sound ~ ironIcal "a TO
make the most thougtltl"ss pause before
in"v Ut'rr 80" phrase There are those
Who pat trrlr iiith ~ ti-ons or fusees.
fer certainty they light pui asa dra Wback.
usually r-fus" to h- cNt,nguiSh.d except
hv cascade 81 cold water
One - the consequences 81 this purely
fiCtitlpuS price - that box 81 matches
: looked upon ~ treasure not 10 H.
" u
lIh. after dinner more often a single
Ta'cl SNffi"eS - watched with anxious
eyes and the pnsss~-nr of half a dozen
English wax ve~tas Is regarded as Capi-
tllisl
The mstiCulDu- aConomy 81 the French
- also vi-lbl" ~ the sparsnSss with which
they deal ont sIGar sometimes served TO
Won IN good hotels. carefully wrapped up
IN tIs-ls paper like "a swe-tmeat aud also
IN the way they cultivate every inch Of
ground on whi"ha blade OF anyfh thing edible
will grow Grass FOR instance - hardly
grown there except for strictly unitarian
purposes. a lawn Is the sppanags Of the
rich. aud a. for flowers they are ~ rare a.
they are plentiful IN England
The Young fr.nchmsn from eight cen
'o Ave and twenty - never the hight
hearted boisterous youth ~ know on our
side Of the hlnnrl A. a matter of fact
never cease to wonder ~ the high spirits
and good humor of the. BOYS ~ our middle
aud upper CLASSES. Ia any hotels on this
charming Breton coast. filed as they are
with an assorted company Of Anglo
SaIons and Gauis. it ~ the English who
MAKE all the Nose who get up the games
CHEEKY and infectious laughter
A French buurgeoIsss ~ mouTnfil misn
cunhded to me he u' her day that she
ALWAYS chose a villigIa'urs where she
would find q number Of English. for then
I, Won Ia b. -phIs gai Certainly ths rsd-
tionAl frivolous. grimacing Frenchman
Of British fiction aud farce. with his
shrIg- and gestures. - nowhere to he
seen Ia hts place We have n serious
young man IN pInCe-nsz VINO has jus,
done hig military service and who ~
ovsrw hsirned with the problem Of how
20 make a decent hyiug and 20 arrange
for himself an advin' ag-uuIS marriage
Wi'h money down
Hence y j. no part - his programme
70 hold IntsrCpIr-~. with yOung IerSOns
~ his own age and mar tOnAlity unless he
L. t~Taln that they are IeC7InIArily siin
aDle The ywlng Frenchrnan, therefore.
shows decided tendency 10 keep pn
- ricrlv bOwing terms with hi- feminine
unless they are married
THIS segregation Ot the - ICES CeTt ainly
does nat make for Kayeiy IN these French
watering places though al Dinard. where
Ane rican manners rel gu. n cert ain amount
~ CANA raderi~ "xi-is be, ween The French
Young person and the French youth
e hiU ia shOrt exists. bat - carried
on vii - much ehrOhtsry. with 80 studied
a desir,. to a., unish the gallery. that IL
can hardly he cls--ed a. an amusement.
but a. sn advert Issmeni The Young
French girl when she adopts English OF
American manners eSagReraiSr her fI,Ae-
dom her TenunCiai ION ~ convent iOnality.
- markedly a. . make 81 her psrsonage
" dubious appearance and manners
The English glri looks on. act onished and
he English youth IL apt to draw away:
bat TO the American this Young emanci-
pafsd Parislenne presents sn iTrssistibls
a. traction