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the majority 81 English girls renders
them somewhat dull "a social factor
even II Ia gives them that knowledg,
of nature as "A hIrthright which - don 80,
to the town dwelling American girI.
The contrast IN fact j. hetw cen a prudu. 1
Of nature with the most artificial VI M
ducts Of this Inost up To- date oom
muulfy
On the other hand IN England u o..
aft,r all customary for every rlrl tD ..
Interested IN -oms form or other uf -.
cial and philan'hropic work whereas .
America that work, admirably done ...
it i, Is don" 10y ClaS- u women who a...
highly educated Indr.-d hu; Who hs.,
gwen up their lives To- that one object AMI
form a cla~- apart
lhs men whom the American EIri meet
are. as q rule. men Ot her oNst ~,4y Il. t.,t
have a shrswd knowleSlge ~ business .lud
who pride themselves on hsing able -fn
sire up" n man. They have probably
travelled To New York and to chicago
and their standard measure ~ outwaui
success not perhaps alWayE II dollar
hut invariably of proInln"nc" IN the pub
lie eye
in contact With lfa ~ IL " lived IA dirsr"nt
parts OF the empire, for some of her men
folk are sure O bs possessed 10y wundeTlusi
which has so often developed into the
power of Colonling. Tho interests "a her
life are world wide instead OF local and
this is reflected in AL she DOES. Her very
charities extend from Lebanon to lie
bomho. and her interest in sport from polo
in India To cricket in Australia. These are
the two ksynote~ Of an ERElish girls life
politics and sport and they ars both IN
dulRed in with that Cleanliness and vigor
which are only possible through health Of
body and mind. with perhaps an accom-
paniment OF rustic dulness.
By nature the American Rrl IL colder
and less emotional than the English Eirl.
and har afliitada fOWarH men Ia Of nm.
failing good comraie-hip. Yet at the
same time women are considered by the
American men As n race apart, who mus
be placed upon a pedestal and propitIAtsi
by much attention and many Offering
In . sense the chivslric instinct IL alnos'
too implanted in the American man. AMI
in many OF his ideas concerning women hS
10, although he would be horrified to be-
told so. curiously medieval And here
again We como upon one OF those deep
lines Of cleavage which divide the Ameri-
can ideals Of womnnhood from the English
In England before marriage the man
and the girl see comparatively little ot
zach other, hut after marriage the common
life IL q necessity and the woman must be
prepared to study his interests and 70
make them more or less her own. Ia
America before marriage tho man and the
girl are excellent friends and comrades,
enjoying much freedom In their inter
course; after marriage the two seem to
Lead separate lives.
The man il wholly wrapped IN in HE
business. and the woman, when her work
ia the house IL over. devotes most Of her
energies To the pursuit OF social pleasures
In fact they cannot really bs sad TO lead
q common life To "A large extent this -
the mans fault; for he a. rule considers
hts wife such n delicate object that she is
so to speak nut under a glass case and ali
cares and worries and even nghtful re-
sponsibilitie- are carefully kept from her
raL. WNaN arr IN h.a
everyday life. for she ~ often completely
ignorant of his financial position and IL
absolutely dependent upon him for every
penny The idea of marriage settlements
OF definite allowanc" IL abhorrent 10
The American mind, and vet when all -
said and done the American woman. with
ali her niependenrN. IS the DOst de-
pendent of women. for il not he who holdS
The purse strings aftcr all the real master
ln no other country dOs- one feel more
profoundly that the women are largely
what the men have made them II
more than probable that the large number
Il divorces IN America ara due "a the un-
~onSriouS desire On ~" part Of the woman
IN find real partner and Comrade 90
ife instead of the mere financial agent that
the nvCras" American man - Cont"nt'd
O he
1t s"cns we'll nigh impossible that with
all h.r wonderful br. ilIiuCy and energy Ut
niud~ the American woman should fau
~ bear on the national lie ~ present
haSe talents seem largely wasted. but
herr are sIgns thar the awakening IL AZ
land and one cannot but believe that u
will not bc long before the American g!rl
md woman awaken to the fact of the i'm
DOrtant part they have Ia play in the social
welfare ~ their country
To-day the English girl and woman
sam 90 be in n state of transition. and one
an only hope with CONFIDENCE that the
English women Of the fItiils will be able
q apply their natural practical instincts
u IN" solution Of the MANY so''ial problems
Il the dav in which they already take -
arge an interest Al the same time they
would do well To take a leaf oIt - tha
'ook Of their American sisters IN the art
4 making tho host ~ themselves both m
oohs and conversation IL - also about
ime that the English girl should abandon
he attitude of past generations Of her ser
n regarding cvery man IN the hight ~
'oSsihlH husband and should begin ~
'lltiva's that habit 81 mind which makes
cal friendship and comradc-hip betwecn
h. sexes a possibility