The sun., 1910-07-10
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH GIRLS
COuP tRISON MADE FOR 4
IONDON NEWSP iPER.
THE writer says our Girls Are Colder
and I.r<s Emotional Than the English
and That the keynotes OF EnGlish
Girls Life Are Politics and sport.


In England II IL the hoy Of the family
who II first considered: IN America u -
m" girl. writes a correspondent Of
tho London Times Every roughness u
smoOthed from her path She is asa rule
spared all responsibility and II necessary
innumerable sacrifices are made in order
that her girlhood shall be a. gay and ne
free from cars a. possible In short her
lifo il apparently to he one perpetual
round of enjoyment. with practically
few or no serious Demands upon her
time
The spheres ~ girl life are sharply
defined Thus the college girl and the
society girl represent entirely different
sides OF girl life The society girl IN per
haps the most characteristic product Of
her country and the one to bs most fire.
qucntly encountered. Adaptability being
ons OF the keynotes OF her character.
coupled with an unusually quick and OBJ
servant mind. she h a delightful COM
panion In her thirst for being up to date
ahe u equally Interested in clothes and
culture. Clubs such az the Review Club
and the Magazine Club digest the world
for her and provide her with neatly
Of any and every subject.
Her conversation is therefore usually
brilliant. especially a. she always pos
seesee that sense Of duty To herself and TO
her hostess which causes her to exert
every faculty in order TO show herself
OF in the hest possible light She has the
infinite capacity for taking pains IN her
dress. which amounts in this case 10 posi-
tive genius. Her English sister. with con-
siderably moro natural possibilities. such
a. complexion. hair and general health.
lacks the realization as a duty OF good
dressing. that attention 10 small details
which go 80 far TO make up the generai
appearance Of well dressed woman.
owing TO the state Of politics both
nat ionaI and municipal IL n almost I'M
possible for the women Of the country to
tax. any real interest in such topics as
they do. in England. and nothing more
surprisee the average American than
the interest and deep knowledge which
English women display in political Affairs.
rh. majority Of American women are not
Interested IN questions Of national i'm
portance: their interest rarely extends
beyond the town in which they live; some
ines TO the State. but rarely TO the nation
AZ large
II is a curious and notable fact that
IN the greatest democracy IN the world
lh.. trend Of feeling ~ far more indi-
and local than cohesive and
national There are very few links.
,su,lIy none bptWeen the American girl
and her fellow citizens She has her own
40, hut tho lower claSses. - termed
hardly come within her horizon at any
-at. FAR l.-- so than IL the oa-e with her
English sister in whom the feudal idea
. s,ill 40 strongly implanted that the
, cllba,nz % thosa who were and are
~ more or lezs subordinate - matter
Z genuine concern 4
Among the American girls th" d"bu-
anirs ~ the year keep eNcl,siVcly To
themselves. 80 do tLs girls who have
zen out for a couple of years. while
tween girls and married women there
= very little social intercourse OBJ
.;o,,-ly the American girl il great loser
" TIN. srparation Of the ages. for she
ni.s..- the immense advantage Of hearing
,bou, life from older and therefore more
natrr. minds Her self-sufficiency II
arysly the product Of her education.
, h,rh A. a rule has been cleaned from
,OOks
Narrower. aS her associations sre With ,
nov country and with new enterpris"~. !
he has little reverence for antiquity
h.,her ~ person or Of custom. and '
,tiIity or pleasure are the chief guides Of
'er Judgment True she has a curious :
dmiration for the past. and u on the
Whole more romantic than her English
ousin. but it does not enter into her :
yeryday life
The EnGlish girl on the whole com :
ares rather unfAvorahly with the Ameri- {
an A. fer a. culture and lts Application :
re concerned Tho country life led by :