The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-24
THE OPINION AN ENGLISH
WRITER HAS OF AMERICAN
GlRlS-THElR CLOTHES.
HOW WOMEN WASTE TIME
Rita" Who Is Mrs. Desmond Hum.
phreys, Says That Not Even in
Paris and London Do the Women
Dress as They Do in New York.

New York. April 23.-Mrs. Dos.
mond Humphreys. the English nov
elist who writes under the name of
Rita, was interviewed today by a
woman reporter
Il nave walked on Fifth Avenue"
the novelist said. Nowhere else,
with the possible exception of Wien
ma, have | seen so many pretty wo.
men. And they dress beautifully
even more beautifully than the wo.
men OF Paris. In fact, the most eX-
/ traordinary styles are to be seen.
/ But the women of London or Par.s
| do not dress quite as elaborately
for the street. mean for walking.
| Usually tolettes such as the New
York woman wears to walk in on
an afternoon the Paris or London
woman would only use in her broug.
ham or victoria.
1t is not the lack of simplicity
exactly" and Mrs. Humphreys
smoothed her own wide feather
boa. 1T is the bright colors and ex.
tremes the American women wear
1T is--er-that sort of thing"
The novelist explained ss she lev.
eled her lorgnettes upon n pictures.
que figure that swept toward the
telephone booths. Really. you Am.
orleans have most extraordinary
knack of clothes.
We'll, now, you do things In the
superiative." Mrs. Humphreys com.
menced, cautiously. Your dining
service here is an example Of what
mean. Sometimes | cannot get a
half portion at all when / order and
then when ! do get half portion
it is quite a bit more than | can
eat. have to send half of it back
again, and / support it is the pro
, test OF my Scotch blood, but | do
not like to do that. 1t is wasteful
And-well, wastefulness seems to be
the keynote of New Yorh as mucn
as have seen of IL. You waste
your energy and you waste your re-
sources, and it looks TO me as
though lot of you are wasting
your time.
'Oh, you waste the things that dc
matter and waste your time striving
; for things that do not.
This great city, with all its lux
ury. much of it unnecessary. could
am me a room with big windows
and plenty of sunshine. oh, dear
no wonder ! feel so ILL., and what
shocking books you read and what
dreadful plays you go to see,
Il am commencing to believe yor
are very moral. All moral people
are salocious. The books and pay
you Americans fairly gobble are 81
, dreadfuily salacious | am beginnin:
, to believe you may have morals"
, You have been reading 'Thre,
: Weeks" said the reporter.
"Oh, you cannot get me started
on Mrs. Glyn," Mrs Humphrey
, smiled back. 81 do not want t,
say what | think of that book
n Heavens, what cold this beastl
o place has given me-. Do you min
, II ask you personal question?
"Not one Bit" she was told.
well, then. are you married,
II queried Mrs. Humphrey. Il war
. to tell you why | asked"-she hu
o ried on-'you know | do believe e'
a. cry woman in America has bee
y married at least once. Really, II
a the most amazing thing. You me,
"A girl and you fancy she is onl
70 about sixteen-why, positively, sh
u is dressed like a girl of l6--and the
. you find she is married. In Ne
If York any girl under 22 has bee
"a married once and after that-an Il
an definite number of times.
= That is not sentiment. that
n, hysteria. Now that | think OF
| am awfully afraid most of Anne
ica's sentiment is hysteria. "
children-you,
h "Are you a suffragette?" she ";
10 asked.
"a We'll. OF course, not assertC
I'd Mrs. Humphreys. Il am sick
Is the subject. Positively ! will n
9, answer another word after that que
" ton"