The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-02

8ut Sarah has the aeslsss look
that carries with IL to the most
sospaoal bsholdsr An intimataon
that some souls at least are i'm
mortal.
fes-immortal enough to wear mus
tard-yellow broadcloth trimmed with
bands Of sable. and Q corsage bouquet
OF pink roses a. frankly artificial a.
the carmine Of sarah's writhing smile
or the tousled wonder of her tawny
hair. Yes. and to look we'll in It. And
to sit careless Of lights and draurhts
and backgrounds and tell me Just why
America 10 the paradise of women"
AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MON.
ARcHs, she SAYS.
Il am sure" said Sarah. that when
an American woman dies and goes to
heaven she must be astounded and a
little srieved by the change In her
surroundings and the curtailment of
her rights and privileges. And, II
a Trenchwoman. on the contrary, were
to be suddenly translated to New
Weakened In Paradise,
"Amsfaoan women are mouaruhs.
French women are martyrs, mar
syrs to love, to the ideals Of duty.
nave heard IL said that In France
woman 10 . martyr to the family,
while In America the family 10 Q
martyr to woman. But I do not
agree With this spigxnm. Z ma In
your women everything to admire
and to envy"
Nine. Bernhardts tribute IA Amer,-
can women was prompted BY nv rep.-
uion to her OF the comment made the
other day by the French etohsr. Heileu,
hat american women have less heart
that French women. that their beauty
Is OF colder type. tho result, M. HELEN
thousht. or a hundred years Of Puri.
tanism'
| but america Is no longer Puritan. -
Nine. Bernhardt exclaimed. year.
ago when / made my first visit 1 re-
marked OF course great difference be.
tween the public Of your cities and tina,
OF Paris or even of London. At THAI
time you had . great many Of ths
moral rigidities that survive among q
primitive people long after the rest of
the world has discarded them. But on
my recent tours have been oven more
impressed by your advancement in the
world of ideas than by your phenome.
nal material progress.
1.-THE liberty Of thought ana cotton
among your women II unparalleled
throughout the world, ana ma
that they make only the haShsst use
OF IT,
The American woman" Nine. Bern
hardt added. has impressed me as be-
ing very affoctionate. but assuredly the
European woman u moro sentimental
In France we have moro heart, per.
haps, but-where does II lead US? With
US woman's life II still a long martyr
DOM She Is stiu under the tutelase Of
tho husband. Even with q marrias,
contract she has not the American
wife's control OF her personal property
UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE
CODE NAPOLEON.
"She lives still under the shadow o
the Code Napoleon and she cannot evel
marry without a dot. The lot of tn
portionless French girl Is very, yer.
sad"
II had thought" remarked. tina
with the Introduction of English an
American ideas. Frenchmen were be
coming more progressive. that the,
now and then so far forget their tradi
tions as they marry q poor girl 70
love-"
, Madame Bernhard smiled broadly
spont Aneously. for the first time dur!n
our conversatio
you win find that Frenchmen ar
still very conservative on the subjec
, of the marriage portion. In fact. o
, all questions of money you might eve
: describe them reaotionary" she oil
served with a marked dryness Of ton,
Here In America you women who hav
the right to choose your own husband
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