The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-28

or with n slik handkerchief wh,ch serves
M cravst, napkin. 60.
Beaujour comments upon the cleanli-
ness Of our cities. Prince de Prog'ie
describes feminine dress az follows:
The ladies OF Philadelphia. although
magnificent enc ugh In their costumes. gem
orally do not wear them with much taste.
In arranging their hair they have icss
lightness Of touch than our French women.
While they have good figures. they lack
grace and make ther curtesies badly.
The freedom with which the sexes
met was Of course a matter Of aston
ishment to the French and owe and
owe they commented upon II. st.
Merry says:
The choice OF q sweetheart ~ without
exception mads publicly. ana the relatives
indulge in no formaiities IN respect Of II,
because such IL the custom OF The country.
The chosen sweethear, comes TO the house
whenever he pieasss. he takes his beloved
out walking when he likes. Often he
comes on Sunday with a cabriolc, TO fetch
her. AMI brings her back IN the evening
without any ono asking where they have
been. Young people alt up spooning after
their elders go 20 bod. and sometimes n
late returning servant Will ind them both
asleep and the candle burned out--so cold
hs love In tina. country.
How wisely the young girls set
about this . important business OF
choosing q life partner appears from
Bayard:
Tho time which pa sses be; Neen the pro-
posai and the marriage ~ given over 20
! mutual observation. Tho girls insist upon
an absolute independence which they de-
vote 80 testing tns character OF their
future husbands. They wish TO learn X
he is bad tempered. 10 he Is constant. ~
Jealousy viii no. some day render him
troublesome o. coarse. They yield TO every
fancy which comes into .hcir heads. and
90 everything they can 20 escape the re.
nroach later on ot having concealed :hel-
rprrfec;lous. I; Is a contest ~ frank
ness, inspired b. ;hc desire FOR common
il happiness.
How much freedom they enjoyed
after they had made their choice Is
clear from Brlssot:
You will SEQ a young girl drive on with
her sweetheart IN a light carriage. and IN
furious suspicion never interferes with the
pure pleasures Of this trip into the coun-
try. when they are mothers. Boston
women become reserved; their manner Is
always. however. open. kindly and COM
nun!ca,lye. Given over entirely 10 house
keeping. they busy themselves solely with
making their husbands happy and brins!n
up The children.
The d!s.nterestedness OF marriage is
noted by Bayard:
They give their daughters a. marriage
n small ;roussesu and the slave n was
tho companion Of her infancy. wish this
: wee also tue In France. for there you
IVA wager a thousand to one TIA; a rich
g-i VII BE married by a man OF no
dei!cacy o: feeling. but who is in love
With lie- dowry. The victim Of his Gu
lidity. no longer loved By tho Vie specu-
lator, viii have nothing In exchange for
what she gave him but long sad years
IL the United states the i e%ntitiour
circumstance OF fortune. with Few cS-
vev:lon-. are su ,,urilua:el to morality. and
the Two sexes get along very we'll to-
gs:hsr. There. marriage i. u matter o:
sentiment. AMI the happiness OF the FAMILY
Is OF the first Importance, 50 that purity
% morals takes care of Itself without need
q: appealing to q magistrate. All ths
chilIreu are brought up In The bosom OF a
worthy family. happy IN the harmony
thereof. and ins,inc,.vcly organize them
selves for tina; s;a;e Of felicity. and be
come ~yirtuous when they are grown W.
The book Is interesting to the his
toriun and the dealer In antiquities
Except for the change In habits OF
eating. We find our country the natura'
outcome Of that seen by the travelling
Frenchmen Of two centuries age
The greatest change has taken place
in the amount Of food consumed. Here
IL an account of a dinner given 10y
George Washington TO about twenty
guests. including Chnstellux, who de.
sCriocs IL:
tn our return 20 camp We found 4
good dinner ready waiting and slbuu'
tweu;y guests. The repast was in Eng
lisn fashion. composed OF eight or ten larg,
dishes both OF butchers meat and chicken
accompanied by vegetables - different
sor:s. ana followed 10y a second course o,
pastries, comprising everything under fis
two denominations Of "pyes and powd'
Ing" After these two courses they
removed the tab!s cloth and served ap'
plss and "A quantity NJ nuts, which George
Washington generally ate for two hours
meanwhile proposing toa,te and iudulgins
IA conversation. These nuts are smsll
dry and covered with 80 Ina ri a shell tha'
only a hammer can break them; they are
served half open. and are then picked ou'
and eaten, About mar past seven We arosS
from me table. and the servants a: onc'
came 80 take Il: down and shorten II. n.
T. hal been heightened for dinner. wa
ss;on!sled AZ this and askel
the reason. They told me they were coins
10 lay the cloth for supper. AZ the enc
OF half an hvIr | retired 70 my room
thinking mat the General might hav'
something TO do and was only remaining
with the ompany out of regard for M.
but half an hour later .hey came 20 an
nouncc that his I;xcellency awaited m'
for supper I returned to the dining room
protesting with all my might against thit
supper. but The GENERA said that he wa
accustomed to take something in the eve
ming, and that ! need only 81 down. ga
some fruit anu take part In the converse
ton,
The volume has delightful cats o
old WORTHLESS and several of old build
ings, anon them Yale College in $50
ana an election In Philadelphia il
front Of the State House. The mos
charming portrait is that II Mere!
Warren, the wife of Gen. Warren.
sOurces and Rec sOnabieness Of tn
Hopes Of Humanity.
With that freedom from metaphysi
cal abstraction which gained favor 10
his successive Inquiries into the ma
ture Of knowledge and belief. and tn,
science of conduct, Prof. GEORGl
Tai MBULL IApD of Yale Tniversit.
examines in what May I Hop
T~~ ala. Has s,-.