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jr. HE Ai,AMM A H ..vojl. xv; GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY. 18, 1889 NO-24, PROFESSIONAL cards. J AS. 12. BOYD, 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW, JOllflTHHH flJID HIS COJITIJIEUT. BY MAX O'EELIi AND JACK ALLYN. -.- , -r - . Oreentboro. 2T. C IT 111 he t Graham on Monday of each week ,te attend to professional business. LSep .10 A TTORNEY AT LAW . S3 O SS A M . H. fl. t -Practices in the Bute and Federal Cours - 'rill faiihfullr and promptly atteud (o all ba tessntruateu to mm , 'jm '. tl i 1" i" ' " - - .'. ' DR. O. W. WHITSETT, . Burgeon Dentist, ; GREENSBORO, -' - '" ' N C' will ln visit Alamance. Calls Id the country attended. Address me at Greensboro. . dec 8 tf Translated by Mate. Paul Blouet. Copyrighted by Cassell & Co., New York. ' -;We Publish the Following Extracts from this Book by Special An. : rangetnent through theAmericaa Press Association, . Paul Bloaet (Max CReHJ is a remarkably clever Frenchman, who has devoted his tal enta mostly to satirizing the Anglo-Saxon race. He has become widely known as the author of "Jons Bull and His Island," "Johi BtrLL, Jr.," Etc. This book Is his latest pro; duction, the materia) for it being gathered during his recent visit to America. JACOB -"A.. XiOlVO, . v ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, ' GRAHAM. N, 0 ...Mav 17, '88. ADVERTISEMENTS. DONT BUY, 811 or exchange any kind of new or second hand Machinery, Energies, &o., before ob talnln Prices from w. R. Burgees, Manager, Greensboro, N. C. Large line of tvugince, Boilers, Mill, Shafting Wudd-workina; Hi, chinery, J Dresners, ouonuin, i io Light Locomotives, Pole Koad Lacomotlves, Roller -feeders, lubricators, Tobacc-J . Ma chinery, Oils, almost anything you want at Wholesale prices. , Say what you want, mention this paper and savoinoaev. dcoi. it, oi im. SUFFOLK lr Collegiate Institute-. Preparatory, Practical or Finishing in UlaeMis, Mathematics, sciences and the Fine Arts. X T EEENCELE. A. 11., Principal, Terms reasonable. . ijoth sates admitted In distinct departments. The next session opens Monday, Sent. 17th, 1888. Write to the principal for catalogue at kuttout. .va, liny, iv, u. ' V. G. HUNDLEY, lii'miicekiil ' fTencn women are the. only ones I know who can compare with the American lady in charm of conversation, and even then I am obliged to admit two things: that the Ameri can women of Intellectual society are often more natural than their French rivals, and that they make less effort to charm. In a word, with them you are amiable without having to be gallant, and none of those stereotyped compliments, which so often spoil the charm of a conversation between a man and a woman, are expected of you. The Americans, and that In every station of life, have almost always three names! one Christian name and two family ones: George Washington Smith,: Benjamin . Frankjln Jones, William Tell .Brown. I should not have been astonished to make the acquaint ance of a Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte Robinson. The celebrities do not escape it any more than the rest: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Oreenleaf Whitfter, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Richard Watson Gilder, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Ward Beecher, eta, eta Can one not see in these double names a title which the father thinks he confers on his child at the baptismal fontl All new societies have the same weak- nesses, un the morrow or. tne itevointion, did we not call our children Epaminondas, Leonidas, Carina, Napoleon, etc I . . Every American with the least self respect is colonel or judge. , . - i Few escape it, as Mark Twain once re marked of the decorations of the Legion' of Honor. We are quits, Mark. America baa a hundred times as many colonels as we have knights of the Legion of Honor. When you are presented to a gentleman, In an American drawing room, and you have unfortunately not caught bis name, there (s no need to try and repair' the evil; call him "Colonel," nine times out of ten it is safe; if luck should be against you, call him "J udge," and you are pretty sure to be right. If. however; pursued by the fates, you should discover that your interlocutor is neither colonel nor judge, you have another resource; call him "Professor," and you are out of the difficulty; an American always professes something, an art, a religion, and )ou are rtefeing nothing. I met a few American colonels who bad recently been promoted "misters." They were so proud of their new title that tbey In sisted on being addressed thus. . t 1 it r I- GREENSBORO, N. C. ; :E:;':::::t k!j Mass Coapaaisi irguOffice opposite the Court Houfle, North JjJIra btrfict. . Oct 13-t? ; . Wlitaker & Hulin, Owners, successors to R. I. Rocers, j . Durham-, N. C. tarVt. 3. W. Cates, at Burlington, can show you designs aud give you prices, Ma Sly J. T. SHAW, JEWELER, i CHAPTER X I am afraid it will make my readers' lips ' water, but here is a list of some American fortunes as 1 have beard them stated) . ' ' ,' EereuueatS Nome. Capitol. per cunt.- XfXGf LllXJll, XltUlUcLlL I J w. Mackay...... 200.500,000 12,900,000 a VaniJerbUS....... 186,000,000 o,ao.u G. P Jones. ........ 100,000,000 ' 5,000.000 i. i. Astor 80,000,000 4.30a 000 . T. Stewart. 0,000,000 t.000,000 J. Q. Bennett....... 80,000,000 100,000 These are the princes of the Land of the Dollar. The largest English fortunes fall short of these figures. The Duke of West minster's is reckoned at only C80,000,000, that of the Duke of Sutherland at W,000,OOQ, the Durham Marble Works, h-S.rTUt the colossal American fortunes have : been I have not seen the town house or the coon try boose of Mr. Gould; but I know that. m the grounds of the latter stand conserva tories estimated to be worth $250,000. I trust this will give an idea of what the rest may be. I cannot guarantee that Mr. uouid is a happy man. Concerning immense fortunes) witty American friend, rich in moderation, and a great philosopher, said to me one day Mo man can own more than a million SIEBANE, - - - N. C, I dollars. When his bank account outgrows that, be does not own it; it owns him, and be becomes Its slave." The Americans, havingno king In out sense of the word, make the most of those they have, republicans though tbey be. To read the pedigrees, published in full every time a death occurs in one of these rich families. Is highly entertaining. A Mrs. Astor died while 1 was in America, and, after the enumeration of her charms and virtues, which were many, came the list of John Jacobs from whom bar bnsband had sprang. TheAstors were all John Jacobs apparently. and were mentioned as John- Jacob 1, John Jacob n and John Jacob ELL The line does not go back very far, John Jacob I having gone to America asa poor emigrant early In this century, I believe, and laid the foanda Hon of the present grandeur of bis boose by trading In furs. It will not do to inquire too closely Into the way in which some of Americas millionaires have a massed wealth. Strange stories are told of men so grasping that they stopped at nothing, even to the raining of their own When I saw Mr. Brooaon Howard's deverplay, The Henrietta," in which he portray a son so madly aigru j by the ex-' citementof gambling on the stock exchange as to try and absorb his father's millions, I thought the picture was overdrawn. ' Amerir cans, .however, told me that the ease was his torical, bat with the characters reversed-' which made It still more odious. As for the colossal fortunes, of railway kings, it Is wen known how thousands of ones go So make them, bow the rich man's palace is too olup befit with ""ff of hundreds of ruined homos. ' There is no otbsr name than "king" ased in apoaxio- of the few graat Gnaaders, who bold the bulk of ths rail way stock in America. ut they are not the oaly ones. There are oa kings, copper kings, silver kini,aad 1 know not what other majcatue in America, and when yoa see the power r.i by Cnn.". thesa' Ul DumiJr!e trau, eomUss- Boris and f . s power premir, of:u very 4' Dealer In watches, clocks, jewelry, spee Ucles, eye-glasses, ':. .. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Any part of a watch, clock, or piece f fpwelry csin be replaced at my bencn esie. ully end as cheaply as yon can have it done snTwnere. aiiwoii fem turoagn ine niu or by rxprcss thall aave prompt attention. Yours truly, ' OH 4 ly " ' . "8HA W. Americans, who found one king one too many, should submit so patiently to being governed by scores, CHAPTER- XL The liberty enjoyed by American girls as tonishes the English as much as the liberty of the English girl surprises the French.. From the age of 18, the American girl is allowed almost every liberty. She takes the others. She can travel alone, and go to concerts and even to theatres unattended by a chaperon. .' : V -;'!: ' She Is supplied with pocket money, which she spends at her own sweet will in bonbons, knlckknacka and jewelry. . If there is none left for the milliner and dressmaker, papa is coaxed to pay them. She visits and receives whom sho pleases I mean those who please her. She has her own circle of acquaintances. If, at a ball, she meet .with a young matt who takes her fancy, I do not say touches her heart, she says to himi "I am . at home on such a day; come and toe me." Next day he may send her a ticket for a theatre and be her escort for the evening. Be may bring her flowers, offer her refreshments after the play, and take her home in a carriage. In America, all this seems to he the most nat ural thing in the world. This leads to no in timacy, for a few days later it may happen that be meets the young lady at a ball, and she comes op to him, and sayst "I want to present yon to a friend; do tell me your name, I quite forget it." The American girl, who appears to us French so giddy; and even fast, .seems tome to act according to the dictates of eonunoQ sense. Tired of the old formula, "A lady cannot do that, It would be improper," she sayst "I will do it, and if I choose to do It, it becomes proper." It Is for woman herself to make the law on' these matters. "Why should I not go to the theatre alonershe says again; "if your streets are impure, it la for yon to cleanse them. Why should I not re ceive my ball partners who please raol If one of them were to profit by my seeing htm alone in the drawing room to takea liberty with me, he would be an in bred fellow, and I should have him properly shown out of the house, and certainly ft Is not for such as be that I should change my habits." ' In trains, where the seats are constructed to hold two persons, yon will see the Ameri can seek a place from one end of the train to the other before be will go and seat himself by the side of a young girl Be will only do so when there Is no help for it I have many times noticed men standing up in the local trains, rather than run the risk of incom moding a young girl by sharing a seat with her. And I am not speaking now of gentle men only, but of men belonging to the middle, if not lower, class if the. word "class" may be used speaking of Americans. ' With what pleasure 1 remember the young American girls whom 1 occasionally ' mot at Parisian parties in my youthful days. Their pretty, bright faces, their elegance, their unconventional charm of manner and an!-' mated, natural conversation all these en chanted ma One never felt awkward with them. Whereas with a French young girl I could generally find nothing but absurd com monplaces to say, in the presence of Jon athan's merry maidens 1 lost my timidity, and could chat away with as little embarrass ment as I would with a young brother officer of my regiment... ,' . . .. The American girl Is situ without rivals in Parisian drawing rooms, whore she Is more and more sought after. Men seek her for her gayety, wit or beauty; mothers look favor ably upon her for bar dollars; the younger women tear her to shreds nothing it want- Ing to her success. ' And what spirit there was In their dano ingl What animation I ' What eyes Ut up with pleasure I Not a moment's nagging: they danced with at much suppleness at 6 in the morning as at the beginning of the even ing. And why not, indeed! Such pleasures are harmless, and it is not here use a woman hat danced much in her girlhood that she should lead her husband a dance, when she ' f- l W . mmtn lMt, I J U I I Li mri t wot, pnnn ' k t:r4. ft-.? 0 J lj I ' l-w. ft.-'. 1.4 . v V. U.. I- U. II U m tm. tUT TW M wtr wnft mm Wr. ? k. tt , 4 ... - m h ma T.a Tim. m. V ... mm tmum T . , i , , t 4 . tmmw i .1 fM mmm mrvrm:r T . ..i 1 -M .sr. mt N-r - . Ir . V m -m. . . mil .. m. A mt . m, mmt Si mrt 1 c. kuj 00 the niwu, yua r Good scholars are as easy to discover fat the recreation ground ss tn the class room. The morality of a youth Is fat direct proportion to the delight be takes fat play; that of a girl may be measured by her gayety and high spirt ta. I shall never forget a young American girl who sat at the same table as myself on board the steamer. The dear child, who was about 17, performed prodigies, 1 could scarcely be lieve my eyes, and watched her with never flagging Interest, What appetite! What a little table d'hote ogrsssl I trembled for our supplies and troodered whether the company had foreseen the danger. First of alL atTlatbe tnorning, tea and bread and butter was taken to the hungry one In her cabin. At half -past 8 she break fasted. At this tnesL aba generally want straight through the bill of fare. At 11. she had beef tea and biscuits brought to bar oa deck. Lanch tin found bar resdr for three eoarsae of solid food, besides pastry, fruit, eta At (o'clock, she did valiantly again, and at 10 she was regularly ssrvedwltn a Welsh rarebit, or some other tasty trine, Kotwithstanding this, I rarely met her on deck, or in tba corridors, butsbe was munch ing sweets, gingerbread or cbocolata After all, there are so few distractions oa board ship! lien smoke, play poker, or h dulf fat a little betUi:g on the run of the ship. Borne people sleep, some try to think, but unSvtecessfuQy; others reed; some ladies ksit The American girl eats. The) American girl Usee cuao'I society lor several reasons. First, becboss she is weU educated and able to talk on almostaiJ topics, She can talk knirkknsrrs and pretty non sense, bat if she knows bow to describe the "cunning ut bonnet" lately talented In Taris, li.a can sIjo ttH yoa oil about Octave Feuil- j It t's latest novel, or even IicrtTt Ppeooart L.w t a ' iimi'i shitty, Locsuwt j u euiarges uer circid or acoaiutancus, and also because It increases her chances of mak ing a good match. No matter how much of a butterfly she may be, she 'never loses tight pf the future. - She does not say , as she sits musing on marriagot "What kind of man shall Isuitr' but "What kind of man shall I chooseP; ,; ' The constant aspiration of . these young re publiconsis to be one day countess, marchion ess or duchess, ; '. t'r". i-.; The number of European coats of arms which have been taken out of pawn, or re gilt, with American dollars, Is enormous. Not long ago, writer on the staff of The w?aris Figaro counted, among the guests in one of the most select drawing rooms of the Faubourg Saint-Germain, thirty -seven Amer ican ladies bearing thirty-seven uomee of the most authentio French nobility. To name only those which are present at the moment in my memory, the Princesse Murat, mother of, the Duchesse de Mouchy, Is American ; the Marquise de Chasseloup-Laubat is American; the Comtesse de Saint- Ronan, la Generate de Chare tte, the Comtesse de Chevlgne and the Comtesse. de Ganay are Americans,.; The daughters of the great democracy have be-, come not only French in heart, but as royal ist as tho most ultramontane of our old dotr agers, 'r ''' ' ; ' Every one knows how many American women the English aristocracy counts In its bosom, and that that most Tory and most powerful ' political association, called the Primrose league, originated with Lady Ran dolph Churchill, the young and handsome daughter of Mr. Jerome of New York, ,.That passion for rich marriages, which' burns in the heart of so many younj Amer ican women, often loads them to disastrous results. .'!..-..; i. U one may trust one's eyes, American law allows young girls to marry their grand fathers, -or at least tho contemporaries of these worthies, ', ' ' ' ' It is not rare, I may. say it is quite com mon, to see girls of 18 and 20 married to men of 70 and over. -., An American told me that ho once went a long journey in the same railway car with an Infirm, hoary old man of 80, who was accom panied by a girl of scarce more than 20. This yo:mg woman was strikingly beautiful. My American friend admitted to me that the sight of her lovely face bad the effect of making him fall quite in love with her be fore their five days journey wot over. He did not have an opportunity of conversing with her; but on arriving at their destina tion, be resolvod to put up at the same hotel as the old .man, so as to perhaps have a chance of making more ample acquaintance with his fair charge. To And out the name of the young girl and her venerable grand father, he waited to sign his name in the hotel register,; until the patriarch bad In scribed his own. Imagine his feelings when bo readi - . ; "Mr. X. and wife." Hare is a Joke that I culled from a Wash ington paper. Is it a joke! "A bachelor lately advertised for a wife. A typographical error changed his age from 87 to b7; nut it made no difference,, for be re ceived over SSO) applications from ladies ranging from 10 to 00, and all promising love and devotion to the rest of bis existence." Here Is another which I extract from a comio paper. 4 The author seems to believe that the American mother does not look on such marriages with displeasure: "Sfotber 80 yoa nave engaged yourself to Mr. Jonas. - You must be a- goose. He has neither fortune nor position. 1 know be may one day be well off; bis grandfather duty leave bbn port of bis. fortune, perhaps. - "Daughter But, mamma, It Is his grand father I am engaged to. "Mother Kiss me, my child; yon are an angcL" The real American, girl admires mole qual ities in man. The perfumed dandy, dressed V the latest fashion, the "dude," as be Is called In the States, Is not her admiration, she prefers a little roughness 'to too much polish. . At a large reception given In the New York Onion League club In the early part of the year, 1 asked a young lady who were ten or a' -dozen young men who did not miss a single dance. . "Oh r she replied with an air of sovereign contempt, "a few young dudes wbo have been Invited by the club just to keep ap the dancing; marionettes, you know.. ot your Amoncan streets," 1 sold , tdbcr. "One never sees vice flaunting by daylight, and in the evening, whenever I have been through the great arteries of your, city, I have seldom soon anything that could shock the eyes of an honest woman, In Paris ths boulovards ore infested with street. walkers from 8 o'clock la the evening, and the evil Is much worse tn London, where from 4 or S in the afternoon a whole district ! given over to them." ... ' m:v "t ;' '" , "You are right," sold the lady i "but If the streets of Mew York are respectable, tt la thanks tons. If we bad waited until the men swept our pavements, we should have hod to wait long time. We cloaned them ourselves, ;' ' ' ' ' ' "What do you mean!" '.; "A few years ago several young women, among whom 1 might name members of our best society, resolved upon going alone In the evenings, and of striking the first man wbo dared to accost them. Tbey persevered for a long while, and finally succeeded in accon pushing the disinfection of the main streets. Vice still exists, but It keeps within, doors, and bides instead of parading itself. If yen are able to go out at night with your wife. or even your young daughters; if a lady can go to the theatre alone, and, if tt please her, return home on foot, it is to as that thanks are due. And do you not think that women, young, good looking and well, bred, who could master their disgust so far as to do that which the authorities wore too cowardly to undertake, are not worthy to have a delib erate voice in tho councils of tho natlonf" : I could not answer this, : . I am going to launch a rather dangerous assertion. It seem to me that the American woman does not render to man a hundredth port of the adoration be renders to her. If love could spring from gratitude, Jonathan would be the most beloved of men. : : i But does love ever spring from gratitude! In the eyes of the American woman man has his good point He insures her a good position when he marries her, be works hard to satisfy her smallest wishes, and so long at his signature has any value at the foot of check this will be an extenuating circum stance In his favor. . . Thli spirit of independence in woman pro duces excellent results. It must be confessed. You find in America women wbo by their talents have won for. themselves positions which numbers of men might envy. And do not imagine that I am speaking of blue stockings, spectacled spinsters, disdained of Cupid, Not at an. The American woman has always tact enough to remain womanly. Even among the heroines of the platform I have always noticed a little touch of ooquetry, which proves to me that man is not in usurd- nent danger of being suppressed in America. Only a few days after 1 set foot In New York, a friend took me to visit the offices of the principal newspapers of the olty. Pass ing along a oorridor in The World's ofiioes, I remarked a lady writing in one of the rooms. My friend led the way In, and presented me to her,. I found her to be a pretty brunette of about twenty or twenty-two, delightfully piquanto, and with most distinguished man ners, 1 was struck with her simple bearing and her Intelligent expression, and, on leav ing tbe room, naturally wanted to know to whom 1 bad had tbe pleasure of being intro duced. I then learned that this young Ameri can girl did all the literary reviewing and gossip for Tbe New York World, and took op as large a salary as one of the best writers on tbe staff of The Paris Figaro. ' Tbe SU Nicholas Magazine Is conducted by a lady. Mrs. Dodge. Since ber husband's death, Mrs. Frank Les lie has carried on, under her own manage ment, the numerous magazines which issue (rom the bouse founded by that gentleman. Tbe largost newspapers, and all the prin cipal reviews, have ladles on their staffs. Mrs. Mary Louise Booth, wbo dlrecte Tbe Harpers Bazar, receives a salary of 18,000, Tbe two editors of The CritJo are Miss Jeannette U Gilder and Mr. Joseph B. Gil' der, sister and brother of Mr. Richard Wat eon Gilder, poet, aud chief editor of The Cen tury Magazine, wbo himself has for colleagues Mr Buel and a talented lady. I might name many mora, - ' The education of tbe women being in America very much tbe same at that of the men, ladles naturally may aspire to many ployments which, in Europe, are looked upon as being the monopoly of man. , chicken mhe preferred, the wing or the leg. . Are the New England women Salntee Nl- bnches! . . ;'-.. -"T"-". CHAPTER Xlt , ! In a country where woman is a spoUtcbOd, petted and made so much of, wbo can do and dare almost anything, it Is strange to find women wbo are not content with their lot, but demand tbe complete emancipation of their sex. American women asking for complete emancipation! It makes one smila 1 was talking one evening with Ma Deve reux Blake, the chief of tbe movement a middle aged lady, of a fluent, agreeable con versation, wbo has declared war to the knife against tbe tyrant man. "You most excuse me, I said to her, "if I ask questions, I am anxious to learn. 1 bare submitted so many times to the interviewing process in your country that I feel as if I had right to Interview the Americans a little far my torn. The American woman appears to me ongratef ul not to be satisfied with bar Sot, SiMSBome to rale the roost fat theUnlkwI States. "No," replied Mrs. Blake, "she Dose not, but she ought. - "But abe certainly does, I Insisted, "De facto, perhaps, bat de jure, no." "What do you want morer" "Tbe right to make laws. "Whardo yoa mesa by thatf &Tbe rl'ht of voting for candidates for congress, and even tbe right to a Seat fa the house of representatives." This appears to me a little exacting, and almost an fair," 1 observed timidly. "Yon probably already make your btisbanda vote as yoa pies); If, added to this, yon are going to throw your own rotes Into tbe electoral urns. It means the extincticsi of man. edttxr more nor less, and as Leon Gozlaa says: 'It is perhaps as wsfl that toore s&uld he two sexes, (or some time tonga- at all events.' My desr tody, yoa are epuCk chiWrea, aad spoilt children are perar sstufiol A lady, wbo enjoyed that moat estnemed of woman's rights, the rtat to be pretty, gavs me some very curious dctsiis 00 Uk sit ject of 5ew York life, Ws wars spesUng of the senility of sromrn in the large cain, and of tbe ruk thc-y raa in going out aluoe a!- cL-'jtaJL I I have buco stnx-k rUb I'm rcf.i! :v j CHAPTER XIIL Tho Now England descendants of the Part- tons have Inherited a more than British prudery, - . ... Tbe word "leg" Is improper, yon must say "lower limb." Trousers have become "lower garment" Instead of going to bed, people "retire," so that the bedroom becomes the "retiring room." - A lady having said not long ago In a Phila delphia drawing room that sbe felt cold in bar beck, created a veritable panto among the oostear guests, I rend tbe following piece of Information in a Now York paper among the news from New England dtyi The authorities have begun a crusade against the node in art One of tbe wealthiest gentlernon In the city will be proceeded against for keeping hi his bouse copies of tbe Venus of Mllo, tbe Venue de Medici. Conors! Venus, Powers' Greek Slave, tbe Laoooon, and other works." iK.no g my stay in new York, I was con stantly bearing of a curtain Mr. Anthony Comstock, wbo bad attained oeiohrity by campaign be bad andartakea against nudltioa Mr. ta)atock vtsltad the museums, raiierios, exhlbi tions and shops, and, w beower be found a bit of flesh portrayed in paint or marble, he want before the magistrates and bad a grand fieUday. 1 most my, for the credit of the New Yorkers, that Mr. Ckxnstock bad earned for bimsair a reputation as grotesque as tt wasaoisy. To Laxs cp such a hoe of censor ship Is, it stems to me, to publisb oast owa psrverslty, and tbe fadivtdual whose salud is so Ul informed that be cannot took at an ar tixlic counterfeit presentment of tbe bumaaY form divine without thinking evil thoughts, is to be pUied, If not despised. But I suppose there will always be quack doctors with toe cant of virtue oa their 11 e and Sahy unaginaxious h their bearta, . Meanwbila, to American newspapers seemed to took epon Mr. Coutoch asa legiti asts target for tbeir jotaa and satire. The New England ladies bare tbe reputa tion of beisg ths snort easily shocked wossco in tbe worU. Aa, American gr-ctsnaa tU me thats Phils U.hia issdy. at wUnw e.ie he mum-til 00m ily at taLio. grew red to ttr vwy -re at Lis a-l. L r U.-h twrt tf a " CHAPTER XIV. 1 Jonathan is the cousin german of, John Bull, but yet not so German as one might imagine, for, If Germany supplies America with two or three hundred thousand immi grants yearly, those Germans dohot German ize America;, on the contrary, they them selves become Americanized, thanks to that faculty of aicdmilatioa which tbey.poess in such a high degree. ' : One strong proof of this is tbe way In which women are treated from one end of the Uultod States to the other. And here 1 may say that In this matter Jonathan seta John Bull an example which tbe latter would do well to profit by; ;. , . , Whilst English justico gives merely ore or two months' Imprisonment to tbe man wbo is found guilty ot having almost' kicked bis wife taleata, an American town Is in arms at the mere rumor of a man having mal treated a woman, ' - 1 Somattmoa the chastisement takes a comio form. Tbcra aia ton distractions in the lit- Uo American towns, and native humor finds an outlet in strange fashions, A man who Ul treats bis wife, or forsakes ber for another woman, Is often tarred and feathered. Tbe operation Is curious and satisfies the-von- goanoeof the populace, while procuring them an bourls amusement, ''.."' , The delinquent Is led, sometimes- to the sound of music, to a retired spot. There he is stripped to the skin and coated over with tar from head to foot. This done; he is rolled in feathers, which of course stick to him and give, bun tbe appearance of an in mense ugly duckling. To give a finishing to the operation, his clothes are sometimes car ried off, and tbe mob wish him good luck. 'This chastisement is often applied to woman, whose conduct is known to be un moral. In such cases I need not say it Is the women who operate on the culprit Tbey wont their husbands and sons to be able to get about . without danger, and tbey take upon themselves tbe task of keeping the moral atmospbore of tbe neighborhood healthy. Tbe Idea appears primitive, but morality thrives by it : ; ,s - ii ; The susceptibilities of American women are sometimes very easily wounded. A paper having announced a man's death nndertho beading: "John E. gone to a hot ter borne, " tbe widow brought , an action of libel against the editor. ' Tbe further west one goes tbe more appar ent becomes tbe power of the women; tbe further west one goes tbe rarer does woman get Is this tbe reason! , To every American hotel there Is a ladies' entrance. ' This Is to prevent oon lamination from the possible contact of man, ( When it rains or snows an awning Is thrown out over the pavement; but 1 dare soy a permanent triumphal arch will ultimately be demanded by the ladies. . Mere , is a little story which would supply very good subject to tbe novelist or the dramatist ' - Idaho territory ties very far west Indeed, and there Is an alarming scarcity of women there. This has been curiously Illustrated of late hi tbe town of Wagon Wheat Recently two young ladies traveled to that remote , region to attend to their dying brother. The poor fellow did not Long re quire their services, and Immediately after his death the sisters prepared to return borne. Before, however, they could got away, nearly tbe whole population of tbe town beaded by the mayor and other high officials were making matrimonial overtures to them. Feel ing ran very high during Ave or six anxious days, and tbe mayors chances, despite bis mature years, ruled the betting at six to one. At the end of tbe week both young ladies had capitulated, and were duly engaged, Tbe mayor was, however, cut out by a handsome young miner. Tbe wadding day was fixed, and tbe mother of tbe young ladies was sum moned upon tbe scene. Here troubles began. Sbe duly arrived, but was hotly Indignant with ber daughters for the scant respect which tbey bad manifested toward their brother's memory ' by such Indecent faaioe to wed, Tbe girls explained that tbey bod literally been besieged, and bod yielded to the overwhelming force of circum stances. As usual, explanations increased too offense, and tbe mother vowed that neither of them should bo married out there at all that, In fact, tbe engagements wore "off," and that tbey must be off too. The cap of felicity was thus rudely dashed from tbe lips of the two accepted men, and they made baste to tell their sorrows to the town. An Indignation meeting was held, and the mayor appointed a committee to wait upon tbe Irate, matron in order to ask ber to reconsider ber resolution. The mayor, with rare magnanimity, conskler- mg tbe cruel blow his own hopes had just received, placed himself at tbe head of tbe deputation, and in the name of patriotism implored the good Udy to grant the petition, which be ardently urged. Sua however, stood firmly oa her parental rights. and declared that she would not leava ths town without ber two daughters. Then the geniue of tbe mayor shone forth like the sun. and proved equal to ths occasioa Us blandly proposed a 00m promise. Why need the leave at all! He drew ber attention of course In most delicate Urum to the fact that she was fair, plump, and fifty odd, and that similar language might be taken ss descriptive' of himself. There and then be offered her his band and heart, and the young ladies a kind fa loot and protector. That settled the matter, and three mar riages toon place with great flourish of trumpets at Wagon WheeL. CHAPTER XV. In America gentlemen dress Is plain, eren severs; a big bat, block coat, dark trousers. Eaacy cloth is little osed, even in traveling. 1 remesnber well tbe seosatioo I created with a pair of light gray trousers In a email Puylrania town. Every ooe soatned to look at DM as If 1 had been a Strang animal;. ba tbe botoi the waitresses nndgad one an other, and scarcely rspiesisd a giggle; and me street orceins followed mess if 1 bad been a member of the Sioux tribe fa national cos . Tbe day efter my arrival, one of tbe local papers announced that a Frenchman bad laadad In tbe town the day before -In white trotrsera, and that bis popularity had beau as prompt as deciaira - American ladies di-ass very well as a rule, but tire a great number who cover tl-em- 1 with f urbtlows and j?eJ.v and so l-r. 5 as esb llm ie costly, trouUe tiMtiai-i u i :- t . r t t'.e I t American women have plenty of style ol their own, and also a great deal of distinc tion and grace, but tbey always look dressed for conquest ; It is well to be It, but not well to show it ' Tbey are apt to laugh at the tot letrof English women, and model their owd dress on French lines. ; For my part, 1 think that nothing can surpass a fresh, young En glish girl in O cotton drees and simple strsnv bat :,'W'-7 ''-':,' . ' The' fashionable) headgear, during my so journ in tbe states, was a high, narrow con struction, perched on the top of the head, and surmounted with feathers. At a certain dis tance, it gave its wearer the look of an irate' cockatoo. . There are French milliners in New York, 1 believe. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes pro' tends that tbey deteriorate oh American soft I remember we got upon this subject during? a pleasant chat about his early days in Paris, and be said: "By tbe time a French milliner has been six months in New York, she wilt make a bonnet to frighten a Chortaw lnV dian." . ,; . , At the theatre, women wear silk, which? prevents one from bearing, and bate a foot high, which prevent one from seeing. . American ball toilets are ravishing. Here' the diamonds are in place, I do not know any' gayer; more intoxicating sight than anr American ball room, Tbe display of luxury is on a gigantic scale. Tbe walls are covered' with flowers, tbe rooms artistically lighted;' the dancing animated, and tbe true spirit of gnyeyr' everywhere Vistula Tbe young' women are ideal in- beauty and brilliancy, and If It were not for the atmosphere, which' Is hot enough to batch silk worms, you would pass the evening in on ecstasy of enjoyment . The wlvesof men with middle class incomes' Imitate the luxury of the millionaire's wife I expected to find it so; in a democratic coun try frogs try to swell Into oxen. They put, themselves out. until, they burst, or rather' -tntil their husbands burst ' ' - " s . . In France always, and fas England when ba eli let ber, a wife keeps an eye on ber bus-! band's Interest ",1b America, sbe often lays) hands on his capital. . '-. ' , , ' J : - CHAPTER XVI. i : " v ! . There j op country where yon bear to many good anecdotes, and no country wherey tbey are so well told. . - Tbe Americans are delightful raconteurs; they are past masters in the art of msking, those light graceful, witty little speeches,' which give to their dinners such a unique' charm. Then the humor Is delicate, tbe wit of tbe brightest, ' Irony and elegance com bine to make these discourses veritable littler- literary gems. , Here Is a specimen of Gotw Horace Porterw .. drollery portrait of an old typical Puri tan, given at a "New England" dumcrt - j "The old Puritan was not the most rollick ing, thejolliest tbe most playful of men. Hsr at times amused himself eodJy He Was given' - to a mild disregard of the conventlrmalitles,! He hod suppressed bear baiting, hot it Is be lieved, because It gave pain to the bear, bat bocause it gave pleasure to tbe aodienra , HW found tbe Indians were the proprietors of tbe land, . and be felt co rot rained to mors' against them with his gun, witb a view tar Increasing the number of absentee landlord He found the Indians on one side and thtr" witcbos on the other. He was surrounded) witb trouble He bad to keep the Indians-' under Are and the witcbee over It Tbeae were some of the things that reconciled that good man to sudden death. He never let the sun go down upon bis wrath, but be. 00 doubt, often wished that he wae In that ref gion near the pole where tbe sun does not go down for six montlie at a tune and gives wrath a fair chance to materialies. He was' thoogbtf ul man. He spent his days invent lng snow plows and bis evenings In sipplng: hot rum and ruminating upon tbe probable' strength of the future prohibition vote,' Those were times whep tbe wives remon strated with their husbands regarding the unfortunate and disappointing results of too' : much drink, particularly when It led- ths mon to go out and shoot at Indians ahd mist' them. These men generally began drinking 1 on account of tbe-biteTof a snake, and nstaaU-sl had to quit on aocount of attacks tram the7 tarns reptiles. ' . 1 Gen. Porter was kind enough to Introduce me to New York audience on one occasion. "Ladies and gentlemen," began thegeneraf wlthout relaxing a muscle of his face, "!' claim your indulgence on behalf of tbe speaker who Is going to address yoa. He has" to speak In a language not his own, and, be' sides, be bat not the resource of some of our eonntrymen, who, 'when their throats are' tired, can speak through their nose American women run their husbands and fathers very close in tbe matter of wit, Their wit Is apt to be a little more sarcastic; perhaps, Tbey are not women for nothing. J- ; CHAPTER XVIL . ' Humor only springs in simple, unaffected" character Yon find It In tbe Scotch, it overflows fat tbe well bred American, wbo la the prince of good fellows, . -' Tbe Americans are so good at taking a Joke, so good tempered that even In public, they" enjoy to banCor each other and serve ss butts' for each other's sarcasms; It is on these occar tions that American bumor is allowed free play. There are even "Gridiron" clubs, clube where quests are Invited only to be pat 00 thogrilL Tbe most famous of .these lsthe Dover club at Philadelphia, Outside Para dise thero h no p'laoencre men are treated with so little resrpnkto fjjeir rsnfc "Gentlemen says Jfap., president "I have the Bo dot to' propose the first toast of the evening. Let us fill our glasses and drink to the bonorabl member of congress on my right 1 doubt not yon will push your amia bility and patience so for as to listen to bis speech in respectful slieoca He will bs alt tbe more proud ' to have an audience to nig tit, boraiise, as we all know, when tb honorable member gets us to make a speech at Washington the benches begin to empty by magia Geotleaicn, give him a chance. f ' The oongrawnan taxes tbe joke merrily, and thus coouncnesa his speech: "GentieuKU 1 mean members of the Clover Club." ; The members pocket the satire wfta hearty lauga. PrsiBaUy ovics tbe turn of the second speaker. This one spet-Ls in a sraroely audll-le voi.-u. "Raise your voice 1 cry tbe meinltr, , "I'm sorry ya esnsx.-t B- r, - - y r. . srer-s the :-r, ''c iy c- .r r." Tl4crio?of "I- . ..-:".
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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July 18, 1889, edition 1
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