Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . judicial pronouncement in her case, as theirknowledge of her has most often been of afleeting kind. The French novelists viewof her may be treated as a negligible quantity,and cast aside with a smile. To him she isalways the daughter of a milliardaire—amillionnaire would not suffice to gild thefair creature—and, according to him, she islittle more than nn flirt. It must be ad-mitted that she does indulge in that pastime—it is a pleasure to her, though it cannot besaid that it gives the man much, i
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . judicial pronouncement in her case, as theirknowledge of her has most often been of afleeting kind. The French novelists viewof her may be treated as a negligible quantity,and cast aside with a smile. To him she isalways the daughter of a milliardaire—amillionnaire would not suffice to gild thefair creature—and, according to him, she islittle more than nn flirt. It must be ad-mitted that she does indulge in that pastime—it is a pleasure to her, though it cannot besaid that it gives the man much, if any, pain ;nay, it may be added that it gives him greatpleasure while it lasts. After all, there isa good deal to be said in defence of theAmerican girls flirtation. She has not,like girls of some other nations, been taughtto look upon man as something vastlysuperior to herself; she has been broughtup with him to a greater extent than herEuropean sisters ; she has never had theidea ingrained in her that she must getmarried early, and, consequently, jump at 763 764 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS. MRS. ROOSEVELT AND MISS ETHELROOSEVELT. the first man she meets. She prefers judgingfor herself. She never flirts with a man forwhom she has a thorough respect. In speaking of her, the late Sir EdwinArnold was most complimentary. Afirin! *(the Persian for 0 Allah, make manymore of them !) was the prayer he breathed,nor would he add another word about her. His Excellency the Chinese Ambassadorat Washington, Wu-Ting-fang, has thus puthimself on record over his own signature : The most pronounced mental characteris-tic of the American woman which I haveobserved is her quickness of me her sense of perception is you tell her anything, however com-plicated, she grasps the idea at once. Ihardly know how to analyse the origin ofthis sense. It is a trait very marked in allAmericans, and developed to a high degreein the American women. Perhaps it is due tothe fact t
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