Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1900 — AMERICAN WOMEN ABROAD. [ARTICLE]

AMERICAN WOMEN ABROAD.

Compllmeirtar7~o|ii4iM ExpreMt by w> Kmin-nt English Lady. The woman who pervades all foreign) parts Is the American. Like the poor, they a-re “always with us.” Their dress, Walk, and general appearance are unmistakable long before the well-known accent proclaims the fact. You are grateful.to them," and you admire them. They are always well dressed, beautifully set up, almost always thin (and that is alone a virtue), and, finally, good looking. The girls are charming and pretty into the bargain, for no American girl is ugly. She has an air which makes It imposslbfe, and there is a freshness, brightness, and an originality which Is most captivating and which no one can resist. Americans are Ifull of Interest, curiosity, and sympathy in return. There is no false sham, jno reserve. They will tell you all about themselves, and would like to probe the most sacred recesses of your heart; which is not done from an idle love of gossip, or wanting to know things for the pleasure of repeating them, but |from a genuine desire to know you and all about you. >You can tell an * American woman Anywhere by her back, by the way she Ts coiffee, by the quick turn of hew bead, by the lightning glance that takes in everything. It is a universal dictum that American women age very early and soon lose their youth. Like many accepted opinions, it is erroneous, for .American women are blen conservee in 'every sense of the word long after they jhave passed middle age, and they retain their appearance of youth in a wonderful manner. Wherever you encounter ■them they are agreeable, easy, and ■willing to meet any indication of friendship in a most hearty manner.— 'Lady Jeune in London Telegraph.