A Criticism Of English Girls

IVIlV C:lll Hot ElIJflisll girisho tlUürllt ' t niovn. walk, stiinil, nul ivoii lauyli. ■ Kwii f they mniii'fo1 lo einar aroom ; wil h rase ni' I hcli-possession, lliey lnck tliat jfift of trnoo tlin , whfii it is not naninl, ran be rery' ve!l imitated by training. As lo "slaiui ïult at. oase." netoiiu Enylih womfui in fiftyoan cl) il. ïliey are yi ven to reating their weiglit 011 one foo , nul ihcn trnnefeï riiijr ii ti the other. A II ulo training wou ld show . )i in ihat il is liiuch less fiuiyuiim-, and Incoinpnrably mora rniijefnl lo balance the wciglitequully ii pon both. Il woultl nol ihcii bc ïn'cessary t woar tlie hcad upon one side, ns thouli they bad brouglit out some ouo else'n in mistake. As to lauhing, liow soldoni oxcopt on tlie slagc, do wc liear a rcally muidcal laiijfh. A little cdiicaiion in tlie art would not make tlieir l'anfliter artificiaK and tliey wonld Blirely onjoy it all tlio more If they eowlu ralixo tlial lliey mibt induige in inirlli witliont nnikiuL tlicniseives look so vory ugly, as s occasioiiftüy tbc case. It mus Ui families sonietimea to disiort ibcir couuteuancü in laughter. I knovr a fainily who lnugh a great dcnl. Tlieir eyes always sluit lip wben they do so, and it is the i'unniest, tbing wben one dines with tbem, Biidsometlinigamusing is said, to look around tbc table, aml sce exactly the sanie distortion on every í'u-,e. Thera is not an eye left in tlie Ifimily. Tbrc sisters wnoin I know show quile balf an inch of pale pink gum wben tliey laugli. In tlieir presence, like Wenilell Holmes, one "never dares to be as funiiy as one can," for fcar of soein this iippalling triple visión of gtims. A little training il cliildhoou won UI make tlioir laughter a pleasant tbing to look at, for they have all pre tv little square tceth, very wbilo and fvnn.