The American Girl Abroad

Here is ;i pen-and-ink sketch of an American g;irl, which i.s interéstíag as showing how a Yankee giri seems to French eyes, "Stylish to the baekbone. Independent as independent can be, bul ei-v pure. Is devoted to pleasure, dresa, spending money; shows bermoral nature male, just u's it is, 80 :is to deceive nobody. Flirta all winter with tliis or t!i:it one and dismissea iiim in the spring, when she instant another. Goes out alono. Travela alone. When the fanoy strikes her she travels with a gentleman friend oiwalks anywhere wilh hir.i; puts boundto.SS Col] ti i ! li] tíiroiü do nothin ■ beforc she marrie . l u. she is a mot her annually, is . day, heai's aü night aotbing except nis about patent mauhinery, uaexplosive petroleum, chemical mam Shu thurrwill let her daaghtera enjoy the liberiy .she used wiilioi.it grave e. As notbing serious bappened to her, why süould Fanny, Mary, Jenny be less strone and 1jbs adi'oit theír iuoUrt!' She originatea f?j fashions. Parieian wom I her. Provincial wómen despise her. Men of ti 1 1 countries adore her, but will not marry her unless she has an imn i fortune. lier hair is vennüiou. paler than golden hair; her black eyes ure bold and frank; she has a patent ii 'tig forbidden i i erfeit, spreads aerself in ;i carriage as if slie. were in a hammock, the natural and thoughtless posture of her passion i'or luxurious ease. When ■ she moves briskly and throws everj glanoe right and left. Givea niany of her choughts to herself a.i;l few of them to ttnybody el e. Bha is ;t wild plant put in a hut-house.