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Show IN VIOLATION OF CUSTOM. - "When in Rome we must do as the Romans do" is an adage wholly disregarded by many American girls visiting Paris. They violate French customs by going alone to walk, shop or visit; and the girl who persists in doing this subjects herself to annoyance from the loitering gallant who takes her for what she is not. If she is determined to maintain her freedom and independence, in this respect, she must make up her mind to be occasionally accosted by a man she has never seen before - to be treated with a familiarity shown to a disreputable class of French women. This is the sacrifice she must pay for such an exercise of freedom and temerity, and between this and a compliance with the image which obtains in France, no girl, well educated socially, will hesitate, if she sets with common prudence. Nor does the annoyance end here; its effects extend to the family of the insulted damsel; for when it is known that there is a young lady in it who voluntarily runs the risk of this street nuisance, it closes the French door absolutely upon such a family. Under no circumstances would a French mother permit her daughter to make the acquaintance of a person of the kind, much less associate with her. To permit it, she would consider a grave dereliction of her duty as a mother. Therefore, if American girls really desire to be received by the best people in Paris, they will do well to conform to the customs of the place. |