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Show AMERICAN GIRLS. Tho prevailing tendoncy seems to bo to ouloglzo this young lady with a fervor calculated to creato Jealousy among her British sisters. At any rate., my own feeling Is that tho American girl deserves all sho gets. I havo seen a good deal of her not only in England, but on tho continent. conti-nent. Sho varies, llko tho offspring of nil nationalities, and it may bo said of her, as of tho llttlo girl In tho nursery rhymo, that "when sho Is bad sho Is horrid." But at her best sho seems to mo to ecllpso tho damsels of nil other nations. I don't quite know how sho does It, nnd, not being a poot, I could not describe tho process If I did. It Is not that sho is exceptionally beautiful. But sho has such an Irrcalstlblo way with her; sho Is such nn adept In tho nrt of looking nlco; sho is so witty and good-h'umored, nnd sho enjoys Ufa so thoroughly. In short, had I to decldo, llko Paris, botween tho rival chnrms of a bovy of modern beauties, I think nn American girl would probably tako tho apple. Consequently I rnthor envy tho British peers whothor or not personally per-sonally repulsive who aro nblo not only to find. Amorlcnn brldos, but handsome dowries thrown In. Honry Labouchoro in London Truth. |