Show I I Horrid Americans Anijciica says Vanity Fair ajr > ears tt be inhabited by wealthy hand some mdows with Pretty daughters and there also appears to bo a peeuliai fatal ity which carries off bonanza kiiiita at a rcmature age without their begetting male childien Besides this all Ameri cans > t jiilantt third families if such exist arc prohibited by the state from leveling level-ing abroad After a few further compliments of the same Reneral tenor Vanity Fat proceeds pro-ceeds The almighty dollar has been deified beyond allaecojjriition and unfortunately I unfor-tunately as to this latter they the American Amer-ican women have taken moro out of the country than they have brought into it for they are peculiarly lax arithmeticians and their reputed wealth has a knack of I dwindling miraculously after marriage However they are prottv ami do not last long Just how Aineiicaii omen hivc ever taken a penny out of England it would be interesting to learn And the Englishman English-man who did not know to a copper what his American wifes fortune was before committing himself to the altar is probably proba-bly in long clothes stillor unborn Wont somebody the truth about him iu return for Vanity Fairs kindly appreciation I appre-ciation of our women There is plenty of him to tell tales about and his manccuvera particularly particu-larly if lie bo of gentle birth and good breeding arc but one shade less bold and coarse than if he were bargaining for pigs without pokes in our great Western Pork opolis The American man marries for money as much as an Englishman but at least he does turn mound and berate Englishwoman English-woman and play the part of old Adam with the excuse The woman tempted mp Boston Globe |