SEVERE ON NEW ZEALAND LADIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1769, 17 February 1888, Page 3

SEVERE ON NEW ZEALAND LADIES.

A lady at Home bab c n'tibotsd to tue •'Ball" an article on "New Zealand Bellea m London," which contains some of the moat severe remarks on the dreß*, maaoert, education, aod appe*raoc< of ex-ool( ni*ls thai- It would be possible to put oo paper. Of IHBIB OREBS ■he says :— •" U< ood-im the first thing c to d>BO*'d nil New Z *'and habibmen *. fhp uprT'ceo of a b>«* c'»ss oont"urierp and moiist • ore tn '♦• tc d and to the intense ->uius«m»nt of her apprentices (ua»ny of wh>in are m very w y mir»* p'^seniab c than joar aspirant »o hmh-cl»as eoei-t.y) Mil nd Miss N<*v Z inlander Bre attired as " q ltli'y folk " Now their Ignora ca end total distrust of their o*n taste is shown by the helpless way m -hoh they hand tbeuosftves over to these people Ladies la E' glish society, from Royalty downwards, cett*lnly patronise hem, bat •till only have< ccaelonal gowns from them. The g* was and oouceti of the mo*«. eh «rra ingly-ettlred ladles In London, inondt g B. K.H. the P* inoess of Whl^s, are often tngges ed or des'gned by themselves and their ideas carried out by a private m>dise It is only your New Z»aUod-r and lea mnveaox riohes who rasa off a"d hand themselves over holtu tolas to their dreaennker on every occasion from whose band, al*s, they too of ren only emerge an expensive guy. B •« ever, havtDg obtained her drpfl*, t. c next, thing is to show it I off. This ebe h*s numerous opportunities 'to do, nt is vaatlv disappointed that every time she steps outside her door she is not known to nearly everyone by Bight and name as the won Id he m any New Z «a!and town This bs-ing the case she lnva r hb y adopts various forms of affect-ition to •engage afen't- n ' and attract, attention she do- s Oh ! if she only knew how Insulting Bach attention would be considered by an English gentlewoman." TM>IR MANN^BS. " In the railway t aio, at the exhibitions and all pnbl o fa olons yoa may alw+ys pick ont Mrs and Mifs Pfew Zeilaudar, if standing talking, by nroiltared po?n and loud tonaa, if Bittins, by the knpna always b^ing crossed, 'f walking, by their ancr* t*ln, and n^trftined c*(», m short, by a sinpeon o^ volj&tity, however high their s <cUI status, (mind, I am describing the wives and daughters of representative IVew Zealand mpn. suppofed to be ladies, for va'gar people sre nf aourae the same all »he w<rld over), final'y by a strong deter, minatinn to always engage attention, forming a mirk^d contra-t to the roMlity (with whom they are mixing) who glide about simply dressed, and quiet In demeanour. At the play th 9 atme thing ia apparent — load dres«and load manners, varied only by dowdy dreis and mawkish manners-" # * * * " Those. nf *hpm who were ' presented' rf crurae went throngh the p»tl mlnary o«ach«ng In 'earning tn • rr>aW a courte«y Bat these pooryoune thlneß wh<»n hrought faoe to faoe with Her Mcj >Bty, bashed wrleeled, pquirmed, n^d fi ally 'made' their onurtesj m the old *nd easy etyl». Nor wonld yon wonder if yon s»w »he raothas wh^n snrroanded by grandee, dnmps and 'heir dan?ht<^rs. Thry nre St> painfully ennKoions of their shnrtoomln.>s and total O' finest to be there (solely, mind, from w»«tof training and deportm^ r •) *ha f their confuilnn either render^ thf m helples* objects ' f pity, or 'hey mtk^ tip In brass what, they want m knnwjedgt* of etionpttp, and bri>Z'n It nn>, Y u s. br»eß helped a lot of theiuthr a?h. Ataifta^nt public gatherings, and indeed, p^'vata ro ret)ii>ri, they stand about In groups by themselves staring — oh. Vps, a'wnya staring and sometimes being «arlous<y earpd at. Now, to follow them fcome. Yonr New Zealand m«<ds »re sweetly Innocent of the etfqnette and rfqa^r^ment^ f >f a formal dinner m high society Suffice It to spy, that they cannot dine In the true »en9B of the word--th*»y devonr, e»t, feed — but dinr? no, never, well hardly ever The conversation that accompanies and sacoeeds the meal is distinctly Nefc Z>M»nd Opntlemen who are good judeeti say they on always pick ont. the New Z 'slanders by the way they pitch their voles, never by chance In the »ra«» oonvpt»a'ion»l tore, that 'hoy can npvrr Bostain a converastl >n, that their E< gMati on th* wbnle Ib pnrpp than many an English-woman's and that, they, m th»ir most guarded momenta, dr- p a H'tle slang. Indeed. % few maxbers have quite a little «);ook of New Zetland oltn? from this sonroa. Such a tKing as one of these girla shining as a brilliant, cultured society oonverefttlounilst has not been heard of, nor has ona m^de a marriage nf any note, and wby not 1 American girls do h< tb year aft^r year. Tn bold fi ration, such as «ome'imbs to draw a rebnk* from "ma" *nd sileit rebukes from eyes of the English ladies near, the New Zealand girl is an adept, hut In any of the de!lo«te nnances of harmles* coquetry she ia wantiDg. THBIE KDrCATION. "Now, to dfscatt upon their edoo»---ttonalty. 6otn<^ who oonptder rbemoeWea good amateur piano players, when seated In a London saloon are the veriest echo^l girls • the rame thing appti^a to their sinelng, thonijh m na»nr»l obilitles they are far superior to London girls, and beat them boUow. Jn singing, espfq'ally if thplr training yere only fa\f " Bi Vood as thfeJr yoicfes, t^ey would 'generally pass well, and score * suco ss. Bat th«»y have no style, and, sad "to say. »re somewhat deficient m fi'et principles. Taking d*noing agtln. D»^ce <hey m»st pertalnly do, and ; nmeu d^ «lsu, but— bar. — s nil I s»y it i — a t as iudif-s ehoqld In none of these a^oompii«hments did anyone thine, and sorse did not piss master." THEJU AppEAEA v C)BB. " Nor was tnern a Ne* 2} «»l*nd belle ; no she Is a thing of the fu>arg,' th"agb mist of the gir'a we^e comely und some pretty — I you only 1 <r>k?d at the f-«ce Th i ban^g of a New ZjiUnd girl are her bete noir ; 'he? «re n«ver by &ny o^iaoce ureity, +'d a-»met»m«* tell a tale "f hones' toil I*m tol i the w»o> of a vna out th*r«* »oiounts for It, B« *h»t »■ •* t um « — - — •» may, ».«!.- i«u ti rn^a'^s— hn^dd bad "