THROUGH AUSTRALIAN EYES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 3

THROUGH AUSTRALIAN EYES.

I': y/.Eeaders;: ;•':. 'JS Jfhb'-have j puzzled ■ oyer! the;,'curjous .words' /.-, ? > nsed in-Jfashibn "descriptions,.;will. be■.in-. ;'.;/';terested "in." thea'b'rightly-written. account, :.'/:;:Df an -experiences 'in/ /;/":. ■■'' a." ; Sydney, ; ;.', : .r.'papM^.:She^talb';"Kow''-she.''went:-sho^'w ;.' i; At;,;the:/store_.l/ ; fbund/ : ;that,/niy, lock of. :.V' w : : .lcnmle^ge^df.T.the". : /:,/:jvfas ' a^Tery;:seribusVd^'awback;^ J for :!the. .;•: ;'asastant;. : hadi;to?'ask ; 'me'.;wh'at\l,; wished' ■'■/■ I. caineslear. \ to. homely; ; ;-::■/: 'Australian • way •■ I/' had'aiked'to./see.'some/ y/;:7"Ma^ :/';:-/.;-her,,/instead:.of'"the;.custimary' "I.beg par-' >;/:•>■ / -■;;'-.thing; ; elsei;:ahUvit took;'in'e sbme ; time' to £;j: -The ':'■• /-..partnient ; sqinething; verywonder-; ;v ; '.iulj/'and^fearful/;indeed;:';put /you,":must ././!■ thaye-plenty;.t'pf .timeV'at/your-disposal-, be-' ' r '-..-,--.iwi you. dttempt/tb;shop,:tn'ere,."\-There, ■J). i.,«re' so':many.-.people; to/serve that-./the '//'vjristantSiCa'n'afford-toJlet brie small;'per-. ';'?, ;/:'«ori"Wait;./and:;'then; wh'eriiyouihave/suo-.. ;':; making; a/ : purcnase;'tKer6';is. : ari- : :.'!■■'. .'^cther/long/wait; for ;change; "■;.:Havirigi; gbt-',-'-.:/./<or:,/;"gotten J ,');;'.sati .; ':./''suit,?];lliproceeded•• to./inotherj'.depart :://.v-'rflerit - lr andVas]^-;^6r«"marMriff.?iiifc.'". ; <-T.he' : :Y;V-/-ybuthi.there''suryeyed.me'fbr a moment," ,*' a'/fla'shf of: intelligence .illumined : ■'.- ,iihis/ifaceirand?.,h6;;saidiA;ri';buv''mean"inde- ;.,.•. ..Jible; ink,- "Is" suppose ?'-'"-. -Next': I-. ascended ":• //-tpi: the part 'of 'the •store, 1 -and' ■ p.':■■; inadeiirny | --"request tor ,"a.";.cup 'of.;tea".'/A Y. >~ «up:.bfi'liquidi was'brought': to but!--if " / ; ;.in _n'o;. r way.-'/resembled, s the /"beverage"' for. i ■•/•", which -I; r- thin» ;.:;.-;/ the '/make'.tea.',': Their'/coifeevis.excellbnt.vbut; ;/:■;,'their/'-'itoa—it;.'ciires'!;orie ;.' of-"';thei ! "tea- 1 . :?/• .:.drinMng:/habitj";that/;is::aU;-';?/'Y;;::-,' > : t-•'. MursejVincreased'Corisiderably,'/and'l;airi ; . ,:;. >w«U.\ BuMKereis 6till;m'uch',-very,'m'uch, : ://;';': for, 'me: to Jlearn;./:, before: I /'shall; be' - that '■!':.'. ' yery-much-to-be'-envied'.'thin^g—or,*- /rather,-' :":'/"/person—an-.-American/ woman;,' isa '■'■ well-. .■•;■--.'■'./grobined/tis shei'/sb',/.^slick,"/so;• taut *'andl : /dainty; and nowhere is she/ better,catered' <; ; ::;for'/tbari-"in^New,;,Ybrk.vSne/(will: have />./;,.dress, /she. must, have-dress;/ the" shops jare; !.V'.V 'well-filled, "she argues, and why. should not' ;/v;, her "wardrobe /be. the / same ?■ i She jis \ jnr •: /l.dependerit.-'to. a; degree, ..and- yet "she. does; 1 ///r.i/'notwarit/thb'vbte,/ she will: tell you; .be-' ;. /.'cause she'raight lose sbme'of, her. womari- ;;;/ liness;/';This ; is'really;a:joke, for I'should ::'/.:' imagine'^',that/'nowhere, : /are,a''J;he.j/'n , omen /-..'■'-.//'more..self-reliant America,.and, ,-Y: the:Am'ericanV.wp'man;is",intelligent if'she;J :;,';; is'a'nythirig^^ '';-:•/,hold rfh^'-'.owrfi!vJantf->jit'f''!gnsjnes^i^eJl, >v ..,.;/ tb?b'e v the?business/ woman's. -. /. para'disei:v Her /Bc'pg'raphiij.-.is just, a,little; ■/'rbit'shaky i whcri.it' cbmestothe' uttermost- ./:-,-; pa'rtsV.of,'the*:earth,'//and-she/.hazards/la ':; - cuess;;tKati New,/Zealand,.is somewhere" a, .;'//,': little'; to /' the ./'east,' of. ' the ••;'Philippine ;-,:Vlslarids,'"arid'anyhow there is 1 no/time: for.',! . about''.th^e! / /: .<,w6men/ ; vote.-arid ; ;db, all/ sorts of.'curious :://./ things.';.;lndeed, •& woman fi-oni/ Australia' ..::/ //really seems a curiosity./' /One smart ybiiiig \>M: woma'n;i'askpd;''riie" > :,'a' ;/.';' ■; :phonogiaph"';/aid v anbther:.wvii:lied'she/had; :"/!.-• a.'inap; so;that:-I'-'cbPld,just' ; pbirit''.out-'tb ";'■• :',her' ; it' ■ : : ./;\.to -be/s'bmewhere/iri-' the /Southern ,'Heiriis-'; ?'" " here,:vbut''was;'hqt;; quite certain J 'whe"re." t: is rather deplorablep-.that- "a person 'of' ;.,; ,//W!riiuch.;inteUigence v shbuld v fead.'sbl -.'../':. novels: are devoured;': but//books" of'travel: ~';Vand ./history,:' -I: find 'from -.conversation' 'v, !i ,with:a.librarian; ; ;areivoted ."too- deep." ,;/'.;3urelyi. if;«she'vwould;!-bear -/. comparison: .womenKofi ' '.- : America//tie jAmericani.woman:,bf;,to-day .:,';/.must, readj'but;the' new'spaper./furnishes l /-■'/',- her':; ynth ./-the V-latest ;; sensatibn -'arid/; tho //v:!: Vlatest/-' divorce'/suit, '/and-/-..that ','seems 1 to. ./;.;' ';«atisfy^'lier/;'-!:; j'/v; A-.-"iO/X-'-f; Mt/'v'-i 1 V ...../With::it;/all, ;the*/Amer'icari : w'oinari''is. /." ',':kinihear.ted,-when;^^price >'■ . ; ;;'":'.'!are"'aroused; arid./brie'js'Vinclined'to.! for-' ;;!//- give /'the American, ,/:"? :.courtesies- ; whenJbrie^.'considers,vth'eVlittle, //'■/-;'time '. disposal!'/;/Hb' must earn/the; ::/'ftdbllarsi;that, his;;wife. may'!be//as:'.well !.:-;: clothed'as : the "other./nian's"'wife.; What '.'•;..^^ ;! !we;:!iri;Aust.ralia , ;regard .;,•;'." sisters!' :regard /.as./ necessities;. " // costly; furs ,'are absolutely/a,rieceisify, they, >,- willifell you,'seriously; one-hvast':bewarm" .;.-..- and //one's /class, is,' : largely measured ; /by /, '.:• the./quality>'bf -one's coat— is' it /real''pbriy-, i! : //-Bkiri;vbr orily.'a > : gbbd''iiriitatioii?'''.Clothed. .;;.;" in .a'real /pbiy-«kiri,/coat,!'one.'can cora- -;.•;..:- mand" a/certain '.ameuit/,'of! respect; es- - -.-/pecially if one is./the,proud,possessor i>f >.;,,"/; e,. / hat i.with'; pinnies,' but .with: neither :'./;:" pony-skin! coat /nor /'plumes,! the /position /;/.:; is: hopeless. '/-/-'lf she /has" the money why- '■:.'"; does- i shp/.npt'-.dress?"-j7thus.,th(} A :American. !!/';:/■: banking account .does. -':.-':■, not ; '!inuch; i -,irij(eal'i!to: , ;her.;, ' "•'.■•'. the ;bardc!/when ;^/the. '■!/-";'6torfe , :/':;;.'-/ , ! is/.m'uch-to./.-be',' h^V ; reduced: p/; / cooHrig?tb'.'#'ifiri "!-./-. .wife/is-mistress'-of.;^^the'.'culiriary'.scien'ce!.' ';'/!,;;/3ut./the; pity!;qf;!it-is"that",few young ,'; . wives.,' So' few "/'./. haye',noines;/of/th6ir;;qwri;;/ren ■ V".: ajid//they.,'find; ■■-.-..'/ 'so; several / families.!Hyo iny the i.ono.houseV- "'.. ''•'.- '■' This:niean3;'an'-'utter./absenc'e"of home-life, '~; and; irius't -in ' time result' in : ./. v ■ tion -of, ; the"; race;»; There' is a' ; total ab s :/;/;'; sence?pf '.natural life./'arid 'the question -.wortli';- while?.- /'ls/, 'it, ./•' 'Z, worth-while,; to' give /up/'all.',.the'sweetest ..." things'/which life-'hos'tb' offer 'for the 'sake : ; -!';/of !.^p/eing';;plothed!tin.;;'broadclotji''—that' '■■: :' eaine';':broadclbthC-.'of ■'..'which'-.we/'hear-so^ ■ ■/:!':/,nrnch/ nowadays.'';'! *'[:-:\i /,;'?;';/'.;''' ■;!'''. ■;' : ''.- ■■■'■

,'.-:_One-:pf:^tho : ':'cßief women; ;it'will;.'oe" acknowledged, is. their moire y llustratibn.vi'.: She;; was''.an: earnest - politician,'.;and 'she": went -.'canvassing ; the .'right. ; .smUe,V.',to,''-the .'. shirt-sleeved'■ man "who' opened the ''door:'-'-"Good 'morning;" said Bhe,'_''cbuldiybn i <tell"me i rif'"Mr. ! Smith'.is ai' K6me?"V.''Qh!.'f, the 1 stolid'lman' : was' plainly r -surprised.,":'Es'dead-somei timo."' iTheu- 6aid: : -,the ; toy, :, i with/;"p«ncil ; '''and . cards-readj-' finy-'the- hewV address,-' ''And' ..can] you .'tell 'mo; where ■ he hits 'gone'.?" ;.- - • "Young' -lady: i ''ThVlastlbread'X got' of :tou ;.was:..so''hard;'l. .-'couldn't; eat.. it." Baker"(mdignantly) I •': 'fYoung lady,■; I : want :. you. a tb.Jniow. thatl .made bread: before: jrcra .were" ;bbrn." V Toung'. lady: : ; "Oh, I Son't doubt it.; .1 think.that some it it.you sold - : ni&':;.-VT."-';"'-' y' : - ."■'.'"'.',' •