DIFFERING IDEALS.
UNKIND AMERICAN CRITICISM OP BRITISH WOMANHOOD. Some of the American sailors liarc been giving me their impressions of London (writes a "Daily News" representative). "You don't hustle here as wo do in.Now Ybrk City," said one. "It takes timo to get around. We've a lot of nifty "stunts." "The English talk queerly, said his friend, n fine lad of twenty. "In America wo pronounce the 'h' and here you don't." One lad asked how the King was elected. "Say, is he chosen by the mayors?" he- demanded. "You've a lot of good-looking men walking around," observed another, "but tho girls arc no class; wo haven't teen a pretty one yet." , We had strolled- along W lntehall to Westminster, where wo saw a lively Surfragettc hunt. A girl with auburn hair Hying in the wind was being chased by a policeman. She niijjhfc iifivo stepped from a picture of Rossetti'.--. _ "There, at any rate," I said, "is a pretty girl for you.". ; .Tliev would not admit it. "Not prctiy enough to hnve the vote," they declared. Evidently English and American ideals of beauty differ, Floral Tributes.—Gifts of rare n U j', choice Flowers are always acceptable for friends or relatives. Designed.and arranged artistic emblems are always to bn at MISS MURRAY'S, Vice-B eR al Florist, 3B Willis Street. Tel. 265. Wedding Bouquets and designs sent to anj part of Dominion.—Advt. I
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1017, 5 January 1911, Page 9
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232DIFFERING IDEALS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1017, 5 January 1911, Page 9
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