WE ENGLISH

Shannon News, 4 January 1928, Page 4

WE ENGLISH

We are'-'-** 3|t»eer race, English! independent, but.oh, so %«3ular! (writeswthe Hon. Lady Forfeseue). * The deisre to visit new countries is bred in us, inherited from a mixed ancestry which came,. saw. and conquered. But unlike the people of other nations, we are not

adaptable—we remain terribly British wherever wo are; we expect, in our arrogant way, that others shall adapt themselves to us. Thus the English woman in Prance demands her cup of English tea. In every restaurant or hotel in Paris, towards the hour of five o'clock, is heard an English wail: "Why can't one get decent tea in France?" Only in dress do w e acknowledge the superiority of the French. It is the ambition of every English woman today to possess a French hat modelled to her head by clever Parisian fingers. No chic Frenchwoman would ever wear a ready-made hat. We in England buy several model hats each season to match our dresses; the Parisian has one, or, perhaps two perfectly-made hats moulded, on her. shingled head and destined to harmonise with her clothes.