AN AMERICAN'S OPINION OF AUSTRALIANS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 138, 29 May 1880, Page 2

AN AMERICAN'S OPINION OF AUSTRALIANS.

The eoiiespondei.it of the San Vrnn. ciscu Bulletin sent over to the Exliilii tion characterizes the show .is simply big bazaar, ami thus gives his idea of i|,„ Australians :—" But the people are wovtll studying. They tun Anglo-Saxons, a,,,i yet unlike both the Americans and ||,„ English. One is puzzled at- lirst in t|,„ attempt to analyse the difference in i,], v . sirpio and demeanour. It is evident thai an Australian type is rapidly develop!,,,, itself which in time will be as distinct a< that of New England. As compare,| with English people, the inhabitants of this colony arc thinner and taller. 'J'),, woman hick the English hue of health as well as the English beauty. Thev dress badly, too ; the materials mav \' m rich enough, but the taste is execrable There is a slouching style about bullj sexes which is very offensive to the eye of the stranger. The men dress worse than the women, and always seem 'on the loaf.' There is a lazy way „f pursuing both business and pleasiire'lirrt: wich iz quite distinct from the. dignity of the East The children arc, like ohm in the States, precocious enough. As a rule, 1 should say they were just r_s liadly brought up in as New York. Tlw amount, of me.it which children as v.- .; as grown people, consume here'is something surpiising. Three times i!.-i; iv children arc allowed to gorge on entire • beef and mutton. Babies arc taken Frew the breast to suck a bono ! Imtcinu ;■. child refusing fruit ami cakes fur siir!, fnv! No wonder the Australian !•,;■,.. i- altering u entally :is well as physiesii!ifor the worse. A diet chiefly eompo.-e.| of animal food mid tea must in a oven ration or two produce deletorious ell'e.■:.. Already such are visible. The dill'eivi: •... between a New South Welshman ami pii hluglishmjiu is much the same as li ;. which exists between the sparrows i-, I'nioTi ami Madison-squares anil their English ancestors, with the exception that, instead of having a smart, ourready appearance, you must imagine ;i Madison l'ark sparrow who has been ■■» a •high' in Bowery, rind is slouching rti'itmd the fountain suifering a recoverv."