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or    horse´races�察    �and   giving    grounds     for  tennis    and   golf   clubs。   Clever 

Southern   people�   �The   money   returned   to   them   a   hundredfold�察  �and   they 

lived to see their wild coast become the chosen residence of the wealthiest 

aristocracy in Europe�察�and the rocky hillsides blossom into terrace above 

terrace of villa gardens�察�where palm and rose and geranium vie with the 

olive and the mimosa to shade the white villas from the sun。 To´day�察�no 

little town on the coast is without its English chapel�察�British club�察�tennis 

ground�察�and golf links。 On a fair day at Monte Carlo�察�Nice�察�or Cannes�察�the 

prevailing   conversation   is   in   English�察  �and   the   handsome�察  �well´   dressed 

sons     of  Albion     lounge    along    beside    their   astonishing     womankind        as 

thoroughly at home as on Bond Street。 

     Those   wonderful   English   women   are   the   source   of   unending   marvel 

and amusement to the French。 They can never understand them�察�and small 

wonder�察�for with the exception of the small ;set; that surrounds the Prince 

of Wales�察�who are dressed in the Parisian fashion�察�all English women seem 

to be overwhelmed with regret at not being born men�察�and to have spent 

their time and ingenuity since�察�in trying to make up for nature's mistake。 

Every masculine garment is twisted by them to fit the female figure�察�their 

conversation�察  �like   that   of   their   brothers�察  �is   about   horses   and   dogs�察  �their 

hats and gloves are the same as the men's�察�and when with their fine�察�large 

feet   in   stout   shoes   they   start   off�察  �with   that   particular   swinging   gait   that 

makes      the  skirt   seem   superfluous�察     �for  a   stroll  of  twenty   miles     or  so�察�

Englishwomen          do   seem    to  the   uninitiated    to  have    succeeded      in  their 

ambition of obliterating the difference between the sexes。 

     It is of an evening�察�however�察�when concealment is no longer possible�察�

that the native taste bursts forth�察�the Anglo´Saxon standing declared in all 

her plainness。 Strong   is the contrast here�察�where they  are placed side by 

side with all that Europe holds of elegant�察�and well´dressed Frenchwomen�察�

whether   of   the   ;world;   or   the   ;half´world�察─  �are   invariably   marvels   of 

fitness    and   freshness�察    �the  simplest     materials    being    converted     by   their 

skilful   touch into   toilettes�察 �so   artfully  adapted   to   the  wearer's   figure   and 

complexion�察�as to raise such ;creations; to the level of a fine art。 

     An   artist   feels�察  �he   must   fix   on   canvas   that   particular   combination   of 

colors or that wonderful line of bust and hip。 It is with a shudder that he 



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turns to the British matron�察�for she has probably�察�for this occasion�察�draped 

herself in an ;art material�察─ � principally ;Liberty; silks of dirty greens and 

blues   ��aesthetic   shades�。�。   He   is   tempted   to   cry   out   in   his   disgust�此   �Oh�察�

Liberty� �Liberty� �How many crimes are committed in thy name� ─�It is one 

of the oddest things in the world that the English should have elected to 

live   so   much   in   France�察  �for   there   are   probably   nowhere   two   peoples   so 

diametrically opposed on every point�察�or who so persistently and wilfully 

misunderstand each other�察�as the English and the French。 

     It has been my fate to live a good deal on both sides of the Channel�察�

and nothing is more amusing than to hear the absurdities that are gravely 

asserted by each of their neighbors。 To a Briton�察�a Frenchman will always 

be   ;either   tiger   or   monkey;   according   to   Voltaire�察  �while   to   the   French 

mind     English     gravity   is  only    hypocrisy     to  cover    every    vice。  Nothing 

pleases him so much as a great scandal in England�察�he will gleefully bring 

you a paper containing the account of it�察�to prove how true is his opinion。 

It is quite useless to explain to the British mind�察�as I have often tried to do�察�

that    all  Frenchmen       do   not   pass   their   lives   drinking    absinthe     on   the 

boulevards�察�and   as Englishmen   seem to   leave   their morals in a valise   at 

Dover when off for a visit to Paris�察�to be picked up on their return�察�it is 

time lost to try to make a Gaul understand what good husbands and fathers 

the sons of Albion are。 

     These two great nations seem to stand in the relation to each other that 

Rome and Greece held。 The English are the conquerors of the world�察�and 

its great colonizers�察�with a vast capital in which wealth and misery jostle 

each     other   on   the  streets�察  �a  hideous     conglomeration       of   buildings    and 

monuments�察  �without   form  and   void�察 �very   much   as   old   Rome   must   have 

been under the Caesars�察�enormous buildings without taste�察�and enormous 

wealth。   The   French   have   inherited   the   temperament   of   the   Greeks。   The 

drama�察  �painting�察  �and   sculpture   are   the   preoccupation   of   the   people。   The 

yearly exhibitions are�察�for a month before they open�察�the unique subject of 

conversation   in   drawing´room   or   club。   The   state   protects   the   artist   and 

buys   his   work。   Their   CONSERVATOIRES   form   the   singers�察  �and   their 

schools the painters and architects of Europe and America。 

     The English copy them in their big way�察�just as the Romans copied the 



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masterpieces of Greek art�察�while they despised the authors。 It is rare that a 

play  succeeds   in   Paris   which   is   not   instantly  translated   and   produced   in 

London�察�often with the adapter's name printed on the programme in place 

of the author's�察�the French´man�察�who only wrote it�察�being ignored。 Just as 

the Greeks faded away and disappeared before their Roman conquerors�察�it 

is to be feared that in our day this people of a finer clay will succumb。 The 

;defects   of   their   qualities;   will   be   their   ruin。   They   will   stop   at   home�察�

occupied with literature and art�察�perfecting their dainty cities�察�while their 

tougher neighbors are dominating the globe�察�imposing their language and 

customs   on   the   conquered   peoples   or   the   earth。   One   feels   this   on   the 

Riviera。 It reminds you of the cuckoo who�察�once installed in a robin's nest�察�

that seems to him convenient and warmly located in the sunshine�察�ends by 

kicking out all the young robins。 



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               CHAPTER 23 ´ A Common 

                                  Weakness 



       GOVERNMENTS              may    change    and   all  the   conditions    of  life  be 

modified�察    �but   certain   ambitions    and   needs    of  man    remain    immutable。 

Climates�察�customs�察�centuries�察�have in no way diminished the craving for 

consideration�察�the desire to be somebody�察�to bear some mark indicating to 

the world that one is not as other men。 

     For centuries titles supplied the want。 This satisfaction has been denied 

to   us�察  �so   ambitious   souls   are   obliged   to   seek   other   means   to   feed   their 

vanity。 

     Even before we were born into the world of nations�察�an attempt was 

made     amongst     the  aristocratically   minded      court   surrounding     our   chief 

magistrate�察    �to  form    a  society   that   should    ��without    the  name��    be   the 

beginning of a class apart。 

     The    order   of  the   Cin

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