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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. NOVEMBKK 127. 1921. iV-vJ i i. 7 Famous Beauties of France Differ on "Who Makes the Perfect Lover?" Americans Find Favor With Many Interviews Disclose Var ied Viewpoints of How Yanks Make Love. B CnUrrul Btrrlr. Paris, Nov. 26. Wai CUire Sheri dan. English sculptress, right when she startled and shocked London so ' ciety with th opinion that American men made me best husbands? MARRIAGE was left out of the question, but here Is what the most famous women of Frante home of romance answered to the question: "Who makes the best loverf" By CLEO DE MERODE. Horguatla Flanraa of Leopold I, of Uolfium." Americans may appeal to the cold, reasoning sensibilities of an English woman, trained to repress her nat ural feelings and to shudder at pas sion as at something unclean, but no French woman will agree with her. The greatest lovef Is the Latin. All the great lovers of the world have been I.stins in blood if not in name. Conjure up but three names. H'i'go, Maupassant and Na poleon. Has any American ever loved as these men loved? . And, in our modern day there still remains one man who understands I. ve as love was understood a cen tury ago when it was art and be fore It became a science. I mean Gabriel d'Annunaio. Who has read d'Annunzio's works without feeling herself scorched with the ardent flame that lies beneath his genius? I once sat at the lame table with a great American, who had been president of the United States, and who came through Paris after shoot ing lions tn Africa. His was a won derful personality virile, intense, egotistical cordial and withal e vere. Without hearing him speak one knew that there was a great personage, man who had hewn deep the mark he was destined to leave on the world. But I I, who thrill In my senses at the touch of a strong man was left cold. Statesman this man was; hero I knew him to bo-soldier, genius, scientist; chief of hundred chiefs, a man among a million men. Seemingly the woman honored by his courteous smile should have been overwhelmed to the depths of her sensibilities. Yet I was left cold. This man of men was lackinglacking in the sub lime sixth sense which would have made him a god to me. And I could not help thinking: "If only this mag nifkient creature had just a drop of Latin blood In him, bow perfect he would bel" Frenchwoman's Views. ' You want to know how a French woman sizes up a man? I lll tell you. It is no secret, but it is the sort of confession one of your own women or one of the sensitive Eng lish women -could never bring her self to make.: First, we take a swift look at the enicmblel we notice his dress. Not that our idral must be neatly shod and correctly clothed, but the man who druses carelessly, who affects the flowing tie and the unkept hair and the badly-brushed troitfer,, must have a mentality to excuse hid make up. Otherwise) he is a fraud and a poseur and no woman with the cour age of her instincts would spare him a second look. Next we by a haphazard remark or two sound him out, to find whether he is fatuous or inspired, two qualities that mean falseness in the long run. A man soon reveals himself for what he Is under the skillful lead of an experienced wo man. What he does not say is often more important than what he does say, and instinct may be trusted to be a right-hand aid to observation and perception. Give me 10 minutes with any man and I will guarantee to tell you his character whether it is mean or ex travagant, narrow or broadminded, petty or large, honest or dishonest, vicious and cruel, or considerate and kind. The women who are deceived are the women who ignore their in stinctive summing-up and let them selves be hypnotized into taking a man at his own valuation. A wise woman never does that. Finally and this is the supreme test, the one by which the man must stand or fall we try to imagine our selves in his arms. If the idea revolts, let it be even the tiniest bit, then that man may as well turn around and walk right out of our livesl He has failed in the most vital test of all 1 But, if on the contrary a sort of delicious warmth invades our con sciousness, if antagonism vanishes and we feel a thrill at the thought of final submission, then that man's fate is sealed 1 Thrill May Be Mutual. - Sometimes the thrill is mutual and comes at once, and then it is called love at first eight. It is in reality an exchange of the psychic flow, a sort of interchanging hyp nosisfor love after all is merely the telepathy of souls -and is met with far more frequently when both the man and the woman are Of Latin blood. In America and England propin quity breeds love; here in France it far too often slays it. This I can only explain by the theory that hypnosis is Inseparably bound with temperameht and by comparison with that of the Latin the tempera ment of the American is as the cold sparkle of a diamond to the mys teriously tender glow of a fuby. During and since the war I have come in contact with many Amer icans many of them great in yotif stage and political worlds. And-"-I regret to say it, but you have asked ine and I must tell the truth not once have I ever conceived myself ss lying submissively within the two arms of any one of them I By LA BELLE. OTER. Donacer Queen of European Beauties. Fifty years of being made love to by imbeciles of all nations leaves me still in doubt as to who is the greatest lover. I have had small experience with American, but from what I do know of them I should certainly not partake of the sentiments of Miss Claire Sheridan. However, one never knows. My experience has been that even the cold, scotch-and-soda-drinking Eng lishman can become wonderfully ardent In the hands of tbe, right woman providing he has been suitably supplied with liquor re freshments and is sure nobody is looking. - i-. I can remember several sweet hearts who at the time I believed to be the greatest lovers in the world. One was an Italian, one a Russian and one a Swede. I think of the three the Russian had a shade the best of It. Frenchmen are Vain. Frenchmen make good lovers, but they are so vain. They think they have only to make eyes at a woman to have her at their feet. Italians are more sensible, but at the same time more of a nuisance they never will take no for an an swer but keep on until they nearly drive you out of your wits. Germans have never impressed me much. Thcv classify their women with their cows and pigs. A perfect wife to a German is a woman .who will never burn the sauerkraut, Still, I once knew a Munich musi cian who talked like a phonographic record of one of Hugo's letters to his other wife. He spoiled it all one night by insisting on drinking beer at the Cafe de Paris. Spaniards make good lovers, but they are too jealous, and pesiaes they look on their wives as so much furniture. A Spaniard . often goes to the theater with a woman, but he never takes his wife. ( No woman respects a man who illtreats his wife. . Rumanians are fiery but unstable. There was once a Rumanian prince but I'm not writing my memoirs. When I do let the world look out! Scotchmen are ideal lovers, but strange to say, they never discover it until they reach Paris. They all have a little Bobby Burns in their makeup. Norwegians and Danes are proud and reserved, especially if they are of the better class. They unbuckle quickly in their tups, however, and one of the most fascinating things to watch in the world Is the meta morphorsis of a Copenhagen aris tocrat on his first visit to Mont marte. . I haven't answered your question, because the plain truth is I don't know. By MISTLNGUETT. Famous Mimical Comedy Actress. Who Hal Returned from a. Third visit to th United glutei. The best lover? That depends. If you measure him by his assid uity) his accomplished manner, his Savoire fairfi, then the Frenchman tops the list. v If ardor and passion are the prime essentials, then the palm goes to the Italian. If consistency, fidelity and lasting tenderness ire requisite; the Eng. lishman has much to commend him. If tempestuous wooing, combined with humor, largeness of view and an airy disregard of petty m are taken into account, the Irishman is the most lovable creature en earth. Ideal Love Combination. I once knew a man who had a French mother and an Irish father, lie was my ideal lover! But he never made love to met The American man as a whole U the most accompuuhed flirt In the world, and knows better than any one else how to say and do the little nothings to dear to a woman's heart, but he is not a great lover. Americans vaunt the fact that they place their women on a pedes tal. Imagine loving a woman on a pedestal I As well declare yourself to a statuet What most Americans take for love is merely worship. And any woman would ten timet tooner be loved than worshipped! By SPINELLY. International Comxlr ttsTOrite, American! great loverif That depends on what you mean by love! American love-making is as cold as their language. When they dropped the second person singular out of everyday conversation they demonstrated that the practical side of affection outweighed with them the sentimental. There arc poets in America, I be lieve, but to be poetical there it a sort of stigma. Every Frenchman in love is a poet I When I was in America I was amazed at the nonchalant way Americans made love. They left me cold. They always had a twin-bed effect in their speech. Besides, they were so polite I Fancy being polite when you are in love! . ' Imagine stopping to raise your hat before crushing your one woman to your breast I - But that's what Americans tall love that and eugenics. Eugenics ughl By LA BELLE DORIANNE. Nude danrer at the Oiwlno de Pari, for whom an American, "Tml" Morgan, once attempted suicide, Americans' are generous, affection ate, kind, considerate and faithful. Only one other quality is needed to make a great lover and whoever says Americans are not passionate has never known one really well,' as I have. I share Miss Sheridan's view. The American is the world's largest lover but only where he wants to be. Moreover, "American" is such a larce term. His (nthpr anrl mnflioc mav have hepn Krpnrri Herman Italian, English, Russian, Japanese or iviexican. Wants Anglo-Saxon. All of these; nennle aa tnvera 1m vn something to commend them I sneak onlv hv hearsav. Rut mv ideal American Is Ahglo-Saxon with just enougn study abroad to warm his blood a little bit. I would not, for instance, expect to find a great lover in Kansas City, But if a Kansas Citiart rarri tn Parie and lived here a year J wouldn't be surprised at anytning. i - - . Americans arc such an adantahle. astonishing race., ; By CECILE SOREL. Beauty, Called "last of the Great Invert." Love is the noblest duality on earth, and her? in France it has de generated into a formula, a phrase! L am leaving shortly for America. where I expect to study the Ameri can psychology on the spot. But I Now Under a Full Head of Steam!! ' . . . 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When a man says "I love you" In France he means jut what his an cestor the tree lover meant. It is his brutal Instinct talking, and not his brain or heart, . But when a man says "I love you" in America he means that he con siders you mentally, morally and physically his perfect being; that his soul is attuned to yours, that lit loves you with respect and not mere ly with the primal desire of the flesh. A declaration of love by an Amcri can is a wonderful honor, for it means Hut not only has your beauty attructi'd, but that your mentality in a suitable partner to his own. lint when a man says "I love" In IVU it U far too often an insult. There it no respect, no reverence in his tones. Only desire I In 40 years we in France have slipped back two centuries in mors! development, l'olitcness has diiap pesred from our streets and consid eration from our homes. The original Filgriui Fathers took only one woman to America. Com petition was o keen fur her smiles that every man set himself out to raise himself to the Imaginary level on which he placed her, Since the Americans have never taken the American woman from the pedestal on which those Filgrim Fathers placed her, they have learned to be considerate, careful, A Cadillac for Christmas WHY NOT? It is a tradition In many fine families that some day there will be a grand Cadillac in their home. Why not please every member of the family for this Christmas with the mar 'vclous gift? The satisfaction lasts indefinitely be cause of fine quality and permanent service. ' 5 There can be only one Cadillac See us now. v J. H. HANSEN CADILLAC CO. Omaha Lincoln kind and mudfish In dealing with their womenfolk. They make of their wlvii copartners in the homes InMrad of chattels in the kitchen. When it comes to real love the European mutt go on his knees to America and learn howl By POLAIRE. trl4 lha "I'siimI Woman en Knh." I'm going to America next year and I'm not going to make myself unpopular by disagreeing with Miss Slirrirlan. wlin atrtna tn ha Vfrv wise young woman with a keen idea for the right sort of publicity. I don't believe I ever had an American make fury lovu to me, but several looked as though they would not need much encouragement. -V ' ' They seemed too sclf-coimcioui, however, and gave you the Impres. slon- that they thought you were a sort of god. 1 Americans should forget to blush when they remember that a woman is only a two-legged animal like tl emivlvcil But, frankly, I tike them for the very qualities which make their ' temperament seem so strange to a Frenchwoman, They are polite, difli. ' dent, eager -to please. And they do I send one such delicious chocolates! Tho first coot is proclicolly ifis fast QtniCflUvia-C30AS Auto Ok OMAHA, NEB. flAKNCV AT 2Tri ft HAftNlY 0123 CDUNOL BLUFFS. tKi S3-38 FOURTH ST. 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