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Letter to Editor
September 25, 1919
The Buffalo Bulletin
Buffalo, Johnson County County, Wyoming
What is this article about?
A Paris letter in the London Bystander recounts an amusing bus conversation where young American Y.M.C.A. girls mock a Frenchman's long beard, imagining it would ruin a kiss, but the author reflects that their ignorance overlooks how beards do not affect the emotion of kissing.
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Kisses and Beards.
It is so easy to understand what the Americans say, because they talk so loud - it is not the same loudness as of the French, and one day I have laughed to hear in a 'bus how girls of the Y. M. C. A. have talked. There was one who was not at all pretty, except to be young, who has regarded a French gentleman who wore his beard long. "Look," she said, "what a horrible beard. Imagine to be kissed by any one like that." Then they have both laughed.
The other one has said then: "I suppose his grandfather wore his beard long, so he does the same," and the first one has replied: "Yes, it is always like that. What was good enough for your grandfather in France is good enough for you."
I was not angry to hear them speak so, because, you know, they were very ignorant. For me, I do not think that they have known very much the emotion of to be kissed, or they would have understood that it is not whether or not one has a beard that makes the difference. - London Bystander's Paris Letter.
It is so easy to understand what the Americans say, because they talk so loud - it is not the same loudness as of the French, and one day I have laughed to hear in a 'bus how girls of the Y. M. C. A. have talked. There was one who was not at all pretty, except to be young, who has regarded a French gentleman who wore his beard long. "Look," she said, "what a horrible beard. Imagine to be kissed by any one like that." Then they have both laughed.
The other one has said then: "I suppose his grandfather wore his beard long, so he does the same," and the first one has replied: "Yes, it is always like that. What was good enough for your grandfather in France is good enough for you."
I was not angry to hear them speak so, because, you know, they were very ignorant. For me, I do not think that they have known very much the emotion of to be kissed, or they would have understood that it is not whether or not one has a beard that makes the difference. - London Bystander's Paris Letter.
What sub-type of article is it?
Comedic
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
American Girls
French Beards
Cultural Ignorance
Kissing Emotion
Y M C A
What entities or persons were involved?
London Bystander's Paris Letter
Letter to Editor Details
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London Bystander's Paris Letter
Main Argument
american girls mock a frenchman's beard out of ignorance, but the true emotion of kissing transcends whether one has a beard or not.
Notable Details
Anecdote Of Y.M.C.A. Girls In A Paris Bus
Dialogue Mocking French Customs And Beards