It should be mentioned that their husbands submit willingly to their tactful rule, and gladly obey their commands without feeling that they are servants.
I would advise any married woman who complains of her husband being unruly and unpleasant to take a lesson from the ladies of America.
They are vivacious, bright, loquacious and less reserved than European ladies.

In social functions they can be easily recognized.

If, however, an American lady marries a foreigner and lives abroad, she soon loses her national characteristics.

Once on board a steamer I had an American lady as a fellow passenger; from her reserved manner I mistook her for an English lady, and it was only after some days that I discovered she was born in America, but that she had been living in England for many years with her English husband.
There is one fault I find with American women, if it can be so called, and that is their inquisitiveness; I know that this is a common fault with all women, but it is most conspicuous in the Americans.

They have the knack of finding out things without your being aware of it, and if they should want to know your history they will learn all about it after a few minutes' conversation.