CHAPTER XI.--The American Girl.--Her Liberty.--Her Manners.--Respect for

Woman.--Youthful Reminiscences.--Flirtation Perfected.--The "Boston."--Why the Young American Lady does not Object to the Society of Men.--European Coats of Arms Regilt and Redeemed from Pawn.--Americans of the Faubourg Saint Germain.--Lady Randolph Churchill.--Mating of May and December.--Stale Theme of American Plays.--An Angel.--The Tell-tale Collodion.--The Heroine of "L'Abbe Constantin."--What American Girls Admire in a Man.