Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-20
ELI PERKINS ON SOCIETY.
Female Observation-Disclosures at Apollo
Hall.
From fha Nan, Vortr 6ropb;n

Female MISUNDERSTANDING at Apollo
Hall.
From the New York Graphic.
The following instance OF base feminine
deception comes in note to-day from an
innocent and trusting victim of female con-
fidence:
EAST TwENTY-sIXTH STREET, Good
Friday.-DEAR ELI: A young lady friend
of mine has been stitching up fellows kids
for 'em, and has, in return, received bo-
quets, invitations to Wallack's, and been
highly complimented generally for neat
ness of execution, etc.
It transpires now that she has all along
been having the little jobs done at some
shop on Avenue six, unbeknownst, till to-
day, to her gallant youths, of whom yours
most obedieut glimmers one. What can
we do about it? GRAPHICARIAN.
Do? Why, I'd-no, no, on second
thought wouldn't; but, on the contrary, l
would 90 and propose-to that young lady
Immediately. She's good manager, and
she does with diplomacy simply what she
can't do with Coats thread. like shrewd
young ladies-y2ung ladies who can make
beautiful dresses up in the attic with all the
French ,cdttedus, poIondis-es, petite gHSsets
and bias seams up the back, and then sail
down the avenue and take the credit of q
Worth dress. They do it all honestly,
without lying, too, these smart young ladies
do. Ask them where they get their beauti-
full dresses, and they will shrUg their shout
ders and say:
30, on the other side, of course !! 4" (other
side of Sixth avenue).
Beautiful How much did it cost?"
30, about 800 francs; gold, you know"
CAM say S60)
beautiful! lovely II"
That is the girl for me.
Why, such young lady as that for a
wife would enable you to keep a carriage
on $1,000 year-and put money in
bank besides. She'd manage everything so
nicely! She'd give musicals and invite pro-
fessionals and dramatic critics to come and
drink lemonade and help entertain her
fashionable guests, and. on the principle
that "one good turn deserves another"
make 'em send her opera tickets and thea
ire boxes 10 return. And then for the beau
tifu music and Rotations Of the poor pro-
fessionals, she'd get invitations for you and
her old maid sister to 60 to the "swell"
champagne party Of the fashionable John
sons; she'd be manager of the Charity
balls, and you'd wear big rosette on your
on your coat lapel aud keep
your five dollars in your
trousers; she'd buy second
hand coupe, with a coas-of.arms al
ready painted on the panel, hire livery
horse, and fix your old silk hat with cot
ton buckle to decorate the driver, and for
two dollars an afternoon you could have
the credit Of keeping a 81, 600 span of"bang
tails" she'd ''drum" for the Sheltering
Arms, and make charity reputation
for herself and q close money market
for your neighbors; she'd hire one-fourth
of thousand dollar pew in the church
with the four big brass angels on it, and
sing in the choir to pay for it-and have
money left for the collection if che didn't
get you elected to "pass around the plate;"
she'd blind the windows in July, and DO
her own homework in the rear room till it
were fashionable to return to town, or get
cheap board at Pitney's or DR.. Strong's in
Saratoga, and occupy front seats at Con-
gress Hall hops; she'd buy twenty-five cent
candy in Wooster street and pass it around
In Arnaud's boxes; wear spotted catskin
for ermine, paste for diamonds, French
pinchbeck for Etruscan, and one-button
kids and sew On two more; she'd drink sett
sherry for alnontilardo, sparkling catawba
for champagne, and finally get the boys into
West Point and the Naval Academy, and
make your aunts and uncles all will their
property to you, till, by and by, you'd die
happy and leave her with brown stone
fronts and boulevard lots enough to catch a
member Of Congress or foreign minister.
FLIRTING GIRLS AT APOLLO HALL.
The NJ sonic fair at Apollo closes to-
night, at which time Mr.. John Boyd, the
Treasurer, says they will have taken in
about 49,, ZOO.
Last night the crowd was somewhat fear
full, but everywhere pretty girls predomi-
mated. They meet you at the flower stand,
dressed in jaunty swiss caps and Dolly Var
den dresses, and steal your money away
from you by sweet smiles and "taking
ways" They pull your coat sleeves and
make you take chances in clocks, patent bed
steads and French dolls. Unmarried fell
lows in several instances have won sets of
furniture, pianos, and ladies' clothing, and
then won young lady to fit 1.-THE cloth
ing.
My uncle Consider was bewildered last
night. The pretty girls ''went through
the good old man like highway robbers.
They sold him ear rings, Sc wing machines,
patchwork bed-quilts, and honey soap.
=. "But don't want any honey SOAP" ex
postulated my uncle.
"But We dove want all the spare soap
you've got" chimed in wicked-looking fe-
male Mason. And then they filed his peck
cts with Third avenue soap. They escaped"
him well-Castile- soaped him and Brown
Windsor soaped him aud tar-soaped him
and giycerine and honey and soft-sosped
him! Gee.
When they said needed soap 1 felt hurt,
and left 'em. don't think those wicked
girls said it to compliment me.
"Here's beautiful Bible-take chance"
and pretty girl led us right up to it.
81 guess not" said Uncle Consider, look
ing over his glasses; "rVe got friend on
Lexington avenue who's got a Bible they
don't use all the time, and he says can use
that when they amt using it."
''But take chance in this-please do
only S."
'No, they don't use that Bible on Lex
ipgton avenue half the time, and l
kin jes well read it as not" plead
ed my uncle-but this morning
Uncle Consider tells me he won s'that
forty-ive-dollsr polliwog Bible with the
hypocracy into it, and now he don't kare
K-U-KUs KUss for anybody"
ELI PERKINS.
THE late Mrs. James Gordon Bennett