The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-01-25

other in their efforts to depict her fresh
simplicity. her charm naioete, her littlo
blunders more fascinating than artistic
Perfections. Essays upon essays have
been written to show how soon that very
freshness decays; how soan tic open-eyed
wondermcnt expressed at the opera, at the
academy, at the play, gives place to list
less languor; how soon, for eager and joy
iul expectation of the ball rom, is subst-
i,uted feeling Of apprchensiye wearipess;
how soon the piesurable excitement caused
by the daily drive in the park becomes
sensation Of monofopaus horedop,. TAX
ing a girls first season as his text, tho
mcralist-both lay and clerieal-has hurled
forth denunciations against society on the
score of its destructive influences upon the
love for what is pure and simple. But
while all this has been told and sung of
the girl, no one has apparently found time
to bestow more thanh q passing thought on
her rother. This seems the more curious
because the perls which the world has
supplied for both are much more notable
in the case of the boy than of the girl.
The main point. which society seems to
impress on girl are the ever memorable
statement by Major Pendennis as to the
desirabiity of dining of well cooked lit-
tie entrees" instead of "a damned cold leg
of muttcn"-a statement perfectly in ae-
cordance with truth, and, therefore, it
may be sul posed with moraIity-and the
necessity of being bored with most things.
With boy the case is very diiferea'.
When he enters upon his first season,
fresh from school, and proud of being his
own master, or it may be having tasted the
sweets of liberty at college, his solemn mel
anchoiy face may be observed ornament.
ing the walls of many u ballroom. His
hostess, passing over the more experienced
of her male guests, whom she knows are
not to be easily entrapped, at once singles
him out, and, rs an anticiYatcry penaEc3
for sins not yet committed, compels him to
60 the round of every plain girl 10 the room.
Dance perhaps he can; ouS of what use is
pro6ciency in that art when, in the crowd
ei balls Of to day it consi IS of lifting one
foot from the ground, and remaining un-
comfortably poised on the other, until hop
PLY there occdrs q sufficient break in the
crowd to allow its Icing put down again
As for talking, he does not know who ha
taken the Raododen2rou Theatre, OF for
whom; he does not know what the duke is
going to do with the piebaid ponies: he
does Dot even know whether ''the Bun
kum" got her hat f:om Paris or New
York; how can he attempt conversation?
At dinner parties he is even worse of.
Having addressed some simple remarks to
the ladies on either side of him, and those
remarks having called forth a careful sur
vey of his personal appearance and a con-
tenptuous silence, be relapses into mood
mess, toys with his bread, and wonders
what the couy,eo on the other side Of tas,
table find to talk about.
It's about this period Of a young mans
life that he awhkens to sense of the hol.
lowncss of tie world His opinions on
this subject are materially strengthened by
his hearing similar ones expressed by con-
temporary Juveniles. Society is a sham,
love is uouyht, ali men are bad, and all
women arc worse lie begins TO plead
previous engagements to al! invitations, or
If not, adopts the simple aud III orc fash
ionable method of leaving such Invitations
unanswered. His face becomes as well
Billiards is an amusing and healthy game,
and with perseverance it is possible to lose
money over it. There is the supreme ex-
citement of the turf. But however full
favored it may be, mans company alone
generally pals quickly upon very young
man. Society he has a1jured; so he be-
takes himself to that other section of the
world, where the dresses are finer and the
diamonds are bigger where no one thinks
before speak ng; where no one pau3es to
ask il the loud laugh is or is not proof of
the vacant mind: where there is q constant
scent Of fpatchou!i and cau-de Cologne:
where there is no need to modify smoking
room talk lest bushes should be raised on
the female cheek; that section of the
world, finally, which is generally connected
IL. - IL
champagne, late hours, and miniature
broughams In this half of the globe, it
may be noted, there is no occasion to re-
linquish the ordinary vocations Of life;.
here drink may he indulged in without in
curing any social stigma; here, too,
ga milling may be pursued with the ease
J r-~~-I---- - LSigG Gs-
ened by wonan's company: here also,
where the decision of race may mean
score jewels, the interest in Forthcoming
events" is increased rather than modified.
Once well started, boy need rot despair
OF rule, may lie confident of a short IiFe
and-ll eaven save the mark IA merry
Wv - ~" y''''o oi c'd" iuHJ, vi ieFer-
| ish reckless diesip .tlon, and there comes a
vanished fortune, shattered constitution,
broken heart, diSbonored grave. Year
after year boys enter upon life; year after
year the world spreads its traps for them
with more and more a!luring balts; year
after year sees The old farce or tragedy
played oat.-Eag',sl Paper.
/ TIE METRIC SYsTEA-Naarly every
other nation OF Europe having led the way.
Russia is about adopting the metric weights
and measures. The special committee
which is sitting at ST. Petersburg, at the
headquarters Of the Russian Imperial
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