The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-26
them. are ethereal beings that men dream about

| them, are ethereal beings that men dream about
and are happy.
Detectives are practical fellows, generally with
| an eye to the main chance, that nobody dreams
OF, but who manage to take care Of themselves,
| as the world goes. Now, these things consider
cd, what have the detectives to do with the OUT
side pockets Of the ladies'. II appears like sheer
tyranny. and uncslled for lntermeddling, for them
| TO dare interfere with the fashions, whstever
they may be- that the ladies are pleased to adopt.
The detectives, however. ~ we have said before.
are practical men, and have reason, either good
or bad, for Whatever they do. They pretend
that since the large outside pocket has been
adopted by the ladies rs fashion, the youthful
thieves have good time OF it.
As the lean and hungry little wretches prowl
around Canal street, seeking which they may de-
YOUR their ever active eyes never cease from div
ing into these profound and alluring pockets
Sometimes they ''prig . wipe" which, for the
benefit Of the uninitiated, means stealing hand
kerchief; sometimes they ''mske" . pocket-book,
and, we are sorry to say, in doing so, as history
goes, they sometimes get badly sold. It seems
that the ladies, though poetical and ethereal, un
derstand to certain extent and appreciate sub
lunary things.
We have the testimony Of little thief of good
standing, answering to the name of Bapliste,
who says he has s'prigged" many pocketbeok
from lady's outside pocket, and very rarely OBJ
tanned more than nickel or two. or course,
said he, he did not expect to find fifty dollars in
lady's pocketbook, but he thought that it ought
ct least to contain three or four dollars, but
practically he was invariably mistaken. II APP
pears that the ladies, though their souls are
wrapt up in poetry and their bodies in
dresses adorned with outside pockets, know q
thing or two. and when they give chance to the
juvenile pickpockets manage to make it q very
slim chance Therefore we warn the detectives
from taking any action against the ladies' fash.
good to the detectives it annot even do any good
to the youthful thieves, who, from testimony
taken, admit that they make very little by the
business. The protest medtated by the detec-
tives only ultimately result in their own utter
discontinue, shame and disgrace.
II ia q matter Of history that Gen. Ogden and
his men wiped out the Kellogg government in
ten minutes on the l4th Of September, 1874, be-
cause there was 8 conspiracy to prevent them
from bearing arms IS was their right What
would happen to Chief Boylan and his myrmidons
suppress the ladies' outside pockets? The men,
orable "battle of the handkerchief" in which
Buffers army was defeated and gathered so much
ignominy, would be but as remote circumstance
to the explosion that such course would create.
We bear no malice against the detectives; on the
contrary, we enjoy and appreciate their knowing
looks OF far-seeing mystery, and we are willing
that they should continue indefinitely not to find
out anything about what is going on; therefore,
we warn them In time. Let them be prudent
and, beware and let the ladies and pockets alone.