The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-07-25
TALK WIFI GIRLS.
watering Plaee PliriaiIOnS and Their
Dangers.

i or the neEL three mDILb7 a. al
our watering plscra the chief aI1use-
nent, not to ssy occupation, NJ The
young people there congregstsd, will
be llirting. Dancing and driving,
boating aud bathing, crOquet and
bowling, euchre and casino ali these
{ will have their deyotees and receive
due attention, but the business Of the
/ season to which all these and other
occupati0ns shall be subseryient is the
old new game OF playing st love, for
ever sc pleasant and so amusing.
/ NOw and then, perhaps, there will be
a touch o. the real srticle-s genuine
i heart, warm and living, among the
/ imitation hearts In ice, which may
I find its like, or thRw the ice, or, per-
| haps, be itself frozen, who knows? ? AT
| the springs and the seaside for the
season the motto will be "All baggage
I at the risk OF the owner" and speech
| es which elsewhere would be action
Able In any court OF law, when made
on the beach or hotel piaZZs, in the
I pauses OF the waltz Or the promenade
/ on the lawn, mean less than nothing
idle words spoken only for some
thing TO say. 1t takes quick wit,
keen tongue Gt repartee for the
game, ready 70 parry or thrust as Oe-
cAsion may demand. AS In most
contests between the sexes the man
has the best OF It; that Is II he be
merely flirting, with no spice Of ear
nest he has nothing TO lose, and
what he has to gAin-Amusement for
the moments his anyway. For the
woman, she must hold her own, keep
her citadel and hold well In hand the
strings, few or many, which she has
to her bow. In short, che must carry
out successfully the chief end OF wOm-
ans life-Ret all she can but failing
seem always az though she had ex-
pected nothing and were in nothing
disappointed Playing with edged
tools Is always dangerous, but cut
fingers must be born, and il possible
hidden the world only laughs at
them. For the most part however,
the game will be merely play, legiti-
mate trial OF skill ending usually In q
drawn battIe-shAke hands and be
friends when the fight is over. Yet
none the less is It dAngerOus-A pas
time hpt to lower the dignity of the
man and destroy the delicscy OF the VIC
man. Few men care TO marry q vete-
ran fiIrt-few women may safely take
to husband the beau OF a dozen
seasons. In fact, go much frOth makes
one disbelieva In wine so much de-
ceptIon causes doubt everywhere. And
most women look forward to marriage
sooner or lRter-mOst men expect
some time In the future to settle down
to q wife and home.
There are those who 60 10 the fray
determined to bring home the cap
tives OF their bow and spear, who
mean mRtrimony toward an eligible
partner. Maneuverlng mammas lead
their daughters to the sacrifice-mR-
neuyerInR mammas is the correct
term, though the daughters do most
Of the maneuvering. Designing
Young men invest all their spare cash,
and what their friends can spare also,
In hunting at expensive watering
places for pretty girls with rl0h faith
ers. The uninitiated have little idea
to what extent their business is car
ried. In one instance In this city the
parlors were stripped Of carpets and
curtains and part OF the furniture sold
that the daughters might go to Sara
tOga-Or elsewhere, in search OF rich
husbands.
Matches made at watering places
are not always safe, and guardians
and parents will be wise TO keep q
wAtehful eye Oh their charges and to
Inquire into the character and ante
cedents Of the nice young men with
whom ward or daughter scrapes Rc-
quaintanoe in the ballroom or the
surf. The convenient code which
provides that such acquaintRnces are
only for the seasons allows much lAti-
tude, and may cover doubtful person.
ages with married women, or with
single onss wise In the ways OF the
world. Still, Miss In her teens needs
to be looked after, and American girls
at watering places, as elsewhere, are
too carelessly chaperOned. Gamblers
and fortune hunters have no cloven
foot which cannot be hidden by the
conventional patent leather boot, and
accidents have happened In well-reg-
uIated families. For case In point ::
Year ago young lady, well con.
uected, though hardly wealthy, was
with her mother trying the waters OF
one of cur famous springs. The two
made the acquaintance of q gentle
man, handsome, well educated, and
with a most respectable name. The
acquaintance began by some slight
but opportune service on his part to
the two ladies, and drifted into an at
tachment between himself and the
young lady. People who might have
spoken held alOof, with the convent
ent creed which has come down TO us
from Cain-"Am / my brothers keep
er ?" and when the father appeared
on the stage he found his daughter
engaged to q professional gambler.
There was q scene, OF course, and the
lovers were parted. The girls health
failed, and later, the doctors gave the
parents their choice to let their daugh-
ter marry her lover or TO bury her.
Fortunately the gambler was really
in love and anxious to marry. Con-
trary, too, to all rational expectations,
he made q devoted husband to the
delicate young wife, who did not long
survive her marriage, and except for
| the brief mesalliRnce to an old family,
the affair ended far better than any
one could have hoped. Still 1t was q
terrible risk and one which no zane
man would willingly let any ono deal
/ to himself run.
Because q man waltzes well shall
he, without other passport, dance
with our daughters Shall Mr.
Smiths introduction suffice for Mr.,
Jones, when all we know OF Mr.
Smith Is that he wears q good coat
boards at q good hotel, and drives
pretty team? II an ounce OF preven'
ton is ever equal to pound OF cure
1 II Is In such matters. All the soap In
the universe cannot cleanse snow
once sullied, and no woman can al
ford to indulge in prOmiscuOus fllrtA'
tIons. AS for the men, they can take
care of themselves, and usually do II
1t might he q convenience IL the GUS
tom common among some German
peasants were introduced with us
the custom Of Indicating the dOWry ol
each maiden by the stripes on he
bodice but possibly that is too muef
to ask Of Congress in 3 land where
heiresses are In the minority. so the
deserving young man who wishes u
endoW q fortune with his heart an(
hand must take his chances, ant
when the bitter Is bit Mr.. and Mrs
Lammle have no cause to complain
II they do not receive much sympa
-FhHdGelllhiG Times.