The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-23
THAT LIVELY GIRL.

Barnum will probably call for copy
of the DAILY NEWS of May 9th, as it
certainly contains the first case ever
known ola lady taking the trouble TO write
about an untRtereStiRg subject. We are
not young man, but were once, and we
feel deeply wrOnged and slandered, and,
besides, we can't see the young men of
the present day annihilated without of
fering them some help, especially as we
can do so with no risk. We are very
much married, and if the young ladies
should go altogether back on us, it will
only tickle Elizabeth. AS there are no
nice young men now, modesty forbids us
from not being insulted. Now, when we
were young and doing our best to be nice
we did try to talk when in company with
ladies, but were often compelled to put
IN great deal of time in studying the
botanical nature of the plants in the wall
paper, or calculating the number of
stripes in tOrty-seven yards of carpet, on
account of foolish idea that it was not
best for more than four or five persons to
talk at any one time in the same compa-
ny. We may have answered our partner in
an absentminded way, but who could talk
well when their girl was dancing with
somebody else, or they are trying to plan
some way to get their watch out of soak
before the old governor gets home. Miss
Lively might have seen with half an
eye that that young was not thinking
about lit subjects for conversation. She
should have pitiiod rather than censured
him. We beg pardon, but we cannot
agree with Miss Lively or any one else
that it is hard to be compelled to hold
conversation with creatures of this sort.
We are not legally posted, but can't
think there is any such law in existence
at least since Anthony's troops left
town. That fellow who discussed socks
and shawls was getting pretty we'll along,
and we are rather inclined to think that
if Miss l.. had not discovered that she
could bury him in a sea of friendship but
nothing more, she would never have told
on him. The young man who served up
shirt collars supposed he was discussing
the most important and interesting sub
jects imaginable. The evening before he
had MET with an exceptional case( ofcourse
they are very rare) where a shirt collar
in the scales of society weighed more
than half a bushel of brains. When
Miss L. strikes the serious strain she is
| getting at us on our own grounds. We
have often wondered whether the ladies
ever thought of that. We were keeping il
a close secret. Yes, when one comes to
con over their conversation it does look
very thin. We would be thoroughly
ashamed of Ourself could we forget the
fact that in our young days we never
doomed up as "A shining star of society
unless we talked a great deal about moth
ing ut all. Yes, we often met sensible
intelligent girls, but whenever we Offered
what little common sense we had in stock
the result was always the same. We
were at once promoted from the ranks
and detailed to entertain the old folks
while our common sense girl went of
for the evening with some fellow who
had brains enough to keep what common
sense he had to himself. Of course il
isn't so now. We are only showing how
things have changed
If there are no nice men we can't help
it. But We know there are any number
of nice girls. Miss Lively is a nice
girl; we know she is. She is little out
of patience with men, it is true, but that
won't last. SOme'of 'em will come "a
time yet and speak out; see If they don't
and then she will change her mind and
name, and viii think, after all, while go
ing down the river of life, a mind will
make better pilot than q tongue.
Now, when we come to think of il, we
may get into trouble over this yet. Eliz
abeth has not, for years, been shown sucI
favors as we are showing Miss Lively
When any difference of opinion occurs
we always agree with Elizabeth, and then
| go down town. She would give wealth
to get half such quarrel out of us.
QUILP.