Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-25
FROM THE "BOYs.u

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-Once again we ask
space in your valuable paper to attempt Il re-
ply to "Girls." She did not think cher little
piece, written in vindication of her rights"
would cause such j connection among us.
Well, probably it aroused the boys somewhat;
but from the length and tenor of her letter, in
your last issue, more commotion is manifest
among the girls than among the boys. Had We
known the lady was speaking to you," Mr..
Editor, We would have remained as silent as the
tomb. But us we had our ''put,'' and violated
one Of the doctrines taught by good Mothers -
In ''speaking when We were not spoken to-
In the first instance, it surely can do little. if
any harm. II we speak again. Why does she
class all the boys as takers Of Glove and nom
sense'' If she ID 80 indignant at having ''silly,
frivolous girls' classed with the more intelli-
gent onesP We knew her first article did not
allude to us, from the fact that, to use one OF
"Girls' expressions, 1--WE can count upon our
fingers the number of times we have escorted
ladies to churches, weddings, parties or other
''lree concerns, - while there has scarcely been
an entertainment given In the city, during our
residence here. to which we have not escorted u
lady at least one night; and we paid for it, too.
The boys would do this oftener, were it not, ms
Addison tells us, that, ''the man who lives above
AAhS . - IA HAS vi
living, in o little time. much beneath them.'
At the salary most of US receive, 1t does moi
take many ''seventy-fve cent reserved Seats
to eat up our income. to say nothing OF carriages
We do not consider all the ladies takers OF
Glove and nonsense but believe, as does,
''Girls.' - that some of her sex are ''silly and
frivolous, - and to such an extent as to discourage
the boys. who would associate more with them
were it not for their empty prattle. They moi
only slmper sIllily, lisping the monosyllablea
''yes' or ''no'' to anything you say to them.
but you are confronted, the moment you STEP
into their parlors. by an device made
of perforated cardboard and zephyr, repre-
senting a pair of scales, emblazoned with let.
tsrs of q living hue. Modern Love- Our In.
depreciation of this is that we must either have
money or stay at home. And while we think ei
this ''modern love'' busin ess, we will. as nea,
as We can remember. use u few lines of rhyme
which appeared in your paper some weeks ago
as follows:
81 showed my love my true, fond heart,
And asked would she be mine
Till cruel death us two should part,
She answered me, sAcL aein.'
showed my love my handbook,
All then l touched her soul
She sighed, and gave me such a look,
And sweetly lisped, yah ,vOht.
Now for a little French, the substance of which
is the same Ms the above rhyme, and is as fol.
lows:
Amour fat beaMcoMp, mails argent fail
tout" And the gem from Byron,
''Man's love is of mans life q thing, a part,
IT'S woman's whole existence"
The fair writer says We are repeating some
thing too old In our quotation from
"Junia," which dates back to 1863, lit is {
little ancient, isn't il? p but does not deny it,
truth. She also says we are u 'soft boy or t
cynical bachelor" The latter We are not, mos
assuredly, being, as Gray has it, "a youth tt
fortune and to fame unknown;'' but we do no
deny the charge of being soft.
In conclusion ,permitus to say, ''Girls, - with.
out intending it as ''tafy," that we are more
firmly convinced than ever of our utter inabil,
ity, as we said IN our first attempt at a reply, t.
argue this question with you. Now, ''don'
view us with a critics eve, but pass our imper-
~fections by" We are, with the utmost respect
HBOYS,D