The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-02
Editorial Notes.

The art Journal believes that Ameri-
can women are degenerating. The
woman who lives next door furnished
a sad example of this fact yesterday.
She got up at 4 o'clock and built two
fires, hauled four hods of coal from the
cellar, did weeks washing for a
family of six, before o'clock; pre-
pared the morning meal, impartiallY
licked three small children and got
them ready for school, potted sever
al choice plants, let black patch
into the cupOla of her husbands pants,
read four chapters of New York
Ledger continued story, visited a neigh
Dor and learned to cut her new cloak
IN the latest style, cooked boiled
dinner and chased a book agent out of
the yard with n broom, all Lefore
, twelve. The American woman is in
deed dcgenerating.
Smallcy's letter in the New York
Tribune tells the following of the great
French duelist: GA boudOir is liter
ally papered with notes from the EN-
press Eugenic, which are framed. Paul
reproaches himself with haYing brought
his masculine beauty to a wretchedly
bad market. He is an extravaganza
dog, and, unless for fencing, is lazy
one as well. When he proposed for
Mile. Accard he understood she had q
splendid dowry, whereas she did not
bring him as much as would pay for
her wedding dress, which, it appears,
was bought on credit. lie was up to
his eyes in debt, and still is. The in
valuation of his election Is very
hard financial blow. as it deprives him
of fourteen months salary which was
to have been used to pay off the most
impatient creditors. | read in the
Idys that the Prince Imperial has writ
ten to Paul thanking him for the stand
he has made in his behalf and assuring
him of his eternal gratitude. l dare
say from the tone in which the epistle
| is commented on that it contained a
remittance.
Telling of carly days in California
the San Francisco Pest says: The
fancy balls in the year 1850-51, at The
California Exchange, corner of Kear-
ney and Clay streets, we're splendid af-
fairs. 10 the upper part of the build
ing all the courts were held, with the
sheriff's office, courty clerks, etc. The
frs floor was large hall, used as a
ball room and gambling house (gam-
ing was licensed by thdState). 1t was
dedicated to the service of Terpsi-
| chnre. though It rIIu5s-Io COME sSed
that Bacchus came in for his share of
the devotion. Here the ring of silver,
the clanking of gold, the shutting of
| the cards, the calling of the dealer
at the rouge ct nOir table: Make
your bets, gentlemen. The game is
made-all down-no more -fve, elev-
en-, seventeen, twenty-lour, twenty
nine, thirty-one-redw wins" One dark
and rainy night the late Chief Justice
Murray and myself, after dining togeth-
er, attended one of these fancy balls
and, after depositing our firearms and
overcoats with an officer in attendance
TO receive them, We entered the hall.
In a few moments we were joined by q
large. we'll formed, handsome woman
nsIned Rose Sheppard, gotten up in
suneTb style, dressed, as the women
say, Ito meet the Queens taste" She
had maize bet with one of her female
companions OF bottle of wine that
she would make the 1.-TWO Judges"
promenade with her around the ball
rom. She addressed US, saying
Judges, l want you TO be my escort
ia promenade around the room.
She had been drinking. We halted
foT a moment and she added, a Ii yeu
do not, will slit both Of your coats "
tie backs" We gave in, thinking il
the easiest way 20 stop scene. She
then placed herself between US, tax
ing an arm each: and after paradine
With her around the room she escortec
US into a private wine room, where ont
Of her companions stood ready to pay
tie bet she had lost. The Judge anc
myself enjoyed the joke which was per
Petrated at our expense. We, how.
ever, compromised with our fair friends
| by calling in several bottles of cham
| payne at $40 a bottle, the price fol
sinso IN The flush times Of San Fran
lcisco.