Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-13

Now, l claim, and | think fairly, that
if the wages are but $15 per week, the
difference between that amount and
the items as expressed above is amply
sufficient to provide some rational en-
joyment and clothes, as well as being
able to lay by small sum for emer-
gencies. For $15 we have put up a
winters supply of preserves and
canned fruits, including cost Of jars,
Strawberries, raspberries, red currants,
peaches and pears.
One word about our home and
will forbear. 1t is in one Of the pleas
ATTEST and most respectable parts of
Brooklyn, twenty minutes from Roose-
welt ferry, in the upper part Of three
story brick house, with all the i'm
provements. We have six rooms, all
large and well furnished. The fur
niture was Obtained by careful, con-
scientious saving.
Now, sir, you will please not smile,
for | must tell you, in conclusion, that
| am the happiest man to be found in
the city Of Brooklyn, and why, pray?
Because l have the best Of wives,
incest of babies, and a contented
mind.
If any part CT the foregoing is
doubted | can satisfy any one by
proving what have written.
ANGLo-AMERICAN.
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NEW YORK.
There has been SO much talk about
the young girls of New Fork, how is
it about the young men? "R. S. t."
seems to Judge the girls rather harsh
ly. | should think from the tone of
his letter that he had spent the better
part Of his salary (about IS per wcek)
on fome fair maiden, and, hoping for
some return, got mittened. lie says
were they ''true ladies at heart, they
would try to encourage them to save
money" 1t is very thankless task.
My observations, which have been
more or less correct, have led me to
believe they spend more money on
pool than they do on girls. l know
of young men who earn from $40 to
$l4 per week, and who spend from
"a to &c on pool. After paying their
board, how much remains to spend on
the girls in taking them to "Coney
Island and giving ice cream and pres
ents?:" ''No wonder New York does
not produce the best Of husbands. 4"
This description is a fair sample. No
wonder the wives are cold when their
better (?) halves come home at all
hours in the morning, and in all con
ditions.
"R. $. T." says that in Idaho, ssthere
are no Coney Islands, no theaters, no
ice cream saloons, and no powdering.
Nothing but good hard work" a
girl who marries young man of the
present day might as we'll be in Idaho
as in New York for all the chance she
gets to 60 to any Of those places.
should Judge "R. S. rs" experience
has not been very agreeable, and he
judges all by one. MINNIE.
AN ONO GIRLS COMMENT.
SlR:-"Old Bach" says if he could
find girl who would bring him no.
BILE thoughts, make better man of
him, and stop gossiping, and SO on
indefinitely, he would marry her if
she hadn't copper. Fudge! The
world is full of just such girls. "Old
Bach doesn't know our sex very well
or he wouldn't find such dearth of
sweet women. He is only the proto-
type of million others of his sex. He
doesn't try to find us out. Men are
stupid. They won't either exert them
selves to talk intelligibly when they
meet an intelligent girl, or they have
come to the conclusion that all girls
are next door to idiotic. There are
lots Of us whose idiocy is colossal, but
is it lust the fair thing to condemn
ten innocent girls because, perchance,
one is vain and frivolous? Men seem
to forget that there may be one cor
ner in our hearts so hidden that theil
half-penny tallow candles cannot il.
Illuminate. Now, honestly, think il
is hard on a sensible woman (as sup.
pose | may call myself, for l am owe,
1S) to hear us girls spoken Of in that
sort of style. Why don't men talk te
us as true girl likes to be talked to-
and treat us as though we were capa-
BILE of higher and nobler things thar
to be petted and complimented
kissed and baubled?
OF course, every girl feels deli
cious little feeling playing around her
heart when she hears sweet, prett,
thing said about her; but, still, once
in while, she longs for something
more substantial.
Now, l am not smart girl nor {
brilliant girl, just girl with WON
ans heart, that perhaps beats too
warmly and passionately for cold
blooded philosophy to understand.
cont know whether l would suit sOle
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