The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-06-02
HOODLUMIsM.


culiar to America. In fact the hah-
itat of the genus is co-extensiye with
the habitable world. It il not dis
tinctly designated by position, external
appearance nor. sex, but may be srot-
ted, SO to speak, by an absolute freedom
from decency and good manners, or
anything else that may chance to oe-
cupy position between it and the en-
jeyment of what appears to its perverted
Imagination to be fun-the aim and
end of its being. If, perchance, the
comfort and happiness Of fellow-be-
ing should be disturbed in the attain
ment of this object, the object is rem
dered doubly desirable. The hoodlum
is coarse, vulgar and unprincipled. He
or she, as the case may be, is a petty
breaker of the law, terror to the au-
thorities, heartburn to mothers, a
great grief to fathers, betrayer Of
friends, base traducer of enemies. q
disturber of the public peace and a very
ugly blot upon civilization. He or she
may pc conceived and brought forth in
virtue, but the atmosphere necessary
to produce the most perfect specimen
IS composed of ignorance, license and
passion. His or her enjoyment re-
quires an educated taste to appreciate.
1t may, perchance, survive until death,
but the chances are that after that it
will be very poor specimen of hood.
lum who will escape being certainly
damned
The first and most important divis-
ion of the genus is into male and fe-
male. The male hoodlum would es.
cape observation in a crowd about as
easily as bear would in band Of rats.
Ills voice cannot be restrained and ner-
vous persons are Liable to tremble when
he roars. His activity overfows and
fear takes possession Of his neighbors.
lie Is, at best, like the aligator-Nod
Tor his own rurposes-but beyond that
nobody pretends to know why he has
not the fel al as we'll as the manners Of
brute.
But the she hoollum ! Being more
difficult. whsn alone, to detect, is more
revolving when she discovers herself,
as she usually does, in bands of two or
more. She also talks loud and walks
much. She selects the most mbarrass-
lag opportunities to perpetrate jokes
and Jests bordering upon and sometimes
overstepping the vulgar line. She
tends to lower the point of respect in
which she is held She demands the
homage CT men, whom she treats like |
piekpe ckets. In fact she is everything
winch lady IS not, except as to her
shape, and there is one class of unhap- !
py, miserable women which would ma
terially decrease If the world could
wake up some morning and know that
there no longer existed such thing as
q female hoodlum,
These remarks are pointed and true.
W ho that reads cannot bring testimony
from his own experience to establish
their veracityl Fathers, teach your
children early, that mans comfort
and happiness is as much his property
IS is his money, and the destroyer of
'ne is as guilty of larceny as the stealer
IT the other. In order to prevent 9th.
srs from instilling vicious lessons into
heir minds, keep them at home and
Keep them busy. Bind them by love
md duty, and if neither will avail thew
re scarcely worth your trouble. We ,
re not talking Of something at the {
North Pole, nor yet at the other side r
f the world, but there is considerable |
DOM for Improvement in city which E
re know-a pleasant place called
,osoburg.