Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
A DhLIo-4E QUESTION.
Answered by the Society Reporter.

Answered by the Society Reporter.
Chlcs. II buuc.
"Sooiety editor in1'
A rathor thin young man with very
tight pants, high collar, aud a round
cloth cap of the style worn by hyoicle
riders had opened the door Of the
editorial rooms and ~propounded tho
above question.
mo-, said the reporter, ''the socl-
city editor isn't In. Did you want TO
see himl'
80, awfully," was the reply.
why, l wouldn't have missed seeing
the society editor for anything.
What l wanted to tell him about was
very ALPHABETICALLY and truly 1t
was"
SIS Beatrlos Perkins going TO Muk.
wonaso for the summer sgain2' asked
the horse rep DrteT; "because If It's
anything about that, or, South Side
social circles are In a Hutter over the
approaching nuptials Of a prominent
belle and one of our best-kno wn
young business men, any of az can
attend to 1t just az we'll as the society
editor. Both those sentences are
kept In type" -,
"No, it's nothing like that.
"Nothing about several well-known
society young men on the north side
are about to organize a riding club Is
IT. We've got that already too, but
We generally wait till about the mid.
die Of June before printing 1t. Tnen
1t means that come dry goods clerks
are going to hire mustang ponies for
L consecutive evening and spend
the balance of the summer getting
over it. l know sill about north side
riding clubs"
II never ride" said the young man.
~ wouldn't advise you to-, unless
you take along a postsge stamp to
make you sit quietly on the horse."
what l want to know" said the
young man, sis whether In
walking with a lady q gentleman
should always offer her his right arm
or make 1t a rule to have the lady on
the inside of the walk, no matter
which arm she takes In accomplishing
this result. We've had an awful ar.
gument about 1t over on Ashland av-
enue, and Cholly and l nearly had a
real serious quarrel"
"Who ia Cholly2"
"He's my roommate, you know.
We've been awful friends ever eincs
he lent me his msuve-colored pants
two years ago. Lsut Christmas l gave
him a lovely ppir CT d~ove.colored sill
suspenders, and when my birthday
comes he is going to give me q rea
sweet pair of silk stockings with my
monogram on them. l wouldn't fol-
anything In the world have any trou
BILE occur BET ween Cholly and l, bs-
cause we've been In the threads to,
gether for nearly a year"
SIN the what2"
SIN the threads-in the thread de.
partment, you know-and we think
everything In the world of each other
l hardly ever buy a lemonade without
asking Cholly to have some of 1t. Blu
we're awfully puzzled about this mat
ter l told you about. Cholly says tn,
gentleman should always offer the lad,
his right. arm, but 1 don't think 80
I'm going to take a splendid younl
lady out for a boar ride In Union parl
next Wednesday evening, and that
how we came to talk about It,"
WE'LL" said the horse reporter
"this whst.shall.w we do With. our.girl
business Is a pretty complicated mat
ter. There are a good many thing
to be considered, and the best authorI
ties have decided that no absolut
rule In regard to what arm q lad
: shall take when walking with o gen
tleman en- be laid down. 1T depend
I a good deal on the gait of the girl.
! have seen some shy, demure, please
: do not say plano leg whom an
around young creatures that woul
carry a man all over tho sidewalk
you happened to walk them in from
OF a millinery store and had thel
: h!tched up on the eff side; and the
! there are Others who walk In a corn
: on.my -llttle.toe style. They're dsisieI
They sort Of drift down the stree
|. sideways like a one.legged duck, an
p keep stepping on your ankles and &c
ing al If you were the frat of a flgt
! of stairs that they would like to elm
: but couldn't. A nice square-gaite
= girl that goes straight ahead an
doesn't lunge around and make yc
think every minute that she's going
= break her check-rein the next dri,
: Will do we'll enough Oh either side, b,
= with the hen.in-a gale,of. wind kir
:. It's better to keep them on the lie
. side all the time, because you can fer
g EN- of more naturally"
- "Then you think either Is allowl
= bleT asked the young man.
!, Certainly. When did you say y,
!, were going out with this giri?"
. "Next Wednesday,"
y "Well, you'll have time enoue
before then to have your legs dipp'
l over"
"Hsve what2"
~ "Have your legs dipped over. VIII
: people make candles, you know, al
. any of them are spoiled, they jast p
them In the mold and dip them owe
= 1 guess likely you can find some ca
y die molds ON the West Side a,
= improve your appearance oonsidel
bly,"