New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-12
MOTEL STUDIES IN SOCIAL EVOLUTT0M

MOTEL STUDIES IN SOCIAL EVOLOION-
81 am sure that she is well connected" remarked
Mrs Uspha7 ard " che wears the most beantilu'
diamonds every morning" Mrs Fungus WAS .ho
most gorgeous figure IN the hotel. She OreakiaS'eu
in n black velvet gown, with train and short
! sleeyes and she commonly dined in blue SAUDI
| She voud have been called very pretty, but lot
,ovbo, ,gorrssve stare IN her round light eyes.
and a ATTY in the lines of her graceful mouth anu
chin which suggested not cOmposnre SO much AS
| dss.pce You could not look az her fair SKIN. ner
hanged hair and her snperfuity OF gems aud goid
chyius or listen to her laugh and her grammar
without thinking of translated Dar-mh'u Dus
she was perfectly good natured and unahecteu. Ii
her manners not fine. they were at least easy
he,np those which had come to her IN the course Oh
| nature She was fond Of talking Win anyoouy
| who would accept OF her company ana ""s "n
.snscisl fayorte with transient young men. who
fonnd her a pleasant relief from the monotony VI
| TIN, amvkinr room, and spoke of her "a gay
| Mos, ~ the boarlcrs felt IN looking Mt Ter as
Co,Iv,s,s raw Scotch maid servant felt when. beng
| sbovn n Virgin and Child in tho National Gallery.
| al, conld only e1claim: Oh my how expepsiNeT
| Mrs Fungus did not look like o saint; but there
| was no real harm In her.
| sbe never walked abroad she never drove; she
never read she never was seen with needle one
| naSsed tho m0rning on the piazza the si'eruoon
| and evening in the public parlor. taking i"uu u
she bad anybody 20 talk TO, snO Otherwise content
| oily taking exercise in arOcklng-chPlr. Inc last
| thing she thought Of was tho children. Tho Iato
| Mr. Fungus hal left her several pledges OF a1ec-
,io, and ,be left them entirely to Sa,ah. who IN
turu generally lef. them alone. though sometimes
npon what occult principle of government the
| na.,l.,. never could discover she shook them.
| Tim, Il b,ppeued that the children OF Mrs Fungus
| hecam. the tyrants OF tho establishment. Ihey
nlaved horse in the corridors. They jumped IN the
parlor. They put the piano out OF tune. ana ais
located the sofa-springs, aud broke tho croqu't-
malletz They stripped the hower-bordcrs ana
| were "A terror to ali domestic animals lhey tusneu
N IN. dining room rs soon the doors we're OPEN
gave extensive orders. scrambled for the dessert
| filed the nsighboring guests with di'gut' ana
| drove the walters to desperation. Inc complaints
| ~ their noise and their trespasses were the chief
worry Of the clerk but there was no remedy short
Of eIpellng the family. II never entered tho head
of Mrs Fungus that for their sake tho children
ought 10 be taught resuect for the rgnts OF others
| mr. that they had anythiug to gain by acquiring q
| habit Of ,ef-control. She caused them, indeed. to
la carefully dressed. in costly materials and In the
latest stye and there maternal solicItudo came TO
a full stop.
Mn. Fungus will be recognized by every visitor
ut Saratoga, at Long Branch. at the White Monnt-
aims at the Virginia Springs. at ali the fashionable
re,orts of tho United States; for she per' AIDES all
| sections and nho dourishes in every season She
repre,ents tho first stage IN the Developments oil
series Of ,ypes evolved from rude socia origin.
| and tending toward n complex product lot yet
clearly di-cerned. She is only little removed from
the primi,ivo and laborions gnoramus; changed
| conditions OF existence have affected her impes
feotly; she mas dropped old habits aud has moi yet
| a ,a nat
ron,nent In the next generation shall observe .
| unrged advance. Tho children, who are now the
putsances Of hote corridors. will be the swes of
| the billiard room and the bellies OF tho piazza.
| Young Fungus will never be gentleman; but he
| will early assume to be cOnnCisseur IN coats,
cirar,. saddle horses and lawn tennis He will
| han hotels, as closely as his mother, Tor what
other home than NOEL has he ever known; aud
there he will breakfast late. and call the barkeeper
ty his first name. and take leading and dogmailc
mart in the extraordinarily vapId. copious and
unlettrred conversation which is to be hoard only
In th. Offices OF hotel, and livery stables. He will
Ia a fop and fool with no thought but his own
amusement: whether he DO anything worse will
d.n,nd apon the freaks Of fortune especially his
luck in business AMI his luck III marriage.
Ue will never DO an interesting fellow. His sister
will at least be an object of attraction. From a
troublesome and over-d dressed child, she Will grow
into pert MISS with profound disrespoct Tor nor
mother and saucy answer for strange gentlemen
who try to anuse themselves with ner. she Will
ouiekly catch the accent and manner of class
much better educated than her own she will learn.
before sh, has mt on long dresses, that diamonds
Mt breakfast are in bad style: at fourteen she i'll
h, remarked for the elegance Of her costumes at
| nitssn she will have carried self-culture TO the
point of reading ovvls In Tue Seaside Library. and
| fav
far as the lighter publications Of the Franklin
Souare SERIES After brief transition period of gig
| Cling firtatiuns with boys. she Will suddenly APP
psar Mt tue summer hotel as an experienced young
lady ana will take her place naturally In the cate
CORY of Piazza Urls Like the rest Of those COM
panionablo virgins her object in life will be to
have a good time A good time implies young
man; with whom she will always be ready for ~
promenade outside the paror windows whispered
tAte-a-tAte in q dar6 corner, moonlight ride, an
unreasonable row on the lake. or pound OF French
candy in the recesses Of thicker.
As for Mrs Fungus, she, poor woman. will have
| gone of sadly when these nights OF heartless and
futile dalisnce arrive: bachelors and COM
morcial travellers will longer find her gay ";
her voice will DO harsher aud louder, but her laugh
will b. rare, and there will DO marks or trouble on
her once impassive face. Her children will despise
her acauaintances and be careful not to present TO
her their own. She will know little OF nothing Of
her sons pursuits. She will wait alone the
piazza till midnight. while her daughter Is out
with gentleman whose name she has never heard
and whom the truant pair at last appear. the cav
alier will net notice tho old lady. and the girl will
offer no remark What will the girl be like IN
mature ifsi Will she bring up children after the
pattern OF herself. and teach them. as she was
taught that there are domestic duties for either
old or youngi The civilization which has evolved
In order the hotel mother and the pazzs girl Ii too