Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-08-03
MISS WASHER.
Miss Washer. "Dravin: i.inp.'-Thc
Girl who i, In fora Good Tim" When
ever an Opportunity Offers.

London WORTH. unnOticed though as
yet she is by comic prints. Is. never
thcless. as much an entity as he Of
of the white ";.istcoat and single
stud. Miss Masher. as We have taken
leave to chriSten the feminine analo-
que of the young gentleman of whose
doings and sayings one has heard SO
much. is Il living fact Like her male
prototype. she finds at the Gaitv
Theatre what appeals 10 her as the
highest. if not the only, form o. dra-
matte art And. indeed. she i, under
no small obligations to that shriue of
burlespue. for not only do Nelly and
kate--of course she speaks familiar
ly Of her favorites supply her with
models upon which she dresses. but
also with her stock of pleasantries.
1t is partly the adroit handling of
such phrases rs may be from time to
in vogue that earns fer her the char
acter who rollicking youth SO freely
accords her. that of being capital
good fun a girl who can, at the
right moment, protest that she Is a
merry family, or that some one else
has got EN- on, is obviously a
creature of humor as rare as she is
delightful. Little wonder that young
Pipeclay from Aldershot, or little
Billy Bull from Cupelcourt. revels in
her society, and vigorously vie with
each other in showing her court
and hospitality. in accepting which.
it must he owned, she shows but
small scrupulosity. Most willingly
will she dine at the Bristol or Con
tinental, and, i'll fact. most nights
she does SO. her host being some
CHEEKY young bachelor of generous
instincts and Unsuitable capacity for
enjoyment. How is ii that for the
noncc, the institution cf chaperon
chat very bulwark of English society
is allowad to he in allegiance. | know
not but SO it is always at these little
parties, which, being devised more for
flirting than for gastronoinic and in
tcllectual purposes, would be sadly
married by the presence of the pro
fessionally vlgilant eye and studious
ear Perhaps Miss Washers father
is an oil officer, widowcr, who re
membering, with some difficulty
that he once was young. is glad to
see his daughter enjoying herself. so
long as he has no trouble in the
matter and his visits to the club are
not interrupted. Perhaps, again. Miss
Washers mother finds her daughter
so serious a rival that she spoils her
own sport somewhat, and is, therefore,
nothing 10th to part with her without
inquiring too particularly into what
supervision she will lave Dinner
done, naturally the tho.,le follows,
which entails the drive in hanson
with some preux chevalier. less for
NAL, perhaps, than of old, but not
less fervent in his friendship. That
each Jack escorts his particular Jill
goes without saving. Then the
evening seems so very short and in
complete unless supper crowns all
w uNtJCtl IL Iuutlt w StDIllt
ones rooms i'll which, no matter
how ill-furnished and in elegant love
ly women always seem to discover a
certain irresistible charm. In oys-
tiers the tongue finds singular in
spiration, while champagne is not
dispiriting, so that noise and non
sense ensue as no unnatural result
Still an end must come to even such
delights as these, and homes eventu-
ally reached. though none too soon.
However late the hour. nothing of re
proof Is ever said to Miss Washer,
for it is recognized that she is bird
of freedom who knows but few res
traints, and chafes against those few,
while certain concessions she imper
atively demands. Thus she insists
on the entire surrender of some one
room i'll the house for her own and
exclusive use. Here she is in the
the habit of receiving her friends.
secure in the consciousness that she
will not be molested by maternal
martinetism, or forced to bow to the
discipline of old would convention
alaties; hero 5 o'clock tea is right
at which many assist, though, like
many other rites. it would seem that
men alone may tastes its mysteries.
Not that the arcana consists of any
thing more than chaff, easy and
ceaselcss, and of that gossip which
suggests but does not state. Miss
Washer is ellknown figure at reg
mental balls indeed there are few
garrison towns which she has not
visited NOR, than once through
dancing can hardly be said her es-
pecial accomplishment. lngeniously
enough she always tries to gain pos
session of kat seat which best deties
curious observation, and once discov-
cred and secured, she seems to regard
it with particular attachment; for it
may be noticed that waltz succeeds
polka and polka waltz, but yet our
fair friend remains unmoved, still
giving significance to her glances and
meaning to the many and delicate
movements of ner fan. Whether
this is, the end and object of her
hospitable hosts, who of course, shall
say9 At any rate, it is her invari-
able habit to think so. Again at
race meetings, of which she is a
pretty constant frcquenter. it will be
found that she generally has some
thing of pressing moment to whisper
to her companion (who, in shielding
her from the suns rays with her par
asol, draws her more clearly and ex-
clusively to himself) just as the stir
of the ''tinish" is thrilling most of
those present to a fever heat of ex-
element. 1t may thus be concluded
that, at her male prototypes regard
and describe all womankind but as
the inevitable victims of their all to
irristable charms, So Miss Washer
has every desire to convert each occa
ton into an opportunity for subdu.
ing that poor weakling, man. That
she is still Miss and not Mrs. Washer
proves how fine is her art, how great
her mastery of the science of draw
ing the line" how admirable her
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