The Indianapolis journal., 1883-04-13
A oITYs ADvENTUREssEs.
Specimen of the FIirtatious Women to Be
| Found in Chicago.

Chicago Herald.
On one of our streets lives plump brunette
of several years and many charms In the
remote ages she was married. The results of
that marriage were many. The most evident
are two beautiful daughters, now between
the ages of ten and fifteen. This lady grew
to grace and loveliness in the renowned To-
cality OF Goshen, Ind. Twas there she mar
rled-a man, who, for several years past, mas
been located as an attorney in one of the
most immediate suburbs of Chicago. What
ever the cause their marriage was divorced"
The lady went into the employ of Field e.
Letter, where her beautiful figure was util-
lied to try the effect of costumes From
hence she emerged as an idler, with time
hanging joyously on her pleasure. She was
well provided for by several men, each be-
lieving himself enshrined alone in the center
of the place where she kept her affections.
She managed her affairs with great subtlety.
She lived quietly and with apparent respect
ability.
"Above all things" she once said, Il make
it a rule to be a lady" So far as manner
goes, SO far as dainty affectations of refine
ment tell, this rule she never transgresses.
"Oh l must have bunch of violets. l can
not live without flowers, they are part of my
existence" she will exclaim to an admirer
Ehen passmg %ssheiio caashes florists There 6r9
tone that makes him feel Gravity. 1t
conveys an impression that this sensuous
beauty is recalling with regret the dewy
wood violets and innocent days of childhood.
He elevates her for this exquisite sensitive
ness several pegs in his regard, and turns
into the shop to assuage its lament. When
they come out several dollars are gone from
his pocket, but her hands are filled with
lilies, red and yellow roses, mignonette, and
the bunch of violets is in his bosom. She
can turn her soft eyes on him so innocently
and coo in his ears so dove-like that he is re-
paid.
Her favorite racket to bring great con-
quest into contemplation of voyage up the
Nile $50 to speak,, is to be ''surprised'' when
he calls and receive him en- negligee namely:
a skirt with f1uted lace-trimmed ruffies and
a sacque, more lace than muslin, through
whose meshes are seen a black satin corset
ornamented with blue, round arms and
more than the suggestion of full bust. She
can look SO ingenious and mortified as she
crosses one tiny slippered foot over the other
and pulls the lace on one of the frills of her
skirt till the embarrassed fingers lift it from
its proper place and the beautiful curves of
her golden gossamer hose are in view.
Last year she occupied handsome apart
ment in house few doors from the home
she now occupies She received many ines
sages," was frequently absent on transient
visits Ito friends" but she had few gentle
men visitors. Her room was shared fire.
quently by an individual supposed by the
people OF the house to be her husband, and
who, in reversion of the usual order of
things was called by her name That he
had no means to share with her is evident
from the confidence she once impaired that
Charley had been broke ever since l knew
him."
Recently, since establishing her present
home and placing her children therein, in
the face of this fact and the opinions of the
neighborhood she has remarked the hus-
band whose name she retained, and the sup
posed father of her daughters.
DO these women who hover on the bor-
derground of respectability never sink
lower?" asked an unworldly little woman.
Seldom: They have mastered the principles
Of combining responsibility and looseness.
They do not make the mistake of forgetting
their interest through recklessness or the