Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-09-20
TINE BOSTON GA,

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I know plenty of young men VII" con.
trive :" have great deal ct cIeap TN,
at the expense If The average Boston
girl. The newspapers. pictorial weel :
lies and even the magazines foster them
In il. Some of the girls, to b' sure, arv
curious creatures, but many whom thr
New Yorker in Boston has met are re.
markably nice and first rate people h.
know. To be sure. they arr wholly dit.
ferent from the young ladies he is nc.
cnstomed Ia meet at nme They have
more substance, but hess sparkle. \ New
Yorker feels constrained e. be careful
what he SAYS and how he says it. After
an hours chat lie goes away feeling very
tired, and his heart doesn't hound with
delight AZ an invitation to call again.
He doesn't feel half 40 sorr, to % us he
does after little witch in his own city
has been entertaining him He feels a
strong desire to go home and read up.
For the street the Boston girl dresses
plainly but extensively, and with an ut
ter disregard of what in New York is
rallrl style She neither seems to
know nor 10 care how 10 put ON her
clothes a. the best effect. A female rela-
tive OF the New Yorker tells him that
they are very thorough; that beneath
the plain skirt Of Boston damsel you
will never sire . cheap or soiled linen
underskirt, but clean and costly as her
purse will allow. This female relative
asserts. moreover, that with many New
York mai,lens who make considerable
outward display, the reverse is the case.
Many al, Expensive ELK raiment hide,
from all bur the critical ot her own sex
ashockingly untidy lerticoat. As this
is altogether out Of my l,aliwick, drop
u with mere statement of the facts.
The Bottom girl won't dirt in the
street, She compo,ts herself as though
coDsclous that every one was looking at
her. She is not ~ Hardened aud indif-
feriil Ia the Opiuion of strangers by
constant roniact with all phases of met.
ropoliian life a, a New York girl is.
This applies not only to Young ladies
who have nothing in the world TO do but
10 dress, amu1e themselves and find
husband. hut . the girls who must work
for living ia the shops and offices.
The rollickin, army un Fourteenth street
any evening after q O'Clock would shock
and disgust hem. They march along
home by aos AMI lhrees. looking
neither to lir right nor left. with what
lIowells has called the Sad pa
tience OF unouried wornci,." They
are the perfection OF all that
is dem'r and discreet. The young
men, on ia. other hand, pay no atten-
ton 10 them. They push on Ia their
homes with all haste, and hurry of a.
spend the evening. among others of
their sex IN oin -. the many gymna-
Sums. schools. reading rooms. billiard
parlors and like resorts which Boston
seems 10 liav" provided in abundance
for gro~ing youth. Al a large SEASIDE
skatiug rns last evening. where thoa-
sands ri .orng people ratified around on
rollers for an evenings fascinating Ell
iOymenI. ] noticed scores Of Young
women sitting around on the benches,
skating ally now aud then with
chance male companion or gliding along
the smooth toor in lonely grandeur.
Fully as many young men, too. skated
by themselves or sat staring at the girls.
why don't some Of those fellows
summon up courage and assist the
ladies' ! asked my companion.
'Dh. he answered with an astonished
look, THAT wouldn't do in Boston. A
Young man would beput from the build
ing if he spoke to lady without an in
PRODUCTION.
II was actually forbidden IN the printed
rules. Fancy the condition. of affairs
in Inc big rink at Coney island. The
particular >'f ~ New York maidens who
20 toplace> Of that Kind without an g..
cort are quite sharp enough to skate with
. susceptible young man without per
hitting him 10 cause them any annoy
ing or announcement recognition after
ward. After all. New York girl, are a
little harIrDed and blinded by custom.
They are always in for lively time, bur
the Boston girl can swamp them with
book larnin'" Even the shop girls and
the walters in ice-cream saloons keep
hooks with the leaves turned down. and
store their minds with knowledge which
they hope To make useful during a lull
in trade.