Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-17
A CHAPTER OF LIFE.
From Wealth and Luxury bo"n 10
Dcgradatlon-Wom an's Folly.

Kansas city, April l4,-four cor
respoudent, in company with we'll
known detective of this city, was
faw DAYS ago strolling down West
Fifth street. AS we approached the
Iindell hotel, the Union avenue
street ear was coming to stop
Alirhting therefrom was a sleepy, d.
lapidated looking female, very poorly
clad and carrying small package
Crashing my arm be stopped aud sald'
HGet' on 10 the old dame going down
the street, she ought to be slugged."
He continued. "She was once q
princess of fashion, having figured
conspicuously in high life In 'Giddy
Gotham, ,butalas,sh Is now pauper
and IL serves her right
"Indeed,n said |, "that Is rather an
III fate to wish one of the gentler
sex.p
"Ah,n said he, "young man, If you
had been q detective as long rs | have
and had witnessed the scenes that ]
have, poverty's harps of pathos would
sound and re.echo their dulcet
harmonies before the tendrils
of your heart became moved. That
old cat Ia vulgar term for demi-monde)
who got out Of that car IL one of the
many fit subjects for illustrating the
infidelity that IL now practiced In this
az well as many Northern cities. You
say you are Southerner. Then ! adj
wise you, II you have any sisters or
feminine relatives who are dear to you,
never bring them North to live, for the
chances are they would more or LEES
fall into bad company, and possibly
hat t,..a nj Sain n
ing 10 his first thought he continued {:
THAT woman was at one time the wife
OF one of New York's wealthiest mer-
chants. He was quiet, sober, indus
trious and afiectionnte husband, while
she, endowed with all the choicest
gifts known to heavens galaxy of art
ists, possessed an insurnountatle
yearning for dress, society and enjoy.
ments."
"How could she have become so de-
graded and utterly destitute ?"
Said he : "'rhe history Of her life is
the lives of the many
ruby Tipped, buxom girls that
have preceded her in The broad and
gilded road to ruin"
Becoming interested, / invited nay
detective friend into n favorite resort,
where we tipped the cup gently and,
under protest, he resumed his story :
1.-THE woman in question and her no.
BILE husband were the sole occupants
Of magnificent residence on -
street in New York. The first few
years of their connubial felicity not n
ball, IA reception, a teu.party or soiree-
musicale occurred among the wealthy
Knckerbocllers but that this Inflated
couple were present. She was arrayed
In all the silks, satins, laces and jewels
that II feminine heart could long for,
and he perfectly contented III IA not
too costly suit Of broad.cloth. AS time
wore on, this woman's love for the
gayeties of Gotham increased, while
the husband, thoroughly Disguised
with her lastidious notions and whims
ceas, d TO attend society's festive as.
| semhiages. Here endeth the first les
son. Undaunted at her husbands eff
forts to check her onward, dazzling ca.
reer, she soon arranged with
some nelghbOrlng lady or ladies TO call
for her when en- route to n grand
social event. Right here the waitI G
domestic bliss began TO assume
threatening aspect. Not many daS
after u fasho able gentleman be
gan to call and escort her t
various places OF amusement, an
despite all the pleading of her devote
husband, she refused TO relinquish he
vaingioriSus practices; until final
they were divorced.h
did she marry again?n l asked.
"No,o said he, "she became inratl
: ated with a handsome New Yorker
; shrewd, gay and wealthy. An undu
intimacy sprang up between then
Madam Rumor mouthed it up an
down Fifth avenue into Murray Hill
until her old friends cut b
acquaintance, and being scorn,
by society she relied solel
g upon her Legitimate husband for pr
u lection and pleasure. 1t did not tai
v her long To dispose of the few thousal
}, dollars given her by her hu
u baud ut the time of their separatio
u and six months thereafter she bade far
u well to the home OF her childhood n,
&c departed for parts unknown. III
next heard of her she was In a we
known gilded palace in Chicag
There she renamed for several veal
gradually going down, down, dow
- until bereft of her charms, her sill
~ and Jewels, she became broken heart,
" and dead to the virtuous world.n
= "How long has she lived here?n
|" inquired.
:, Several years." he said.
/, What Is her vocation here ?r
~ asked.
% Vocation" he said, with she,
. ''she Is an inmate of very degrad
house of iniquity.n
Saying this, he arose. We walk
II "a block, and behold, this same womu
ne once the idol of happy aud wenlt
he husband, came up the street, with Ii
r. hair all hanging down aud her (,
rs scratched, in the custody of IA pol
~ officer.
-, Afford and Veal Addition.
Ia The lots are deep, and also che
Prices $40 to $3.50 for inAine ID