The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-24
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER
GENERAL EXPOSITION NOTES
The Tea Mans Trsubts.-A R-.nm. =,
ooas'e SuhernatsriAi Candi-
ustes-Art Sotss-A Pen Pict.
urea Few Feminine
faets-other Notes.

cess. me attendance aggregates over
100000, which includes children. Tha
directors were wise. as well as gener.
Gus. School children were allowed
entrance at . cents apiece, and thew
swarmed through the corridors and
main buildings for several DAYS. /,
was deeidsd treat 20 the little onas
anc tho managers showed Wisdom in
getupg over with an irksome. mn.
pleasant duty ut the outset. The te.-
man, who was dispensing his nectar
iree,. thought, of course. ~
could supply the little dar-
nngs,, bus s. gallons uisao-
peareo down little threats In less that
tWo hours. The good tea-man shut un
SHOP ana went home. The dispIa,s
are muca like well ordered merchan-
use. Af'er noting beauty and neat
ness, one tlroS OF tae Gameness. Ms-
chinerry nal! possesses many at,rac.
lions Tor persons 40 Inclined. Women
are csns picuous by their absence. The
xastness, the mechanisms involved,
tno powers they cannot comprehend,
cypress them. a woman never likes
10 DO second IN two unknown QUAINT.
TIES. me art gallery draws most At
tentlon. Aside from its intrinsic yslus.
curiosity was stimulated Nv LbS
dispute between tho art superintend-
ent and the directors, over three
pictures that were excluded from the
gallery. There ID still ona left that
furnishes a tair illustration of the
crowd that draw around such. Bow,
IN their teens, and young men with
the first down OF a muslpche, These
with their inueGdoes and ieeripg
laugh furnish true evidence. Theirs
may DO instances in which the grand
passion displayed, or plot 10 be
evolveu, masters minor details, but
tne statue law Of auy State that for
bids the nude In real life, should DO
Sdually enforcsd in art, whore IL i. To
% displayed 10 the public. There
are many pictures to which
special attention js called by
Inc Catalogue, but If the proper CLASH.
Acatlon OF good picture is one whioh
suggests more than it actually rspre.
sents, In an October acene of rura,
l1fe, found the greatest of them ali.
painted py Frenchman, but his souI
was universal. 1t aeemod but a h.,n.
tiful spot in long-ago days, wnen the
sun seemed only TO sink behind oua
hill, and send back beautiful tints
ana waverinB shadows that gliDtad
over the already bare limbs OF trees.
ana played hiae and seek with the
clouds, and sesrosd TO hear ths
dropping OF nuts among tho brown.
rustllng leaves, and the GLAD
hnpy laughter of chi.d1Dod'
The Freuchman could panL
for nations who In hie brain soncsi we'd
aTexss scene. | wearied OF shs same
attitude OF dead Images, aud fouud
pictures III q living panorama. OF
many grave, sayi sad and ridicu Gus
there we're Two that lorojblv i'm
pressed me. emo tirs., a bright,bloom.
ing gIri That tuQughb nerseli g beauty
"a ilcsh End blood baau5y hhe Wac
but vstlJy! lgpeeped Ou5 OF her oyea
ana nutieTsd VITA nor fan, 1t simpsred
out OF her conscious laugh, land ali was
vanity saith the preacher. And in the
crowded hail win light, beauty aud
Drlliiancy To me, she became as an
image Of ilfe at It's best. Instead
OF the iull, bright eyes like twin STARS
were staring empty sockets. The
plump, suggestive tirts OF health and
youth were zone, ana clankipg bones
ratified and Jared through the crowd.
j saw only gEinninH teeth that s6siued
ready to drop from tho sumless isws,
L was glad w&en the crowd swallowed
her up, aud y Juno OF magnificent
womanhood csmo along, bnI by her
side WAS diminitive ppecim en- of
manhood, and she was trying To crook
down TO his level, and / thought
OF many instances of reSsl
maidenhood that had dwaried
themselves, mentally aud morally, 20
dwell on tse plsiDs of tho nsn that
fate had decreed them, and as the
crowd surged by aud on, 1t occurred
to me that 10 would be-
a fortunate thing if the house
should crush in or fire cls6e around,
shat, With q few exceptions, there
would be no pretty women hurt-aud
OF the number suppossble, | don't
think ST. Louis would suffer any los,
OF population. And 'tis a problem why
faces Of young girls here should look
so hard and aggressive and have none
or the round, soft, dainty grace that
We mud ninety timesin q hundred,
among Texas giris-bs they
OF the town or country. And, on
Texas coil, discussing Texas women,
reminds one of the last reportsi inter.
view ot Senator Coke. II il vol
worthy careful consideration, aud to
no part more than the instance in
which this movement of prohibition
seeks TO draw womanlind. It ia AK
1omiZsd that man not capable or
neglectiul OF his own private interests,
IL rarely conceded TO be the best pro-
moter of public affairs. Women, not
only OF Texas, but OF the country st
large, have record uuenvia-
BILE scored against them. IL
they take the hign ground Of morals
IN this prohibition movement, ana
seek TO b. assistant law. givers In this,
a little consideration OF tneir past
miseoods, and their errors OF omission
and sins of commission will not be
amiss. When u man oilers for public
service his priv ate lifc-nolons vGlens-
becomes pubic property, TO DO scru-
tinized and then condemned or
praised, as tho circumstances warrant.
There ~ not hamlet, however OBJ
scure, not u city so large, but csn fur
nish proportionate evidence of wO-
mans misused power-tha,, though u
power OF unwritton law, ~,
nevertheless, effective for good
or evil. IL woman sin through the
God given instinct OF love, aud a man
through tho brutal passion OF lust, who
doubts tho roeultg
The magdalene is scorned by the
cold, cruel lips OF her late dear 800
friend, OF icmiuiuity, while the same
dainty darlings Of society will open
wide thor arms u receive tho true
criminal. The vic.im is damned by
thom beyond salvation, while the man
Is made to feel himself u hero that has
achieved a wonderful triumph in
blasting the hopes and running the life
OF a tOo-trusting woman. Oh, no!
There are too many such In
stances of misusod perverted power
to eutrust,into woman's land, suffrage,
n weapon certainly not moro power
.ul, hut susceptible Of more effects,
righ, or wrong. Whom womon no
longer ind romance like n halo, on
circlinga murderer or libortine, but
estimate right and wrong Nv their true
vslae, We eau hope for good IN them
as eniranchitod citigens. To use their
housewifoly phrase, whom thsy cloar