Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-07-02
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BITS OF LIFE PHOTOGRAPHER FROM
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Departure.
Special Correspondents.

cars here IN honor of prolnlnent men Prasi-
dent Garfield, Andrew jackson and other
departed figures political. literary or sci
ehtihc, are doomed 10 this peculiar immnr-
tality, whether they like il or not The cars
are slower, cleaner, les crowded than the
New York tramways. The conductors are
well dressed excessively polite and obliging
and speak good English They lock ike
nabobs in comparison with the overworked,
grammarless and INDECENT souls who collect
fares in the metropolis. Two are SAID 20 b,
graduates Of Harvard. can't swear 10 this.
| haven't seen either Of them. Have only
heard Of them
There Is no politeness on the sidewalk mere
at all, AMI great deal in the stcros The
young ladies behind the counters are neatly
clad, polite and ''proper ia their language"
high school graduates, most of them They
are rather good-looking. besides In COM
par.sOn with the New Nor, shop girl. who
is often too poorly paid, and ,oJ hurried to
be either polite or tidy, ~ young lady be-
hind the counter here is an empress. The
toasted culture is really most noticeable
In the middle class. IL takes the form OF an
obliging demeanor, rather than learnin.
Anybody IN any store viii take unlimited
time and pains 20 direct YOU Alright. Well,
they are never rushed with business as in
New York
A gentleman told me that on entering
popular store on Washington street one day,
he found the floor walker and one of the
saleswomen energetically discussing some
question of ethics They were too absorbed
TO notice the customer. He. not being impa-
tient, listened. The disputants finally reached
a point where they were obliged 20 either
stop or begin it all over again. You know
Mr.. c." said the young lady, that is a
question of morality" and that ended il.
Then, the irritating vice Of curiosity is in
digenous here, AMI attains a growth that
seems gigantic to New Yorker who isn't
accustomed 10 il IN any form. Landladies
Of lodging houses are prone TO oe sociable.
Mine hangs on broom handle n ms door
way the greater part ~ the day talking,
talking, talking and Always about moth
ing. She is highly gifted as an inquisi-
| tor, but falls below mediocrity as a house
| keeper. Yet she is not exceptionally curl
Gus. The majority Of TEN are the same
way. The New York l'nllady doesn't know
half the time whether vou are living or
| dead, and doesn't care. Neither does she ask
Y you if you are married and whether your
parents are living, and IL you have ever
had the scarlet fever She wouldn't burden
her mind with facts concerning You.
/ Not SO the lady Of the lodging-house
I here. The newest lodger is mental food for
her, and until she has put him through
I course of impudent questions, inspected his
/ wardrobe, read his letters, and otherwise
1 grounded herself in his personal history she
! is a very busy woman.
I A lady from New York stopped with one
Of these magpies a couple of weeks She
hadn't been in the house half a day un
I I'll her andlady bad told her three distinct
and separate ways and times that she had
I camel's hair shawl The conversation which
ended with the shawl always began about
/ the weather. and was artfully steered TO a
point whore the shawl could be gracefully
adjusted ON the shoulders of comparison.
/ For instance this: "Oh, my, YES, it's still
l awfully cold for May. IL looks warm, but
! il isn't. Now Mr.. l.. and myself were out
last night. | just grabbed my camers hair
shawl and flung it around me-just put ii
/ on because it happened 10 be down stairs.
Mr.. L. said | would roast, but l didn't !
wasn't bit too warm"
The shawl was evidently the piece de re
4 sistaHce Of her wardrobe, an event of the
/ toilet which could not be spoken Of too fire.
I quently.
4 Nv own landlady, as / said. is very soci-
able. The day after my arrival | walked
noiselessly into my room and caught her
] reading one 81 my letters. She had IT spread
out before her like a European war map.
| When she discovered me her CONSERVATION
/ knew no bounds. She grabbed dust brush
from under her arm and made an attack on
/ the mantelpiece energetic enough TO have
brushed chimney and all away. Il was just
I setting things 10 rights here she added, as
/ she hurriedly disposed of the distressing
/ document Yes, / see / answered, with
/ a noticeable circunfiex on the last word.
/ The mantelshelf was grimly in order at all
| times. and this sudden onslaught uron ii was
very funny.
But / had my revenge. From day TO day
| | made notes ON my observations, to be used
| in both public and private letters. These
were mere dabs of intelligence, suggesting
much 10 me- but with ungueSsable mean-
/ ings % others However, the more obscure
and incoherent they were, the more interest
ing would they prove to my landlady IN her
/ search after food TO supply her extremely
I active brain and industrious tongue L left
/ these notes where | knew she would lind
/ them. / knew she read them from day to
day. could see it in her eye. They excited
/ her interest IN me greatly. Here and there
/ / threw in among the scrappy paragraphs
some incendiary and alarming sentence, such
as "An goes well; the $sed viii soon be
4 done .In a week il viii be- ri over
mo enc suspects me- ard other eabalistie
| phrases likely to appeal 10 my hostess Iec'i-
/ liar grade Of intelligence. Her eyes began
/ to have a wild look when ! saw her. Ny
going ami coming was the signal for doors
| 10 mysteriously shut and open. Her curios-
/ fty increased instead Of abating. she made
| dozens of erraGds into my room every day
/ when was there. and doubtless twice as
/ many when i was absent She purchased
I new bro0rns, with stronger handles, anu
/ H., nv