The Red Cloud chief., 1885-01-02
a STUDY OF DUDES.
One of the Few Happy Mortal. VIII" u Al
WAYS Well satisfied with Himself.

One al the Few Happy Mortal. VIII" Il Al
WAYS Well satisfied with Himself.
What is = real dude:
Dude i a very much abused word. II
j. a word that has 4 real meaning and
stands for a real thing. But nin"-tcnths
of the tine it i applied. ii j. no: used
correctly. Some seem % have m idea
that most n n may ir u dude If he
tricS. hu; this i not IN. case. Th"ru l.
Il rrca; deal more IN = dude than clothes.
The real dude i, something natural. Ill"
i Il sort If Il fr'ak Of nature. Tn" WY
he dresses i only one of his rcculiari-
ties. Thosr who ar most often Gale!
dudes ONLY dress Ike di"'r>. flr real
I've dude l. no hear 80 I.!orty a might
b. imagined. \ good sized town gen
crally has no more than three or four"f
! these curio>!;icS. Il J. onlS now ard
then that YOU seq 4 real dTdr while
walking along the crowded ~.rr".> II =
city. but when YOU 30 see one. yru
know hr j. one Al y glance. if Won kEo.
what Il dad" i or hav" Yer seen orh
before. There is something about hr'
that can't hr mistaken. Ii" ha> the
form and bodily app aTancc of a man.
and though his clothes may he a little
noticeable Is hring III the cSremr of
stvlc. il is his face that gives him away
more than ANYTHING else. Tlcrr l.
something about il 80 remarkably Va
can't and \lrc>>ionlcS>. Something
almost child-l.kr; or rather more Ike
al idiot. He l. usually aira |. delicate
IL a.. ..f.,- -. l.,
sccS him how he manages To live through
the heat If summer and the fro>tS oi
winter. Yet he survives tn hari>hip>
of life much bctte than his appearance
would indicate. Tbs i probably be-
cause he takes such good care of him.
self. He never takes part in the Sports
of other Young men. They are alto
rether too violent ari rule for him.
and then they arr nothing but dull. tire
some amu>emeutS anyway. Dancing i
rs far aS he ever goc> il the Way Of rN-
erting himself. and then he always
, clinG> close 10 his girl.
Perhaps another rca>on why 'he
dude. 81 frail and delicate. lasts 50 wei
is his remarkable freedom from III
mental disturbances; YOU viii notice n
4 IlN nv tINtS kaiali-> 49, kb'A SitA "a
ways appears perfectly composed. Thi,
/, however. i no; the ccmpo>urr and self
mind. 1t is the natural SeSult of a lac
of mind. The poor thing has so little
brains that he is incapable of b. w i'm
pressed by those things which alice
!, ordinary mortals- HIS mind is never
agitated or troubled. becau>e he ha
none. Hence the dude sleeps well. arc
is often less affected by the hard thing
of life than many who possess greatcI
: physical endurance.
/ Although the dude ;hinkso ot IN
, girls-as far As he Is capable OF t6lrs
: ing-and seldom associates with anl
: one else. there are few girls who thini
ANYTHING of him. unless il happens &
, be one lust like himself. differing oul,
. in sex. The reason he is tolerated :
: all by the girls is because ne come
1 handy. He is very attentive. and Is al
E ways on hand when wanted. The girl
, know he is fool. and despi>e him a!
e the time they are enjoying his favor
and services.
/ The dude walks along the stree. IN 81
distracted. self-important manner. h
n seems to take little notice of any . q
e ANYTHING going on about him. He ar
pears to think he is to be looked at. No
to look. Although eveY sensible PEI
n son thinks he looks more like an Idle
= than anything else. he iS apparent!
exceedingly wen satisfied with himset
/ an thinks himself IN object Of admir-
b tien whcrcver he gpeA-Tas Judge