St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-02-07
A STUDY OF DUDES.
One OF the Few Happy Mortals Who Ii Al
ways Well Satisfied with Himself
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Ooo Oh the Few Happy Mortals Who In Al
ways Well Satisfied with HimselE
What is real dude?
Dude is a very much abused word. II
Is word that has real meaning and
stands for real thing. But nine-tenths
OF the time it is applied, it is not used
correctly. Some seem to have an idea
that most any one may be dude if he
tries. but this is not the case. There is
great deal more in dude than clothes.
ihe real dude is something natural. He
IS a sort of freak of nature. The way
ne dresses Is only one of his peculiari-
1es: Those who are most often called
dudes only dress like dudes. The real
iiVe dude is not near SO plenty as might
ibe imagined. A good sized town gem
orally has no more than three or four of
tnese curiosities. 1t is only now and
tnen that you see q real dude while
walking along the crowded streets of a
city, but when you do see one, YOU
know he is one at a glance, if you know
what dude is or have ever seen one
before. There is something about him
that can't be mistaken. He has the
form and bodily appearance of man,
and though his clothes may be little
noticeable as being in the extreme of
style, it is his face that gives him away
more than anything else. There is
something about it so remarkably va
cant and expressionless. Something
almost child-like; or rather more like
an idiot He is usually frail, delicate
Aooking creature. One wonders as he
sees him how he manages to live through
the heat of summer and the frosts of
winter Yet he survives the hardships
OF life much better than his appearance
would indicate. This is 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
gether too violent and rude for him,
and then they are nothing but dull, tire
some amusements anyway. Dancing is
rs far as he ever goes in the way of ex-
erting himself, and then he always
clings close to his girl.
Perhaps another reason why the
dude, so frail and delicate, lasts so well
is his remarkable freedom from all
mental disturbances; you will notice he
always takes things very cool and al
ways appears perfectly composed. This,
however, is not the composure and self
possession that comes from strength of
mind. 1t is the natural result of lack
of mind. The poor thing has so little
brains that he is incapable of being inn
pressed by those things which affect
ordinary mortals His mind is never
agitated or troubled. because he has
none. Hence the dude sleeps well, and
is often less affected by the hard things
of life than many who possess greater
physical endurance.
Although the dude thinks only of the
girls-as far as he is capable of think
ling-and seldom associates with any
one else, there are few girls who think
anything of him, unless it happens to
be one Just like himself, differing only
i'm sex. The reason he is tolerated at
all by the girls is because he comes
handy. He is very attentive, and is al
ways on hand when wanted. The girls
know he is fool, and despise him all
the time they are enjoying his favors
and services.
The dude walks along the street in an
abstracted, self-important manner. He
seems to take little notice of any one or
anything going on about him. He ap-
pears to think he is to be looked at, not
to look Although every sensible per-
son thinks he looks more like an idiot
than anything else, he is, apparently.
exceedingly well satisfied with himself,
IN thinks himself an object of admira-
ton wherever he goes.-Ihe Judge.