The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-10-29
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There were small tables in the meeting room,
evidently used for purposes or refreshments If
speakers or proceedings grow prosy. We
atilized one of these for the Black Cats bene-
1t, and listened to the excited talk or rather
ooked at the active gesticulations of a group
aear us, one of which was said to be a we'll
known writer for Figaro. We left before the
meeting or any considerable number of the
,abitues had assembled, for our friends wish
ed US to see the Partisan Black Cat under au-
other form, and knew that the only way was
20 see it early.
II shall not tell you where I am going to take
you," said our friend, but you will not be
afraid to go where | am willing to take my
wife, aud the lady seconded her husbands
not on, a15 said there would be nothing
where We were going alarming or disagreea-
Die. We walked quite a distance through the
busy, brilliantly lighted streets and stopped
before The broad steps of a pnblic garden on
the Boulevard Montmarire. "ThiS is not a
notorious place, like the Jardin MabiIle,"
said our friend, that has no longer an exist
snce, but It is one of the public resorts Of
Paris, where young men and women meet,
where elstions are formed, temporary or
otherwise, but which are really frequented by
avery respectable class of young married
working people as well, and in many WAYS is
d curious institution, not half as black as it is
psinted. Gendarmes stood at each stage of
he entrance and guarded the doors, and every
walk aud avenue is under police surveillance.
Young women come there alone, and though
this renders them liable to attention the re-
Ferse of respectful, yet everyone has a right
20 claim and can secure protection, and be
guarded to her home, if she wishes At the
hour of the evening at which we entered (nine
o'clock the garden presented a very attrac-
i've appearance, aud a very orderly one as
well; the broad walks and avenues are out
iIned and traversed by rows of electric lights;
and the flowers and %shrubbery were fresh and
kr;Oh+ ae :, N rao1 0ordnn uoe rra1l Glla6
oy people of apparently the working class,
but not differing from the artisan or small
rading class anywhere, and there was a
.prinkling of some who were better dressed
and belonged in an undoubtedly different
circle. There was an entire absence at that
hour of the rowdy element, which is so con-
s~picuous with us; and indeed it would have
iittle chance to express i'slf under the rigid
solice surveillance which compels every man
who enters to undergo scrutiny when he gives
~ his walking stick or umbrella. The dress
of the women surprised me; it was uniformly
lark snd modest, even those who came alone
or unattended Ttere was moth pg to attract
attention, and indeed many of those present
we're undoubtedly young married people who
came to meet friends and participate in the
ENJOYMENT of the dance after the weeks work,
which so far as the bread winning is concern
ed is usually shared BY the wife. 'Wha be-
comes Of these giris?" l asked; "they do
not look bad or depraved. s'They are
not" said my friend. statistics show that a
majority of them marry the men with whom
they form relations, and the reason why they
can do so is that their society does not look
down upon them; trey do not lose their self
respect. Besides, 1t is not in order TO be main
tanned; it is for society and companicnsh p
that they form their associations; they still
preserve their independence; they support
themselves; and women who are self-sup-
porting do not feel degraded and viii stand
20 abuse. TOTS necuniary independence rem
1ers the pos ton of French women better in
some respects than that of the women of any
ether country. 1t is the only nation in the
world where tie men are chambermaids and
Ne women cashiers, and where the women
practically control the retail business"