The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-11
OUR ST, LOUIS PEPPER BOX
THE HARDNESS oFsPRlNe-TlME
Publican PrOpensltIeS of the Populace-
Laudable Efforts TO Fill Family
Registers and Down ChlcagO's
Census Boarding Houses.

ST. LOUIS, May 7.-[ Correspondence
-Sprina-tlme here does not come with
the sudden swittness of the southland.
Hesitating, hating, MS if afraid Of
wlntrY blasts and Jack frost's brea tn,
slowly tho leaves appear. Used to the
upspringing of wild flowers IL comes all
wrong to miss these now. But ground
is TOO valuable and space too dear TO
! give room to Gods silent teachers OF the
| love olthe beautiful, The result of sun.
ny days, especially of Sundays TO send
crowds OF people TO the parks. Last
/ Sunday st. Louis see ned to be in gala
dress and sure enough holiday attire,
Audit was a good natured crowd that
pushed into the street cars and SWARM
cd through the avenues, Children
laughed and shouted with the delight of
pleasant sunshine after the ate terrible
winter and slow coming spring. There
must be u lurking germ Of hArbarism
in humanity, that even refGed ciyiliza-
| ton has failed to eradicate. Wild-west
combinations arc the rage here, and
! when | tell you as authority from the
ticket agent Of enc, that 5000 people
went to the fair grounds to look upon
scenes, SCARCE step removed from the
| ~
preoiated of the remark CONCERNING tho
tlaeping element of mau. Speaking of
children Just now reminds ne offs no.
tiCeable change in the domestic life in
| st, Louis. Several years since, when in
the city, children were under ban. IL
was a city of dults-seemingly Ho-
tells prescribed them, and real estate
| agents advertised against them. But
now they are simply terrible in mum
Der, and with the progressiveness and
! aggressiyeness OF young America, they
are 20 the front. There can be but one
solution to the numerical problem: ST.
Louis entire ambition is to outstrip Chi
cago, and in that endeavor they are
utilizing all avenues of development.
What il lacking In quality ia fully
supplied in quantity, In the way OF
amusements, The best talent witbdrews
at the summers breath, but OF course
humanity in sweltering heat could not
stand heavy tragedies aud inteuse emo
tiOns, and lightness and weakness are
constituents of summer food.
From tho river, b&ck for score o.
more of blocks, are TO be IounC
the habitaticDs OF the transents
The city has its quota of elegant hotels
that no doubt hold and deserve theil
patronage, but the drifting tide findl
Judgment in these boarding houses and
furnished roolus, And tho element,
composing even one house are various
: from the wealthy Of distgnoe, to thc
shop girls OF the city. To keep board
ing h ouse is a we'll known last resort o
the lats geuteels. Ladies' that in ante
bellum days, kept their carriage anC
spent their days In elegant leisure, ar,
now waiting behind closed doors To-
lodgers, that perhaps never come. Bacl
OF lace curtains, in many parl0rs still
: kept elegant, hand to hand fights ar
+ waged With the diTest poverty. One O
= tbs deplorable result5 OF this let dow
in position, is the fast young girl. Wit
her reoeuections of the past, she has he
style and tone. Cut off from her pas
social restraints of exclusiveneas, sh
. develops a loudness that degenerate
. rapidly. She it IL that promotes by on
couragement and notice, the "psraon
ais" that daily are appearing an,
Q increasing in the papers. Tho persona
~ the first step, and ste
! by step it goes, until the social liio zoe
Il out into darkness worse than yeAth.
0 Thia is a phase of life too terrible 70
ease-lOving humanity. There is brig1
side OF beautiful picture, when Ia
: sun shines and femininity goes
L shopping. All! that is e1oriceless boon t
), womankind in more senses than ont
: And there is another slde-a view {
: the lordliest magnates Of any city-ii
policemen. know it Is considered tn
correct thing to envelgh against then
but then to see their martial bearing {
: the street venders,and hear their order.
: "move on" and then reach forth for
handful OF fruit, that means money {
the poor, inoffonsive, defeuceless ven
\ dor, and these see these tempOrar
0 'lOrds" smirk and smile 10 the rich.
Happy Texas, whose latitude remove
5 her from the cold wave that struck her
\ last night. a slight fall OF snow to-da
9 that melted, however, in falling.
: PEPPER Box.