Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-25

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Negligence OF Safety Tho Farmers
Wife-Silk Dresses of Former Days
Miss Aicott- Neutrality-suspicious..
What has become of the gentle, soft and
docile young girl. She fourished once
and was usually considered to be about tho
most fet,hing thing in girls extant. Re-
Gently she placidly drifted out of sight,
leaving in her stead the dashing, wide-eyed
and blooming girl who holds the field to-day.
There is something preventive in the MEM
DRY of the docile young girl She was the
dude of fem.ninity She did not row, or
bowl, or ride, or walk, but was content to
drift modestly along, bland, serene and
doye-hke, wearing her eyes aloft, her hair
in pretty ours and her hands folded sub
missively in her lap. When she timidly en-
tered the room and took her seat in a far
corner-a bit o. lace handkerchief in one
hand and Lucille in the other-and be-
gan to coo in her mild and earnest way
about the hollowness of life, large, bong
and robus. men fell PROSTATE before her,
and she meekly gathered them in She did
it mildly; but she gathered them in
She was succeeded by the girl who was
usually described as elegant" This particu-
lar fashion in girls who was never very popu-
ar with men. but it was immensely affected
Iy women. The elegant girl was graceful
In mien, polite, refined and usually i'm
meshed in q dim and entirely unfounded
mystery spoken Of in meaning whispers by
her companions as an affair" The 'ele
CANT never impressed me much ] confess
in deprecatory way that after 1 had left
her l was wont at times to go off in some
secluded corner, where nobody but the man
in the moon could see, and indulge in gig
cling to wholly indecent extent She was
Il deep girl | have known her at times to
surreptitiousiy accomplish the erection Of a
romance which concerned the love of a soul
full girl with a tangled mass of blue black
hair for a ambent-eyed man, whose distin-
gushing characteristics were a rare and
brilliant smile and fondness for talking
about things he evidently knew nothing
whatever about in words ten syllables long.
She called him Egbert, Bryce or Clare, and
usually signed her romance "Marione."
don't know why she added the final e.
neither did she
The animated girl with gush of artificial
merlin mt came romping on the scene and
the elegant" girl stood disapprovingIy aloof
and stared at her. But the gaiety-ictitous
or genuine-of the latest thing in girls
drove ali the others out of favor and for q
time New York would have no other girl
than the one who was perpetually On her
toes and squeaking out her rapturous delight
at everybody and everything on earth.
She chattsd of ~sassiety," Of sets, Glasses"
and families nand though she nay at heart
have been artful, cunning, crafty and in
sincere, OF simply sentimental, weakly and
inane, her manner was ever that Of a pure
and artless young thing Was she ever
tiresome! Did her perpetual outbursts OF
enthusiasm and delight cause you at times
to step aside and drop a hot and scalding
tear of pity for herr 1t did or all the
fashions in girls this was by far the least
lovable
Which brings us to the New York girl Of
to-day. with her red hussar jacket, smart
little turban, erect carriage and easy swing
She owns the world The easy play OF the
features, the superb color, and the eyes that
LOOK a man square in the face and achieve
his maudiin subiertion at a glance are ia
miliar TO us all We forgive her afFecta-
ton Of the English, for when she speaks Of
'row -dy-dow it is with a quizzical smile
and her holiness is never anything but
charming. She is natural at least, and at
her best, and no man dare remind her of the
time when she was '-docile," or elegant,
or animated" and for that matter, no man
cares to, for the present fashion in New
with or treated with anything but abiect
and entire admiration Hall in
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