River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01
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famous London barking firm here for
many years yesterday. lie is a gentle
man who has gained some prominence
in town owing to his active interest in
athletic affairs, as well as a fondness
for addressing political meetings, and
be is altogether a well-known authority
on matters connected with the finance
of England. His homily on the New
York girl was delivered briskly and
energetically as he stood by one Of his
big office windows with his hands
thrust in his pockets and his face
turned toward the street. He said
that though he had been in New York
and that he was acquainted with so
many American families, he was still
being constantly surprised at the abso-
lutte freedom Of the New York girl.
Her trustfulness, he said, .stil
causes me to stop at times and gasp
with establishment. For instance,
have friend about 81 years old, man
of the world, utterly reckless, fast
liver, and rounder Of the most rapid
type. Tie fell into a fortune OF more
than a quarter of million on his
twenty birthday, and he spent ii
in three years. Then various wealthy
connections of his died OIL frem time to
time and left him enough money to
keep things booming. lie il what
women, | believe, call dangerous
man. and he is certainly the most rapid
of dashing lotharios. A few nights ago
was going home from the opera, when
/ caught a glimpse of his windows, and
rs my wife wouldn't let me smoke in
the carriage let her drive home alone
and stepped out to make a midnight
call on my friend. lie lives in a bach
elor apartment house, and his rooms
have the name - being rather g0r-
| geous. When ne is in town be gives
late suppers there that ut times involve
the names Of people of some note in
the theatrical world. In a word,
| his apartment is precisely the place
that strict mothers would not en-
] courage their daughters TO visit.
AS | know the janitor well, | went
right up to his room and knocked at
| the door, and was invited 10 enter by a
yell that could be heard to the roof.
opened the door, went through the
short hall and into the front room, and
/ there was my distinguished friend. in
his shirt sleeves and slippers, with
smoking cap on the back of his head
and a big pipe in his mouth, bowling
| wildly and persistently at a remarkably
pretty young woman who sat at the
table taking down his brilliant flights Of
I - tt,s - haVI In Al
by the hand pushed me into Il chair
handed me some matches and things,
and went on declaiming at the top of
his lungs. The girls pretty little lips
were pursed up deteImiLcdly as she
followed him with her pen, and when
ever he asked her 10 read over her
notes | was surprised al the dramatic
force with which abe mimicked is
voice and manner. On the other emf
of the table was a tray on which stood
the remnants of a supper and pint g
claret, with less than half a glass
missing from the bottle. | learned
that the young spendthrift, having got
to his last resources, had suddenly de-
cided to write a novel He advertised
for stenographer, engaged the first
one that came along, and had
been at it hammer and tongs
every night for week
As it was after midnight. he said he
| thought he would stop, and told his
stenographer so, and she rose and said
they had put in a good nights work,
having written 5000 words. She put
on a lot of fashionable wraps. shook
hands with us both pleasantly, AMI
then her employer called the
janitor up to have him take
her to the cars. She was a
girl who in Europe could not have ven
tured out in the street in broad day
light alone without being insuited.
She had a charming frank smile, pink
and white complexion, and graceful
/ figure. / should say she was between
10 and 20 years of age. The situation
did not seem to strike my friend as be-
1 Ing in the least bit peculiar, and il
certainly seemed emirenly proper to
4 to her, for she was as free, careless,
and happy at midnight in the rooms Of
/ "A leader Of one of the fastest sets in
/ New York as she would have been III
/ her own home. The curious part of
1 il all was that he was as utterly I'M
conscious of the delicacy of the posi-
4 ton as She. They We're both born aud
/ brought up in New York, and they
seemed to regard a position which
would have been decidedly shocking
to an Eastern community with entire
/ Indifference. | asked him what be
knew about the girl; ne said he didn't
know INVITING nj all except she was a
| good stenOgrapher and very pleasant
/ little body. Then he forgot all about
& l. a ;.,t
astic description of his novel, These
are the things in American Hfe-by
which | mean the life in New York city,
for know no other, and | am glad to
say that | expect to die here in time
which, as have said, men who have
been brought up on the other side of
the water really find it difficult TO COM
prehend.
Another very familiar type Of the
New York girl is one that have given
up all hope of explaining tony visitors
from abroad. | know a charming
young lady who lives in Forty sixth
street. and whose father was formerly
| Consul General for this Government al
one of the South American States. He
died there and left his family a COM
petence. The widow who survives
him is in delicate health, and It IS inn
| possible for her to chaperone her
daughter when she goes ont in the
evening. The daughter is the oldest
of four or five children. and she is a
girl of magnificent appearance. Her
beauty is striking. She is Just of age.
and she has a numerous acquaintance
OF course she is fond of life and gayety,
and, after the good old fashion of the
American girl she does not see why
She should stay home and NOPE be-
cause her mother cannot 90 out with
her Therefore she goes about unat-
tended BY any other chaperone than
her own sweet SELF visits the theatre
and the opera frequently with a cava-
lier, and even goes with him to
Delmonico's or the Brunswick for n
bite of supper afterward. No unmar-
ried woman could do this for two days
on the other side of the water without
losing every vestige of reputation she
possessed. But my beautiful Forty
sixth street friend keeps ii up in New
York. and she is still cordially recog-
nized. | know that she is above sus-
picion. because my wife and daughters,
who are the strictest Of women, treat
her with great affection and enthusiasm
whenever they meet. New York is
a great town The opportunities for