Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
THEY WANT A REFORM.
The Young Ladies do not Hesitate
to Clamor for a Change.

The Young Ladies do not Hesitate
to Clamor for Change.
More than dozen letters have
been received at this office to-day,
all of which clamor for the reform
outlined in the LEDGER yesterday.
Some of the letters are from the
girls, but two or three of them are
from matrons who remember that
they were once girls themselves.
1t is impossible to print all of these
illusions, and this fact is very
much regretted. The letters cover
a wide range Of feeling. Some of
them ask for an absolute reform,
while others will be satisfied with
partial change in the order of
things. One sweet little damsel
demurely wants to know eff we
can really blame the young man;
perhaps they want to be saving ?"
Perhaps they do, dear, but one
lass who is less unsophisticated
than yourself, knocks that charita-
BILE theory of yours higher than
Gilderoy's famous kite. You
should read her communication,
for it is among those that are given
below, and is used largely for your
benefit. This lady, who is hardly
Junior, dispases of the economy
idea in ''whiffy," by showing the
careless expenditures of the boys
who are young men, for purposes
other than the entertainment and
enjoyment of their young lady
friends about town. This letter is
as follows:
To the Editor Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, 17.-Yeu will
pardon me for intruding my bit of
a plant on your valuable columns,
but cannot help rising up and
saying amen to your editorials of
yesterday, in which you upbraid
the young men for their inattentlon
to the girls of this city, except on
occasions where it costs nothing. /
wish to call your attention to few
facts that / consider insurmount-
able. To begin with, there are q
dozen boys of my acquaintance who
spend enough money for cigars in
six months to pay for theatre tick
cts for themselves and company
for the entire season. But this is
not all: they "blow in" money
foolishly otherwise, and the poor
girls who go to church and prayer
meeting with them, and keep fires
and lights at home several even
Ings each week for their benefit,
are allowed to remain away from
most of the high class entertain
ments or go with parents or girl
friends and pay for their own ad-
mission, Now, / am not speaking
for myself. When 1 was younger
than | am now ! had no trouble in
securing company bu: certainly
do sympathize with the girls who
are given what you term the "raz-
zle-dazzle" by the boys who should
spend their loose change on some-
one else save themselves.
MISS UPPERsHELF.
SHORT AND POINTED.
The following missivc was
brought to this Office by a messen-
ger late this afternoon. The boy
who brought it was swern not to
divulge the authors name. but one
would be poor at guessing not to
know:
To the Editor u the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, Nov. lit Just
makes ME tired to see the boys
turn out in a crowd at the Grand
when a good show comes TO town,
without sight of a girl. They
smoke their cigars--some of them
do--and enjoy the play, while we
stay at home. | am ready to join
the trust any time. am in favor
of a reform or a boycott.
MISS VIvAcITY.
"MoTHER" HAS A WORD.
A communication signed "Moth-
err varies the monotony Of the let
ters a bit. Here it is:
To the Ydi.av af the asIoer
MEXICO, Mo-, Nov. Ill am
mighty glad the boys do take the
girls to church and not TO the
theatre. If they would 90 10
church more and the theatre less,
it would be better for everybody,
except perhaps, the managers Of
the opera houses.
MOTHER.
These are given as samples of
the letters received. The LEDGER
will be delighted to here from all
the girls and the boys, too, for that
matter, ON this interesting subject.
Mr.. Ed. Crumbaugh, of Colum-
bia, and Miss Minnie Russell and
Miss Mary Hogan, Of st. Louis,
assisted by local talent, will give a
high class entertainment at the
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