Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-14
SHE MARRIss LATE.


One Of the characteristics Of the Bo~to.
| Girl and the Reasons for It.
The Boston society girl. as a rule,
does not marry young. In this hyper
borean climate the female Of our species
blossoms late. At twenty she is simply
bud. and she does not fairly bloom
until she is three or four years older.
In cold countries women, like vege-
table growths, develop slowly. Here
1t is winter eight months in the year.
and there is small chance for any thing
TO sprout- At sweet sixteen the
sprightly maiden of our modern Athens
is in pinafores At nineteen she is still
in short dresses going to school; for
this IS the English style. you know, and
whatever is British ..goes" in this
town. II she is younger sister her
servitude in the nursery Is well nigh
hopeless But even after she has
emerged from the chrysalis Of imma-
turity into the condition of the fash
ionable butterfly her education is in
definitely continued. In the intervals
OF social dissipation she is Obliged to
attend all sorts Of lectures on the most
abstruse subjects. She pursues eccen-
trio courses of reading. and acquires an
intimate knowledge Of strange re-
liglons and out-of-the-way philosophers.
In classes with others Of her ser she &c
cupies her time in cultivating the arts
and sciences. Thus she is able to at
tain degree OF mental superiority
which renders it possible for her to
look down with Unreasonable con-
tempt upon her fellow creatures in
pantaloons. In case she does not marry.
this scorn of the inferior masculine
gender is likely to be steadily and pro
gressively aggravated with advancing
years.
have observed with pain that Bos-
ton women generally seem to consider
1t quite the thing to look down upon
the men. 1t is very hard I really
can not imagine why it is But they
do. 1t appears to be the fashion here
to regard the male animal Of the genus
homo as rather necessary evil than
otherwise. As a producer of money he
Is useful. but in all else not particularly
desirable. If available as a partner in
marriage he receives the attention due
to such rarity; but once disposed of
matrimonially he lapses into the for
Torn condition of other benedicts, who
pass their time, when not engaged in
business. lounging at the clubs, while
their wives are busy forwarding the
work of societies for the advancement
OF human knowledge in various
branches was talking the other day
with fair acquaintance of mine about
the recently announced engagement of
a girl we both knew. What sort of
fellow is the prospective husband?" Il
asked.
''Oh, harmless was the reply, with
shrug of the shoulders which was
evidently intended to express con-
viction that mountaineering DISPOSE
ton was the best thing to be expected
in man.
AT any rate, this is the view enter
tanned by the typical young woman of
our enlightened metropolis. She mar
ries late, if at all. because the young
men-originally too few in number to |
supply the market-must struggle long |
and hard in this overcrowded commun- |
ity before they find themselves in |
position to support a family. would |
strongly advise the Boston girl to Ego |
West and seek a refuge from old |
maidenhood in far Dakota or Montana,
where any thing in petticoats is at a
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