The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-07-14

down to thaty The hoys' opinion of the
Mother Hubbard Is, that it is II rather shallow
| addition to the ladies' toilets; but | guess the
Urls don't care what the boys opinions ara
an the subject, at least | don't suppose thew
10. brrau-e one Of our girls was seen to
cross Il principal street in "a Mother Hubbard,
| To ask another Young lady what she must eat
to- Kill the "On50m" on her breath. She was
| seemingly distressed, because he" was ex-
| prcted, and her breath was not calculated to
make him thiuk Of Paradise. unless there ia
an onion patch in Paradise. But one evil in
J the girls is balanced by some good. therefore
when we go to sum up accounts we can draw
the red line under their accounts and our
balance is perfect.
A. to flirting, our girls have perfected
themselves III this art. They fiIrt with the
\ iuuoccnt BOYS at home until they firt Oh their
hcass, and then, W hen an opportunity offers
itself they dirt with the stranger, of whom
tbry Lave not the least idea rs to whether his
ancestors were Ham, Shem or Japhet. If
the parents of some of our respected families
could have stood in some secreted spot. where
the could have viewed the maneuvers of
several OF our 'iittie'' girls and the W. M. A.
BOYS they would surely have bought them a
rattle or n toy tin Kitchen set aud kept them
at home.
Insured with the idea that they might
some day be called upon to cook for their
!, I'd -ah Gawge.'' ther conceived the idea of
organizing d reat, live cooking club. No
sooner said than was the club started under
|, The name OF the "InuOcents Abroad Cooking
/, Club" No doubt this would have been very
profitable TO them II they had done their own
r cooking, but IN services were called
into reuuisitiOu and the club did go abroad
. for | have never heard of Its being mentioned
; since.
Most of y0n are graduate, of some good
school, and after you have acquired this vas
amount (?) of knowledge, you cannot carr,
on a conversation that has the least bit O
. common sense in It. You are excellent Ii
the '.yeses" and noes and you manage Il
. study The signs of the weather, and you al
know that is ii ~fayOrite topic with the younI
folks. Girls, If you have any sense, show 1t
. and SHOW 1t in your conversation. Don't b,
~ like u silly parrot.
Counting the ''tips'' is one of the las
>, freaks of the gIrls. My understanding @
20 this departure is that rs each gentleman
married or single, (but especially The latter
tips his hat to her. an account Is taken OF II
~ aud the l0lst tip tell her who is to be her bet
!, ter "one-eighth.o But this very soon bt
comes mOnotonOus, for III three instances ID
lOIst man was "SomeB0dy eise'S ddrting," an
-, that was like throwing cold water on III
:, new fun.
Next they began to ''prOpOse," bu
~ | have heard lat they have concluded that
81 is an uphill business. One of the girls Is no
~ getting her mouth ready to propose, or d
Nj something, because she has made the reHa !
.a that she had rather sit under the big cedi
oil at home with hIm) than 10 spend the sun
4 mer at Saratoga. She has completely Tho
10 doo-ed' thai little boy. but | think his pal
be has Il ~paterDal eye on him and no doubt h
"a, father has II go-from.m INT eve on him loo Ie
g., proposing is harder work than scrubbiI
,v floors, Tor | can speak from my own exper
lie ence. | proposed to my Jimmie A. and,
~, tones r ch and mellow. he told me | shuu
mn not become the wife Of a city drug store p
roller, unless hair oil went up OF "capsule
went down, but In tho meantime he wou
mn carefully consider my proposition. | que
PE
he laid the motion on the prescription cal
for have heard nothing from 1t since.
am .lso afraid our girls are Il little
ungrateful. [ heard OF one young girl W
w. said that the Lexington boys were 80 tacJ
"" and that they would not pay them any atte
ton whatever. Girls. don't you understa
why This is Can you not RECALL u big "
for fun In 1887? The reason Is very pla
It Is your place TO step forward and buy
Ice cream, bananas aud candies; your pl,
TO write to u hoy you have never known q
NV and ask him-hesceclI him, to correspo
u" with YOU. Ii Is your place to take him to
oDeras. standard theAters and the 10 c.
show, and be sure and always hire q Car
age cor rather huy i) if your destination
only one block from your cOmpany'S do
d" send him the flowers to wear in his bs
send him his kid gloves and give him q L
-" or two. or u necklace or when he gets !
'' send him n sweet lutte note of cOnsolati
" Think about him. and in thinking Of him
" tam be the sole object Of your thoughts
you will realize why they are SO seemin
" indifferent. They are only waiting for II
attentions that, by your usurpation, you
~ is due them,
Again. some OF our girls are very par
Well, YOU say, Is there anything unnaturs
that! Yes, girls, in the sense that l mea'
there is. | have heard Of your passing 20
as. gentlemen whom you well know. Wa
tie least sign IF IecognitiOn. and then. II on
those young gentlemen should be in the C
pany Of u sIrungc, and, perhaps, Il very n
en-, some Young man, you are very PROM
your cute bows and smiles. BE consist
girls, and let your swee smiles be Tor the
serving young men al home rs well as for
stranger in our gates" and by shown
grateful spirit for an attention you Will 3
ly not have cause to fear that you Will
- treated otherwise than well by our "tae
boys.
j. ana Girls, | sometimes think yoN can be
likened unto q new gasoline stove; mol
sun understands II, takes lots OF "crdnEs," to
IL M II, and it il quite dangerous TO sppr0ac
,u.e with IL "maick But ! see my lette
-. growing IN length, and | am afraid to
,"'ei you any farther, so I'll hasten to close.
k To the meantime | int, nd to keep up with
rows girls aud the boys, and ~ these new IRE
,oo, are presented by the girls and the h9t
~ Jokes by the boys ! will try aud give yot
my occasional point ar two in an impartial
boy aud unbiased by prejudice.
r,- MISS X. h. Gu
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