Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-17
Manon HarIand's Wise Words to
Young Women--The Sex Mystery
Of a Broadway Car--Wasita
Woman7-IHjurIous Influences OF an
Exclusively Young CompaDy-6lrls
RtUuehaperOned Entertainments.
aSW Girls NAY BIS OsrefuI OF Their Repu-
satiops-LibeFties That the Laws Of
Good Society Prohibit.
Copyrighted, lSss.)


tinous pout on her lips, brave in her ig.
norance of Gi5. Grundy's ability TO make
sin of that which is no sin, aud conf dem
In her own powers of self protection.
The world offers to sight and affections
no iAirer or sweeter creature than Q
frank, refined, whole souled, unspoiled
American girl. To curb her by conven-
tionslities, TO hedge her in BY restric-
tons. seems like . wrong done to her in
nocence. Angels, If not men, must De
able to read the legend bound, blessed
phylActery, about her broWs: "Honi
soft qui NAL y pense."
$50 dear TO heaven
Everybody knows the rest of 1t, rlddlsd
into rags By over much quotations all
cEispness and beauty taken out OF 10 by
1ippant iteration and parody, until the
Mveries Of the angel lackeys ar" out at
elbows.
Yet somebody repeated It, Only deml
soto voce, in thronged ssreetcar the
other night, and the two people nearest
him laughed-one In echo of his ironicsl
tone, the other compkssionAtely.
In the aisle, squidistsnt from the two
ends OF the car, had stood figure which,
EGA5Ou Vi CEOWNaolkkln6 hUOub oIO
standing with 1t, we could trace only as
far down as hips and elbows. A crop of
dark, close curls appeared below the
brim Of the Derby has as the back OF the
head. In front the hat sat firmly and
eyes. The complexion was brunette,
the chin beardless, so far as the
shifting shadows cast by the car-lamPs
let US Judge Of 1t, the features were regu-
lar and in expression intelligent.
Shoulders and trunk were covered by 9
brown ulster buttoned up to the threat
and, loosely belted at the waist. A
straight lire of white linen appeared
above the collar and met in front over .
dark cravRt; the sleeves terminated in 9
pair of gloved hands clssped
upon the knob Of an umbrella-ur
was 1t 8 cane? Bets we're
privily exchanged st the back of the car
as to the sex OF the quiet passenger, who
seemed utterly unconscious Of or indiffer-
emit to the attention attracted by him-or
her. It was sbsurdIy impossible to de-
termine from garo or vsAge or carriage
whether 1t were tall woman Of thirty,
we'll pres erved, or medium siz ID, blase
youth Of one-Snd twenty.
For eight or nine blocks curiosity SIM
nered repressedly. Nobody stared open
ly, except two woIkingmel with pals on
their arms, but everybody sew and watch
ed. Those closest to the obi ct OF inter-
est had but 8 trihirg advantage over
those who were remote, so wedged in
were the lower extremities of al by the
uptown stream of home-see kers. There
WAS palpable thrill of excl ement when
the brown dogskin glove encasing .
lonAstrong hand grasped the bell-strap.
All made way eagerly as the Mystery
worked path beneath knees and feet to
the door; q dozen pairs OF eyes turned to
the windows on the left hand side of the
car to see her gain the sidewalk. For,as
the pedestrian lodged the muddy whirl
OF sn express wagon wheels, and ducked
under the nose of q cab-horse, there was
s fiutter Of undeniable skirts, short, and
not even divided" A. ainst the slant
lines Of rain over the cleaning wet pave
ments between US and the blazing shop
windows strobe the gentlemaDly figure Of
one Of EVe's daughters, the flower and
fruit OF advanced American civilization.
Then one of the WhIlom spectators
upon the now-solved enigms softly drew
q long, sihilant breath and muttered the
lines have not quoted.
Sir R )ger de Coverley "produced
great deal of mirth" at his own table by
selling = story Of one Of his tenants who,
meeting an equestrian lady on the high
way, WAS asked by her whether that was
Coverley hall. The honest man, seeing
only the male part Of the querist, replied,
ayes, sir;" bu; upon the second ques-
ton, Twhethor Sir Roger de Coverley
was q married man," having dropped his
eye upon the petticoat, he changed his
note into 'tNo, madam"
History repeats itself. Riding habit
and hat are an old story now, and what
the Spectator would have described as
"the amphlbious" gsrb of our street car
acquaintance may cease to puzz.e fellow
passengers before long. For all that and
this, sex remains an immovAble fact, the
privileges, immunItles and penalties at
tached to 1t contingencies to De enjoyed
and endured. Oar girl does not do away
with them by masking them, however
cleverly it may be done Mutiny does not
a0rogste government. The Divine Master
made her . woman; the mildest code OF
human Law and the severest sutocracy OF
society agree In awarding her certain
protection, casting about her daily life
and Actions lines which may be deliver
oASo VI COHE GhA &bg Go obO SAOOSSo W WI
stTus them. In the green judgment OF
her sSlsd-dsys she rails, upon &ASn as
tyrsnnicsl. As q bread wilnernE thirty,
she is yefso foolish sometimes as to re-.
TIve the recolle stion of then in Others
minds by Affecting the sttire and mAEner-
isms Of the sex which she professesg0 re-
gard as inferior to her own.
The genus chIperone did nottAke kind
~ to American soil and climate. Its
growth has been tsrdy, and In some sec
tons the exotic WAS winter killed from
season to season. For lang time there
was perveIse disposition to confound 1t
with the duennA, 8 Spanish importation
OF coarser fibre and more acid juices.
Our acclimsted chsperone is gentler va
riesy than the original English stock, and
so emenAble to coaxlng and sunshine as
20 be no longer terrible, except to evil
doors.
That our girl certainly Is not. II left
unguarded and unschooled she might
never become evil, even in thought. She
undoubtedly would SOW broadcast In the
fields rosmed aud ruled over By her some.
thing so nearly akin 70 q young mans
wild OATS as 70 bring ner in later years
harvest Of bitter humiliation and vain
repentings. Viewed from the most char
liable standpoint OF plain, ''hard
sense" the influence Of ex-
clusiVely young company is injuri-
oa6 TO manners and the minor moralities
Of everyday life. To say Of social as
sembly, ''Only unmarried people are In
vited," is to vulgarize it instantly in the