Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-12
Marion HarIand's Wise Words to
Young WOmen--The Sex Mystery
Of d Broadway Car--Was tia
TOmsn?-ITjHEIOu5 Influences Of an
Exclusively Young C8mp2By-GirlS
at UachspgrOned Entertainments
How G!rIs Msy b, Careful of Thsir Repu'
TnfoDB-Libsrties That the Laws Of
Good Soois;y Prohibit.
Copyrighted, Isss.)


sin Ct thst which is no sin, and confident
in her Own powers Of self protection.
The world offers to sight End affections
no fsirer or sweeter creature than a
frank, refined, whole souled, unspoiled
American girl. To curb her by conVen-
tionalities, to hedge her in by reGtric-
lions, seems like q wrong done to her in-
nOCenCe. A1gsls, il not men, must be
able TO READ the legend bound, q blessed
phylsctery, about her brOWs: "Honi
soft qui nal , pense."
$50 dear TO heaven
Everybody knows the rest Of It, riddled
into rags by over much quotation; all
crigpness and beauty taken out OF 1t by
fppant iteration ard parody until the
liveries Of the angel lsckeys are out at
elbows.
Yet somebody repeated it, only demi
soto voce, in = thrOnged streetcar the
other night, and the two people nearest
him lsughed-one in echo of his ironicsl
tone, the other compEssionhtely.
In the aisle, ,quidlstAnt from the two
ends Of the car, mad stood q figure which,
by reason OF the croWdistting shout and
standing with it, We could trace only as
far down as hips and elbows. A crop OF
dark, close curls appeared below the
brim Of the Derby hat at the back OF the
mead. In front the hat sat firmly and
low ABOVE pair of deep, grave, fearless
eyes. The complexion was brunette,
the chin beHrGless, so far as the
shifting shadows CAST by the car-lAmps
let US Judge Of It, the features were regu-
lar and in expression Intelligent.
Shoulders and trunk were covered by
brown ulster buttoned up to the throat
and loosely belted 81 the waist. A
straight line OF white linen appeared
above the collar and met in front over q
dark crsv1t; the sleeves Terminated in
pair of gloved hands clasped
upon the knob Of sn umbrella-Ur
was it $ cane? Bets were
privily exchanged at the back of the car
as to the sex OF the quiet passenger, who
seemed utterly unconscious of or indiffer-
ent to the attention attracted By him-or
her. II was absurdIy impossible to de-
termine from gar0 or visGge or carriage
whether II were q tell woman of thirty,
well preserved, or q medium sized, b!ase
youth of -and-tWenty.
For eight or nine blocks curiosity SIM
mered Tepressgdly. Nobody stared open
ly, except two workingmen with pals on
their srms, but everybody ssW and watch
ed. Those closest to the object of inter
est had but 8 triiiDg advantage over
those who were remote, so wedged in
were the lower eItremities of all by the
uptown stream of home-see kers. There
was palpaole thrill of excl, ement when
the brown dOgskin glove encssipg
long, si--ong hand graeped the bell-strap.
All made wsY esgerly as the Mystery
worked path bsnesth knees and feet to
the door; dozen pairs Of eyes turned to
the windows on the left hand side of the
car to see Der gam the sidewalk. For,ss
the pedestrian lodged the muddy whirl
OF IN express wagon wheels, and ducked
under the rose of @ cab-horse, there was
s futteT Of u1deniable skirts, short, and
not even "diVided." Asainst the slant
lines Of rain over the cleaning wet pave
ments between US ana the blazing shop
windows strobe the gentiemADly figure OF
one Of RVe's daughters, the nower and
fruit Of advanced American civilization.
Then one OF the whilom spectators
upon the now-sOlved enigmS softly drew
long, sioilEnt breath and muttered the
lines have not quoted.
Sir Roger de Coverley "produced 8
great deal OF miTth" st his own table by
telling story of one Of his tenants who,
meeting an 91estrisn lady on the nigh
way, WAS asked by her whether that WAS
Coverley hsn. The honest man, seeing
only the male part Of the querist, replied,
"Yes, sir;" bua upon the second cues
ton, Iwheihor Sir Roger de CoverIey
was married mSD," having dropped his
eye upon the petticost, he changed his
note into i'NO, madam
History repeats itself. Riding habit
and hat are 81 old story now, and what
the Spectator would have described as
"the amphIbious" gaTb Of our street car
acquaintance may cease TO puzzle fellow
passengers before long. For all that and
this, sax remains an immovaole fact, the
privileges, immunltles end penBitles at
tsch5d TO 1t contingencies to 90 enjoyed
and endured. Our girl does not do away
with them by masking them, however
cleverly is may be done Nutiay does not
sbrogate government. The Divine Master
made Der woman; the mildest coda of
hUmsn law and the severest sVtocrScy OF
society sgree in awarding her & certsin
protection, casting about her daily life
and actions lines which may be deliver
aRce or coastrBipt, IS she chooses to con-
strue them. In the green judgment Of
her sslEd-dsys rhe rails upon them &c
tyrannicsl. AS q bread winner Of thirty,
she is Yet so foolish sometimes as to res
vive the recollection OF them in others
minds by affecting the attire and Manner
isms of the sex which she PROCESSES TO u.
gard as inferior TO her own. =
u The genus caspeYone did nottaks Kind
ly 10 American soil and climste. dts
growth has been tsrdy, and In some sec
lions the exotic wSs winter-silled from
season TO season. For long TING there
was 6 perverse disposition to cQafound iEi
with the duenns, Spsnish bportatiSn
of coArser h9re and more scid juices.
Our EccIimaJed Chaperone is q gentler We
riely than the original English stock, and
so amensble 10 coSIing snd sunshine SIS
TO os 40 longer terrible, except to evil
doors.
That our girl certainly is not. II left
Uuguarded and unschoolec she might
never become svil, even in thought. She
undoubtedly would SON broadcast in the
fields rosmed and ruled over by her some
thing so nearly akin to 9 young mans
wild oats as to bring her in later yesrssa
harvest of bitter humiliation and vain
repentings. Viewed from the most chat
liable standpoint OF plain, s1ard
sense" the influence S5r ex-
clusively young company y injuri-
Gus to manners and the minor moraiities
Of everyday life. To say Of g social as
sembly, "Only unmarried people sre In
vited," Is TO vulgarize it instantly in the |
opinion Of those who are conversant with |
the ussges Of really refined society to