The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-09
MISUNDERSTANDING
The Fashionable Girls Return to Town
Bringing Their Trusty Chewing-Gum.
Winters WaliSing-Maud Harrison Will
Speedily Marry and Leave the Stage.
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idly enlivened day after day By the return of
fashionable people. Although very many
wealthy families will remain at their rural homes
until October. their members are making visits
to the city. and there is, besides, multitude of
tourists here. Upper Broadway is once more
thronged afternoons and evenings. the theaters
are open again, the stores are filed by Gus
toners, and autumn liveliness has gem
orally taken the place of summer dead
ness. The girls are bringing back
from the country, along with the tan of expos
ure and the physical buoyancy of open-air ex-
ercise, various new and pretty tricks of dress
and manner. While some of them adapt their
costumes to city requirements Of quetude. even
for transient visit others come to US in the
cay and picturesque attire Of the seaside resort,
and 30 there are famboyant figures on the
promenade. Raimens that looks appropriate
when seen against q background of fields or
ocean Is startling when contrssted with brick
or brown stone. This confuses observer who
tries to estimate the social status of Broad
way girl this week He. costume does not tell
whether she is an actress making farewell pa
rade before starting OF on a winter tour, an
hssress just come in from the country for day
u
purpose to command attention.
The bellies from t he seashores and the mount
aims have brought G breeziness Of manner. and
glow Of health. in pitiful contrast with the
fatigue of movement and the pallor Of ex-
hausted vitality seen in those who have worked
for living all summer in town. But there Is
one thing common to both sorts of girls. and
that is violent recurrence of the gum disease.
Chewers OF wood are they, for / am informed
by chemist that most of the gum is made OF
favored wood pulp, similar to that OF which
printing paper is made As rode IN horse
this morning, four young women Sat
opposite. Two were shop-girls, may have
been professional singer. for she carried
heavy roll of music, and the fourth
was manifestly just returned from New
port or some other stylish resort
The quartet were all chewing gum. This ap-
petite seems to increase With whatit feeds upon,
for a single one-cent section of gum no longer
satisfies an habituated mouth, but four or i've
portions have to be ehewed at once. The teeth
of these operators could hardly manipulate and
their lipe could y moro than restrain, the enor
nous mouthfuls. Suddenly the car jolted over
something on the track. There were feminine
ordinations thersat, but none from the New
port belle. She silent and yet more de-
monstrative than the others. Her face showed
a pallor under Its surburn. the red of her lips
blanched TO white and she clutched convulsive-
Is at her throat What was the matterl She
chewed gum in the iazily swinging hammock,
the smoothly rocking veranda chair. or under
other conditions of uuisscsnce. Therefore she
was unprepared for the bump Of the car. and
her teeth lost their hold the mouthful OF
gum. Ii slid down her throat, and We could
watch. as she followed it's progress with her
frightened hands down her neck and bosom. the
slow and dangerous route until the mass reached
her stomach. Assuming that her gastronomic
abilities were equal to the further requirements
Of the occasion, she had narrow escape from
suffocation and / couldn't help thinking that
the gum manufacturer who attaches safety
strings to his gobs Will possibly save lives aud
certainly increase his profits.
! am able to tell you definitely that the round
dancing Of the ensuing winter, as done by the
swells Of New York. will be quietly graceful, with
enough action in il 10 avoid all resemblance to
the performers Of the comical dolls ouadrille,
aud yet quiet enough TO be unlike the motions Of
the ballet. Every summer fanciful round
dances are introduced at the watering places,
and very pretty they are for the children.
Grown up people are tempted to indulge In them,
and they often DO so nimbly and without awk-
wardness. The oast seasons specially in this
line was the York waltz, which differed from
the plain waltz by introducing a sort of
Boys and girls generally did it
in pleasing and slightly manner.
Men were almost invariably awkward
at il. Some Of the young women succeeded,
and some failed, in their practice OF the York,
which was adaptation of ballet movement
seen last winter at the terpsichorean interudes
OF opera at the Metropolitan. But there are
three dancing m asters TO whom Fifth-avenue
people go every autumn for little preliminary
| training In order 10 be made ready for the win
| ter dancing campaign. These expositors
nuAlly agree upon q method of instruction. and
they have decided that there shall DO no tolera-
ttnx ~ faN To- H. %. h.
| season. This decision will be accepted by all
| the peaux and bellies OF New York swelldom,
but OF course the dancers Of other cities may do
| az they please about following this example
Readers OF these letters may remember that,
| some months ago, quoted o New York girl as
| saying of her then recent WALKING with the
| Prince Of Wales, In London. that he was q hap
| by medium between ofishness and freedom in
bis treatment Of a partner. She gave the de-
tails Of her waltz with royalty. and they showed
| that she not hustered by the honor that
she could not remember the particulars l see
| that editor Lsbouchsre. of the London Truth,
member or Parliament and crony Of the Prince
| quotes my paragraph in his journal, and adds
| that Wales Endorses it pleasurably. We'll, the
| Prince has reason to be Glad Of a sensible
| American girls approval We may have sent
| some Daisy Millers abroad. but Londoners are
| beginning to find out that these are not repre-
| sentative specimens Of American maidenhood.
| Yankee girls are little daring. perhaps but
| they are quick to perceive and resent imperti-
hence Of word or conduct
|
| Maud Harrison will become Mrs James Car
son. within 6 few days. by marrying wealthy
| Chicago man. The announcement is a surprise
to all who personally know the actress here, and
who are aware of her longtime determination
never to we'd. Circumstances prevented the
particular union which seemed 90 desirable to
| her. and she was understood to be unaiterably
welded 10 dramatic art alone. You will never
| see her on the stage again, unless abe changes
her mind, which in now made up 10 retire into
| private life. There 10 a curious thing about
| this disappearance Of favorite actress Fifteen
years ago Miss Harrison was a Brooklyn girl
| of about eighteen. She WAS the daughter of q
widow who kept q fashionable boarding house.
She belonged to one of the anna
Brooklyn, aud one of her performances
| was by man influential with theAtsr
managers. He thought that the girl would
| come TO something good If she had q chance.
aud sn he got her into the original Union square
Company, whore she quickly pleased the audi
| ences in comedy roles. From that time until
the end of last season she hardly had a rival in
| gently humorous impersonations. But that
| kind of emnence did not satisfy her. Ghs
aspired to serious, emotional acting. and in her
time she has played many parts of that kind.
| bet she was not at her best in them, therefore
had to keep on exciting laughter when she fan
| would have caused tears instead. That is the
real reason why she quits ths stage. a rich
| huband will make her independent. of a tho