The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-06-01
Net Enough Young Mon.

This is not the time to tell about it,
except there is no time like the pres
ent, but perhaps outsiders scarcely ia.
alize the sort of struggle and fight that
goes on IN Society ior !hh necessalwS
ntthibei.. of sallants TO tendeE 4 Young
giri's life shdu.Able Ut New York balls
and parties. There seems to be a. re-
dpndaqcy of NICE giEls. and=-it is
humiliatihg ,to4 aeEnoa ledge it-not
enough ut Tic olncr sex to 90 COM
fortably around. will let YOU into
some of the secrets of it all by lescrib-
ing Il leap year german that was lately
held at Dcimonicu's, in which the
maidens assumed the role. of men,
aud, rs far as possible, acted out Their
characters.
haye the following froma flower of
tho worry inncrmost circle. She says:
II determined to show the whole set
just what | had suffered. | began
with Il young mar with whom | did
not care to dancc; so, after one turn |
remarked in my character of blase
New Yorker: Beg pardon, Miss -,
but isn't your 6alaycuesctofnp NO, in
deed said he q. G., she), briskly, sus-
PNNeihS opIliNNiIIhS., no, iuttttt, IL Only
needs a pin,' But l exclaimed,
such a pity to ruin a lovely gown like
thatH and hustled him off to the
dressing room, as | had in my day been
hustled, and left him there, while l
went off to dance with another girl.
He could ROT Stir; lie had lost his
chaperohe, and he had no escort with
whom to appear in the ball room.
Then l wandered over to another
scion of Il noble house, and signing
deeply. | said, viii you sit in the
conscrvatory?' Having got him there,
leaned over him and remarked with
gloom. What n thing 1t is to be in
such "a beastly hole as ! ANA clerk
down Ia my fathers Office, with 81, 800
a year to live on. How can I ask any
girl brought up iii a luxurious home to
exchange it for MY lot. Women. too,
are 50 c~xtravagant nowadays. Oh, !
couldn't, wouldn't dare to ask one of
them, whatever my feelings must be.
must, | will be SILENT And then |
lcd hiih back into the ballroom and
took my mournful eyes and pitcous
story to the next makc-bclicvc girl,
but he to my surprise, spoke up i'm
mediately all the words tumblcd to-
gether, as | tell you: ''Oh, no, don't
I've -ilenti Why a girl accustomed to
every luxury would not in the least
mind resigning it all to become the
wife of the nan she really loved and
going with him to New Rochelle or
Brooklyn or even Jersey she would
willingly gladly wear her old clothes
and go to cooking school and be per-
fectly contented with the 81, 800 which
would be quite enough, especially if
one went to Europe every summer and
bought ones things over there nc
knowledge | was quite taken aback at
that, fof-Ht do; | suppose, Sometimes
Say things like it,"
will add the bright speech Of an
other girl, and then cease telling
secrets. The same evening, having
gone back OF their original characters,
a young gentleman in rather a CON
ccitcd manner having made the old
confession that he was very much in
love, but was not possessed of II large
enough income to marty, received the
reply: "Oh, that makes no difference,
for it is not so much wages | am look
ing for us the advantages of a respect
able and comfortable home."-Nu1ifo,l
Courdnt.