Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-01-19
THE NAN ABOUT TOWN.
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"Wish I knew her 70


"Gosh, she's prettyp'
"Wish / knew her -
"Did you notice it?'
These aDd few more expressions
are often INDUCED in By young men
on the street, when lady passes
them. Then there is a general laugh,
etc. Now, young men, especially
you who have mothers and sisters,
or very dear lady friends, how would
you feel towards persons applying
such remarks to them? Your man.
hood would resent the insult. We
women cannot do that, and must
pass by, without protest, although
our faces crimson at the vulgar no.
tice. Don't speak disrespectfully of
any woman, and especially, don't dis
cuss her faults in public. Rather de-
fend the weak and upbraid the rude
Jester and street observer. Be young
men, with the influences of home, re
finement and mother, about you. 1t
pays in the long run.
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One hears good deal about $50
ciety,'' even in Martinsburg. Many
young woman of no striking quail
ties OIL accomplishments has been of
ten heard to bewail that there is no
society in the spot where she happens
to be. Yet in this very place there
~,,;Il 10 fond oil cartp ~ panpla
good bad and indifferent merchants,
doctors, lawyers, editors and their
families. 1t would be curious to
know precisely what kind Of folks
make up that mysterious quality
which the doleful young woman signs
for as society" Perhaps it will be
found that a sprinkling of dressv
young men, who are up in the round
dances, constitute the delightful So
ciety that the maiden dreams essen
tial to her felicity.
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In cities where there are enough
people to furnish an indefinite num-
Der of grades of society, the discrim-
nations that are drawn in the vari-
GUS sets, are decidedly amusing. The
particular set which rcvolves around
pork, or lard or oil, keeps it's skirts
clean from a less opulent circle be
meath it, and the comedy goes on
down to the class which embraces
The day laborers on railroads. The
middle classes, embracing mechan-
les, artisans, small farmers and small
shopkeepers, have certain preten-
sions too in the matter of society, but
it must be said, TO their credit, that
good sense, industry, pleasant man
,ners and kindly dispositions ell
more in this circle than sham accom-
plishments and artificial ideas. Men
usually mingle freely with men, and
whilst every man has a few chosen
friends, it will be found II at there is
mo false standard established by
which large numbers of the worthiest
members of the community are So
cially excluded.
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This sort of thing is reserved for
the lanquid young women who think
it heaven to dance all night and sleep
oil day, and who never did useful
thing in their lives, not so much even
as to sew button on a brothers
coat. These angelic creatures are
the ones who pirate of society and to
whom the most gifted men and wo-
men in the world would be simply
hores. 1t is not to be wondered at
that men have broader and fresher
ideas than women, when it is consid-
cred that they are not enslaved by
those two words, fashion and socie-
ty. A man can find deserving and
interesting people where a shallow
woman would fret her heart to pieces
on account of a half dozen tops. This
poor spectacle has been going on
from the beginning. There is, Of
course, an improvement after mar
rage. A sensible husband will find
means to inject few ideas into the
head OF the fastidious society
dreamer" and there may be society
enough in the nursery to occupy all
the brains wherewith she was origin