The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-05
THE FEMININE BACHELOR
ONE OF TIE NOVEL DEV ELOo-
MENTs OF LIFE IN THE CITY.


! The Young Woman Who Inhsoits the
! Dorothy Apartm snCs, Goss to Recep-
lions without ChaperOn aad IS
Accepted By Society on Her Ow 4
/ Terms.
Copyright Se:Wefl
New York, Aug. 3.-The feminine
| bachel IT is one of the most interesting
! features of Lfein an American sum uer.
| Sne is the young wOmac who on the first
night Of "Tle Burgl r. at the Madison
| theater walked quietly, in a neat but not
/ conspicuous warm weather toilet, all alone
/ down 70 au aisle seat in the front row Of
orchestra chairs. she is the young woman
/ who, when she is invited TO a hop
at Narr gansett Pier or Atlantic City,
rings your cotcago bell moiestly but uI-
aba7ned, party bag on arm, wit lout so
much a a lady's mai or messenger boy
/ as al escort to impress the servant VINO
opens the door. Sheis the young woman who
tramps, detective camera in hand, up and
| down the mountain roads of the Catskills
and whom the natives speak Of with wonder
and respect as the "pretty girl from the
!
lodge and lives In it by hers .lf.n she is the
young woma vino, when in New York,
comp Js5dly takes her place at French or
Italian table dhote Of good C ass a ID ex-
poets and rec ives every consideration,
| though no male creature voucheS for her
resp sctability, if she finds herself down
town and in want of a meal. Last, but
not least, she is the yOulg woman VINO says
| to you, Keep your seat, sir; Pve been seated
ali day" when you rise to give her your
place in the b )rsa car or elevated tran D, and
She SAYS it so 81 nply, 50 politely and withal
in such matter CT course tone that you
waste no time urging her, but settle back
and open your newspaper.
The feminine bachelor is anywhere from
| 10 years oil to 80. Sne IS at her best at
about % to p. She usually dresses faUl--
lessly, looks her pretlest, IS emiuently 81
cial and companionaole, has a pleasant
| girish voice, and does not tlirt or ogle or
| sigh or peacock herself when in me ) com
pany. She is ike mani two thing, first
| she dresses at home aud never appears to
think Of her clothes again until she cha ges
! teen. Second, she regards men as they do
| one another in perfect equality aud with
perfect confidence S - tells you of the
| talk she had yesterday on tine Long Branch
| steamer with that charming you e fellow
! Brown, and you k VOW that Uo-mo row she
will be telling elderly and clever r binsOn
| =
ested in something, a d her combination of
| femininity and business, wOmanhoud and
| earneStness, gelJleleSs and strong purpose
Is a very potent one.
GIRLS WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM
SELVES.
Logically considered she seems an anOm-
| aly.~ Here at a time when the well bred
| young person opens her eyes in slow sur
| prise # told that there are girls who go out
unattended; when the you & man has so far
| been taught his duty toward the erstwnile
independent American girl that whe he
| leads her out to dance he keeps always with
in earshOt of her chaperOn and is careful not
| to speak to her at all when the exigenc!eS of
the figure have removed them out of hear
ing distance, when he knows that he must
bring her back to mamma the instant the
dance is e lded and deposit her with a for
! NAL bow safe within the protecting shade
waiting to envelop her, when it is the es-
| sance Of bad form for New York girls to
| drive alone with men ana when e ing to
the theater with your best young man even
| to matinee IS strictly prohibited, when it
is required by the canOus of fashion t treat
the pretty iugenue with the same care one
would bestow on fragile chi a this is the
very epoch in our ciViliZatio chosen by
this sa le American girl to rise up---a no a
ole miuori Y of her-ald declare that chap
J eronS are oftener than not only ones own
to be supposed to have become
harvels Of discretion in the
honeymoon, that the readiest wav to
prevent the abuse of freedo n is to i'm pose
individual responsibility, and that for her
part els going about her proper business
in the word ana Mrs. Grundv NAV make
what of it she cho lse. AMI the interesting
part of IL is that Mrs Gruudy accents the
situation. This pirl w 40 has reyolted who
is tired of constant surveillance and has
gone OFF to lead what S 70 calls a sensi BILE
life conducts herself for the most mar, 81
wisely. does her work so well and makes
herself so charming THAI Mrs Grundy sur
renders at discre ion and offers her the
peace pipe of welc )me.
New York is, ia MANY WAYS. the most
metropolitan CITY in the world Even IN
Boston. with the elpi0 lCeiblicbe in a ma ior
itv of tens of thouSa DIS. the unmorgi NJ
, woman is ant to be sim Nv tha un,narria
, woman in sore need of and STRUGGLING of ar
a husband. Even in Lon ion thonrh the
, British ma ron. used to being the ONLY sinh.
iect of eulogium. is in a fl liter of nai,,fu
excitement over the tendency TO exqIt he
'Uloriiel sinister the halo Is rat}ior ,,ale
and not well defined But New York tor
3, busv ia he fintcal. allows life Ghartva 4 tSo
1 pursnit of napniness to the feninine bachelor
a Mo- that the olyentionalitles are i =, bar
/ favor wholly laid aside If one GEES TO q
Patrlarchs' ball one must have n chonarop