The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-15
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20. men illustrate theories by
Ssa. .ss fife history OF one or
s VI uor would it be to go
-. Iite Of one typical woman
.,',m among those who supply
- nun n.ss.7 This class has ex-
~. ! sympathy during the past
- nuss LIZ u seshow they hye.
.;ssssh.pel girleesins. her ap-
k.i;p 20 he pavement vers
=. i. 4 dodger as soon As sne
5000 cunning until she reaches
~ saIH'%sn she can comb her hair
&E D,s.ee il and tie u - a me-.
~ epo e ,esdy'af once torthe gfsaeI
sfe--aeoing out to meet eel the
= . She does not care LOT 90.
- - II abe took SITUATION
- y RIM hxte her mistress. anu
scun rouId soon rid the house
r n'TS M rirl will slave at any IN
espssment 50 long a. sne fsn
Il some time IN the
- and then the street IS
oibs .mv When good men are
~ 81 e ~ inter children 70 pray I
& rould teach them TO play
- ~ Oar young girl graduate OF
e.s.ys knows no games, snd sns
ace.ps" merely stroll up snd
~ ,;, us make ugly PUSHES. run
other With yells. and talk the
s eca a. obscenities. The idea OF q
- ~. ..me or q rational pursuit
~ occur to this girl and her
~ never could rightly make
-, class Of men compose The
sh;eh these young rowdies OF
- sing the girls are always
,.t When the knowledge OF
and writing hrst hecame
AMONG the gutter folks the:
- infinite trouble by their
crawling on walls; and the
NE /" Lssners hal 10 watch nkecats.
~ ~, :. lime our girl gets "A nick.
~ and she usually carries that as
.. he remains In the nelghbor-
~ ~ the one word, harmless or
s..ns is constantly used to de.
iDdecens' " ..Carrots." "Podgy,"
nv . asnowball"-that is the bet
pgeAS t1 name. let as Crosse
..s.c9bsH and leave the others.
~, snosball has gone out with the
~ tos 4 while she selects one, and
~ safhef l8 youfAaysee her
ss.s;c, about with wizened baby on
y s .,rs She pets the child, but she
-. =. : The foulest gutter epithets among
=, .ndesrments. II do not IN the
- nate SNOWFALL. | would not
s.,m her: want sorely to help and
-. hs,. hut We must have the truth
s.ssrdine her, and she is not =
- individual. You cannot call
- immoral; she is merely
immoral, and you might as well speak
sh~rt The immortality Of lower ami
-si - al hers. SNOWFALL can lie
.uisndidlv and cunningly; she is I'M
eesnIy: her hair is unpleasant; she
-. "a useiul accomplish naent. and
shers3iIid not cook potato. III you
b,friend her, you must not expect
latitude she may. talk in carneying
snG Sus sbe vfetnbly laughs tt > CD
bshind your back. II ladies entice
her 70 classes or meetings, or evening
srhool. she goes for what She can get,
sOd she is impudent and very greedy.
After the Virened infant is born the
mother may prossibly become a
dragsletail, especially II she has been
permanently bound to her chap;
bat II the male partner chooses TO
dIslplees partaefship then Snow baH
bofs duf lot hereelf, and sencum-
bra5cost - sonewhst got rid Of BY
09divce d Aeother. Snowfall has
2rhn( Of jotsoce- joyarlce Of sort;
M ua6 I'd her At holiday time, with
arms akimbo. dancing up to her part
ner 10 q riotous jig; on Saturday
night she Is in the bar, and, until the
time 6ftbe S0nfefence Arrives she
holds The usual mysterious CONVEX
-ySsms, nFutau BY shriii and explosive
shrsks Of laughter. Ii You are friends
With her she gill coax sfrom you any
thing you e6se - bestow. II she has
acomrsdk Who eats her at times che
Abs slays. end VIII give hiua eny-
~. Hbe works, sometimes rseti-
Extraordinarily fitsand stafts
kNoek = shockingly i'll paid, !
{, MIA do not care for it over
{ J Her hest tins arrives when she
31S "a With her mate and take
a1pelilm tie hop grounds; into the
ssost country she carries her vile
sonss, Der vile oaths, her vie habits;
md she joins In those frantic oarOus- !.
inc which make night hideous--ah
morning. too. for that matter. Poor
SNOWFALL is no conscious lover of
scenery, but she gains good from her
UP. The days pass by and you find
that SNOWFALL has left her miserable
nom, and then she is seen In com.
mon lodging houses her vitality is
low, and she scarcely uses bad Ian
euAge st all till the drink Is in her.
ehe often sits In All attitude express
ave = sast dependency, but she does
'eol MAX, she cannat. She IS often
esngrt, and, the pien have grown
~ Shy al giving her food or
df'nk. She tries 10 work. but her
strength is small, and any effort gals
Mf. sometimes when the dodgers gath
GIN the kitchen cadger may give
chosoall some broken meat. but she
noS'ly has 10 live on over. boiled tea
endtfnPs of bread. IL she does by any
eaye1 ct drink from some man Il
sHeets her dreadfully, and next morn
Ms her life Is more than ever a burden.
sne can hardly bear 10 breathe, for
sef mouth Is NJ drawn. and she viii
oe mr 4 glass Of all sorts" from d
paotiean's pail. Her ordinary COM
r ~ are elderly men. WHO give her
nuieped Or money; some Of the IA are
saiklly kind some strike her. Ifluck
slnfiy good SNOWFALL can get drunk
ss@ss ami then she and her friend
sSaasly fight aud snivel. All the
~ ualx her looks are changing; purple
"'enes appear on her skin, her
a Soa'n falls in, she grows tlabby. and
~ It hands are coarse and
uamsy. She is still comparatively
,Vahg, but she looks old-so old
zen comes the fatal night when she
xano' enter the lodging house. and
- man limp away into the STREETS.
Y. vset s,ninler nights she can 20
. aso court and find company. for the
NJ Nh, women and children are gener-
Ivy driven out by the vsrmin. and
we. sprawl naked. or nearly naked,
- me stones, So that SNOWFALL may
al 4 her back against the wall amid
, AVID get some sleep. But III
.,aw, " goes very hard with the poor
.sca the very area cats regard her
.hXallg she is All cutcast. and she
80 INTO anv hole available. On
~ nights the galloping squalls come
laalnhs along the wider roads. and
a, eddies Of wind whistle
40 uie side entrances. hearing the