San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-26

grants yearly, these Germans do not German
ize America; On the contrary, they them
selves become Americanized. thanks to that
faculty of assimilation which they possess in
such high degree.
One strong proof of this is the way IN
which women are treated from one end of
the United States to the other And here
may say that in this matter Jonathan sets
John Bull an example which the latter would
do well TO profit by
Whilst English justice gives merely one or
two months imprisonment to the man who
is found guilty of having almost kicked his
wife 10 death. on American town is In arms
ut the mere rumor of a man having NAL
treated q woman.
Sometimes the cEnStiSemcnt takes a comic
fog:L There are few distractions in tls lit
tie american towns, and native Eumor finds
an outlet in strange fashions a man who
Ill treats his wife, or forsakes her for another 1
woman, is often tarred and feathered The 4
operation is curious and satisfies tue ven
geancc of the populace. while procuring them
an hours amusement
The delinquent is led, sometimes to the
sound Of music, to a retired spot There he
is stripped to the skin and coated over with
tar from head to foot This done, he is
rolled in feathers, which OF course stick to
him and give him the appearance of an i'm
mense ugly duckling. To give finishing to
the operation, his clothes are sometimes car
ried off, and the mob wish him good luck.
This chastisement is often applied to a
woman whose conduct is known to be i'm
moral In such cases need not say it is the
women who operate on the culprit They
want their husbands and sons TO be able to
get about without danger, and they take
upon themselves the task of keeping the moral
atmosphere of the neighborhood healthy.
The idea appears primitive, but morality
thrives hy il.
The susceptibilities of American women are
sometimes very easily wounded
a paper having announced a mans death
under the heading John < gone to a bet
ter home" the widow brought an action of
libel against the editor
The further west one goes the more appar-
ent becomes the power of the women, tho
further west one goes the rarer does woman
get. Is this the reasonl
To every American hotel there is a ladies'
entrance. This is to prevent contamination
from the possible contact of man When it
rains or SHOWS an awning is thrown out over
the pavement, but dare say permanent
triumphal arch will ultimately be demanded
by the ladies'
Here is a little story which would supply
a very good subject to the novelist or the
dramatiSt
Idaho territory lies very far west indeed,
| and there is an alarming scarcity of women
there. THIS has been curiousy illustrated of
late in the town of Wagon Wheel
Recently two Young ladies Travelled to that
remote region to attend TO their dying
brother The poor fellow did not long re-
| Quire their services, and Immediately after his
death the sisters prepared to return home.
| Before. however, they could get away, nearly
| the whole population of the town-headed by
the mayor and other high officials-were
| making matrimonial overtures to them. Feel
| inS ran very high during five or six anxious
| days and the mayors chances, despite his
mature years, ruled the betting at six to one.
! At the end Of the week both young ladies had
capitulated, and were duly engaged The
mayor was, however, cut out by handsome
young miner The wedding day was fixed,
and the mother of the young ladies was sum
moned upon the scene Here troubles began
She duly arrived, but was holly indignant
with her daughters for the scant respect
which they had manifested toward their
brothers memory by such indecent
haste to wed The girls explained that
they had literally been besiegcd, and had
yielded to the overwhelming force of circum-
| stances As usual, explanations increased
| the oTense, and the mother vowed that
| neither Of them should be married out there
at an-that, in fact the engagements were
| "oH," and that they must be OF too The
cup Of felicity was thus rudely dashed from
| the lips of the two accepted men, and they
made haste to tell their sorrows TO the town
| An Indignation meeting was held, and the
mayor appointed a committee to wait
| upon the irate mauon in order to ask
| her to reconsider her resolution. The
mayor, with rare magnanimity, consider
| ing the cruel blow his own hopes had
| just received placed himself at the
head of the deputation and in the name of
patriotism implored the good lady to grant
| the petition, which he ardently urged She,
| however, stood firmly on her parental rights,
and declared that she would not leave the
| town without her two daughters. Then the
| genius Of the mayor shone forth like the sun,
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