Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-31
BY-THE-wAY.
Some Of the People we Meet as
We esn.

Some al the People We Meet as
We so.
There is no gainsaying the fact that
men as rule are very splendid fellows,
and one very naturally and very prop
erly dotes on theml Butch how they
do show the cloven-foot sometimes. In
public dining-room the other morning
. young girl, who was waiting at table,
made several mistakes in taking the
orders. For instance, she brought me
eggs and coffee-both denominations in
my sight, which l would not call for If ]
were starving. felt ill and cross, and
was minded to take her to task about it.
But first looked at her. Her face was
white, set and drawn; her eyes were
hollow; her whole countenance express
sive of the most intense suffering. l
should say that she had the most fright
ful sick headache, notwithstanding
which she was trying to wait on ten
or twenty people. Close by me
sat two men-appsrently cultivated
gentlemen-who suffered by her mistakes
to the extent Of getting syrup for honey,
or catsup for Worcestershire. And
how they did bully and brow-beat that
poor girl! | was ashamed for them.
And then and there registered wish
that they might one day be very seasick,
having berth in which they could get
the full benefit of the machinery, and be
forced to listen to the clatter of dishes,
and inhale the odors of meal-time, and
that the bill of fare on that occasion
might include boiled Goldfish, tripe and
caulifiower.
1t is the fashion nowadays, to decry
in conversation, in fiction and in didac
tic speech and writings, the youth Of the
time, and to dwell upon the rudeness
the irreverence and the disrespect Of
our young people. Well, there are two
sides to every question; it is true
enough that there appears to be develop.
ing little hollow instead oi
bump of veneration on many
young heads of these times. But on the
other hand, defects in this respect are
often rather apparent than real, and
they are all too often result of de-
fective training and teaching. l went
into the reading room of the public
library few days since, full of aches
and pains and cross from overwork, and
lass of IL or IA was standing on her
knees in the only rocking chair in the
room. An acquaintance of mine was
just leaving. She stopped beside the
young girl and said, "That lady is an in
valid; if you don't care to rock, sup pose
you give her the rocker" Up jumped
the little creature-she did not know
either of us from Adan-and brough.
over the chair to me, smiling brightly ai
the exigent stranger.
Then I know, in my own not too ex.
tended circle, at least twenty young
people, men and women, who are
working very hard and bravely earning
larger or smaller salaries, every penny
of which goes to the support of their
parents. Some of them are young girls
of good social position, who naturally
love pretty frocks and furbelows; some
are young men who have all the natural
masculine longing for an individual home
and family. Yet, youths and maidens,
they are spending their strength and
their young days in sef-renunciation,
sacrificing, not mere distractions, but
concrete, face-to-fsce attractions. II am
fond of So-and-So," more than one has
said to me, "and | am sure that I ehall
never care quite 80 much for any other.
And he or che has told me how much |
am beloved. But father and mother
have no other support; l am their
only stay. 1 cannot marry and leave
them without resources" And-this
is the exasperating phase of it all-in not
a few instances, not only have the
parents put themselves into this de-
pendent and unnatural position by their
own extravagsnces and excuses, but
they are even now spending on silly,
capricious whims or downright vices the
sustenance which is virtually coined from
the blood and sweat of their children.
No; the case of our young people is by
no means hopeless. There are still
elements of good, generosity and nobility
within them. Y. H. Adds.
McGinty ON Franchises.