Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
A Reef. Eaters sui prise ut the 1ndepend.
ence Of American Women-Abuse Of tue
Tin system ON the Occnn-Dressing and


toying with a straw. 1 suggested that it might
possibly be mixed drinks "Ob. no: you,re
cbafingt Tbonob tbev arc oood 70 he snra-
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very n,ce anu-ano very dear, ne aoueo' gianc-
ing at MS cneck. III tell you. 1t Is your
women promenading up and down Broadway
without male escort or other attendance. I've
baan ,yotobiro +ho,, e. h,-a uoro e. "a
-, ,n",s Snen Aoi nouis.
nearly ~ CLOCK and the street Is full Oh tnem.
fou might suppose they were within their own
private premises. I've heard much of the in
dependence of vour charming women. but
COZ sass :, ...a,:.,,-. 49,
.enT-.,.y ny as'onisnmehs s' snis'
Notnins remarkapie! but IL IL very re-
fall you will see nobody but disreputable women
abroad unattended-at least nobody who can
remain at nome. Here the great mass OF tnese
women are evidently respectable ladles.
l told him his surmise was correct The dif-
ference was in the application OF municipal
law. London gives its bad women the right to
the streets at night; New York reserves that
right exclusively for decent people.
but we have reached the point by long
process" ne continued, land by method OF
municipal ratiocination beyond ordinary human
understanding, In MANY respects America is
more civilized than England Now isn't that
big admission from "a beef eaterTn
Ii was indeed INF mt biooar than otbar a r.
missions I have heard from Enolish trayeIers
And this same noint of famin;ns frssdnn IN
variably Strikes the FOREIGNER with astonisb
ment. The thousands of ladies who stroll in
pairs and clusters up and down Broadway
every pleasant evening ia the most snbstantia1
testimonial to the decencies of New York. As
a matter of fact and Jesnits tbe borriS ch.rac.
ter given the ,natronoIiS ttrndar tha rasI;rb+ y
a rssnec+ahi. @ opot.o no unuJl M IL VIZ e saoIsnS
at almost anv ta f th h, go ,Us.hy i,,
disturbed or az mncb asa accnsta5 The womn5
who works vear in and veor e,t IN 1pa ,nnr,,i
ing newspapers of this citv will testify To that
Ali she has to do ia to 90 along and mind her
own business. The Broadway nromenaders
however, are stroIJars bnt thev arc nrotectaI
by custom and nv tbs noturai ycbi1affry ~ the
Emerican oant1aman " 'Ae
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dressing IN NOW York.
THE best dressed men in New York are not
the richest cItizens nv anv meana Tn f.o+
dress ia no more the ;nsey tn a rnon,s nao,-o,
uies' NJ nioie 'ne ineeA W man pocket
DOCK mere than 1t Is elsewhere. There are
probably 20, 900 clerks downtown who dress bet
Tar richer and rnoya tastafnIIu +bon +hajr ~,
-,Inras S. - ~, .s;I,io, 10y .nsn sAen eni-
thoy ,IS e 10. =, ~. -. .E,- are ~ mvan
in otbar vave The bes+ drossad mo, WOW ,,ao+
is more likely to be a man who lives in hall
bedroom OF some cheap boarding house and
can IAN. scarcely raiss money 70 pay ms Doaro from
her or a STveoods cisrI "r sn sornetbino of that
sort, but he pays Special attention to clothes.
He makes clothes the leading feature OF his
daily llIe. Every 1asn1onaDIe woman viii tell
un a T. ra,r,ias Sn.a go d VIZ s.sd "sa
not necessari1y a GOOD deal of money TIE less
money, the greater the genius demanded. I
have seen women who always look better on
siUu OF szoo year lnan others on as many
tno1sands.
an t ot us Anow men VINO speno a lot OF money
4o,snH 4n "tosneS anu .aiois ~ ane are never wen
u too short 1 nors ti, i1i LII Oh snch men. LIE
men 70 MorIy over tne exact snaue OF ngure OF
Siotn anu tne precise CUT OF nj OF the tailor
@ So sne lasnlo1s % % men are Inveh1eo ana gov
Si' SLSu ~ peGPIe toI mnoui tnoSe oI tne great'
ulNlng ousinsss woIio nave tne utmost con,
@ .enP l9st as sne iasnions 1l tne FEMININE World
are Th mourGeu anu set Dy the cocottes Oh Farls.
ne UnsinaIors are wortnIess anu unknown,
ous tney pring 70 pear on tne matter an
auoune " taste anu an aggregation Oh mover
laeas SUPERIOR 70 tne masses VINO consciously
OF unconsciousIy, lm1Sate Inem. Inere are
young Fellows about New fork-yes, and old
aeloms, a.1, .oo.Mno, on small incomes, GET more
sbon nf sashiou ,bar aii ,be anu n,i,Iinairas " yer
oauntr1 nnt +oaarbar 49, ~ % Va 'No
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Less Chewing of the Weed.
,,-ro, ,co oho,,in,, hos hoor ,.o,au, a
happily declining, SO far as New York
users of the weed are concerned" said a we'll
known tobaccopist the other day HIr is a relic
of crnae civlization anyhow and will now he
iouDo preeaiene only among "a" communities
West and south. The poor and ignorant chew
chiefly in the United States. Laborino mon
who have fewer opportunities for smoking,
more naturally take to chewing tobacco. We
very rarely sell chewing tobacco to gentlemen,
nowadays. ana Inls observation Is sVerlned IN
numeIous ways. Ine calPeIs ol sne various
Nem iolh &c a T al ,oiy ii1 1y
the USERS u nne-eut Piug' tng sIue,
hv HsntIemen ~ cnItn1e and rsf;nement sbov
r; lev 1hara rto oIf ife habit Even
people of all classes and conditions ride up and
down daily show decided evidence of the in
creaslng cleaniness; "A man may meet ana
saa1 ,.5 ,asar sa chew of tobacco ,aIsn
In this respect New York is probably not in
advance of Boston or Philadelphia, though
there is a painful contrast In the West and
Sontn. -
on nid Nav yortar to abom snoro nhnrt tSa
matter. "The foreign population and FOREIGN
travel have brought about the change. Abroad
very little chewing tobacco is used, as anybody
who mas traveTSed tne wnlte marble paVements
OF Florence, Milan, Rome and other Italian
CITIES. OF mace tne contlnental tour Will CRATE
FULLY remember. Inc American tobacco
cheweE VINO gees ABROAD Is continually re-
mlnoeo OF MS nltny napit Dytthe absence Oh tne
mere universal spltLoon, ana the dlmculty Oh
obtaining supPnes. IL such Journey does not
cure MIN II VIII certalnIy induce MIN to con-
eeal his vice, as lar as possible, from decent
people,
Gotham's Comfortable Weather.
WITH the execution of a single night when
w 60 ,,ao,,,a- tb.r, q shoa, 1ro. Comfort.
III, -, la daiinhtfnIIv COO, snrnna-