Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-02

sentimental thing? a girl presses the
paper to her lips, leaving q mark like
that, and so incoses kiss without writing
a word of confession. That's what Jen-
ME did, and you, goose that you are,
never noticed it,
The next thing the stGtioners Will turn
out may be ready-kissed paper, with a
faint tint of red lips and g delicious scent
of fragrant breath pertaining thereto.
Art is ever quick to beat nature.
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In one box sat young author of note
in New York, whose face is extraordi-
nary for its Greek beauty, and he pro-
vided topic far comment. This is the
reason: A book dealer on Broadway
begged the father of the young man TO
permit him to exhibit q fine portrait of
him in his window. The rather, who is
especially proud of the boys good looks,
readily acquiesced, and g few days at
forwards the painting appeared in the
window and attracted a cOplous amount
Of attention and comment from passeTs
by. Among all that gaZed upon the
young mans handsome features none
was so deeply interested as the father,
who made q practice of going every
morning at certain hour, in rain and in
shine, to view the picture, and listen to
the compliments that it elected from
strangers. One day he went as usual to
the shop and carefully put on his glasses
to enjoy the painting. Instantly he
started back in establishment for the pOr-
trait was gone from the window. Hur-
rying into the shop he confronted the
proprietor OF the place and asked him
excitingIy, what had become OF his sons
portrait.
"My dear sir, - said the shopkeeper,
window. 1t was spelling my business
and Irritating all my employees.
"'Why, what do you mean, sir?
sputtered the irate father. "How could
my boys picture harm your business?'
81 will tell you if you will be calm, -
replied the bookdealer. "YOu see, your
son is unusually handsome, so handsome
indeed that for the last number of weeks
this store has been beset from morning
till night by young women who wanted to
ask about him. Every time the door
opened it was to let in some girl who in
CURED who the gentleman in the window
was. This was our only reason for re-
moving the portrait, and we certainly
meant no disrespeot to your talented
son.
The old father smiled. The idea
pleased him. He ordered the painting
sent home, and at the opera he was tell
ing the story with great gusto to mis- init
mate friends.
sAn assertion discussed by a boXful of
swell women was that it was more dan
gerous for pretty woman to go on the
streets alone during the daytime than at
night. From personal observations. one
matron declared, that the time would
come ere long when New York parents
will adopt the rule of the French and
never permit young woman to go on
the street alone without an attendant. I
do not know whether the advent of so
many foreigners here has brought about
the present reprehensible system of
street MASKING, but certain it is that
ladies while walking are now exposed to
more rudeness than ever before. Several
Washers have been complained of to the
police lately, and a few arrests have been
made. 1t is fact that those arrested
have all been foreigners. A very shrewd
girl was disposed 10 rate her own sex for
the increase of the petty depravity.
81 believe said she, ''that this city
has its full share of good and dignifed
men and women, but also know that
there are thousands of women who in
fluence badly the habits of the street,
as our careless men go about they find
at every turn some woman who encour-
ages them to be insulting. The light
weights among them gradually grow to
consider the entire female sex from one
point of view, and end by being impu-
dent to any woman that at all attracts
their fancies And that is why you see
men sidle up alongside of pretty girl
when she stops to look in at a shop
window, or crowd unnecessarily close to
her IN a street car. She may despise
their advances, but she is compelled to
suffer an infection reared by her own
sex. Those insulting men have on more
than one occasion been met with en-
and not being philosophers
have taken the contemplate smiles OF
women as signs of the best
feminine preference. I certainly do
blame my own sex for the increase of
masculine brutality. There will surely
be wholly admirable men in a city like
New York, but beastliness must have
something to feed upon, and can do no
more than exist in a passive state if it
finds no means of sustenance.
found considerable truth in these
words when next day my attention was
to a truly royal example of
the female sex walking alone on Fifth
avenue. She was young, tall, golden
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