Telegram-herald., 1890-07-18

We nsFs two cl1os-o1F GsnSaax elub
snS = social eIz6 where ss dance. Eash
meets svsry other sssk, 50. ysz ace. 90
haze dancing party every seek 4
wear ago "a Lad Refreshments leress
.nd cake a. 10 and got hone - l2, b1t
this rear ws haa = regular szpPsr At II
and xot hone - l. These are oar enly
sysnipz elub.. bat beside these 1s havs
eur regular High school ciab. the
Pedestrian Club. the Csrnan Club ana
ths Litsrasy Club. TIE Pedestrian
Club Is the noat fun-boys IA IL, you
kno. We take the l0Eisst walks -
sbo1t thirty Of us-start IL tie morn
iaz, ~ 10 Fort Meyers or TO Arlingtoa,
or sons ether lovely place, see every
thing. aud bsek home IN the cool Of ths
evening. On, zee; ehAPsroa, Of coarss.
The Literary Club Is very interesting,
bat there are only girls, ~hieh makes =
difference
'~fksR yoz ses young gentlemen oniy
81 your dancing clubs, at receptions
sAd on your pedestrian expeditions r
''On, ny" said the frank little
beauty, there are boys eveEywhere-
ws don't call them young gentlemen
yst-0aly boys At school We are al
most forbidden 20 lock at boy, cut.
thank goodness. none 0f the teachers
have any authority ii the corridors.
Then the library isn't bad place, or
the laboratory. OF course, too, We
girls are great church goers. Pm high
ahn - s.nr
the boys 60 just because We do, so, you
see, We have good influences on them,
and they walk home with as. Some
times they even call for Us and take Us
~ church.
How about the theater .
'Not with the boys. Sometimes 10 q
lecture, bat not 10 play
What fun do you girls have among
yourselves r
Without boysP p
without boys"
''Ihe Avenue on Saturdays ana the
Dutch rush. You see" she went on,
sparkling with enthusiasm, Saturday
afternoons We put on our best gowns
and go shopping on the Avenue. One
wants gloves, another vail and so on.
Then ne have oyster pie and ice cream
and We giggle all the time. You have
no idea what fun a lot of girls can have
giggling at nothing. Then comes the
Dutch rush, which is the best of all. ;"
'And what is the Dutch rush
That's the matinee. Each girl buys
her own 50cent ticket, which admits
her TO the first foor back seats. We
sit there through the first act and pick
out good vacant front seats, and when
the curtain goes down we make a rus q
for the 81. 80 seats; see r
81 see where the rush comes in; bu,
why do you call it Dutch rush r.
Because it's Dutch treat, you
know; every girl buys her own ticket "
Suppose some day an usher should
come and put you out of the from,
sssts y
"Oh, that would be dreadful"
imagine the risk of this is part OF
the fun.
But the real swsgger thing" this
fresh young bud continued, "is when
six or eight of US chip in for chaper,
on. We buy good seats then, and one
for her. Chaperones come high, but
and she spoke very earnestly-"any
sort of a chaperon expects to make up
the price of her ticket In candy for us. VI
what do you senior High School
girls talk about most T.
"Boys principally, and dress gr ea'
deal. Yes; we talk an awful lot about
marriage-more than about anything
else. Most of US want wealth and posi-
tion; some, however, want poets and
actors. Nellie O. wants to marry
journalist, but she's queer about good
many things"
What is the High School girls ideal
of msnliness Is it"
Buttons. Just buttons" she ans
vered. 1--WE all dote on buttons. nava
or military. Boys IN civil life haven
q ghost of q show when the cadets ar,
home. We love soldiers" and she said
it as If she meant il away down deer
in her futtering heart. "Of course
war isn't nice, and girl Wouldn't wan
her husband to go off on a three-years
cruise, but we don't think so mucl
about that "a we do about their hand
some uniforms."
/ WUxIs e HAwKIys