Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-04

"Yea, but we will have to hire the
costumes for the men," said another,
and the assembly agreed at once that
young society men were all so close that
they would take part in nothing that
would cost them penny.
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II you doubt that Los Angeles men
are stingy, the next time you 80 to the
4 theater Just notice how many of them
| You see escorting young women. The
majority of them will be seen alone in
| the parquet, while the society girls, If
present, will be accompanied by their
mothers or fathers or brothers.
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We are a much spit upon people.
That sounds nasty, but it is the truth
most truths are repulsive. refer to
the tobacco chewing habit OF gripmen
| on the cable cars and drivers on the
horse cars. These fellows expectorate
without regard to the direction of the
wind. Sometimes I have seen some OF
the former who, on a breezy day, would
be considerable enough to kneel down.
open the little swinging planks which
admit the grip into the car, and empty
their tobacco-juice laden mouths. Or
dinarily they simply spit over their
shoulders. Twice l have seen in this way
ladies' dresses spattered all over. The
gripman as rule is good fellow, care
full, Woodworking, and with keen eye
for feminine charms, but he should not
be permitted to chew tobacco to the Diet
riment of passengers clothes, not to
speak of their persons.
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The prevalence of the habit of promis-
cuous expectoration is evidenced by the
signs in the Railways of many buildings
asking that the stairs be not made filthy
in that manner. Mr.. Bryson in his
building varies this in a characteristic
way by wording the sign lido not spit
on marble stairs" as if exception should
be made in favor OF stairs which cost
more than the ordinary article.
W.
One of the fashionable girls Of this
city has gone to work. She is attractive
in face and figure, well educated, blue
blooded, refined, and earns her own liv-
ing. Her employer said to me: "She
does the work Of two men,"
One of the young woman's former
friends said when che learned of what
she was doing: "Well, that's considera~
BILE of a come down."
Is lt2 1t takes character and stabili
ty and steadfastness to earn ones living
in these days. How many fashionable
girls in the city are there who could step
IRON the ball room into the shop, or
studio, or any honest position?
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Ex-Mayor E. F. Spence deceived the
census taker, and thereby aided in
swelling the population of Los Angeles.
This amiable Ciesus has three sons
and daughter.
"How many children have you Mr..
Spence % asked the census-taker
II have three sons" was the answer.
"Any others"
eyes; each of the boys has sister"
The figures went down in Mr.. Porter's
census three boys and three girls, a
clear gain of two for Los Angeles county.
Two long braids of beautiful chestnut
hair are on exhibition for sale as
switches at the Woman's Exchange.
They represent a wealth of devotion,
ambition, perseverance and lot Of
other fine qualities. A short time ago
they were the glory of a very beautiful
girls shapely head. She is poor, very
poor girl, but she does not intend to
remain poor. She wants to go to the
Normal school and become teacher. She
has no money but whatshe earns by hard
work, and she had no means of getting
any. Some one remarked about the
beauty and value of her hair, and she
found that there would be good chance
of selling it, so it was sheared off, and
now awaits buyer. 1t ought to bring
enough to pay that girls entire expenses
during her course at school. A pretty
girl who has the nerve to do an act like
| that is heroic. She prcbably will never
| be a wife, but she may be college
president, and teaching does pay better
| than matrimony. A. SCRIBBLER.
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