The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-24

class ports to guard the whole. M man
sa1i i snake By the TAIL became the creature
VIII sting: out you can build Z FIRE around
snake that will make Il sQuirIn.
rc,. e gWHuhntfy y supposed to be building navy
n5,s Mncn the ships ere completed her alliance
n,,s.,i ~ mostn nsvingif the alliance Of any
ruvllc can % relied upon. sFor the next three
}es ss sne can De hurt, and badly hurt. Pity Il
. tnat she 10 Of orr own blood, looking at the
not cat dog
OUR LAKE POETS DOOMED.
These sinful reflections were prompted bv the
slent OF the beautifully unprotected condition OF
Dunsio-a city that could be made to pay up
sSsoVuO without feeling IL. There are her COM
panics OF infantry in sort OF port there A
eun cum brought over in pieces from niagara
could Se. the money and get away before she
Suulu ~ caught, while an unnrmored guuboat
ssusuLug Toronto could ravage the towns on
the lakes. When one hears 20 much of the nation
= can whip the earth 1t is. to say the least OF
~ u5pIislng 70 hnd her 30 tcmptingly spanksble.
Inc average American citizen seems to have
NOTION that any power engaged In strife with the
s sses spanged banner viii disembark from fiat
-, noats on convenient beach for the
puip0se oi being shot down by local militia In
ms own simple phraseology:
,,,,S o. ny : dsfncd sight. No, sir hanson at
crash. -
Let ~ revisit calmer scenes.
PROVINCIAL soCIETYs DIVERSIONS.
In the heart of Buffalo there stands q magniA-
cent building which the population do inno-
eeutiy style music hall. Everybody comes
neFe OF evenings TO cit round little tables and
ustcn TO . first class orchestra The place in
something like the Gaiety theatre at simls, en-
,srged twenty times The "Light Brigade of
nunai0 occupy the boxes and the STAGE ssas IL
WAS at simla in the days Of old" and the Others
poor or boor Is the man who cannot pick up
ifiend ior season In America-and here was
SHOWN the really. smart folk of the city. /
0hnN -
american wishes TO be correct he sets himself.to
initiate the Englishman. This he does yilely
ana earns not only the contempt of his brethren,
out the amused scorn OF the Briton.
saw one man who was pointed out to me as
being the glass OF fashion hereabouts. He was
agyressiyely English in his gctup From eye
glass 70 trouser hem the illusion was perfect
Dut-ne wore with evening dress buttoned boots
Win brown cloth tops! Not till wandered
soout this land did understand why the comic
papers belabor the AnglOmnnixc.
certain young men of the more idiotic sort
launch into dog carts and raiment OF English
crns, ana here in Buffalo they play polo at four in
the AFTERNOON. saw three youths come down
% the polo ground faultIessly attircd for the
game ana mounted on their best ponies. Ex-
Rectlng game fingered; but was mistaken
low hide boots and the red silk sashes
had assembled themselves for the purpo Sc
Of knocking the ball about They smote
grounds while the little boys looked on. When
they frotted, which was not seldom, they rose
ana sank in their stirrnps with . conscientious
ness that cried ont 'sRiding SCHOOL, from affair."
Othsr young men IN the park were riding
after the English manner, in neatly cut riding
trousers and light saddles. Fate in derision had
made each youth bedizen his animal with a
checkeTcd enamelled lelther brow band visible
half a mile away. A black and white checkered
Prov 1ano; They cant 90 it. any more than an
scrioabie nasal twang to his orchestra
ARGUMENTS FOR PROHIBITION
The other sight of the evening was a horror.
The little tragedy played itself out at neighbor.
Ing table where two very young men and two
very young women were sitting. 1t did not
strike me till far into the evening that the
pimply young reprobates were making the girls
drunk. They gave them red wine and then
white, and the voices rose slightly with the
maiden cheeks Pushes. / watched, wishing to
clay, and the youths drank till their speech
was sickening to see, because knew what was
going to happen My friend eyed the group and
"Maybe they're children of respectable people.
hardly think, though, they'd be allowed out
without any better escort than these boys And
yet the place is place where everyone comes,
10 you see. They may be Little Immoralities-
In which case they wouldn't be so hopelessly
overcome with two glasses of wine. They
Whatever they were they got indubitab,y
drunk-there In that lovely hall, surrounded by
the best of Buffalo society. One could do moth
ing except invoke the Judgment of heaven on
At the close. of the performance the quieter
maiden laughed yacantly aud protested she
couldn't keep her feet. The four linked arms,
drunk, gentlemen and ladies, as Davys swine,
drink dnn. as lDrds o, mey SisanPsarsd dewaA side
after they were out of sight
And they were all four children of ls and II.
Then, rccanting previous opinions, ] became
prohibitionist. Better It is that man should
tent himself with swearing at the narrow
mindedness of the majority; better II is to
drinks, and to buy lager furtively at back doors
than to bring temptation to the lips of young
fools, such IS the four had SEEN understand
now why the preachers rage against drink. l
"There is no harm in ii taken moderately" and
yet my own demand for beer helped directly to
send those two girls reeling down the dark street
to-God hlone knows what end.
II liquor is worth drinking, it is worth taking
little trouble to come at-such trouble
man VIII undergo to compass n, III: own o.. desires
eyes of children, and have been fool in writ
ing to the contrary: Very sorry for myself,
sought hotel. and found in the hall reporter
who wished to know what / thought of the
dbuntry. Him lured into conversation about
his own profession and from him gained much
tyranny of that thing which they call the press
here. Thus:
FRONTIER PRESS ESoRNITIEs
but yon talk about interviewing people
whether they like it or not Have you no
bounds beyond which even your indecent curl
osity must not go?
He-I haven't struck em yet What do you
think OF interviewing a widow two hours after
her hfs husbands DEATH to get her version Of his
IL think that is the work of a ghoul. Must
the people have no privacy?
He-There is no domestic privacy in America.
If there was what the deuce would the papers
do? See here. Some time ago had an assign
nlent to write mp the floral tributes when a
prominent citizen bad died.
I-Translate. please: don't understand your
pagan rites ana ceremonies.
Hc-I was ordered by the office to describe the
flowers and wreaths and so on that had been
sent to q dead mans funeral Well, l went TO
so yanked the tinkler-puiled the bell-and
drifted into the room where the corpse lay all
among the roses and smilax. Whipped out a
note book and paved around among the floral
and seeing who had sent which. In the middle
OF this ! heard some one saying, Please, oh,
please" behind me, and there stood the daugh-
ter of the house, just bathed in tears
l--You unmitigated brute!
He-Prctty much what felt myself. Im
very sorry. Miss said, "to intrnde on the pri
yacy of your grief. Trust me, shall make il as
I~~But by what conceivable right did you out
He-Hold your horses. I'm telling you. Well.
she didn't want me in the house nj all. and be
tween her sobs fairly waved me away. had
half the tributes described though and the bal
ance did partly on the steps when the stiff un
came out, and partly in the church The
preacher gave sermon That wasn't my assisn-
while he was talking. i could have made no ex.
cuse il had gone back to the office ana said
that pretty girls sobs had stopped me obeying
orders had to do it What do you think OF 1t
'i-slowiy-Do YOU want to knowe