Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
stand; they can take care of themselves;
they are superbly independent

WIDEN you ask them what makes them 50
charming, they say: ut is because We are
better educated than your girls, and-and
we are more sensible in regard to men. We
have good times all round, but we aren't
taught to regard every man as possible
husband. Nor is he expected to marry the
FIRST girl he calls on regularly"
Yes, they have good times. their freedom
is large aud they do not abuse it. They can
60 driving with young men and receive
visits from Young men to an extent that
would make an English mother wink with
horror, and neither driver nor driyee have
thought beyond the enjoyment of good
time. As certain, also, of their own poets
have said:
Man is fire and woman is tow.
AND the devil he comes and begins to blow.
In America the tow is soaked in a solution
that makes it fireproof, in absolute liberty
and large knowledge; consequently accidents
do not exceed the regular percentage ar
ranged by the devil for each class and climate
under the skies. But the freedom OF the
Young girl has its drawbacks. Sheis-I say
it with all reluctance-irreyerent. from her
$40 bonnet to the buckles in her SIS shoes.
She talks fippantly to her parents and men
old enough TO be her grandfather. She has
a prescriptive right to the society of the man
who arrives.
kipling's Annoying Experiences.
The parents admit it. This is sometimes
embarrassing, especially when you call on a
man and his vie for the sake of informa-
tiou--the one being a merchant of varied
knowledge, the other a woman of the world.
In five minutes your host has vanished. In
another five his wife has followed him, and
you are left alone with a very charming
maiden, doubtless, but certainly not the
person you came to see. She chatters and
you grin, but you leave with the very strong
impression of 4 wasted morning.
This has been my experience once or twice.
l have even said as pointedly as dared to
man, II came to see you." "You'd better
see ME in my office, then. The house belongs
to my women folk-to my daughter. that is to
say" He spoke the truth. The American of
wealth is owned by his family. They exploit
him for bullion. The women get the ha' pence
the kicks are all his own. Nothing is too good
for an Americans daughter Il speak here of
the moneyed classes). The girls take every
gift as matter'of course. and yet they develop
greatly when catastrophe arrives and the
man of many millions goes up or goes down.
and his daughters take to stenography or type
writing.
One Point to Commend.
have heard many tales of heroism from the
lips of girls who counted the principals among
their friends. The crash came, Mamie or Hat
tie or Sadie gave up their maid, their carriages
and candy. and with No. 2 Remington and
stout heart set about earning their daily bread.
And did drop her from the list of my friends?
No. SIR" said scarlet-lipped vision in white
lace: THAT might happen to us any day.
Itmay be this sense of possible disaster in
the ar that makes San FRANCISCAN society go
with SO captivating q rush and whirl. Reck-
lessness is in the air. can't explain where IL
c 4ee Pnia ouu .Lere n to ha wiIS
The aggressive luxury on all sides helps out the
intoxcation, and You spin forever down the
linsng EIootss ol cnanse ltneIe - 10 slnan
ion@ as nonex w Lass Tbev mape creativ and
thew spend layisbiy: NOT only the rich. bnt the
artisans who pay nearly f5 for suit of clothes
and for other luxuries in proportion.
Compliments to the Young Men.
The young men rejoice in the days of their
youtb. They rambIe Yacht race eniov nrize
t1rhts and cock FIGHTS the one onanlv tho other
~ saoro. IT,, os5ah,;s,, I,,,-;a,s .,,,,s. ,to,,
80, .,',,,oo,,.~" - 60 -. .ney
preak themselves over horse-Hesh ana otner
things and they are instant in quarrel. At
20 they are experienced in business, embark In
vast enterprises take mariners as experienced
as themselves and no to nieces with as much
splendor as their neigbbors
Remember that the men vho stocked Cali
fornia IN the ffties were phvsicaIIy and as far
as regards certain tough virtues the nick of
the earth. The inapt and the weaEIv died en-
route or went under in the days of construc-
lion To This nuclens w,re added ali the races
Of tho Coptinapt-Eranch Italiap Garnap
and of course the Hebrew The resnIt Won
shall see in Iarge-boped. deeD-cbested. delicate
handed women and long. elastic, well-built
from the raIcb chain re .rS the .iSe sn ~
the golden West, the country bred of Califor-
MIA. Him love because he is devoid of fear.
carries himsei1 ike a man, aao mas heart as
~
oan Ahoro 10 EnJoyAne.
L fancy, too, he knows how to enjoy the
blessings of life that his province SO abundant
ly bestows upon HIM, At least, heard little
rat of n creature with hook hattie shoulders
o~rI,in;rr th.+ NOV frn,,, 1,,io.a, a,,,S 49,,
80 ~ - - ~ ~ O"1So Souiu pun
the eye teete oil a Californian In business.
Well, II L lived in tairyland, where cherries
were as big as plums, plums as big as apnles
and strawharries of M ocoon,, ,h,ro .t
.-o.,.ss;',,, oe ~ ,s,,;.. =. ,.,i .ne
PiOOeooiuh VI 're - ui'S VI 'ne se'sous was ike
pageant IN OTury Lane pantomlne ana tho
dry AIR was wine, l should let business slide
once IN way anu KICK up my neeis with my
lenoWs.
Inc tale OF the resources OF California-veg-
etable and mineral-isa fairy tale. You can
read 1t IN books. You would never believs me.
All manner OF nourishing food from sea fish 10
peer may De bought at the lowest prices and
ot a nigh stomach. They demand 10 shillings
Tor nnkerln% Jammed lock OF trunk; they
receive 10 shllilngs a day for working as car
ed ce sne1 ,, opeu Ih g & On very
and they go mad over prize fight. When they
disagree they DO SO fatally with firearms in
tnelr nands anu on Ine puDhc streets
Plenty OF Shooting Irons.
/ was Just clear of Mission street when the
trouble began between two gentlemen one of
whom perforated the other. When policeman,
whose name do not recolIect "fatallv shot Ed
1J,ro,,,, Co. ,..o,, r.i,cr - -. -. =
tieai"e9 ioi "''eirP ping W eoI"Po arrest was
IN the next street OF tnese Things am thank
f1 If &c rlfvh IN val h ls1-