The morning news., 1892-03-13

sons, wed with each other in wearing low
cut gowns. Debutantes have been the only
ones who have not worn very decollete
dresses.
Instead of being accompanied by her
mother or by chaperon, 1t is quite the
swell thiog for the young girl OF the season
to go to the theater or to the opera with her
father. The poor old gentleman, who
would very gladly be at home smoking his
pipe aud enjoying the luxury OF a jacket
and slippers and good open fire, is dragged
out in the uncertainties of New York
weather to accompany his petted darling to
the opera.
Ii poor papa could only be taken TO see
The City Directory" where he could see
Amelia Glover Kick ard could enjoy the
refining influences of eenteel skirt dances
and the cheering sight Of mild spectacular
performances, it would cheer him up and
be could keep awake during the evening.
Even bulls and bears and stocks fail TO in
terest when there is good skirt dance
going on, or when some one wno knows how
TO do IL is executing one of the airy, fairy
mlnuets which are 50 much the fashion OF
the stage this year.
But no. papa must go to the opera whether
he wants TO or not, whether he is tired or
not, whether be is bored by music or not
To the opera he must go and there he must
pretend to enjoy himself, even If he doesn't
feel like it.
Many men hate to wear a dress suit.
They say they come home at night too tired
TO put one on, and that they prefer to rest
in smoking jacket rather than tempt
providence by putting on low-cut vest
and thin coat, all for no special reason
To dress for dinner is all nonsense, say
some men, and they kick just as hard when
they find that they have to dress for the
theater or for the opera.
And now that the fad has come in for tax
ing papa to the opera. rather than mamma or
chaperon, 1t goes hard with gentleman
who has been won't to take his ease except
on extra state occasions. Each night now
he must don his dress suit and sally forth
with pretty Miss Marigold, his daughter, to
do the proper thing in public.
Often the poor old gentleman goes to sleep
and often he nearly dies from sheer weari-
ness. Miss Marigold cheers him up and tells
him how nice he looks and then drags him
of the next night to do the same thing over
again.
l was ever SO much amused the other day
to observe the doings OF a couple who live
right across from me in a snug little fiat.
Iney have teen married month, and have
reached the stage of the honeymoon when
they each begin to find out that the other
has, perhaps, a few faults
The bride Is one of the progressive, noble
bold, advanced sort Of women who scorn to
| do anything which has not merit in its true
foundation, and who have "a constant feel
| ing that it is woman's mission to rise and
soar.
L, or hubby has bee having rather a
bard time OF it. Before they were married
| he went through with all the throes ano
throos which are enjoyed by 4 man who
wooes the progressive girl, One day tht
| fair chairman would N ayvaaf an1 :,
to him, and next day, when be hurried
around to call on her, expecting to find heI
| In the same mood, she would be absorbed il
Ibsen Or would be busy working out q
Browning study, and would declare that
sue had no time Co give up to love making
and that she had resolved TO devote her life
to the one grand object Of finding out what
Ibsen and Browning meant when they wrote
| SO many plays and verses and things
OF course the poor fellow was in despair
at this and went away so crushed that be
| even didn't dare to kiss her goGd-by.
Two hours later there would come a hur-
rled little misslve to his apartments, and he
would find a fearful little note reEretting
the stern action Of the morning and asking
him if he would please call at once.
OF course, he would fly around there and
then would follow grand act of reconcilia-
| tion which made him willing to forgive and
forget ali the GOODNESS Of the morning and
which quite reco4clled him to the idea of
having strong-minded woman for wife.
| Well, as l said, they are married how,
and it Is great pleasure to watcn them.
The pret y young bride. who is still
| strong-minded, despite the fact that she has
now a man to do her thinking for her, has
compiled little book to be used on ali oc-
casions when she is ia doubt how to pro-
ceed. The book is written great deal or
| -. NIn. .E R1 Lee -. -
| Quaker has in Miss Helyett," and 1T is
brought out and read to dear Charlie when
ever occasion demands The dear fellow il
ever so patient, aud if he ever feels tired of
this sJrt of thing he makes no moan.
lie was out late one uight-they had been
married just one month-and next day t G
little bride brought out her book and read
| Charlie curtain lecture. | could see it all
plainly through the window, and Charlie
himself .confded it to my Charlie-and 20 /
know oil about il. The little bride said that
she did not care at all, as far as she was
concerned, how late Charlie stayed out
| This she said to him in a cold, deliberate
threatening manner calculated to paraly
any man.
But" she continued, "I do care as far al
the neighbors are concerned ard people that
we know. do not want them to thinh
that am neglected, and for that reason
do not care to have you stay out late at
night until we have been married at least
| six mouths"
Poor Charlie tried to explain that he had
gone out just for little game Of billiards
| aud that after his friend Jack had PLAYED
one game with him he had to play a game
| with Jack, and then how he and Jack haC
gone in some place to get something, and
how, after he mad something with Jack
Jack had to have somethi e with him, anc
it ali took longer than they had thought.
But the little bride wasu'G to be placatec
so easily, and she read stern naxims on thS
folly of late hours until Charlie promised
never, never to be out later than 8 O'CLOCK
again.
When he told his friend Jack about it
Jack sympathiZed with him, but co1soled
him by telling him that he himself was IN {
thousand times worse boat than his, becaus,
he had married widow, and his wife, in
stead Of reproaching him, took to tears, anc
knelt before the picture of her dear de-
parted, moaning because he was no longer
| with her.
The pluckiest girls of the season outside O.
| those who dare to get married to a pro
gressIve young man are the girls who gC
| riding cross country.
When you find a woman who is up to thi
sort of thing. she is very much up indeed
and she is perfectly undaunted in anything
| she chooses.
! With hair flying, skirts streaming In the
breeZes, face animated and eyes asparkle
she leaps hedges, flies over the lower bougHi
of the trees and goes dashing on after tb'
hounds as though she were winged mer
curry.
Trnlv. the girl of to-day is progressive