New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14
THE AMERICAN M4TRON.
AND HER DEAR GIRLS.

." Van Gfyse' in The san Francisco ArgOnaut.
With acquaintance comes a mid overflow Of ad.
miliLOu III tAc N,"-lO.n tJinc.a. IDe.c was never
any one 80 cNqu,tely line, and finished. and neat.
You may lind this lady With her temper In dishabc,
but y6u never ind her with her HAIR Odt VI order.
That na"css head dress Is never married by looseled
thought associate her with a rumpied collar or mud
died sht She Is always AZ ts same pressure Of cOO
conpiac"ut perfection. When YOU ran INTO her on
broadway On wet DAY, she is su exquisite and I'M
rllncd, clear Il, 10 shin and eye, siOOh rs TO hair
PLACED a, 10 manner. dry To foot. Wen you lind
ncr sitting against the val at O'Clock In the morn
ing, Watching her daughter ~ rate IN the arms Of the
eldcd youth q Gotham, she gItets you with trun
fatigue In her clearcut face of impotence in her
wellresllated manner. comments agreeably on the
The American matron feeling that she is the custo
course very nrm in seeing that the children imbibe
learning and ideas from only the purest sources Her
two eldest two dear girls whose is decided
Ipon when they yet In their swadilng clothes.
Wel-ncommendei governe5ses and the most expensive
choo, ar going TO d. the educational part Of the
business The morals will be- attended 10 by church
every sunday morning and one chapter Of the Psalms
read every day on rising. No latitude is permitted
In the way Of variation To the Psalms indiscrim
inate reading Of the scriptures Is not always Improving
to the mind of youth.
But the American matron makes her strongest point
in never allowing The dear Girls TO make any acauant
just their age in Just their class. sorted
oyer ard passed upon for approval several faii below
enjoy the friendship Of the dear girls. one of these
turned her back hair up at the age Of II. and
spotted wells over her school hats This was an evil
dence Of mind too prone to frivollty and love of
1t Is remarkable voice undoubtedly, but rather too
remarkable to be altogether In good taste She sing,
too like n professional When later 1t transpirps
that she really does contemplate being professional,
actually Is going on the concert stage, the American
cannot BE- sufficiently thankful that she aboocd
her in time. What dangerous acquaintance for the
The acquantances permitted the dear girls are all
mp 10 the standard Of compaccnt mediOcrity that the
very dashng people are not encouraged bv this careful
smith, first cousin. was never asked 10 the house
and she talked - much-,o brilliantly some people
~ that the men on the opposite side Of rt the
entirely neglected the SrlS beside them, lust TO hear
what thi, remarkable Young woman was saving. Then
they began to talk across the table which IL not az all
a nice thing to do. and she answered them. and said
all manner Of extraordinary things. which made every
one nn rG Ti nnc d"rtnc thar dnrr She had never
Of scS,iion She eit very angry with the Mont,
romery >mlrl> for having almcd of This horribly con.
to he amused. it would take week, 10 bring them
back To their usual STATE # tam -entilitv.
Then there was dreadful man that she herself had
asked TO the house. She liked him; and never sus-
most preNenabIe individual dre,.ed iuS like any
@n G ag nd nG yos ana @ an H Eesh IcG
and would really lave dcccived one
:" S the dear girls played Th the Monastery Be in the
way She had been taught at Nine. de LOone'S school
An' atcrwarl that quiet lerS ma lie. nnaSsumng com
In such way that every one sat around phsilyzed
II was 80 unplca>an'v striking that nobody talked
They all listened which + thing nobody ever does.
And. Of course. every person th"re knew there wns
something queer about IT, ana then II leaked out that
he was q professional. Th" American matrOn had
q mike n round visits afterward and tell all her
friends how she really had been entirely ignorant Of
what class OF he when Sic asked him To the
house After that II blew over but at time IL
really looked ~ II IL might grow into quite scandal
But men have To be- gathered for the dedication Of
the dear gir, who. fulfilling the destiny Of women,
will marry decentv and in order at the age OF twenty
five or thcrr1hputs start up = nice. vellapDoint"d
little establishment. have Il nice. well brought up
little family. ana develop into the severcSt type OF
American marion. There l. some trouble Ia finding
these Young men, and. when found. some trouble in
making them gaze upon the dcar girls with the eyes
Of love. They Of respectable families. moving
i'm good sets. They have moderate incomes and are
all 50 much alike in STYLE. manner. appearance and
These Young men dress well and never make bad
breaks" i'm any way. cIrsory investigation INTO
their Dn careers reveals descclatinc crimes They
can tie their cruvatS and dance the waltz we'll
any Young men in New York.
tonveI sati0Hay, they do not starte one but they
who las look Of blood" they will Tell YOU and do
not care for good looks unless the style i equally
good. They do NOT like ANYTHING that f. consp'- !
noIS-np that's not good form. The surest WAY T.
he alvIvs good form i T. do just exactly what all
the others do. Then yDu will never make break. /
They like the dear girls because they
nrc such good style" When with the dear girls
they talk about these thing. and the dear girls agree
in their welm0dulafed voices. There is not much !
romance or fir cabont either party. The chilling /!
plr Of the American matrOn brOodS over tho friend
shin and QuenchcS all possible SPARKS. When the |
voin, man pay his cl' on the young woman. the |
American matrOn sits beside them, working on large
square OF tape try.