Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-23
REVELS IN ECONOMY.
Sacred Traditions of the
Quaint Community Being
Rudely Shattered.
A RURAL VANITY FAIR.
Youths and Maidens Wear Gay At
tire and Flirt a Little.
CIGARETTES PROFANE THE AIR.
The Society Gives Up the Manufacture of
Wine for Sale.
A RURAL VANITY FAIR.
CIGARETTES PROFANE THE AIR.
TIE BUSINESS TOO UNPROFITABLE


Economy's sacred traditions are daily
being violated, and 50 grossly violated that
could the shade of old Father Rapp appear
before the desecrators upon the scene after
the dews of even had begun to fall, frown
of terrible displeasure would be vividlv
noticeable The rules that were formulated
to prevent the staid and decorous Germans
from worldly frivolity are daily becoming
of less and less conspicuousness, and so lax
that the youthful clement come nearly hav-
ing a good time when their daily labors are
done.
In times agone the air was ladened only
with the frequent odors from the perfumed
trees and the sweet scents from the fields
Now an occasional blue wreath Of smoke
from vile scent cigars causes the viewer
with delicate oltactory sensbilities to
hasten 10 different locality that the deadly
scent can be avoided. Even the terrible
cigarette is sported about the carefully
swept streets by the careless youth and the
malodorous incense ascends in the utmost
fagrancy, as though jcering the sacred rules
Of old Father Rapp.
Vanity Fair in Said Economy.
The sweet little frauleins with their
double braids of f1axen hair fit in and out
Of the picturesque red brick, vine trellised
Cottages with an aspect so alien to that
their older sisters bore that the peace-loving
tourist upon his semi-annual visit stands
aGape with astonishment. The maids have
taken to decking their double braids of
golden hair with the ribbons the fair ones
Of the outer world assume All
is coming TO vanity. Their dresses
have a different bearing A dainty
tennis jacker, bright hued skirt,
a charming bit of airy headgear, 1.-the,
supple waist squeezed entrancingly small,
and tashionably slippered extremities meet
the ewes of the bewitched beholder and
cause the blood to mount feverishly to the
brain of the youths of Economy and else
where. Fashion plates of wild and weird |
but stylish patterns have made their debut
into Economy life and the good old danes
pay more attention to bias cuts and trains
than they ever thought of in their younger |
davs.
While old Father Rapp was in the flesh |
and Father Henrici in his prime, the maids |
and youths kept themselves unto them
selves. There were no moonlight walks, |
no lovers lanes, no thrilling appointments, |
no stout single chairs Just wide enough for |
one and half, no broken gates. Those |
things were relegated to the base outer
ones.
aus and Lasses Kept Apart Then.
The good old Germans frowned nightly |
if katherine did not walk half square out
OF the way rather Than pass Hans upon the
siGeN ak. II Hans dared to look at a maiden
the dread wrath of his strong-armed parent |
hang over his head like the sword of Damo-
Cies. If Brother Schmidterhornersohn's
chicken stole softly into Neighbor Blumen-
backyard while Sister Blumen-
4arten was hanging up the weeks
washing, Brother schmidterhornersohn
must needs abide wee until Sister
wended her way back
to the washtub. Sister orendorfer
never talked with Dame Windenholne in
the delightful shade of the apple trees just
lore her door, but waited until Dame
Wlndenholm could enjoy her hospitabe
cider for an instant while she talked OF her
great satisfaction with the condition of af- |
fLlrs. The air was silent, save for the rustic
o. the breezes they played with the
grasses and the distant lowing of the pas
Jurcd kline. The slow, Changing ring OF the
church bell tollinS the hour was all that
broke the stiffness. But now there is a diff
ference.
Father Henrici is old and unobserving.
lie takes to his soft feather bed early in the
evening when the birds seek their nests and |
the little flowers close their bright hued |
petals. Meanwhile youth runs riot. Out |
upon the green sward, dotted with an occa- |
sIOn3l bunch of violets or bunch of dande- |
Lions, the boys in their overripe trousers
ana over11pe voices gambol and sport and
play with the unheavcnly baseball.
Strange Sounds aud New Customs
The soft, pure air is defiled and agitated
in strange manners, with their loud and
noisy vociferations almost within the
sha dows of the red brick church. The
silent avenues of tree-bordered walks
yield to the tread of the feet of youthful
swains. Upon the street corners stand for
hours the girls and boys with words of
Down on the platform of the depot, where |
the feet of the fathers scarcely ever tread, |
pass back and forth other sighers and |
wCOerS. The place is becoming in this its |
strange evolution an attractive site TOR the |
youth of the neighboring villages, and the |
roth OF one of the most fashionably in |
Ciined charmants is already plighted TO the |
envy OF the other fair ones.
Yesterday the incoming train bore a crowd |
Of young Fellows who thOughr most intently |
all the way home, and an occasional sign |
They had attended the services at the |
church, the baseball game, the wants of | !
heir rural sweethearts, and more than one
jcllcate trophy, such as broken hairpin or
4 glove button, was pressed secretly in the
upper left hand vest pocket.
Economy is becoming place of vanity
ma TOrlullneSs, and one trembleS at the ,
wrath OF John Rapp's wrath if it hovers
as some say it does.
Cutting OF the Wine Supply.
Other strange things are going on at
Economy beside worldly evolution. The !
vines from the cool, dark cellars will be
old no more TO the worldly spirit dispenser,
The society has abandoned the making of
vines Tor public consumption, and in the :
uture the thirsty traveller will be obliged to i
'ooi his uaIched throat with baser liquids
han he formerly did. The wine industry
las not proven to be a paying venture and
d the future there Will only be enough ,
manufactured to appease the thirst of the
members of the society and the hardy toiIers | .
n the fields and lun Der mills. There was :
10 license taken out Tor the sale of wines | !
hort time ago and the matter has been | .
ehnitely settled by the society deciding
hey would no longer manu- acture it for
UDlic use.
David Slvcrfricnd, the young Hebrew fol- |
over Of Oah~pe, Tecd, Judaism, Christian |
~, Duss and Victoria Woodruff gave Econ
my hurried visit Thursday night as he
acked up his few remaining clothes for his
ew life it'll the much talked of Victoria | g
lie JOINS the selt-acclafmed candidate for | :
residential honors in Mr. knickerbock- l
I town, New York, this morning. He told l
ne good toik in Economy he was faithful 4
tne Dellei OF Victoria and meant to assist | Ii
er in her crusade for woman's elevation. f,
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