The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-12
THE WORLDLY WOMAN
Records Incidents and Observations OF
Everyday Life.


From the Netc York World
A little group Of women were discussing
prize-fghting the other afternoon. Most of
them professed boundless horror of the
sport at the same time that they revealed
| an intimate acquaintance with the details
| OF pugilists' training. The number of
pounds of beef the great Bostonian could
devour at a sitting. the number of blows
the Californian could deal harmless beg
| these things they knew with marvellous ex-
aotnesS.
"It ever made bets, said the prim-look-
ing woman with brown hair, ~ should bet
on Corbett The other man has been cham
pion so long I'd like change"
"What nonssnsel" exclaimed the viva
cious one. There is just one man living
who has always been beyond comparison in
his own line, and you'd like to see him
beaten, just for change! l suppose you'd
like to hear some morning that the Potomac
had increased In size and was bigger than
the Mississippi, just for a change! Why
can't you take an aesthetic, impersonal sort
OF delight In things that are unrivaledW
The brown-hatred woman said she couldn't
have any such feeling, and third woman,
with the ever-present feminine instinct that
goes out toward the small boy in a street
fight and the under dog" generally said
she hoped Corbett would win because be was
so young. But none of them quite equaled
the woman who remarked that her reason
tor desiring Sullivans overthrow was that
she should like to see a refined gentleman
holding the championship of the prize riDgl
Would you go if you couldFh asked the
prim woman.
Eyes" said the vivacious one boldly.
Aud a groan Of horror went up from the
others.
"Do you mean TO say, Melinda MAY, that
you could look on and soc two men pun
melting each other-degrading tlsir man.
hood, acting like beaste"
Melinda May brought down more re.
proaches on her head by promptly announc-
ing that she could.
"Don's be ridiculous, girls, !" she said. ''rm
no better than other women, and know
they like TO see exhibitions of strength.
Didn't the Roman women all the Coliseum
to watch the RladiatoTsl Don't Spanish wo-
men and Mexican women swarm to bull
fghtsl Why, look at yourselves Don't
You 60 to every athletic contest you get a
chance to visitl Don't you watch college
mel strain their muscles in the tug-of-wAr
and pummel one another in football? Don't
tell me you enjoy the science of the games
You can't tell the teams apart except for
the uniforms. OF course I'd 20 to prize
fight IL l could And SO would the rest of
you"
Then the vivacious woman walked off,
aud the others said that Melinda's mascu-
line ways were increasing and that she was
positively coarse. And the prIm woman
wagered peach ice cream soda with the
upholder of refinement In favor OF SuIt-
van and one with the tender hearted being
in favor of Corbett. Then she went off =
we'll satisfied.
When lovely woman really takes to prac-
kiainr ho an,rNiOvc hal
measures. She uses up old letters as tapers,
and newspapers serve instead of wadding
beneath the carpets. Lamps take the place
of gas and electricity and the furnace s not
lighted until a Christmas atmosphere per-
vAdes the house. But the most economical
met yet was seen last night In Union
square. She was seated In the full glare OF
the electric light and she was busily plying
the needle. 1t was o'clock and chilly, but
she wore a GOAT aud was oblivious to every
thing but her strip of white cotton. Peo-
pie passed ana repassed and stared but she
stitched on regardless, making as much use
as possible of the light furnished by tbs
city. When she had finished what seemed
to her sufficient portion, she arose, rolled
up her work and departed. And it is safe
to say that she as thankfully used the light
of heaven for her toilet operations as she
had that Of the city for her domestic.
There was the usual collection of COM
mOn-piac0 utLle girls on inc Steps OF a
Fifty-first street house the other day, and
they we're discussing in the usual way what
they would be when they grew up. There
was the little girl with curls who was going
TO be beautiful young lady and have a
great many lovers, and there was the
plump little girl with the doll who was go
ing to be married and have a great many
children. There was plain little girl who
was going to be temperance advocate, and
Q poorly clad one who was going 10 be
dressmaker. But the one with freckles and
the decided chin had the best intentions.
She said forcibly:
"pm going to marry the biggest fighter
that there is Then he'll make all your
lovers say I'm more pretty than you, and
he'll make all your children keep away
from our house. And he'll make You stop
being talker about whisky and he'll make
you make my pretty clothes for nothing.
And besides that he'll make the candy store
give me all tho candy want for nothing"
Then she paused for reply, but there was
none. With the prizs-fght before them,
there was not even child who would deny
the power OF muscle to do all things.