Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-15


/ As TO the emancipation Of women. Of
which we have heard 20 much, II it Isn't
/ carried cut here, it never viii he in this
world Than the social freedom # the
4 White City there can be no greater till the
+ fair sex reach heir fitting environment IN
/ that oile whittier anG more gioTious cit
I which the apostle in FaInos sasg hy the
/ eve Of faith. a city wherein 30 evil could
enter and consequently there could lie ID
I fear Of being misunderstood and where
/ transparent purity Of motive was adorned
/ but not concealed by shining robes and
er5wus # amaranth and gold la this
White City there are Of course few who
would take advantage of the prevailing
| freedom, but their ready discontinue af-
| tortis much amusement and when the 50
/ riaI record is written up the retort Of tbs
| American giFi 10 the -masher' viii aid
materially to the humorous literature oi
the day said girl certainly hss learned
how to take care ot herself
| Along with the foregoing facts goes al
other worth noting the absence Of at
ternpts at style. Among 1,poo women one
will not see three that are richly, not 70
say fashionably. dressed Plain picnic
| Costumes are the rule and some Of the
me they came here 10 wear out their old
clothes. Making mans guess at mater
| iAls should say that one-half the dresses
are Of stout calico CT some equally piaiD
substance. As to a man. well he can wear
anything that covers him. and no 0ne viii
| hook at him twice Indeed, he oaa go
4 barefoosed if be likes and few seem 20 be
near IL. This place reminds me Of the old
| -4ysgy & trh
said, in our part at least, that DooA1y
need stay away On account Of his clothes
| Freedom in clothing and freedom of talk
| 60 with other fCrIns Of innocent freedom
AID on the grassy plots and among the
groves one sees groups Of ladies who have
| sluInpes; down without regard to Talua-
| ton OF appfaisenent laws The enthusi-
Asm Of the sex makes them oyerdo the
| Sightseeing: they are led on from beaaty
1 o. beauty and are exhausted before they
/ realize that they are tired
Ny walk home from the gate near Fifty
K eighth street leads me through the newest
and presumably the widest part Of that
/ queer plnesood and staff town which sud
| denly sprsng Hp In this section OF Hyde
/ Park Every third door opens into saloon
| and likewise are rude and temper arr
| hotels with here and there the wide oyssa
/ doors Of half sbeater, half CONCERT t.a-i
from which issues the jiggy music Ct VIC
\ Ii Il and piano or the resonant toEses 9f tl2e
| tonte- assure d. ~ e.. s-- .. AK e-l7l
| tslnrnent 4 tsg.e- Ahou+ . q. =. ever
l thing IL this region i manning. /.
the Bowery and Central park Corey -
| and and a county fair. n Bohemian E9e-z5c
| rural excursion party and the ozIrsssie q q
! sircrs show in q village. all IL azle- AZ
all through t:1st region So that hotIr c.
sees groups oi the very Hicest Kind cs 5eg~
| pie saantering siong as leSsuFeiy b il IE q
/ village street.
They sit OK the broad walk In frezt q
| the hatais ard chatter with the Vzdllsrs &
I eursos. listen 10 the gutter iass3s az
/ laugh at tie street Aratsz, they -z-af.'il
| among the resorts. and grsyaFs e rIa5zf =
and big girls from the ceantry regions o.
easlonaIIy drop into the oa5Eee-t balls lis-
ten awhile ard so away with an expires
sion which plaialy saFs, We'll. we Ys
seen it nyhow, ami Isow we L knovT Fl-Ai
! il Is when We Rad about il in the news
papsrs-r 1t Is much the same in ths
plaisanee, but observe MARY q tie q
! dies there iosk around carefully bsfor7
Tens1ring into the doubtful pIassz- Tbs
/ sutho-itiss hare reformed the plAIssree
however. I'll most Of its fsr-forxign fun Z
tanizhed. bus the Turkish thsater ssil
does little posture dancing szsd ! va
sznaEs2 at group | saw thsre The otflsi
evening The old Lady at the hezd Ct j
sat up like nail stack in board and
Presbyterian had been stamped al owe
her In blue letters her standing at BON
couldn't have been palmer. Two Fours
ladies Of twenty or thereaboutz sat BY be'
and the three Locked neithsr 70 the righ
nor the left, bat kept steady uEEiakin'
gaze upon the daaces from first 70 ls-s
| A they psssed ne IN soing cot the o.