Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-02-24
KEEPING LATE HOURS
she Wastefulness of - Practice to Which
CiiY Peonle are Prone.

City People are Prone.
If it is good for one who lives in the
country to go early to bed, why not for
him and her who live in the city? II
the man or woman upon whose nervous
system the day makes very little de-
mend lives the longer for long nights
of rest, why not health and youthful
vigor linger with the denizen of the
city who, in the vernacular of the town,
is ION the jump" all day?
The smart set of tho metropolis
lacks reasonableness. The wise medium
which the Greeks Taught is not in the
philosophy of the most fashionable peo-
pie of this commercial city. We call it
commercial for purpose The men
who dance and dine, who wait upon the
opera as duty and sup afterwards for
pleasure, the 'owls" of the clubs, the
midnight spendthrifts of their physical
and nervous resources-most of these in
this country are business men. If they
go to bed at three in the morning
they must nevertheless be down
town again at eight or nine. They
go about their business with lag
gard steps and worn-out nerves. Is it
any wonder that SO many are unsuc-
cessful, and are financial failures, until
they marry the fortunes made by more
prudent and better Americans of an
earlier generation?
| American women are very beautiful
and charming They know more and
talk better than any other women in
the world, except their sisters of
France. This class and that has been
called the only American aristocracy,
and there is truth underlying the claim
of each. The tramp is an aristocrat be-
cause he is an idler. The college boy is
an aristocrat because he has much leis-
ure to sport. The army and navy off.
GERS are aristocrats because they are
the permanent representatives of the
government. But, after all the woman
of fashion is the finest and most charm
ing aristocrat in the country. If any
one can sit up late and have plenty of
leisure to sleep away the crow feet of
fatigue, it is she, and yet even she has
no right to tempt the fates after the
manner of the British maid and matron,
She has more to do, The demands of
our complex society upon the women of
the country are greater and more eX-
acting than those made upon the femi-
nine mem ers of a monarchical aristoc-
racy. The American woman of fashion
is usually pretty nearly tired enough
when she begins to dress for dinner.
Besides, with ali due respect to our
cousins on the other side of the water,
the English woman.
All this is apropos of new club de-
signed to furnish pleasure, entertain
ment and supper to it's members after
the theaters are out Unsatiated be-
'ngs are to be provided with an excuse
for keeping it up far into the Morn
ing. Occasional sittings up are bac
enough, but when early morning bed
time becomes chronic in the city, it will
be bad for our youth of both sexes.
The people of this country who ad
; vance it's civilization come out of tn,
sober ranks of those whose recreations
like their vacations, are calm ant
nealthful. We receive no good, bu
: much harm, from the feverish socia
life of the towns. Everything that of
} fers foreign dissipation is to be 3iis
: countenanced. For the mec and womel
Of this country c long nights sleep i
best. No one should be permitted t.
i've on his nerves whose life is worth {
groat to his fellow-beings, and ther,
ought to be few in this republic whose
value is not greater than that. -Hpr
per's Weekly.