The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-13
THE JUZHJJZ
A Useful Institution That L. Pc
culiar in New York Society.
lcorYn1GHT. 1881

lcopYnIGHT. 1881
One Of the handsomest women ever
saw was Juzhuz. She came down
Broadway resplendent in Partisan at
tire, scintillant with gems, imperial in
air. She moved with a voluptuous
witchery and as if she were an animate
magnet. She turned all heads round a
little.
But she was Juzhuz.
And what in the name of the dead
tongues is Juzhuz? .
I remember asking that question
with a half conscious feeling that I
was being guyed.
But my companion. dyed-in-the-
wool sport. newspaper man and a
wag, who said he had but two New
York ambitions. to be in Printing
House square while he lived. and lie in
Greenwood when he was dead, was sur
prised at my ignorance.
Don't you know what q Juzhuz is?"
he asked, incredulously.
II do not replied. 81 never heard
the word before. It sounds like slang"
well, dare say it is. At all events,
can't give you the derivation of it.
But it obtains in certain fast circles.
1t is applied to Z woman who lets her
self out to help a mans credit, or to
guarantee his business.
"Flushness?" l repeated.
30, you understand: his financial
standing: Assets She Endorses his
demeanor. so to speak. Don't you I'M
derstand?"
mot exactly, go on"
''There are lot of fellows who gam
bic with life. don't you know. Up to-
day and down tomorrow. They seem
to get zest only out of the extremes of
life. To be capitalists for fortnight
would have no Joy if they hadn't been
tramps for six months. They make
what they call strike and then blow
it all in Business with them is lot
terry. When they draw prize they go
on a toot. till they have to borrow.
You must know plenty of them.
Whether they are in Wall street,
at the race track, working a syn
dictate, they are exactly like the
sailor who comes home from
a years cruise, gets all his pay, stays
drunk until it is expended an then
ships again. I've known 'em to make
fifty thousand dollars by snap. and
then start in to get rid of it. It's a very
simple problem in morals, although it
isn't so simple in business. They use
their brains to crafty their appetites.
GAS they can't get rid of their appe-
tites when their money is gone-then
they have to go into debt. They have
everything up, and lay low for new
chances.
'sTheir credit is based entirely on the
prevailing superstition that they will
turn up right and tight some morning
flush again. and even if they don't
square up everybody, they will sling
enough fresh cash to more than make
up the deficiency. The fluctuations of
this credit depend upon the intervals
between strikes. If fellow goes a
year without striking mething, his
credit begins to be hard work. Conf
dence wanes. The bar-keepers look
cool; the walters linger; the hacllmen
look the other way. The bouquet man
has bills to pay and intimates that he
does cash business. The agents of
the wine companies do not send him
any wine to sample. He suffers.
$50 you can see that when he takes
a turn somewhere, it is necessary to
make a coup to announce himself. He
selects the Juzhuz. He takes her to
the Casino or to KCster'and Balls: they
have a corner table at DeFs. and the
next morning confidence is restored.
You can see why. He has got the
very best Endorsement. The Juz., if
you will permit me to abbreviate the
title, has fixed valuation. 1t is clear
~ understood among the knowing
ones that she never indorses without
security. When the crowd sees her
with him, they say: Hello, wonder