The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-01-13

Dtt Ielt sure cOulu ONeTCOiIle
his objections. He admired my
Bessie; you know what divine
figure she has. had ordered
dozen exquisite gowns Tor her; !
would have landed the prize this
summer, sure, had not that temp
lress appeared on the scene"
"Why, mademoiselle," conlin-
ned that indignant matron, 81 saw
at a glance that il would be folly |
for my Bessie to attempt to cope
with such a rival. 1t was not her
beauty SO much as it was her au-
dacily, her powers Of fa-clnation,
her worldly knowledge, her sure
ness of herself, and yet wthal 80
gentle, so soft, SO velveiy, so
downy. There was caress in the
very tone of her voice and her eyes
fondled like a saliny palm. Every
attitude was IA letter and so many
letters made up word and that
word was a declaration. What
could my poor Bessie do? lncre.
dible as 1t may seem, that widow
actually made use Of Bessie as
love messenger and | was power
less TO prevent. Imagine my feel.
ings when saw that Dakota wid.
ow lift my daughters beautiful
hand to her lips and make use OF
1t to throw "a kiss to The young
man! Was that moi adding insult
TO injury 7"
Such was the plant o. this out.
ragged matron, who is $1,000 out,
and nothing in but the experience.
A lawyer Trend Of nine informs
me that there are two Dakotas,
both very large States, and that ii
takes only 80 days 10 make a Da-
kota widow; you see, therefore,
that The supply is practically mex.
hanstibIe. New York society is
destined to feel more and more the
insidious influence of this peculiar
personality, as pervaslve as ii is
fascinating, as bewitching as it Is
dangerous.
While | don't pretend to have a
very deep or critical knowledge of
your poet Shakespeare, yet from
what have read Of him should
say that with prophetic spirit he
had foreseen the coming of The Da.
ko'a widow, for many of his hero
ines are built upon this model.
They have about them that deli
cious daring, lha. sureneSs of self,
thai dash and vim, that pronOunc.
ed personality which SO en'hralls
the sterner sex.
Take Desdemona, take Juliet,
take Portia, take Beatrice. They
are all built that way. They know
what they want and set about get.
ting it.
Listen 10 Desdemona: ''Fm sor.
ry you told me your story, and yet
wish heaven lad made me such
Il man. If you happen to know
any one who is in love with me,
teach him how to tell that story OF
yours and I'll take him"
Sapristie, is not thst declaration
"end of lie century" likey Does
1t moi sound like a Dakota widow =?
Five minutes after meeting Ro.
meo, Juliet tells him that he "kiss-
es by The book" and Beatrice says
TO Benedict, referring to her
wronged cousin: "How much
might The man deserve Of me
thai would right her."
You see, mes chers lect uers, here
the great poet has created women
whom he thinks most fascinating
to the opposite sex, VIZ, the saucy,
dashing, SELF confident, self.rellant
type. II was a Dakota widow, one
OF The fairest and most presumptl.
Gus of her sex, that slipped piece
of ice down the neck OF England's
future king, and il was a Dakota
widow who upon some plea or
other lately horse-whipped her
former husband IN this city, a gen.
tleman from whom she draws an
alimony of len thousand year.
She is probably figuring for an
increased allowance. Less than a
year ago New York society was
asionnded to hear that a proml.
, nent club man had secretly com.
, mitted the matrimonial act. Like
Benedict, he had said a thousand
times: IL ever lose any blood
from love, pick out mine eyes with
, a ballad makers pen u
, But when he used to make these
, boasts he had never met a Dakota
/. widow. Society girls had been the
, only women who had crossed hi.
path-society girls Of the metropo
lis.
/ FAIR TO LOOK UPON,
r but as insipid as a pawpaw, with
all of The accomplishments and
none of the Establishments, with
not a single quality that WOULD in
} ieresL calm, thoughtful, we'll
balanced man Of the world, wht
! had no fondness for dining, dane
, ing or dawdling.
A Dakota widow had no dillicul
( lin capturing this prize. Posi-
+ sibly this blase club man began b,
E telling his stories OF his fishin:
trips to The Isesiigouche, cf duel
shooting on the Chesapeake, OF tar
: po1 catching in the sparkling wa
4 ters of Florida, Of moose stalking
] in The crisp air Of the Nortl
!. woods.