The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-13
AMERICAN GIRLS.
Opiaion of . Very Young Msn" Who Ned
Trouble With One of hem

The silence in the club reading-roon
had for some time been unbrolzen by
aught save the rus;tinr ot leaves being
turned. OF sudden the quiet was dis
pelled by an exclamation from the Very
Young Man. Judging from that re-
mark his opinion Of his own future was
profanely dismal
You proba bly viii. said the Legal
Luminary, severely, ''howrv-r----'
And he rose lcisurely and touched the
bell
''If you remember" ne went on. after
he had regained his seat profanity
was one of the things we-er--nrcm'
ised each other not 10 bring me- tais
roor1. Profanity, and dogs-,0-i well,
other things All, william take our
orders, viii YOU? This vo..- man
there h. waved his hanf l1, Is the
Very Young Mani "ill .ha dAm-
age
And now. my dear b9J Jcl us all
about it. What was tbe sass -
blockade OF traffic. this de-. ot
our mental rest? Why, - So, why
did you swear?'
The Very Young Man frowuei and
clicked nervously with lis tongue, It's
enough 70. make aay man swear just Co
listen To you Why don't you preach
might as well preach ss prig7 What7
O, well, the reason l swuEe was this
thing" He kicked his foot out at
magazine that vas lyips on the door
beside him.
Him. said the gisins Author,
whats this?- Q, yes. The. American
Girl NJ. 'm-well. isn't that sal pat.
riotic and chivalrsus eneugh?" s
The Amerisaa Girl,' responded the
irate young man. gives ue . ssvere
shock. And this thing Of every other
paper and magazine you pick up going
into Mysteries about the dear creature
that's what makes mo profane- Frat
it's somebody who thinks that Daisy
Mfller's fearful libel. wbioh she isn't,
because I've known scads Of girls thu,
Daisy isn't marker to Then It's sops>
body wasting pen and ink and q lit.is
art on picture. sort of progressive
pyramid thing, with all the earth wor.
shiping In different degrees OF idiocy AZ
the shrine of-Tne American Girl--And
all this blessed time. mind you. thess
same girls are getting verse and worse.
They see and hear lot Of that sort If
slush and then pretty soon they begin
70 believe IL themselves They ride
around on high horses and think that
manners and such like things only exist
So that they may infringe them Nriters
have been telling them for good many
years that there isu't more p~rfecS
creation anywhere than the Americas
girl; as a result these same Urls think
that they can be and do what tSev
please, and whatever that h IL II be ali
serene and proper. The queen caa DO M
wrong. and all that sort OF thing. yoa
know Bat tie trouble is she's doing
more wrong every day. she thinks
Americans aren', good enough for her
and that she can't be happy unless sac
has it'll. 70 play with. She thinks
there isn't any profession or trade in
which she couldn't knock the men clear
out of the box IL she only choose 20 try.
Whereas" lie stopped, chiefly from
sheer inpetnosity. and ts~n Wound up
with fierce Bshl' of disgust
Wen. ventured the FLUENT Llsten-
er. whereas what"
% don't know" ~ess On ~. Very
Young Man. as If De was sick and tired
Of the whole thing. but you fellows
know az well as ! do that the American
girl of this end Of the century isn't a III.
tie tin goddess a; all shes pretty and
She knows il too we'll She's vain. and
she doesn'; know il saes got no heart
a. all and -
''Ihs Legal Lur1iuary Interrupted
"Ab." he said and a smile bessn pull
ing the corner. of h4s mouth into win
kiss. win you .e, ne AK you . qss.-
tlony'
"Of cours-
'We.l--dld sae refrs. vow
And then the Eery Young Nan ssis
soraething that eventually caused ths
temperance % William an1 another
all-round order
When that order had been ai.posNi /
% the Rising Author disposed ~ ,as
other ease thus ''fou forget. nsy dear
coy one very salient facI T. i Eo,
women that are dangerous; II Is a
SoTazn You're not really sngry ~
! he American CIR; rs just One Il
Ger Chicago Tribune.
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