The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-11
MISTAKES OF THE MODERN GIRL
One of Them Is to ScoId Her Mother 10
Places Public.

! One of Them Is to ScoId Her Mother In
Places Public.
For PHYS sake don't scold your moth
er in public: il looks so.
She may have offended your Guilt
waited soul almost beyond endurance
and must therefore be severely repri-
manded, but wait till YOU get home
Then take her to your private apart
ment and tell her kindly Though of
course she must understand that there
is no nonsense about it, of just what
misdemeanor she has been guilty.
1t was in an uptown restaurant where
! had dropped in for lunch yesterday
Opposite me sat a young woman of sew
enteen, apparently, and her mother
The young woman was dressed in the
extreme of fashion. and that her little
turned up nose shifted the air at all ap-
peared purely a matter of eondesccn-
sion on its part. Her manners bore the
stamp OF Nine. Highfalutin's finishing
school for young ladies'
The little, plainly, rustily-dressed
mother carried a large black bag such
as women in Boston arc addicted 10.
They had been shopping. ! should say
they were people who had lived in some
little town, that the father had proba-
bly, earned his living by hard work. and
that the mother had done at least her
share of the skimping in order to give
the young LADY that elaborate veneer
ing which is deemed essentisl 20 the
girls of to-day.
That the young thing had learned,
besides reading, writing and arithme-
tic, the art of making herself thorough
IL disa greeable and other people I'M
comfortR bic was evident at a glance
Her mother, who wonld have been quite
at home in country parlor, was quite
out of place here The consciousness
of il need not have been forced upon
her, however, il her STRIPPING daughter
had been possessed of more heart and
less style.
The young lady's fuss over the order
ing Of the lunch was trying 10 the be-
holder. and she took great care tina. al
other lunchers present should be "be-
holders" The card was mostly writ
ten in French, and the mother was 50
intimidated by the agility Of her eie-
CANT daughters tongue that she
plunged about little wildly. and indi-
Gated that she would have some OF
that" when the sedate attendant in
dicated that he would listen to her
wishes.
This annoyed the young lady so that
she snatched the card from her moth
er's hand and ordered the entire lunch
herself II turned out TO be n regular
schoolgirl affair, and the mother only
took of it an occasional nibble
The young person talked very rapid
ly while Dasticating her food. She
frequently asked her mother Questions,
but never waited for al answer.
l left the restaurant soon The fin-
gers Of my strong right hand were
tingling TO encounter in some private |
a. apartment this young heather, and 10 |
apply some finishing touches" where |
they would do the most good
Do such young women expect 20 make |
q good impression upon thinking people |
by snubbIng their mothers because |
their tongues haven't been trained 70 |
cut French didoes?
Don't they know that By cheerfully /
city or other ways their /
mothers don understand they will gain
the respect Of any people whose regard
IS worth accepting
The only thing have against the
mothers who let their u8grsteful
young daughters make them 60 nnissrn- }
bic Is that they don't give them good
licking.
The lady graduate OF a finishing /
school or = cooking school i she who
makes other people comfortable NY.
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