The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-17

Tae Rusher.

Tae Rusher
The spirit Of rush peryades the life
Of to-day. from the rush in trade
through the various other channels to
The widespread aud obnoxious rushing
the growltr.' n society the rusher
mas found place. and as bad element
he is lar worse than the dude who has
long and meekiy borne the excess of
cOntumely heaped upon him.
The rusher is the lady-killer of the
electrical 18th century, and to pay at
tention without intention to women
who please his uncertain fancy, is the
ruling passion Of his nature. He is
usually swell dresser and a good look
ing fellow-his outward appearance
progresses, but he is Enthusiastically
deformed on the inside. His heart, or
the machine that performs this vital
organs functiOns,is in the wrong place,
and his sleek, well-combed head is as
devoid Of common sense as the pocket
Of journalist is empty of cash.
He is a living, breathing alIegory OF
The-Great-I- Am-take cOnceit from
him and there is nothing left except a
capacity to chew and digest victuals.
But he grows in the social soil with the
luxuriance of q handsome and poisonous
weed-he PUSHES new girl with each
new season, and blooms and hourishes
when severe nipping in the bud is
the fate that ne is ripe for. .
The rusher's tactics are sweet, sly
and pronouncedly unmanly. He visits
his inamorata OF the moment with UNI
dying persistence-he sends Huylers
best in ponderous quantities-there are
books, flowers, tender protestations, a
thousand little deceits and then, with
out a warning word, the fair inamorata
is dropped, with the quickness that
characterizes the letting 90 Of the pro-
verbal hot cake.
His presence is now unknown at the
inamorata's residence-he accords her
only slight, cool nod las they pass
by and she soon hears the prevalent
rumor that "Charlie is furi0usly rush,
ing pretty Miss Green"
If the rusher and his inamorata have
played for equal stakes, no positive
harm is done except to cheaper the at
tention of man-in-general in her eyes
but where the woman in purity Of feel
ing, in woman's good faith, has &C
cepted the bogus Aatterieslas an expires
sion of manly sentiment, there the
rusher's most contemplate work is
done.
The true woman invariably consider!
her brother associate in society a maj
of honor until his rascality is proved
Honor is what the rusher lacks-fo
the man of honorable mind does MOI
rush" woman. He pays her thu
courteous attention that polite associa
ton permits, or else he loves her lik
q MAINLAND at the altar gives her hi
name like man.
The manly man is one OF the hes
members of society-his unmanl,
brother, the rusher, may be classes
with the meanest.
The woman hurt by the fckl
worshipiug Of the rusher recover
from the wound, but otte
through life the scar remains. TIT
rushing process has deprived her OF tn
attention Of some honorable man, an
if, perchance, she marries not, tn
tongues of the gossips haad her dow
in idle and unjust Cabling as "th
girl that Charlie Tilted
Charlie" hearing the base an
cruel tnSlnuati0n, with Smile or
wink, hateful in its suggestiveness, Ell
corrages the SANDER as feather in hi
cap.
The rusher needs to be summaril
checked in his meaningless attention
he needs to have the error Of his wa
pointed with violence, if all gentle
measures fail, for his total ELIMINATE
would be for the wholesome bettermer
Of society.
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