Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-11-02


by specially constructed anu Roeieu
soap boxes.
i ON leaving the public theater kept
ON the moving sidewalk for few
miles. and then stepped of and walked
/ for fully twenty minutes ON the road
/ way. This unaccustomed exertion was
/ rather fatiguing, and as night was
/ drawing near | made haste to find
| place of shelter
!, ON my right hand | noticed what
! looked like human hahitation, al
| though 1t was not constructed of cut
/ glass with inside shades us Is our uni
! yersal custom The house az such 1t
J could be called was seemingly built
] of painted wood. with square holes IN
/ which few small pieces Of glass We're
set Attracted by the possibility of an
/ adventure (which OF course are very
| rare nowadays, | walked AT once 70
the door and entered. Almost ut the
+ threshold met the owner, and greet
ing him cheerfully announced my in
/ tenti0n of making brief stay with
| him. Much TO my surprise he scent
| ed to demur, but soon recovering his
/ self-possession ushered me into room
\ and introduced me 10 his daughter.
| was rather embarrassed to perceive
/ that she was dressed in the pictured
| costume of antiquity. bur presumed
| that it was merely done In sportiNe
mood-yet truly she looked picture
of loyeliness.
There was something almost plctur
esque in the braided hair. full skirt
and iaunty. huge sleeyed waist, with
/ czarina collar; and although for prar-
4 teal purposes our present universal
dress is much better adapted for both
sexes. | cannot but regret that in the
bosoms oftheir families AT least Woin
| en- might deign TO wear the beautiful
costume that historians aseribe 10 the
Parkhufstian period ON engaging the
| young person in conversation ! WAS aS.
founded 10 find that her name waS
| Gladys. Who could believe that tbs
name of the past was worn by ~
| tive OF the thirtieth century.
But my wonder was further increa~
ed when, still wearing the ancient
| garb. she spread white cloth upon I
table and placed thereon several YES
| sells of the chinaware, similar TO tina
now in our school museums. Instead
| of receiving their portion Of the coR
densed food in gluten capsules from
the public food factories. this family
had evidently returned to- the Uld-tiHlt,
custom If preparing their food taens
selves in primitive style.
Much as | marvpled AT this, took
| my place at the table with the twain
and joined In their unique rapast,
Strange as ii may sound. tine roast
slices of meat aud vegetables boiled iii
| water. tasted extremely well: but tile
trouble and time required TO prepare
and eat them must become exceeding.
| ~ monUtonons.
After the StTangs meal was over
Gladys father left us, and | engaged
the maiden in conversation by asking
her opinion as to the proposed chang
ing of the earth's orbit for the purpose
Of rendering the seasons more equal
Il regret to say that ! know nothing
about the subject on which you talk
she answered.
Although somewhat astounded. | de-
termined 10 perseyere, and finally hit
upon the theme that usually interests
the feminine element
Whom have you selected as Caudi.
! dates for your hand In marriagct"
asked TO my surprise her face turn
ed as red as rose. and for u few mo
lnentS | was fearful that she was
| having an apopletic stroke. but be-
fore | could say or do anything to as.
sist her she hastily rose from her chair
and left the room
Although extremely perpexed ~
this unwaInanly behavior. the sweet
charm Of the maiden caused her image
70 dwell in my thoughts in very sur
prising manner
She WAS entirely disSimilar 10 all the
women Of my acquaintance. Aside
from the wearing Of such strange dra.
perry. her voice was low and even. In
stead of having the usual womauly
| harshnesS, and her gliding walk and
composed manner bore no resemblance
to the manners Of the brnsque. excita.
bic women who lead the van of al
vanced thought in our world councils
| 10 my extreme qualification. Glady@
and her father returned together 10
the room. and the former took nj
a violin and bow and commenced play.
ing. Although her music was simply
nocturnes and rapid lingering. II was
rendered in a sprightly manner. and
would have been extremely pleasing
TO me If 1t were not for the fact Of it4
harmony. After she had laid THE In.
strument aside | took II nj and PLAYED
the q chord. with which I have de
lighted many critical audiences. My
exquisite art in playing the same
chord for over IN hour. and giving an
the distinctive phrases Of expression
and modulation. WAS not seemingly
appreciated by her father. for In n
very few minutes he yelled to mo that
II ] couldn't play any other note than
that ] had better stop. aud interlar,lca
his words with some strange inter.
jections that were utterly incompre-
hensible to me.
When ] ventured To ask his reasons
for returning to barbarism in eating
and dressing. he turned on me tiprceIy
and said: Young man. I'm tired or
being machine. The government
tells me just what ! can and am to do.
and how to do 1t. MY food IL always
sure and no one can bc any nicer than
another, no one can work more than
another. and as for employment that
Is all cut and dried beforehand. With.
out ambition man is contemplate. and
no man can appreciate food TINT never
has to worry about where no IL gazing