Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-19

man; but their aspirations are higher.
So that, when communities are formed,
the women commence to stablish social
customs for their own betterment, and
for the general welfare of their hus-
bands and sons. First comes the priest
and the preacher to aid the women in
founding a church, which is primarily
social nucleus and ultimately school
of religion and morals. Women found
churches everywhere, and half-civilized
man pays the preacher, but generally
does it grudgingly, until his soul is
touched by love or fear, or both. And
then he tries to outshine woman in the
fervor of his devotion.
But in all communities, no matter
whether they are new or ivy covered,
society breeds eXcreScenceS and barna-
cles Even among the twelve apos-
ties there was one wicked one. But of
all cities on earth it seems that Wash
ington has not only most of the social
nuisances which af1ict other cities, but
we have a select assortment peculiarly
our own. Here is, for instance, the in
dividual who moves in the society of
foreigners-or tries to do so-not be-
cause foreigners are intelligent or in
teresting, but simply because they are
not Americans. The American who
has married the Italian count-that
charming swarthy macaroni eater, who
hasn't a penny to bless himself with,
who hasn't the fainteSt vestige of a
family in Italy, except, possibly,
| former wife from whom he has run
away, who takes to beating the poor,
| deluded, falsely ambitious girl who has
married him, and who ends his career,
after she has wrecked her life and has
| finally been divorced from him, by
going back to the sweet melodies of his
hand organ and the congenial company
of his monlzey-the American girl who
marries the count because he is count,
or rather, says he is, is nuisance ma
tional in character, and is even found in
| the great and boundless west, where
life is supposed to be truly American.
But that is not the only type of foreign
loving nuisance that bothers us here.
Our foreigners are men of position in
their own country and are entitled to
consideration in ours, and adoring them
is not quite such blind folly with us as
it is in other places, where they are SO
often adventures about whom moth
] ing whatsoever is known. Neverthe-
less we have a little band of nuisances
here who follow the foreigners about
aud accord to them devotion that is
laughed at by no people more than for
eigners themselves.
One of our most lamentable nuisances
is the social vagrant. Of course the
man who has no visible means of sup
port, the tramp who wanders. into
town, soon finds himself tete-a-tete
with the prosecuting attorney in the
police court; but the young man of
family, who has nothing to do, is an
unassailable social pest. He is proud
of his family; but does nothing to make
his family proud of him. Fortunately
he is not yet very numerous here.
When other people are busy in their
offices or on the street on business
errands, in their work-day clothes, he
saunters lazily along clothed like a
bridegroom. He goes to his club in the
morning and he loafs there alone, for
| there are few people there at that
hour except servants; he walks the
street alone when everybody else is
busy; he is In reality one OF the most
solitary and miserable of individuals,
but he thinks he is fortunate, and
many other young men, who don't
know any better, envy him. AS mat
:er of fact, this sort of genteel vagrant
Is less worthy of commiseration than
the ignorant and usually vicious fellow
| who enjoys his ease upon park benches.
| varying this monotony by loafng about