The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-11-21

man; but their aspirations are higher
So that, when communities are formed,
the women commence to establish 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 a 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 afflict other cities, but
we have 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 penny to bless himself with,
who hasn't the fa<ntest vestige of
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
J going back to the sweet melodies OF his
hand organ and the congenial company
] of his monkey-the American girl who
I marries the count because he is count,
e or rather, says he is, is a nuisance ma
I tional in character, and is even found IN
G 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
S consideration in ours, and adoring them
b is not quite such blind folly with us as
7. it is in other places, where they are sc
|. often adventurers about whom moth
It ing whatsoever is known. Neverthe
e less we have little band of nuisances
t. here who follow the foreigners about
e and accord to them devotion that Ii
70 laughed at by no people more than for
e eigners themselves.
v One of our most lamentab BILE nuisances
p is the social vagrant. OF course th'
!" man who has no visible means Of sup
n port, the tramp who wanders int
N town, soon finds himself tete-a-tet
with the prosecuting attorney in tn
r, police court; but the young man o
a family, who has nothing to do, is al
,e unassailable social pest. He is prou
le of his family; but does nothing to max
:" his family proud of him. Fortunatel
c. he is not yet very numerous here
id When other people are busy in thei
Id offices or on the street on bushes
le errands, in their workday clothes, h
or saunters lazily along clothed like
ne bridegroom. He goes to his club in tn
morning and he loafs there alone, fC
n there are few people there at tha
he hour except servants; he walks tn
an street alone when everybody else
busy; he is in reality one of the mo-
or solitary and miserable Of individual
~ but he thinks he is fortunate, an
as many other young men, who don
Ky know any better, envy him. AS ma
ter of fact, this sort of genteel vagral
he Is less worthy of commiseration ths
ar the ignorant and usually vicious fello
al who enjoys his ease upon park benche
varying this monotony by loafng abo