The herald., 1896-09-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
! HUTCHISON'S KICKS :

If any proof is wanting to show that
large portion, of good society" is utterly
lacking in the sense of decency and purity
and morality. such evidence as I have late
ly gathered in abundance. and which is not
unknown to many readers. will settle the
case for a season. The following has oc-
Cured here lately in duplicate and tripl:-
cate:
A youth who was about to marry a most
excellent young lady was approached by
the young lady's father and accused of
having a wife eastward, in Eden or
"hades," as the case may be, according to
the weather. The young man thereupon
declared that he had never had wife. that
he had never been married, that whoever
said anything to the contrary was the most
villainous liar in Los Angeles, and that he
would like to have the blessed privilege of
meeting such liar SO that he could ami
hilate him. The father soon brought his in
formant and his woud-be son-in-law face
to face. He who had given the information
to the old gentleman then charged the
other young man with having a wife in 4
large eastern city, wife with whom he
had lived for two or three years and from
whom he was not divorced.
The accused man replied that he could
explain that matter to the entire satisfac-
tlon OF everybody. lie then stated that he
had lived for two or three years with an
other woman, but that they were never
married, that, she was consequently only
paramount. and that he was as freely
ana FULLY at liberty to marry as was any
single man in the world.
"A very thorough investigation proved
that the 'paramour" story was true. The
"old gentleman in the best society,"" and
all the other parties concerned gave their
consent freely, and the social favorite and
western paramour of the eastern paramour
weak woman, was married in blaze of
social glory, to the innocent Los angeles
maiden.
If the good women and the reverend gen.
tlemen of both sexes who are talking SO
duty in a few cases Of this kind they will!
become less common, and common decen-
cy will be elevated to considerable eleva-
tion. If decent people will allow such evils
to exist they will go on increasing SO rapid
ly that IN, a few more years the divorce
piled with machinery run by electricity:
and the children of the future generations
will be taken care Of by their grandfather,
his satanic majesty.
While making few remarks about par
ticular marriages, 1t might be well to say
Everybody knows that wedding is usu
ally taken as an occasion on which every
coarse, vicious. obscene and villainous
brute may be licensed to utter the most
vulgar nonsense, alleged wit and ribaldry
at the expense of the bride and groom and
their relatives. Everybody has seen mod
est people so overwhelmed with shame at
the vapid yulgarity of friends who Just
wanted to joke them little" that they
Sssn q IN for the
not confined to the tongues of those who
are commonly reckoned vulgar. There are
too many of ali classes who make the same
alleged jests with married people of all
ages. =,
chap or thoughtless fellow is justly punish
ed by being knocked down by some decent
man whom he insults in the fashion allud-
ed to. If the knocking down practice were
more common the tongues Of many would
be far cleaner.
1t is sad enough to know that whenever
the crowd Is ''men exclusively the lati-
tude Of the speakers is apt to be very low,
well as and and 5h
ties one can be as certain that vulgar sub
jects are under discussion as he Is that the
ting the majority of mankind to assume
spirit of coarseXess and brutality toward
those who love each other. and in the holi-
est season in all their earthly pilgrimage.
If anyone thinks there is nothing in a
let him try to show g1od Pe1{pbts PEE bo wfo 70
different party gods, to join hands ane
make common cause against the trusts
and and SO Closely combined against US;
There are some good, honest Souls VINO
want to do right. but who bsl1eve SO mucn
in party names that they make themselves
the veriest slaves that. ever W0rsn1ped
idols or prayed to fetiches or helped en-
slave their fellows.
A pilgrim who Journeys. back and forth
across the United States Is always aston
jshed at the vast number of those who get
their only. slumber during tnat long dis-
tance by sleeping in the regular day coach
es like SO many cattle or hogs or sheep or
mules in transit: AS long as Pullman
Charges $500 or $500 a day for a decent coach
to sleep in-as long as people must pay $2o
a day each to ride on train and ~ or 81
day to be treated as decent people, Sleep
Ing properly will be too costly for most peo-
nie who are too honest to steal to indulge
in to any alarming or healthy snoring ex-
tent.
If fruit which is perishable and which
| must be handled and stored can be trans
ported 5000 miles at the rate of 81 per hun
dred pounds. why must human beings
which do not require care-except at Is
| cents per meal for stale victuals and 50 a
night for the use Of blanket or two-pay
| fifty or a hundred times as much per pound
| as other freight?
| At the corner of Macy street and New
Macy street the4e should be an electric
| light. letter box and fire alarm box.