Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-04
BARMATDS IN LONDON  COME VERY RESPECTABLE GIRLS
 CHOOSE THIS VOCATION.


 tho London barmaids
 s'They ore recruited, /" he says, 'among the bourgeoiso as well as among tho lower classes. Some of the most in- toresting types can be found in the bars
 or public houses of tho west end, close to tho fashionable theaters. Among them are very many perfectly rospeota ble girls, who have chosen the career of barmaid in order to make living and. especially if they are pretty. to get chance to catch a rich husband. A public house. situated at the anglo Of ono of the principal thoroughfares, is both gilded palace and a mine of gold. Ib exercises a strange fascination upon tho poor country pumpkins who have just enough to pay for a drink, but tho dude coming out of theater, the eoun- try Rreenhern, tho fashionable snob and the frequenter of the music halls arc al- ways to be found there It IS among these that tho barmaids hunt for hus- band. If there is one class of London society moro stupid than another, it is that ono which includes the frequenters of the public houses. With pipe in his q front of him the young Englishman, dressed in fashionable style, with slight and elegant figure and regular features, remains standing for moro than an hour paying pretty little compliments l to one or several of these ladies'
 "Tho barmaid judges her customers oy the cut of their clothes. If you want ! to attraot hor attention, you must pre- sent yourself with silk hat and a handsome eane in your hand and suit l cut in tho latest fashion. The high hat l is dc rigueur. Without that thore is no possible chance of success.
 Tt was not without difficulty that I l managed to get m interview with one of these young ladies, whose intelligence l was equal to her beauty. At first l was astonished at finding so much intelli- genoe in an English girl, but l learned ! that she WAS Irish. and that explained ! tho mystery. Her father was dead and her mother was left without resources. So she was determined to como to Lon. don and look for husband by posing behind bar in Piooadilly.
 '''I was hardly more than three days here, she said with an amiable and ! roguish air, when understood why it 1 was that so many pretty English girls l don't get husbands. When they are beautiful, they arc generally stupid. l When they are intelligent. they are cold,
 masculine and ugly Englishmen travel 1 q great deal and meet in their ramblings | through tho world very many sprightly 1 women, and they do not care for pretty 1 girls who don't know how to chat with i them,
 "'But in this mixture that comes here
 to drink and chat, said, how do you distinguish tho men of the world from I the others?'
 "'I recognize them by three things,
 she said boldly, by their figure, by l their clothes and by their complexion. For tho most part they are tall and thin, l dressed in tho latest fashion and have a complexion more or loss bronzed. This
 last trait is tho surest sign. Seeing that 1 I looked astonished, she added: Moth l ing can be more simple. An English gentleman. if he has fortune, passes 1 three.fourths of his timo hunting and 1 in other open air exercise. The chaps who remain always ill London have a
 paler and moro delicate complexion,
 and, moreover, the expression of their
 faces is quite different from that of the others.
 Noticing with what attention l was l listening to her, sho continued The
 gentlemen that refer to have nothing 1 elegant about them except their clothes, 1 for their conversation lacks novelty. How can man who understands noth ing but hunting and cricket interest m 1 intelligent woman? Tho conversation
 that goes on here in tho name of wit
 makes me tired, but these gentlemen arc
 the easiest of all to deceive. They are
 great big children in everything except sport and politics.
 "4But you are always engaged, I
 said, and it is difficult to get an oppor-
 tunity to chat with you. You must all
 ready have had several offers of mar.
 ringer
 ".T have been only ono month hero,
 and I have already had three. Two
 were from very rich sportsmen, but
 riches alone won t do for mo. What l
 am after, she added, laughing, is .
 titlo. You know, I must have n title.
 At this moment the play in ono of
 the neighboring thoaters was over, and
 the public house was invaded by q
 crowd of men. moro or less stylish. The
 beautiful Irish girl kept herself some-
 what aloof and only served customers
 that had the appearance of gentlemen.
 .Well, left London. A few months
 afterward, on returning there, I wanted
 to soc once more my beautiful Irish bar
 maid. Sho was gone. Another lady was
 in her place, and she told me that Miss Clara had left to marry the second son of prominent nobleman,