, 1897-10-07
To the Editor OF The Republican.

Laramie, Wyo.. Oct. 7. 1S97.-tLast
AtOrday l read a letter which was writ
ten by a member of the Tilicum club and
published in your most entertaining and
enterprising paper. That letter express
Cd . great many thoughts which | have
often wished to express. OF course, in
some ways, the writer is a little TO Sc
we're on the young men of this city. l
don't believe the young men OF Laramie.
especially those OF the Tilicum club, are
know 1t takes about all a y young man can
make to keep him. but we must not
blame him too mu5h for that. There are
some young men who can urn their
backs on pleasure and save money on a
small salary. There are others whose
outlay always keeps pace with and
sometimes surpasses their income what.
ever 1t is. We have bob these kinds Of
young men in Laramie. Mr.. Tilicum,
for that is what | must call the author
OF that letter, seems 10 think that ali
these extravagant young mEn are selfish
f
too selfish to sacrifice any Of their bad
habits for the sake of the gir.s thsy love,
or. rather, ought TO love. ! think he is
mistaken in this particular.
l have often talked with the o.her
girls about the young men o. this place
and we have reached The conclusion chat
they are all good. generous. capable and
worthy young men. but they are not sin.
cere enough to suit us. They are fond
OF trifing with the affections OF THEN
girl friends. l know a girl who fell in
love with a certain young man here.
He used to go to see her almost every
night for a long time and she thought
everything OF him and he seemed to be
equally attracted by her. Suddenly ne
stopped calling and We found that he
was awfully smitten with another CIR.
who had come to town only three weeks
before We discovered the cause Of his
disappearance. My friends mama and |
n all the other girls think this young
man Is as mean as he can be. This is
only mi instance OF many of the same
kind.
We girls do feel bad sometimes be,
cause the young men go to the shows
alone. II we 90 to the show it must be
In somebody's company. We can't go
alone as the young men do. They all
know this, but they don't think OF Il,
when fun is in sight. They like fun and
pleasure a little too well for their W
good or for our good, Eut we think they
are pretty nice boys anyway. Mr.. Till,
cum is entirely too severe when he says
that they are too poor and too selfish to
marry and that the girls don't want
them. They. with some exceptions, are
not too poor to marry. They are as
we'll on as the young men OF their age
anywhere else and they are as generous
rs n set OF young men. In fact they
are o generous among themselves and
with strangers. And it is not true that
the girls don't care anything for them.
The girls OF this city entertain the
young men as well as they know how.
Butt am sorry to say that the young men
do not seem to be inclined to marry,
Nearly every n Of them changes sweet
hearts three or four times a year. /
know many a girl who's heart has teep
almost broken, but the young men do
not seem to suffer very much.
Now as to the financial condition OF
oor young men. l wish TO say that it
makes very little difference in the end.
II 4 girl falls in love with a young man
b will marry him, if he asks her, no
matter il he is as poor as a populist can,
didate. We girls. in choosing partners
for life, do not always look for money.
Our mothers and our fathers tell us that
. young man who has wealth which
some other person has earned for him
may lose it; that the wheel OF fortune is
turning and he who is placed at the top
BY others may lose his foo.hold, and
that the young man who has no capital
but pluck. industry and brains will win
in the end. We girls KIN W these things
better than the young men. They need
not feel discouraged or unworthy be-
cause they are poor. or because we are
poor or because of any other adverse
condsions. AS to the young men OF
Laramie, speaking in behalf of all nv
girl friends. l wish TO rei.erate with in
creased vehemence. With all thei.
fAulte --"
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