The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21

tie Nahetrchta century tlub tell the story
OF last weeks local society world. This
week only one big affair hobs mp on the
society calendar. and that is the ball to
! be given by the young men OF the city
thanksgiving eve A great many DAYS
come and 20 between these balls. A year
( has past since the last one took place and
another year viii likely find It's way into
past history before another VIII take
place. There Is but one time in the year
when sufficient enthusiasm can be aroused
among the young men Of the city to
successfully launch big ball. and that
is during the holiday season. Then they
are ready and willing TO properly per-
form their social duty. Time and atten-
ton and money have been consumed in
completing arrangements for the Thanks
giving ball. and the fact stands out very
plainly that 1t will be accompanied with
every success. Single and married folk
OF the city Will he there I'm large NUM-
bers and guests will come from Tacoma
and Olympia and other neighhoring cities
Ranke's hall will be decorated In rich
style. feature OF the ball will be the
announcement on the programme of the
particular music 20 be played during each
dance
III the fact Of getting everything one
wishes for constitutes cause for thanks
giving. then the American Girl should he
the most contented of mortals. The eman-
cipation Of woman. that hackneyed slogan
OF those who declare the sex to be fettered
by the tyrant man. falls fiat in America
for want OF a suitable foil. Thanksgiving
day. 80. Will find the American girl az
other Thanksgiviugs have found her not
emancipated. for she never was ensiaved
hut free as the bright. frosty air that wooes
her athletic frame sending the blood
coursing swiftly through her veins. and
irnprinting the charming tinge of robust
health on her cheeks. If any one thinks
there is room to doubt this. then let the
doubter watch the passing show when the
American girl takes the center of the stage
on Thursday next. competing for snprem-
acy as queen of the festival with that 9TH
err glorious institution of Thanksgiving
the turkey gohbier.
A good place to view her at her best will
be from the sidewalk of any smooth paved
street of the big cities. or from the path
ways of macadamizcd country roads. Here.
in the nattiest and newest of bicycle rigs.
she will be seen. with her cheeks aglow.
her bright eyes sparkling. her pretty hair
dancing merrily In the wind bowling along
a-wheel at pace that surely has nothing
in common with chains or letters. unless 1t
be the bicycle chain that enables her to
challenge the wind to a trial of speed and
beat the old fiirt In canter- The manner
in which the American girl has taken adj
vantage of this glorious sport bears amSIe
teHinony TO the fast that when sue
wants a thing she will have it. and
knows how to take the fullest i'd
vantage of what is hers by right.
If the shades of the dear old grand
mothers of the days of wheel and distan
could return to earth next Thursday and
gather along the highways and byways.
where laughing, chatting. free and happy
columns of wheelwomen fly by, they would
surely return to the land OF shadows with
feelings OF regret that their lot was not
cast i'm an era when women lind more
healthfil means of employing their time
than the lahorious and combining duties or
the old fashicned home life. That the
change Is yaseiy for the better even the
most disgruntIed and cross-grained critic
OF the up-to-date womanhood viii admit.
Instead Of the pale-faced. narrow-chested
woman of the wheel and distaf era, the
spectator who chooses front seat TO
view the passing show OF Thanksgiving
day, 1897, will see a long procession or rosy
checked lithe-iimbed. happy. healthy and
wholesome specimens of femininity that
speak contentment in every action
Vieing for honors with the bicycle girl
of Thanksgiving day, 81, is that sport
loving sister of hers who dotes on the
tousIed- headed heroes of the football field.
Wherever the muscular giants OF the grid
iron meet to fight inch by inch toward the
coveted goal, brusing and battering each
other In the interests of the famous game
whose season ends next Thursday, there
will be heard the music of shril cheers
from fair throats; there will be seen the
waving OF flags held in neatly -gioved
hands and the enthusiastic applause OF the
hosts OF feminine admirers that VIII pack
the grand stands and shout for the glory
OF the American sport. No football scene
in the country will be complete without
the American girl TO cheer rhe contend
ing heroes on TO victory. What matters
IL how the game goes? Is 1t not recon-
pense enough for those who must swallow
the bitter dose OF defeat that sweethearts
and sisters who have watched them strain
ing every nerve and muscle for hours in
a vain effort TO win. stand ready to SYM
pathize with and cheer the broken-spirft-
ed losers as we'll as 10 congratulate the
winners9 For the sake Of the bright eyes
that watch the struggling and mud-be-
grirned contestants On the football fields
OF Thanksgiving day, 81, each man will
summon up every ounce of reserve force
in his muscular franz. and fight for the
mastery with the same spirit that prompt
ed the knights Of old TO couch lance, clap
spurs 10 steed and dash on for fame and
his lady's guerdoh. 1t is for the sake OF
the American girl that bruises viii be
counted as naught and blood flowing gio-
ried in on the football field next Thurs
day. True, there are some who entertain
the mistaken notion that the honor OF
the college or club IS the foremost !nceu-
tive 10 victory. but those who don the
padded suit and fight for glory on the
football field know better. \ point gained
on the griGiron means point gained in
the anxious heart % the briFh,-eyed
spectator On the grand stand; run
down the field in the face OF fierce oppo-
sition In made because the athlete who
carries the ball 20 the goal knows that he
carries with IL the hopes and the fears
OF one OF the fur-ciaa on-io0kers who has
eyes in the game for him alone: a kick
that sends the oval soaring gloriouSiy
through space IN the direction Of the
coveted posts II accompanied by feailng
OF joyful anticipation, because the owner
Of the foot knows that somewhere among
the crowd of sTtecta tors one pair Of eyes
watches the progress Of the bah with a
ffu;tertng heart. What nonsense 20 think
that the perAp8ring heroes struggle for
thu supremacy Of their college. They
run and tackle and bleed ard kick for
rhe honor - the American girl who has
their hearts In keeping. ard no one Knows
II better than she.
Fs1a, IL the American girl will shine where
heaithfUi sport - the programme she
Will positively glow around the festive
board am1 In the social circles next Thurs
day TIE thought of A festival without
her - too gloomy a prospect ~ 20 en-
,ersaiaed II the fg0st-bgign tened fea-
lures az the outdoor girl have taslr r,s-
cuiiar charm there - another and an
especial attrBctiyensNz surrounding the
indoor girl who. dgintiiT asfired rs SHIN
nserfng i0SelaneSs. pres!i.s az the Thanks
giving liable and sldsfs grace and bs.antw
% the home. Compared 70 her the
Thanksgiving bird il sorry delusien ia
spite % fAs hoia ~ has OR che hearts
90 the citizen II she American girl has
Tar fFzsawk . rasss4s IL