The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15
copyright. 1881

TIL heat has arrived. n IL Is tunny
how the heat brings out everything
that is bad. The weeds grow tall witn
great rapidity. Conversation itscii !"
emphatic, and everything that Is oo-
tectionable in the m line appears
on the surface. You start u TO NUM-
cool place. You meet that feminine pody
who is known as the fast girl. Now. FOR
pnce in my life I am going to do a
little preaching. Every girl has q risht
TO a certain amount of enjoyment In nef
life. but there is no reason why tna'
enjoyment may not be full OF rear run
and even pIquant without being OBJ
fashionable. The fast girl. however dis-
.vrees with me. ] do not like @ prude'
hit there Is a distinct difference be-
tween a prude and a fast girl. the ias.
Girl laughs loudly as she tells q crowo
Z men admirers that she likes 70 NC
ounted a jolly comrade.
Now. nv listener, no woman who is
"a Jolly comrade' ever gains thai re-
spect due her womanhood or that love
which ID, after all, the best thins III
life. She may be a charming compan-
ion. an interesting friend. but the very
instant a girl becomes "a jolly COM
rade" she opens the gates to a land
overrrown with thoughtlessness. fuii OF
.ad results and having at Its very en-
trance modes of speech and
for which most men would ike 10 KICK
THAT other man IL he gave elmer 10 .
rentleman's sister.
You who are pretty. young, Wen
a~..s.a cu,ck of brain and fond of ad-
miration, you who think the comrade-
sbip idea a marvelously good one-you
Lnow an well a. ] do that a year ago
vorr face would have flushed ana you
would never have spoken again to the
man who today has talked to you In a
f.,h,on that now makes you laugh.
Won prove by your appreciation that the
h,oono IS brushed of the peach. why
a. ~ that 30 mahy OF American
y,rls are counted amusing, but so little
worthy OF respect, in strange countries!
Here's the reason: 1t is because, having
Gained laughter and what Is considered
sdniration from this man or that one,
in This hotel or on that train. their man.
pers grow to be such that nothing IL TOO
bad 10 characterize them. The hotei cor
ridors are their favorite promenaoins
pIaces. They laugh and tell q quieter
girl that by walking mp and GOWN tne
Railways a chance 10 gained 10 see ene
newest arrivals and nnd out II any one
80 ,hem a. worth cultivating. They think
~ Immensely clever to whistle for the
elevator to stop. and as the men wno
are IN II look at them with amusement
a never dawns on their minds that tney
give the same look to a notorious dan
Ger or an actress who's reputation ID
not of the best.
Once in the elevator. the last girl
hums the latest song. swishes her skirts
SO that they will announce their SILK
lining. and when she goes Into the din-
ing room she jingles her keys and prob
ably drops her handkerchief near the
handsome man whom somebody mas
told her ia Lord Blueblood. 1t Is JUST
possible he may teach her a lesson by
blowing his servant or even herseii 70
dick It up, but 1t Is much more possipie
that he will hand it to her himself, asR
her II she will be on the veranda a III
tie later and then inquire II ne nay
-ome and have a chat with her. he ap'
pears at the appointed time. put when
after much foolish chatter, sne men
lions that she would like to meet hi
sisters. who are travelling with him, III
quickly gives her to understand that hi
sisters are not allowed to meet strang'
paople-that they are ladies. Possibly. !
abe is simply a thoughtless girl. she ha'
n hard cry that night and kneels dowI
ond saws a little prayer she had al
most forgotten. while she resolves t
try 10 be a better girl, but IL she Is
rer,table fast girl h grows defan
ira saws 70 herself that his stin. ugl,
tiers can meet anybody they want to
~ she has no desire to know them.
rbe next morning, in the latter contin
.,,cv che Is rather more pronounced l
rr behavior than before. At the tabl
~ laughs so loudly that everybod
rs 10 stare ut her. as she believes, ]
.,-rubatiou. As " there ever was
IN or a woman who did not admir-
nj charm. n low. sweet voice! ON
the train, she throws her wraps her
III her bags there and, having nobod
&c To- talk to. INDUCES In q convers
n with tho porter, during which 81
~, him where she IL going and thu
Z, intends 10 tip him as h inquire
Mr.. Giitedgc, . VIGOROUSLY we
iva Young man, happens to be {
train. Her costume IL always II
~ extreme OF foshion. When clo'
,ting bodices arc In vogue. the OF
M, bv the fast girl looks as IL II we
~ gerry own skin and she werc abs
,.tel. nodded In II. II bright colors a
me fashion, she chooses the gaye'
while II the average hat he's thr
themes on II hers In burdcned
nlre. she IL always an extremist a
this e always vulgar.
:, yell cred Girl wears q hat and DIRE
ma, are IN coed style. but she new
er.ssrs in srci n way that comm
ma, no her because OF her loud 9
vearancc ~ speak 10 her without ne
tatior m. answer TO The invitation u
Goes from her eyes or from her wa
Possia: you think ! am
. .i~t .ybo Ia fuoli9hly II