Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-04-08
DOWNFALL OF A WASHER.
A Smart Woman's Way of Crushing
AN Iuipudent Young Dude.

!
! A smart woman's Way of Crushing
/ an Impudent Young Dude.
| One member of the army of profess
/ sional "mashers" who infest the down
| town streets after business hours met
his deserts several nights ago. and is
taking temporary vacation from the
! pursuits of his duties in this connection.
lie was a young chap, scarcely out OF
his teens. and his face showed dissipa-
ton far beyond his years.
lie was walking down state street at
the hour when the theaterS are dis
charging their Nv licences and noticed Il
handsome and ylishly clad woman
advancing. He placed himself in her
path. and when she stepped aside 10
pass him he coughed and muttered an
unintelligible remark. The woman paid
no attention. and the young man fol-
lowed her, coughing insinuatingly aud
giving expression to II variety OF sounds
10 attract her attention
\ group of weil-dresScd. middle-aged
men stood conyersing at the entrance of
]
ed. Here the woman turned and in Il
tone just loud enough 10 be heard by the
group, She said to the young man. af-
ter surveying him calmly from head TO
foot:
You have been At considerable pains
10 attract my attention" The young
fellow grinned. half fooliShly and half
eXpectantly.
"Evidently." she continued ''you i'm
aGine might encourage your advances
Now look AT me and tell me what there
Is in my appearance that indicates
would tolerate you for an instant. |
am fairly good-lo0liug. OF ut least aver
age intelligence, aud well dressed. You,
on the other hand. are far from prepos-
seSSing. One glance at your face re-
veals your dwarfed mind. You are
dressed in atrocious taste. and your tai
lor had better be carrying the hod in
stead of making clothes. AS yours fit
you shockingly. The fingers of your UNI
gloyed hands are Soled with nicotine
stains. the nails not clean, and your
clothes and breath eXhale an odor of
stale liquor and tobacco that should
make il Il crime for you to ride In an
owl car. Now, pray tell me what sug-
gested to you that might admire that
sort Of thing:'
Inc young man stood half daZcd He
suddenly realized that his answer was
being awaited by GREATNESS and grin
ming audience, rs many paSSers-by had
/ stopped to listen. and Increased the
original group in front of the hotel. He
made break To get away. his face
flushed crimson. bun one of the bystand-
ers grasped him by the arm and detain-
| ed him.
NO, you don't" said he. "Not till
you've answered the lady's question"
Il can't gasped the young man Let
me go. ] don't know"
"Yes. let him go" put in the woman.
lie doesn't look old enough TO know
and she swept on, while one of the by
ISLANDERS explained to the crowd that he
knew the youths mother to be an hon
est washwoman, Industrious and de
| cent, who had washed for his wife for
years This was much worse in the es-
tlmation of the blase youth than if the
bystanders had been told his mother
was well-known confidence woman.
He departed amid the jeers and groans
of the crowd, some of whom asked him
why he didn't go home and turn the
wringer for his mother. and others re-
marking, Get on to the mistit suit
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