The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-04

the beginning of %. afternoon ls rath-
80 asSantIy Elz.d at. M, 50 down IN
New Orlylus-u1t 5y JUEUi' It's
drink from get-.uE-up tius Co turning
IN time. and the more che better With
the New Orleans flyers. You hear
high-Gowu sentiments expressed 10y
men 40 an extremely early hour q the
day. down in New Or.rlns-ppetie.
Eiu-ricky thoughts. YOU SIow. before
the bite OF luncheon. But YOU Sy; used
To all that In time. even o. you find Do
impossible To get used to the New or
leans hours for drinking 3s applied Co
your own person. Charming old town.
nice people: New Orleans IS al right
The speculative manner 81 treating che
game OF life prevails there. too. as DO
does IN san Francisco. which !s prob
ably the reason why tJc men on velvet
today strive so earnestly and so suc-
CeSsfUlly 20 make the most ~ their
time and opportunities in the way ~
pleasure seeking. New Orleans IS an
other OF the towns that make New
York or Chicago look. respectively, like
KOkomo and Kankakee when Il comes
% the matter OF actual swif;ncSs.''
How did you happen to insert Helc-
na in that list?" asked one of the CON-
mercial travellers listeners. Il. for
one. know that Helena's in the state
OF Montana. that It's the main town
OF that state. and that's all know
about it,
Ought 90 take q run ont there and
have look at st." was the commercial
travellers reply. III / remember cor
rectly. Helena Is the richest city per
capita Tn the United States. which Is
saying a heap. Well. most 20 the Hell
ena men picked mp their money ou,
OF the ground-,ucky finders TN a min
ing way. nearly all Of them. thcrcIorc-
well. YOU couldn't very we'll expect
them to hang ON tn their dust like a
set OF staid old Philadelphia merchants.
could you? They go a merry pace out
in Helena: it's wide-open and all alive.
and there's not a front door key owned
in the city. Nothing ever closes up in
Helena. And. by the way. about year
ago / met. out in Helena. a man who
ten years ago was a clerk TN n Wash
ing;on book store. He now owns su
many sapphire mines that h" docsn't
know where they begin or end. and
well. he contributes his mite to the
general swiftucss uf Helena. After
Helena comes Denver. and -
Switch OF To more agreeable sub
ject." suggested one 81 the listeners.
''what American city has got the pTct-
test Eirls?"
| philadelphia first. Atlanta second,
Washington third said the CONNER
cial traveller OF muci wandering. You
ask that question In such an arbitrary
way that there Is nothing for ia bu;
to- answer & just as arbitrarily. but,
all the same. ] speak my convictions,
The pre;ties; girls and matruus tn
America are TO be seen ON Chestnut
street In Philadelphia. ON a nippy fall
or winter afternoon-not the mos,
stylish. you understand. but the mos'
lovely. l have spoken. and / know 9;
all. I don't belong in Philadelphia. am
mot partial 20 the place a little bit. bu,
I am a model OF imp1rtiality. Then
II there are in any other American city
loutSide uf Philadelphia 80 many pref
~ women. in proportion To popula'
ton. as there are in Atlanta. tell ms
where that town Is. that / may take
the night sleeper and 81 shvrc. vii
lOwy girls. YOU know. and all th1t
and most unstylish as 90 dress. but
wonderfully lovely, They follow giCt
lother so fast along PcICitrce stree.
that YOU can't count EN-. and instead
OF having to walk sixteen blocks. "a
YOU do in Boston. for instance. bcfor,
you see even a p1Sslbly good looEins
girl. YOU have got 20 traverse that dis
ltance OF ground in Atlanta before yu-
meet with even moderately plain
looking girl. Washington Is a goo,
third in the matter of It's pretty girls
No. I'm not jollyinE. and I'm not sell
ling goods tonight. saw az least -.
almighty pretty girls On + street TIT
Afternoon when ] took a walk up tina
way shortly after getting into town
land they know how 90 dress them
selves and how 10 carry themselvss
too. Few OF the pre,;iest ones wcr,
extensively dressed. but they locke.
peculiarly fetching al the same"
Aren't you going TO give poor o.,
New YORK even a few pretty women.
asked one OF the business men. Nv
seen two or three over there myself.
Loads and slews and sla;hers o
pretty women In New YORK" vas Oh
reply. but I'm talking about the mum
bsrs OF them in proportion TO P5puia
lions OF cities. At that I've wake
$ fifteen squares in New York on Broad
: way. in the busiest portion OF the sho7