Arizona republican., 1901-08-19

ioli ubN II anu SlNS up tif StIuSSIts II Is not an uncommon sight to see pros trated and carried into a drug store some poor laborer, who must work. or some weak female unable to control her mania for shopping and bargain hunting even during the hot weather, I have observed the poor shop girls in the large crowded department stores working Hike dumb. driven cattle" when the air is so humid and suffocat- ing that they almost faint and stagger as they grind out the long. weary day. Do we ever witness such scenes in our country? Many nights when the houses have been like the fiery furnaces" of old have I wished for a good mountain breeze from northern Arizona. Yet, on the whole, and in fairness of compar- ison, Chicago cannot he called one of the really hot cities of our country, be- cause the heated term is not long and is frequently broken by the lake breeze. But can not but rise up in mighty in- dignation when see great daily come out and SO stupendously misinform a general public. I find that I spend much of my spare time in contradict ing erroneous impressions of our terri tory. Sometimes they are too absurd and genuinely humorous to be correct ed-I feel that it would ba spelling a good joke. At such moments I keep silent and leave it to time and experi- ence 10 enlighten the poor deluded ten- dcrfoot.
 There is another thing we hear a great deal about among these "city folks which also makes me smile; the unprotected woman and the dangers she is subjected to on the frontier. I find people here wonder how women fare travel around in inc far west without guide. or military escort perhaps With some of my friends I saunter around the parks in the even ings while the band concert Is going on. l see on all sides the poor shop girls being inveiGled and trapped into sin and shame by the professional 'mashers" with whom the parks abound on these summer evenings | believe a girl could live natural life time on the frontier and be more se- cure from insults and temptations than she would be for a single day in these cities. There is in the hardy sons of the west an inborn chivalry and cour- tesy towards womanhood which I have not met anywhere else They may not know the latest shade or style in ties: or wear the up-to-date shape in hats; thsy may also err on the side of good taste in selecting the cut of a coat. or the exact thing in 'he turn of the toe of their shOe-but they know how to re- spect a good woman, which Is some thing many Chicago men have never learned. especially if We judge by the records of the city police stations The interruptions scoundrels loafng around the parks and boulevards find easy vic tims in these poor, misguided shop girls who all day handle the beautiful and expensive nothngs dear to the hearts c. all women. and which their poverty and meager salaries will not permit them to purchase All things considered, I would ne willing to trust my daughter, or apy dear girl I loved, unprotected OF the frontier in prefer ence to turning her out to seek her own living in a city like Chicago.
 Another pathetic feature of life here to me is the lack of home spirit. Peo- pie seem to have lost all idea of the true significance of that tender word. I be- lieve it is due. at least to consider able degree, to the lat buildings. I never visited q city where the respect able tenement system SO prevailed. and where people were go afflicted with the moving mania. Last May I was going through vacant lot and came upon a band of children picking wild flowers.