The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-03-06
A MODERN UNA.
Aow Young Woman Can Get n Day.
Entertainment New York
for Ten Cents,

Eliot Gregory. writing in Century,
tells how young women of a certain
type>can find entertainment for whole
day, in New York, without spending
more than dime
Our land is like ireland of old when
the virgin Una, clothed in white and
carrying a golden wand in her hand
walked unframed through the island
Nothing, it must be confessed, can be
finer Unfortunately, like many good
things, this state of affairs has its
drawbacks, the hitch in this case being
that many pretty wenehes take their
role of Unia seriously, and imagine
that roaming about the country in i'm
macu1ate raiment is the principal OBJ
Ject OF existence. 1t is a tick1iSh work
criticising saints, yet one can't help
thinking the Irish damsel in question
would have been quite s well employed
1t she had stayed at home and helped
her mother with the family dinner, or
taught her little brothers their les
sons.
My bachelor quarters are occa siona1-
1y visited by modern Una who is
such an American product that can
not refrain from describing, for the
benefit of my readers, the existence she
genious methods by which she enjoys
freedom from all cares, and gets a
taste of life without exceeding her
meager allowance.
Ahc SlI1, WHO Is OF POCloSS fGSpGcta-
b11ty, lives with a widowed aunt in a
tiny apartment somewhere in the up
per part of the town, from which aIti-
.tude she descends arrayed in dazzling
garb, on most fair mornings, in pur-
suit of her days sport. After a little
shopping hours inspection of
Tween y-third street windows, she ar
r1ves toward one o'clock a t the Wal
dorf, or at a kindred hosiery, where
she trips about as though looking for
some one. As soon as she spots group
OF her acquaintance eparing to or
der 1unc con, she floats up to them and
asks if they "have seen Aunt Maria,'
which lady, strangely enough, does not
materialize. AS the girl fingers about
their table, or asks-with one of her
them until her relative appears, it is
an even chance that she achieves her
object and is invited to lunch. This lit
tie coined of confusion and ANNOYANCE
at Aunt Maria's detection is duly
played, but the invita- ton is accepted.
AS she has always sforgotten her
purse" a candid offer to share ex-
penses does not count for much. The
girl is, however. 50 gay and entertain
ing that this little trick, pla yed with va
ria tions, provides her with most of her
seasons 1uncheons. On leaving her
hosts, Una does a picture gallery or |
two, or, if she meets a friend of her
own ilk, they visit some bachelor /
painter in his studio. She never does |
this alone, being careful that no bad |
marks shall sulIy the white pages of I
her ella ss-book.
Another favorite amusement is be- |
ing photographed when it does not |
cost anything. In consequence the |
walls of half the amateur studios in |
town are graced with presentments of |
her dainty figure. This and kindred |
nastimes fill the hours until five |
when she tteas" with a woman |
friend or drops in al reception. Thus |
a day has been cheerfully and econom-
1caally passed By seven, when it is
quite dark, and there is no further ex-
cuse for remaining out, the fair tramp
mounts an elevated train
Cher first extrava gance), and returns
to the society OF the accomplishing rel
ative, who has passed her day in cut
ting, turning, and rearranging the
girls fine clothes, or darning the mea-
ger household linen
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