The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-10
The Way Girls Behave.

Baltimore American.
ct overheard such a typical, up-to-date
conversation in the car the other day.,
said a woman lately. There were two
chappies-nice boys, too-sitting behind me.
I did not know them personally, though
their mothers were old friends OF mine.
One Of them asked the other whether he
had seen or heard from the NJ girls.
NO he answered, must look them up
shortly: dare say the poor things wonder
what has become of me; think I'm off to
Europe or gone to the dogs probably:
really must run round there tonight before
Join the gang at the beer garden.
"'Great mystery You have not heard,
though; telephone lines broken? I know
they call you up regularly, don't they, two
or three times dayT
"'You bet they did, but that amusement
IS IN the past now; the old man got on to
their little game of 'phoning us fellows eter-
naIly, and do you know he actually took
the machine away from the house
He's a fool murmured the other. sym
pathetically, to deprive his daughters of
their chief comfort Yes replied the first
chap, doubtless the phone is a comfort
sometimes, but honest Injun, l was pretty
tired of it. 1 tell the servant to say / am
L
time 10 bother with it. The other agreed
with him. 1t is a nuisance for sure. If
girls only knew how bored we boys are
when we are at home 10 be rung up con-
stantly. No one wants to chin over the
phone day in and day out
Just then my corner came, and had TO
get out. grieved that could not near more,
for such talk agrees with my ideas so per-
fectly. The modern girl is running the tel
ephone to death with social stunts, and the
modern man is becoming very tired of the
NJ den M M do i'm he
abuse of such useful article is really sad.
Besides. IL is spelling men so terribly. Why
should they not think themselves of great
Importance to women if they are never
allowed to be away from them. Nowadays
man cannot stop visiting girl for even
a few days without being called up on the
phone What are you doing? Where have
you been2 When are you coming in?' and
such like bids for his society. No wonder
they deem themselves Yeritabie little tin
gods on wheels"
But asked the listener, as the woman
paused for breath, was Ii not always so in
q more or less degree that women spoiled
men and made too much fuss over them?"
mo, indeed, not in my day." said the
woman, who for once felt rather proud of
being old, the girls did not besiege men
with notes and messages If they came,
well and good: If not, let them stay away
there were others was the generally accept
ed motto then. / know from my own
experimental / was not bit better nor
worse than the average girl of my time-I
never pretended 10 write to men and bother
about their not coming. or urge them to do
so. i was glad TO see them when they came
but had no reprOach for them for staying
away and no insistent desire for their So
ciety, and with one. the favorite fellow
(for the time being. even in his case
would have scorned TO do the solicitation
act that Is now displayed by girls over mere
acquaintance. See the diffe' ence, too. when
strangers come remember last winter a
young relative OF mine had visitor from
another city. The girl had hardly arrived
before she asked for the telephone. and
started up conversation with a man
friend, so afraid was she that he might es-
cape her for a single hour. and so ii went
ion all during her visit. She used the phone
lso much that her entertainers often laughed
and told her that they would charge her
for extra MESA ages
We'll" again chimed in the listener
then men are to be excused for their
atrocious conceit and their wretched
slangy, up-to-date manners. you Think"
Indeed they are declared the woman
with emphasis. and the modern girl. at
least a goodly number of them, is much to
blame for it,"