The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-17
QUIET GIRL STRIKES
TELLS WHAT SHE THINKS OF So
GETTY AND SOCIETY MEN.
She Finds Great Contrast Between
the World as Her Mother Paints 1t
and as 1t Really Is, and Says She
Is Disguised.

The quiet girl on q strike! A quiet
girl who knows ST. Paul society Well
too. And the other day she confided,
not her grievances nor her troubles,
but her opinion, to T h e Globe in
the strictest confidence. She said
Marie could tell the dear public, but
no one else.
4 am not complaining she began,
'nor am 1 unhappy or disconnected
but l am disguised. When l try to an
alyze my feelings and attempt to put
the blame upon any person or class OF
persons, 1 can find nothing more tang1-
BILE at fault than the trend of the
times!' So let me go for the trend OF
the times and relieve my feelings.
Perhaps | am talking rather binary
and you don't know exactly what
mean: WE'LL it will take some time TO
explain, but 1 am going to draw Tor
YOU contrast between the world thal
is pictured for girl-by her mother
or friends-before she enters 1T, ana
the world as it is. For the dltference
between the two is really appalling to
her when she comes out. Among the
things her mother tells her is the old,
well-worn proverb, handsome is as
handsome does In other words the
matter of looks is minor; the matter OF
compartment and manners is every
thing; and so it should be. And the
girl thinks so until she is actually out,
and then, oh then, what a shock she
reCeiVeSi She finds that handsome is
has decidedly the center OF the stage
and handsome does takes back seat.
Another thing her mother has told
her is that men do not like girls who
run after them and throw themselves
at masculine heads, but they seek out
ii
f1irt with the bold girls, but the marry
the modest violets who droop in the
Tear 1 had not been out very long
before | discovered that this was
fallacy Men not only seem to like
the girls who run after them, but they
marry them constantly-and some
times several of them!
'Then. too, 1 found that unless a
girl resorted to all sorts of feminine
tricks she could not keep up with the
procession. All these things I dis
covered and sometimes in the most
painful way 1 made several discov-
cries about the society men-Such as
they were. One is that they like girls
who dress we'll and are bellies. They
like to be seen with them. There is
class of society men who hang round
a popular girl, not so much because
they like her, but because it is the
IllnS. AlSO .lIdJ WHcll YOU
them-and really you must constantly
be feeding them-they will come, en-
JOY your salad and oysters, and dance
with your guests-they often forget all
about the hostess-but as for making a
call afterwards, or returning the cour-
tesy in any way that is out of the
question, unless, Of course. you are
somebody whom they consider it poll
tic to keep in with.
Il am not saying this because have
not received attention; 1 have had my
share: but 1 am voicing the senti-
ments of all girls outside of certain
clique. This clique likes to run
tkings-and among the things they run
are the society men.
You may ask dozen girls in this
town and they may not care to ac-
knowledge that what I say is true,
but in their hearts they know it, This
condition of affairs has driven some of
the incest girls out of society. There is
a whole set of girls who came out
three or four years ago who never
go anywhere, and why? Because they
will not do the tricky things necessary
to keep in, and will not constantly en-
terrain men who have no manners"
This is only for the ear Of the dear
public, and that is always safe. The
quiet girl looked as if she had taken
load off her mind by this confession.