Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-27
LET TER
FROM MRS.
JOHNSON
New York. April q. 1905.

New York. April 81. 1905.
From accounts in the Herald. tn,
reader lis led 10 holieve that Durang,
almost as busy as New York.
can Just see the policeman telling tn,
crowds To move on. Speed the day,
For much more delightful a great cit,
"'lld he i'm a land Of sunshine. where
| Hohris aud minds are as big as the
'laUirs
Among the questions of aigh tenn
H7Hurc In New York today Is this
VIII the chorus girl. Nan Patterson
Ne convicted by male jury, male
court and mau.made laws on the
charge of committing a deed which If
7he did commit IT, should be applaud.
ID by all right thinking people.
u should be applauded because
Caesar Young. the bootmaker. wnom
81 Us said she murdered. had a wife
ahom he deceived for a long time.
nl nt last when tired of the chorus
GIRL the manner in which he tried to
Rid himself Of her was brutal.
Caesar Young did not regard Nan
PATTERSON seriously. Apparently.
Nan regarded nerself more seriously
han he did. This was unfortunate
1r Caesar-apparently
The third trial of the case is lust
tssinning Nan is getting used to be
ing tried and she has achieved more
n1foricty as a Star" of the Tombs
han sho could have ever hoped for
n E'lorodora.
Nan started out with the idea thai
harleiprs would make nice lenient
inry. She was unwlse for the bach.
cor Is Jealous of his prerogatlve to
despoil feminine virtue and go un.
punished aad he would be slow to
establish a precedent which wouii
curtail this right, or place him in
danger of cab tragedies
Upon the present trial Nan has SO.
'ae'sd married men for her jury, hop.
Ing to appeal to their sympatbies
through the fact that some of tnem
have children OF their own. Again,
De may be calculating amiss. for the
rurltanlcal ideas would likely dis.
Iur9gc examples of leniency for
their own children; and too. some of
Them may have reason to sympatilze
deeply with the dead Caesar Young
II would be highly entertaining to
throw q searchllght onto the lives of
The lawyers the court and jury who
are trying poor Nan Patterson. /
wonder wHat the good Man of CALI
Ice would say2 He would say moth
Ing Again. history would record the
hortesl verse in the Bible, for He
could bnt weep.
BY the time this reaches you Nan
iauer5un's fate will likely be decld-
ed, For The sake of her good old
father who has stood by 1er through
Her trouble, and as a menace to all
mon who do not regard women ser
inusly, IL is to be hoped she will be
aouultted
Another Of the burning questions.
among The shoddy genteel and cheap
Imitation Americans. Is:
When will ricn girls cease to de
grade themselves by marrying their
fathers coachmen?" And this all be.
cause Nancy Carnegie took the bit in
her teeth, deGed society" and mar
r.ed her groom. Uncle" Andrew de-
rpgvcs place in the Hall of Fame
iJr sayiBg that the cnoice Of his fay
Grte niece was better than degen-
crate duka' He Is as much an Amer
r1n as g. is possible for a Scotchman
ra uc. and tnat large class Of people
h0 refuse 10 be pleased with any
.'.ug a rich man does should forgive
Tr Carnegie his great offense of IL
huy giving. and believe that there
is aeu hope for his entrance "over
there"
| The new subway has proven a great
! l101-tu men, for tney can all sit
down now. and 10 women, because
! fHlH have straps to hold onto Be
/ .ur. The subway was built the men
! h5d an me seats and most of the
| straps Now. under the improved
/ conditions OF transportation resultant
from the subway women, If they are
D
| crowding." can sometimes get into
q chr. and at rare intervals can get
| POS esslon OF a strap
e. you would see true chivalry az
she is cnivalrled. you should just note
bow smoothly and with what amazing
lalarcity man can get to seat ahead
OF q woman In New York street car
fTl-y ro by the name of men here
out West the cowboys and miners
would nominate them-just name
Them boys--I can't.
Some Of the writer's on this grea
and burning question hold that mel
hya, ceused rellnquishing their seat
10 ladies' for the reason that whei
'ne- have offered this courtesy thei
hen dclarles nave been gravely de
Limo tent IN gratitude. generally fail
ing 10 give them even. Il thank you
IN return And have tried to Wind