Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-22
CALCULATING GIRLS
YOUNG HOSTESSES THAT SMILE
SWEETEST ON GIFT-BEARERS.

Complaint Of Frugal Young Man Who
Couldn't Stand the Pace 49, How
Gift-Giving Affected Amanda
Copyright 1905. by Joseph +. Eowies)
a frien asked a young man how it
happened that he did not 90 any more
TO call upon the girls
You used to be out three or four
evenings week, visiting Sue and
'Annapel' and Ethel and no end or
others. What has become OF them
all?"
oh, they are there jus, the same
as OF old, dare say"
Did they turn you down? l hope
there was 70 unpleasantness.'
"Oh, nv--only | couldn't quite keep
up the Ddc.. SO | quit
What d., you mean?'
"Well, ny salary is not very large.
and | nave to help some others besides;
myself, you know, and have cast
iron determination to- put something
into the sank each month. and, not
AID lAE9. al lnACllL0u wi LAAAC a. AAAy
back, couldn't appear every time with
box OF expensive candy or a bunch OF
violets, md | couldn't take the girls
| to the ol,e"a in a carriage, and found
that the brightest smiles were for the
fellows VINO did that sort Of thing; so,
naturally, retired from the contest"
"Oh, come, now-the girls aren't 50
sordid ard calculating as all that.
should think they would like a fellow
all the better for knowing that he was
saving some of his money
"Oh, :,iI!s!" retorted the young man,
with bitter cynicism. All they care
for a fel.,H is for what they can get
out OF min. They are all OF them
watching Out for the richest ones. The
! rest of Us are tolerated just as long
as we will burn some sort OF incense
Expensive incense. or none at all
that is not to be expected. they have
no further Use for u.s.
But il tie girls invite you TO their
teas and dinners, and you accept, you
must recip1 Ocate in some way
'Oh. /; will keep the balance true.
and little more. But they want the
earth io1 have got to get busy and
spend every time for them. tell YOU,
or else you meet the chilly eye. To
paraphrase the good book, Every girl
is a friend to him that givcth gifts.
The last tire l went to see Ethel. two
| other fel!owc were there, and each one
of them had come laden. She was SO
sweet a1d attentive to them that she
couldn talk fast enough to them.
But few questions about my health
since We last met were about all that
was coming to me-"
You should have quoted to her an
other passage from the good book, He
that ha;ath gifts shall live.
''Oh, is that there: Well. the girls
are all gong to die young if that
comes true
It CHANGED that about the time when
| this conversation took place another
incident occurred which indicates that
| the young man was not SO unjust as
| some may think.
A merry and fashionable colored
cook named Amanda. the mairstay OF
certain family who enjoyed he1
toothsoma dishes, announced that she
was to he married soon. AS elegant
gentlemen OF all shades, from Jet black
to cafe all lait, had been frequent
callers, nobody was surprised.
Il suppose that that Mr.. Jones. who
is the Du';or down at the rs is The
happy man, Amanda" remarked hel
mistress.
NO, indeed. Mis- Ames. da* felle1
good 'nough to flirt round with :
little, but he ain de kind l gwint
marry No, gwine marry dat Henri,
Jackson. Tie work down to de Contra
livery stable"
why. Amanda. We all thought MI
Jones was the one. Isn't he better
looking and more gentlemanly thar
Mr.. JacksoE?'
Dat ;,il may be-, Mis- Ames. but h
don spen' no money-dat Jones don t
Now Mr.. Jackson. he spen' is none,
for me right along, mos every day
| an dat's lie kin for me. l reckon
| done chose dc bes' one. Mr. Jones. h,
| pretend .,e feel awful bad. tut h,
oughter spent more on me-maybs
he'd got ME den.'
This IS materialistic epoch. ant
both Amanda and the girls whose so
ciety the cynical young man had re
nounce1 were permeated with thu
spirit Of the age, which is doubles:
also more or less the spirit of al
the ages. Eut the girls should remem
Der that The same good bool: from
which The young man and his frient
had culled so much wisdom, declai es
explicitly that Righteousness. under.
standing, knowledge. and several Other
qualities arc more important than gold
There is reslly scarcely any more IN.
attractive quality in the young, to sa!
nothing Of its moral aspect, than cal
culatiOn CT greed; but there is reason
to fear that something akin to then
is tacitly CT openly taught and prac
ticed in many home which pretend!
to culture and even to religion.
Tricks That Cause Wrinkles.
The best way to have smooth, I'M
wrinkled skin is to keep the wrinkle:
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