Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-03-29
CALCULATING GIRLS
YOUNG HoSTEssEs THAT SMILE
SWEETEST ON GIFT-BEARERS.
Complaint of Frugal Young Man Who
Couldn't Stand the Pace = How
Gift-Giving Affected Amanda"

Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
A friend asked young man how it
happened that he did not go any more
to call upon 1.-The girls"
You used to be out three or four
evenings a week, visiting Sue ana
'Annapel' and Ethel and no end of
others. What has become of them
all?"
"Oh, they are there just the same
as of old, dare say
Did they turn you down" l hope
there was 10 unpleasantness."
"Oh, no-only l couldn't quite keep
up the pace so l quit"
What do you mean?"
well, ny salary is not very large,
and l have to help some others besides
myself, you know, and i have cast
into the bank each month, and, not
having an inherited fortune at my
back, l couldn't appear every time with
box of expensive candy or bunch of
violets, ond l couldn't take the girls
to the opera in a carriage, and | found
that the brightest smiles were for the
fellows who did that sort of thing; so.
naturally, retired from the contest"
oh, come, now-the girls aren't so
sordid ard calculating as all that. l
should think they would like fellow
all the better for knowing that he was
saving some of his money"
oh :;irls!" retorted the young man,
with bitter cynicism. 'All they care
for a fellow 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 viii burn some sort of incense
expensive incense, or none at all
at their shrines. When they find that
that is not to be expected, they have
no further Use for us
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 a little more. But they want the
earth Tou have got to get busy and
spend every time for them, l tell you,
or else you meet the chilly eye To
paraphrase the good book, Every girl
is a friend to him that giveth gifts
The last tire 1 went to see Ethel, two
other fellows were there, and each one
of them had come laden. She was so
sweet and attentive to them that she
couldn't talk fast enough to them.
But a 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 hatath gifts shall live"
ooh, is that there! Well, the girls
are all gong to die young if that
comes true"
1t CHANGED that about the time when
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
a certain family who enjoyed her
toothsome dishes, announced that she
was to be married soon. AS elegant
to cafe all lait, had been frequent
callers, nobody was surprised.
Il suppose that that Mr.. Jones, who
is the Du.ier down at the It's, is the
happy man, Amanda" remarked her
mistress.
mo, indeed, Mis- Ames, dat Teller
good 'nough to fiirt round with a
hut hn in 10 Ii +
marry. No, l gwine marry dat Henry
Jackson. He work down to de Central
livery stable"
why, Amanda, We all thought Mr.
Jones was the one. Isn't he better
looking and more gentlemanly than
Mr.. JacksoE?"
Dat all may be, Mis- Ames. but he
dom spen' no money-dat Jones don't |
Now Mr.. Jackson, he spen' is money
for me right along, mos every day. |
an dat's de kim for me- reckon | |
done chose de bes' one Mr.. Jones. he |
pretend re feel awful bad, but he !
Oughter spent more on me-maybe |
he'd a got ME den"
This IS a materialistic epoch, and |
ciety the cynical young man had re- |
nounced were permeated with the |
spirit of the age, which is doubtless !
also more or less the spirit of all |
the ages. Rut the girls should remem- |
Der that the same good book from
which the young man and his friend |
had culled so much wisdom, declares |
explicitly that Righteousness, under
knowledge, and several other |
qualities are more important than gold. |
There is really scarcely any more un-
attractive quality in the young, to say
nothing of its moral aspect, than cal
culation CT greed; but there is reason
10 fear tEat something akin to them
IS tacitly CT openly taught and prac-
ticed in many a home which pretends
10 culture and even to religion.
Hang of the Dress.
The stout woman puSt ha eSpoc;all,y