Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-27

none OF it's gayety to Paris charm and
brightness. The girl hates Paris k
unpleasant medicine-She Is taking
Paris now as medicine, recovering her
nerve.
In truth, our girls, who come to Paris,
walk-as walked the lady in "Comus"-
very innocent, amid Il horrid rout, pro-
tected by their innocence and plain
dumb luck against all kinds of beasts,
from wolves In evening clothes to
coarse hotelmen ready to throw them
out into the outrageous Paris streets.
The tragic thing is the indifference
OF our colony, misled by French dread
of responsibility and lulling itself with
the two generous bluffs of "AH Amer
leans have money! and "Our girls can
AXE care Of themselves" Would you
think they would let a girl Starve TO
death-a girl the colony was receiv-
ing at smart teas and evening recep-
tionS2
She came ''to write for the maya
Zines AT first she had some funds,
dressed well and got in the swim of
good p~eople-where she always stayed.
The colony called for a magazine
writer; and she let her money dwindle
to nothing. hoping that success would
| come.
The mirage of the afternoon tea led
her on. She had no need to entertain.
How she lived In one room of a large,
correct hotel-without board-no one
asked. She might have yielded to the
wolves; no one would know. Instead,
she tried to supplement the teas by
light home cooking.
Dies From Debility
Theoretically, she was doing secret
cooking In her hotel room wnen she
died. The colony is tender in it's way:
Ii Is related. now, how some great
ladies would pretend not to see when
she slipped cakes and sandwiches into
her pocket at their teas. 1t might be
high-class kleptomania!
So she weakened gently, still well
dressed, proud beyond words. dawdlirg
In her starving. dilly-dallying in dying
and the doctors most politely certified
"~debility"-but what they said In con
~versation was Starvation"
American girls can take care OF
themselves
"All Americans have money"
The two sayings cause vast misery IL
Paris. Both are true-when both are true
together; but l would like to know how
a girl who has not enough money car
take care of herself in Paris!
More girls are coming every year-to
study and improve" themselves. Th
monthly expense calculation made a
home Is never quite enough. The girl /:
tempted to keep up the great American
reputation-and there is something still
more subtly tempting to expense ant
debt. Listen.
i once crossed the Atlantic under falls,
pretenses-quite unwittingly at first. ther
yielded to the charm. BY some mistak,
l got the reputation of a rich man on tn,
boat; and J.. a man devoid of feminin,
weakness and vanity, was SO smoothe,
down and tickled by the novel friendi
ness of every one-how they deferred I,
me, how they delighted in my converse
tion-that / weakly let them keep II IN
and lived nine days on the false reputa
ton OF a wealthy man.
Now, II a strong-minded philosopher ca,
be so affected what shall we think OF
simple girl?
Do you appreciate the novel change a
atmosphere enveloping our girls whe
they arrive in Paris? 1t Is n new deaI
all around. Even now In Paris I do no
let people know how poor / am. / hav
almost learned not to get In debt-afte
sixteen years-and i do not blow none
TO keep up a rich mans reputation: but
believe me. there is something yer
tempting. very soothing In the universe
attitude OF Paris toward Americans.
"All Americans have moneys"
Wise men profit by the national reput;
, tion-without losing their heads. But
, girl. newly arrived?
/ You gee. most every American gi
1 comes with some small hoard to buy ne
2 clothing. and with another little board II
: sickness. return ticket and surprises, ar
q third little sun to start on.
] saw the thing happen this week In n
: case OF "A woman OF 80. She had no ide
. on arriving TO buy 4 black fox stole,