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

corset made TO order. Yet she bought
them all in the first three DAYS
II nave got to appear on the street -
the other American women sie 'ay5..
.Our girls can take care OF themselves.
Yes | know one who happened 10 De mar
RED and pretty. She came VII nus
hand on a short summer vacatrVh' ana
the good man himself proposed TO her ina.
she STAY on a few weeks While ne went
back, not to overstay his business ieaVs'
Now, [ know that the lazy was soou,
| economical and intelligent. yet so um
the charm of playing well-to-uo toui,9e
fasten on her that she twice spent ~
money he sent for her passase'
although he had left her ample provision
for that passage and all other expenses
when he quit Paris ahead OF her. Inc
| third time he paid her steamer rare alrec'
( 10 the company,s agents IN fhliaaeipHiai
"Our girls can take care of themselves!
They need TO when they get 10 Fdls'
/. a plain and unattractiVe man OF mn-
die age, was courted once for nine DAYS
on the reputation of wealth | had not
and daily enjoy, in Paris, a considera-
ton l could not aspire TO have at nome:
What must II not be, therefore, TO a Slri
comparatively poor to find herself thrown
into the delightful incognito.
Such misery has happened from 1t thai
the colony is waking up to it's responsioii-
tiles. This winter / have heard tax on
the subject everywhere In Paris.
The important thing. it is agreed, IS 10
preserve the American girl student strict
ly in her rae of student. This Is
why four great girls clubs, under the
patronage Of folks like DR.. Morgan
Pierpont's cousin). Mrs. Whitelaw REID
and Mrs. Whitney-Hoff, have grown up
with such Importance and rapidity as TO
asronish the Parisians. Miss Helen
L T--II - % nNAn gnnrnt ! & nhnlt IN
start another on a vast scale, and a syn
dictate of rich American women married
to Frenchmen of tirle-headed by the
Duchesse de la Rochefoucauld (nee
MitcheID-will open and maintain a sixth.
In "a word, the year 1908, at least toward
its close, If not earlier. will present this
extraordinary situation: There will be a
place for all the American girl students
in the gay French capital to live in luxur-
ious healthfulness as students. and not as
rich tourist girls, prey to all kinds OF
fortune hunters and dishonorable idlers.
Benefits of the Clubs.
In these girls clubs girls pay their
board, an average of So a week, on which
there is not a cent of profit. The man
agement enters into relations by letter.
with their parents and friends in America.
When girls fall sick they are attended
to, even if their money runs short.
In these girls clubs a girl cannot get
much intoxicated by the poisoned air OF
Paris. When they feel asphyxia COM
ing on they have a place TO run nome to.
| know two such who were glad to run
lately. Because each had a smart new
tailor gown to wear FOR the first time
they felt particularly skittish, so they
started out to do" the terrible Boulevard
itself one sunny afternoon.
Two girls alone, they sat to rest and
look at the delightful throng go by at one
of the small terrace" tables of the
Grand cafe itself.
Beside them two swell young Darisians
admired them openly. but not in vulgar
manner. On the other side, however, two
fiirts of the baser sort began negotiations
with abominable d!rectness.
Like good Americans, the swell Paris
ians protected beauty in distress; but there
the likeness ended; they demanded TO ac-
company the girls home with such seduc-
tive insistence that who knows how the
innocent young creatures would have dis
~entangled themselves. had not Miss Alice
found an inspiration: Let's run for a
cab!' she whispered.
1.-the and swift, they slipped out to the
curb. Quick, they jumped into the hospi-
table vehicle: but If you think those
young Paris.ans were not just as quick
you do not know their kind. This was
an adventure after their own hearts! Their
cab chased the girls cab. 1t was an ex-
citing race through the pink-hazy-blue
streets of the Paris twilight, until the girls
drew up in front of the Blank Girls club.
thrust 2 francs into the old cabbie's hand
and rang the bell, while the Parisians,
elated to have, at least, found the address
OF the beautiful, ignorant, inquisitive and
unprotected young American girls, stop
ped suddenly as they took In the look and
character of the establishment.
1t was enough to dampen their ardor.
The girls clubs are already known. As
the girls slipped inside the great door the
Parisians politely lifted their hats. and
walked slowly up the street, no longer in
terested.
1t was all right, for once. but to see how
quite weIl-disposed young creatures can
continue making errors In a strange land.
where the attitude OF men is different.
behold what happened to Miss Alice and
Miss Lulu two days later.
Their Second Adventure.
Bright and early they went to the grea>
Museum of the Louvre. Guide book in
hand, they studied through miles OF old
portraits OF kings, queens and Processes.
landscapes and battle pieces, saints and
holy families. until their necks grew
stiff.
No one paid attention to them-so long
as they stayed inside the museum. Out
side, however, In the TullerieS garden.
Alice sat to rest upon a bench, while
| Lulu strolled on, looking at the stat
uary.
1T is a poor copy of a good original
! and Of an interesting epoch, mademoi.
: selle." she heard a respectful voice ad,
dress her. Turning, she saw IA stylish.
[ well-bred Frenchman, well groomed
smart, attractive, OF some fifty winters.
'If mademoiselle will do me the honor"
. he continued, II can show her better mar.
G bles in this garden"
V Too scared to reply, Miss Lulu looked
. for Alice. while the flirting Frenchman
30 years old, calmly appropriated her: blu
D his talk about the garden was so interest.
c ing that by the time Alice found her sh,
| had lost her fear and whispered. Really
> he Is interesting; we can always run for q
. cab when he gets too personal"
! 1t was al instructive hour among tn,
. s~tatuary, but when the old fellows ey,
began to Ugh up, the girls made signs {,
q each other II was time to run.
. They were near to the Concorde gate
g Cabs In quantity were passing. 'Now!'
Q said Lulu. and fair Alice was just gather
e ing her skirts to make a dash when thei
q pursuer looked at his watch. took a car,
from his case. and said:
o You owe me three francs, or 60 cent,