The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-06
FREEDOM FOR GIRLS.
'Amcricanization" Bringing Marked
Changes i'll Established

characterization" Bringing Nfarllc,
Changes i'll Established
Customs.
/ special telegram from Paris tt
the Chicago-Record Herald says:
The Americanization of Paris so
ciety is the subject of an article il
that organ Of the aristocracy, l.;
Gaulois, this week, and many in
stances of the changed conditions art
cited
First Of all there is the relative
emancipation of the unmarried
young woman, who can nowadays
without outraging respectability in
vite Il young man to meet her at {
dance and to call at her mothers
house, where she herself introduces
him to her mother. Such an action
was unheard of twenty years ago.
1t is not yet advisable for young
women to walk out alone in the
streets of Paris. This has been tried
by many society girls, but it is con-
trary to an established custom and
the results have not been satisfac-
tory, attractive girls getting too
much attention from too gallant
lFrenchmen.
Another symptom of American
ization" is the present custom of So
ciety hostesses giving dances and
entertainments, not at their own
houses, but at hired halls. Several
halls in Paris are devoted to this
purpose. Hostesess are delighted to
be rid of the worry and inconven-
|ience involved in giving balls at
private residences.
Americans now in Paris are eX-
periencing the shortcomings as we'll
as the delights of the taximeter cab
system, for the taxi" is not all that
it seems when viewed from the side
walk. here are two principal caus-
es of complaint One is the fact that
if the taximeter is out OF order, the
passenger must pay the full amount
registered by the apparatus and
in cases where the drivers are dis
honest and tourists unsophisticated
or unacquainted with the language,
this means that for going even three
blocks an eNorbitant charge may be
levied. Redress comes to him only
who has time as we'll as determine
tion.,
Another complaint is that a great
number Of coachers will not go where
they are ordered unless assured of a
fat tip. The question of the drivers
right to refuse fares lately received
police attention. Prefect Lepine con
tends that the coacher is a merchant
and can sell his wares or not. as he
may choose. Others, however, say
If a man with a public carriage is
regarded as an Independent merchant
at liberty to sell or keep his wares,
he ought to be prevented from block
ing the public traffic of merchants
called push-cart men.
A taXimeter trick often practiced
with foreigners after dark is to make
o. hoSe pi1SS SoAoluSl uDly III CACCSS OIL
the amount the apparatur would
register for the trip and then for the
coacher to SO arrange the blanket
on which he sits so that the taxime-
ter cannot be seen. This means that
he is not allowing the taximeter to
work and is pocketing the whole pro-
ceeds.
According to a letter just receive
ed in Paris from Americans now
touring in Norway, America is to
have the opportunity of seeing Ibsen
played in Norwegian, with Norwe-
gian stage setting, by company
composed chiefly of artists from
Christiania National theatre, under
the leadership of Nine Dybwad, who
is described as being in the estima-
tion of Norwegians the greatest ex-
ponent Of Ibsen now living. She is
a daughter of the famous Nine Juell.
creator of Nora in "The Dolls House"
She Wills be the leading woman in
four of the five plays which the
company will give in America. Her
leading man will be M. August Odd
var, of the National theatre. Ac-
cording to the letter, the company
will leave Christiania in September,
and after short engagement in Lon
don will go to the United States for
a three months tour.