Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-26

all around. Even now In Paris l do not
lei people know how poor ann. | have
almost learned not to sc; in %deb,-after
sixteen ysars-and | do not blow money
bei'eve me. there is something very
tempting. very soothing in he universal
attitude of Paris toward Americans.
All Americans have money,
Wise men profit by the national rcputa-
tion-without losing their heads. But a
girl. newly arrived"
You see, most every American girl
comes with some small hoard To buy new
clothing. and with another little board for
sickness. return ticket and surprises. and
a third little sum to start on.
l saw The thing happen this week in tho
case of a woman OF 80. She had no idea,
on arriving. to buy II black fox stole, Il
long broadcloth coat. two ST. hats, two
tailor suits, an evening costume and u
corset mad to order. Yet she boush.
them all III the first three days.
II have got TO appear on the street like
the other American women. she says.
Our girls can take care of themselves"
Yes, know one who happened To be mar
fied ana pretty. She came Will her hus-
bard on IL short summer vacation. and
the good man himself proposed to her that
she stay on Il few weeks while he went
back. not to overstay his business leave.
->'"' h'pN tildt me iduN WIS SODu,
economical and intelligent. Yet. so did
The charm OF playing well-to-do tourist
hasten on her that she twice spent the
money he sent for her homeward passage,
although he had left her a:,.'e revision
for that passage and all 9th - Expenses
when he quit Paris ahead of her. The
third time he paid her steamer fare direct
TO the Conpany'S agents In Philadelphia!
our girls can take care of themselves"
Incy need To when they pct IN paric
i. a plain and unattractivc man OF mid
die age. was courted once for nine days
on the reputation of wealth l had not,
and daily | enjoy, in Paris. a considera-
ton l could not aspire to have at home.
What must 1t not be. therefore,. to "a cir
comparatively poor to find herself thrown
into the delightful %incognito.
Such misery has happened from it that
the colony is waking up 10 its responsible
tiles. This winter I have heard talk OH
the subject everywhere in Paris.
The important thing. it is agreed. is to
preserve the American girl student strict
iy in her character of student. This is
WHY four great girls clubs, under the
patronage OF folks like DR.. Morgan
ePierpont's cousin), Mrs. Whitelaw Reid
and Mrs Whitney-Iioff. have grown up
with such Importance and rapidity as to
astonish the Parisians. Miss Helen
Gould, IL is IN open secret. Is about 10
start another on Il vast scale, and a syn-
dictate of rich American women married
to Frenchmen of title-hcadcd by the
Duchcsse de la Rochefoucauld tnee
MitchelD-wili open and maintain a sixth.
In q word. the year 1905, 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 luNur-
ious healthfulness as students. and not as
rich tourist girls. prey to al kinds OF
fortune hunters and dishonorable idlers.
Benefits of the Clubs.
In these girls clubs girls pay their
board an average OF So Il week. on which
there is not a cent of profit. The man
aeement 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
When they feel asphyxia com
lns on they haNc a place to run home to.
j know two such who were glad to run
Because each had a smart new
laiior gown to Wear for the first time
they felt particularly skittish. so thoy
olt to do the terrible boulevard
itself one sunny afternoon.
Two girls alone. they sat to rest ana
look at the delightful throng go by at one
Of the small terrace" tabIae az III.
Grand cafe itself.
Beside them two swell young parisians
ADMIRED them openly. but not in vulgar
manner. On the other side. however. TWO
llfls OF the nasor sort began negotiations
with abominable directness.
Like good Americans, the swell Paris
protected beauty in distress: but there
ne likeness ended: they demanded TO ac-
company the girls home with such seduc-
ave insistence that who knows how the
innocent Young creatures would have dis
Antangied themselves. had not Miss Alice
-ound an inspiration: Lets run for a
she whispered.
1.-the and swift, they slipped out to the
'nrb. Quick. they jumped into the hospi-
able vehicle; but il YOU think those
Dung Parisians were not just as quick
you do not know their kind. This was
IN adventure after their own hearts. Their
'ab chased the girls cab. 1t Was an ex-
'itis race through The pink-hazy-blue
streets of the Paris twilight. until the girls
irew UP in front of the Blank Girls club.
thrust 2 francs into the old cabbie's hand
md rang the bell, While the par.sians.
dated to have, at least, found the address
If the beautiful. ignorant, inuuisitive ana
young American girls. stop
Ded suddenly as they took in the look and
of the establishment.
1t was enough to dampon their ardor.
The girls clubs are elready Known. As
he girls slipped inside the great door the
politely lifted their hats, e.nd
walked slowly up the %strect. no longer in.
crested.
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