The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-08

lurid pigments and Il few dcft touches,
the "Wonan who cid" paints her Blue
beard in the brunette coloring of tile
hotter. Cruelty, drink, hcatings early
and late. too much "in-laws," too
much bulldog around the house, etc.
Anything at all.
And Oh We so: Get in line for the
ogencous gathering.
The Heterogeneous Crowd.
Silks and satins iostlc tattcrs and
rags. The commonly sneers at the
aristocracN. There arc artists and ar
tisans. musicians and m~cchanicians,
actors and a~camcdicians, journalists
and journoymen, philosophers and
philanderrrs. mi%llionaires and mil
liners. hohemians and b~elsravians.
rariahs and paragons; the little town
is alive with them. They manicure
and massage; they sell chapeauX or
challis; boots or beds: drums and die
tlonaries. fruits or flowers. necessities
or necklaces. One passes the dreamy.
eyed sonora from sunny Spain: a chic
parisienne or two: even a butter
haired, hlur-cycd blonde made in Ger
many. There are many BritiShers
With the roast beef of Merrie England
IN their checks: there are also daugll-
fers of John I;ull. narrow of shoulder,
'iat as to waist, and largely Shod;
%colonlals there are from the colonies
and Anglo-Jndians from India-all
Sldc-stepping the strong arm of Eng
lish law.
And Your chamhermaid-at tho
h"tel-prohahly tells YOU every morn
ing that Mrs. ~So-and-So is leaving to-
day. Your chamherlnaid is an cast
'nrr. out in Reno to get her divorce,
and working to pay the fees. So per-
hans arc your walters. Except the
natives. almost everybody in Reno is
tn"rc for Just II purposc--tllc decree.
AN the conversation is. she's got
hers or, ono" i'm a while, 'he got
his. The word divorce is nowhere
3" rarely mentioned as in Reno. 1t
goes there without saying.
ThnatcrS--thcre is none. The re-
creations nf the smart set of The
Colony consist of pink w~hiskies.' -
luncheon. dinners. supper or break
tlst--or nll--nt nf the many road
houses in tn" ne~ighhorhood; gossip
teas in the cottages. There are only
81 few who earnestly desire divorce
and live unohstrusively and modestly
while they are getting it. The NOV
ing picture shows. which are legion
and which are getting rich quick:
gambling houses. dance halls, and
saloons offer pH$time for others of
THE Colony.' of course. the natives
w 'ii'IIiStINt SiIltllr apart from
i'll" in%terlopers; that is, as far as The
om are concerned.
Her "ComLng-Out Whisky
And the social life? | mentioned
the pink whisllics.' They are in lie;l
ct the pink teas. Long T shall re-
member my coming out tea--or
whisky in Reno.
Cron the bank of the busy. hustling.
flashing Truckee river stands "A large
house. sr.hlct by a local luminary to
an eastern importation. One can
easily locat the house by the empty
autos in the rear or by a conspicuous
sign on the shack next door with he
legend:
old Nick's Barbersaop. One price.
No Grafting."
AS II is nshered into the spacious
interior. ones n~ostrils arc assailed lN.
thick smoke and heavy fumes of IL
guors. Ensconced behind tall high
balls n monogrammed cigarettes. sit
Spectacular Divorces. Hats iauntily
tilted. eyes darkened. and lips rosi,y
outlined. Friend Hostess proffering 81
smoke and with a short inquiry of
Scotch or rye" makes the presen4a-
tons and glibly reels off o barkeep
spiel, including spirituous and fer
mented drinks. little or bio. hot or
cold. vivid or wan, insidious or ag-
gressive. And when ] i%nnocently in
quired, did o say tea?" "A note of
worthy sensation was created.
BY h way, a very curious coinci-
denco of this first pink whisky was
that | sat next to the judge who a
few months later gave me my decree.
Tn, conversational specially of those.
Reno teas is ''hiography." in which
is conducted at the same time Il
slaughter house of husbands. How
those poor. poor dears survived. How
breath Was left in them-the wives
or h husbands-after what they al
lcse to have been through. is a deep,
dark mystery which only the parties
concerned can explain.
Indeed, we'll may your Reno he
called. the city of lost illusions"