Judge — April 18, 1885 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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teachers. Mr. been appealed te sridge T. Gerry, who has gives this opinion: yt that much evil comes from hav Proprictors select you an additional attraction fi young irks thing very fascinat you know, in ate involut teachers to show favoritism, an are favored do t fail to notice it Mr. Gerry clinches the matter by giving some examples almost too shocking for belief: * Lknew of a case: not lo ng lady uptown w male teac This was attention, ‘The never come to li in the habit of fascinatin married w themselves. Ts from the downward n . of a prominent usted with one 1 suppo irls and married women get to the rinks to meet these I care nothin; bout old enough to take care of rls A deputy-constable has been dispatched by Tie Jupce to comprehend some of these thousand (1000) vagrom cases that have been rolling around in the dark. The report 13 bat too true Enough was ascertained to form an accur estimate that as many twelve hundred (1200) cases have not com: ht in which nothing ever came of it. samples will suffice: A fashionable lady sitting in th . arink was suddenly struck with admiration for a professional and said nothing about it. A society belle with a not unpromising prospect of marriage when her respected parent returns from Canada, was skating with a male teacher when several of her intendeds ume in. Thereafter, of course, nothing of it. A young lady was skating alone when a dazzling young man proposed without an in- troduction, As ke only. proposed to skate match for three laps, of course nothing came of it. Another case was cited where a match re- sulted from a similar proposal at a rink, though there were only two laps stipulated for. A young man of fortune, a college graduate and hence a , and a person ofc siderable intell undertook to teach a lady the ‘grapevine twist.’ When she ex- ed herself and left the rink the young man found he couldn’t find his Nothing ever came of this, eizher. ing from nothing, nothing remains. A case not 8o fresh in s that of a couple who were clandestinely married over a year ago from the Little Rink Around the Corner, and nothing ¢ came of it. Another marriage brought about in a similiar way ulted in the young wife returning home to board while her husband was compelled to resort to work for a living ‘This is one of the few cases where something did come of it. Indeed, one of the most alarming features is that these cases du not come to light— different from the poor cigarettes sold at the rinks. ‘There is a strange reticence on the part of the victims of this fascination. They seem unwilling to tell the reporters when the thing strikes in on ’em and it is only with the utmost vigilance and industry that the incubator of “specials” can imagine th versations that pass between the young peo- ple when skates are being adjusted or * the spirits rush together at the touching of the hips,” as Tennyson touchingly remarked. One of two things certainly must be done ts was on THE JUDGE. —and who better than Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry to attend to it? Either something must come of these cases, or they must come to light. Mr. Gerry, be it understood, does not refer to cases that come to light on the rink floor in divers attitudes to delight the rapt gaze of A. Comstock. Nor does he refer to deceptive canned goods in ** cases that come too light.” His meaning is obvious and his indignation as justifiable as that of the special reporters. Lapy Tourist— TRAVELE in the next apartinent.” Remarks by Lilian. Para tas dismissed our last. groom for the crime of being te od looking! Did you ever hear of such injustic well yes, if you insist upon it, he did say somethin nt my having made eyes at him—which was quite too perfectly absurd, you know. Jack says ** the Governor didn’t want any Morosini in his.” What a vulgar vay of putting it! is so slangy. And uow we have a horrid old thing from Ingland—about sixty, I should say, who red hair and drops his h’s, tells me I am “ard on ‘orses,”—reminds me of those “Rough on Rats” advertisements that stare you out of countenance everywhere. Tam really mortified to appear in the Park with such a scare crow! Jack teases me half to death about him and says: Well, Lil, he’s not pretty, certainly, but ‘* he’s English, you know "—as thongh that made the old ‘ossil any more endurabl I wish to heaven Adonis ” been writte! Dixey is too faseir words (especially when he is dri groom) but I don’t care to hat had never ting for ed as the ehim hurl Exrcuse me, but ix this the smoking room, sir (with unlighted cigar)—* No, Madam | A Capital Theory. A Pritaperrnia hat manufacturer says the average of Philadelphia heads te hat several sizes smaller than the avers New Yorker's does; and he concludes that “the size of hea sed by excite- ment.” It is anticipated that continuous reading of Philadelphia papers will, in time, lower the record of sizes there still further. A thimble will probably be about the ulti- | mate, if you wish to smoke you must go at me when I crave sympathy! It is bad enough to have one’s only brother ‘gone ” on one of the chorus girls and haunt the Bijou in consequence, but it is piling on the ‘ony to have theatrical airs constantly per- de the home atmosphere! I can’t make the most commonplace remark to Jack that he doesn’t flourish his arms and say: ‘* I am asimple village maiden, but I know my rights!” ‘There is no use trying to crush him—his only reply is to thunder forth “you are no longer a chee-ild of mine!” Ile makes me tired! As for ina, she doesn't know the meaning of the word sympathy! When I spoke to Aer about that nightmare of a groom, she only said in her icy way, «Don’t be an idiot, Lilian.” I do hope that when we go to Heaven, I won't sit on the same cloud with Reg. LITERARY CIRCLES are much interested over the approaching Sheepshead Bay and Monmouth Park seasons. It is anticipated that there will be a boom in dook-making. comicbooks.com