NICE YOUNG MEN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2094, 8 December 1879, Page 3

NICE YOUNG MEN.

Among the numerous pests of San Franciscan society (says the “NewsLetter ”) none holds so prominent a position as the “ nice young man.” Of course he attends divine service, and that with a decorum which wins for him the confidence of mothers and the entree to many a house which would be otherwise inaccessable. Very possibly he sings in the choir also: if so ho is considered a very “ nice young man,” and is even more sought after and trusted than his pious but unmusical brother. The nice young man is gcuerallyr a sneak of the first water, and is ever ready with some disparaging talc concerning his seemly more worldly rivals, Many a lover’s quarrel, and many a broken‘off engagement is to be accounted for by some malicious tittletattle of the “nice young man.” If the said young man drinks (he seldom does, for he has no honhommie in his composition, he drinks on the sly. For he and such like impostors, the back entrance to saloons and pawnbroker’s shops were constructed. The nice young man has usually several affairs “ dc caeitr ” going on at the same time, and being an adept at dissimulation, generally manages to steer clear of trouble. Occasionally,'however, he gets caught at his little game, and receives the well merited application of the big brother’s boot and the sister’s silent scorn. Many a young lady’s reputation has been blasted for life by this domestic viper, for he is never at all modest about boasting of his Consequents, and of claiming familiarities which his lady friends would blush to hear mentioned much less permit. We do not say that all young men who attend church, sing in choirs, belong to the Young Men’s Christian Society, or wear the blue insigna of the water babies, are of the class named, but we must add that the above belongings arc enough to excite suspicion and challenge inquiry.