Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-03-23
"SUCIETY'' AT HOT SPRINGS.
From the indianapolis Herald ! 81

AAcIc ~ SOCActy ~ suo 0prADSS-
plenty ofit--and Indiana does not suffer
in comparison with other States in point
Of intelligence style" vivacity and beau.
ty. The parlors Of the Arlington, when
there is full turnout, show up q bril-.
liant asscmblage Of female beauty, array
ed in gorgeous attire, and flashing with
diamonds. Flash is weak word. They
all have diamonds IT'LL you can't rest"
1t isn't always that the ladies are out
in full force, however, as every now and
then some one gets up . big 'tscare'' to
the effect that black sheep have crept in.
to the fold, and contagion can only be
avoided by rigid quarantine. We
must draw the line somewhere, you know,
and at Hot Springs We draw it on keep.
ing clearinghouse. One of our ladies
is admitted to be well enough as to looks,
and is = good sort of creature, and her
diamonds are real sparklers, but a fatal
rumor "stepped' out to the effect that
she keeps clearinghouse, and respect.
ability shrank within itself for two whole
days. But people cant remain shut up
in their rooms always, you know, just
because of clearinghouse keeper, and
the parlor ou:c more blazes with beauty
and style, and the rcspcctables deeming
it sufficient vindication Of their
respectfully to give the culprit a taste
''of cold shoulder" And there is like
wise trouble with the gentlemen. One
can't afford to be too Particular at pub
lie resort, and when it TRANSFERRED that
two natty young men i'll Ulster overcoats,
who had been cutting wide swath, were
niger minstrels instead Of hotel propri-
etors, society shrie: ed subdued shrek,
but concluded not to make public row.
1t was too much, however, when another
gay gallant, who had been making hot
love to all the good-looking ladies single
and married, was found to be q talented
circus.rider and turner Of fip.Aaps in
spangled tunic and peachblossom tights.
Then panic set in, and for = time all
credentials were below par. A dashing
newspaper man from Cincinnati, who had
been cutting it rather oleaginous, was at
q loss to account for avertcd looks and
nasal upturnings until some one told him
that he was quoted, since the circus panic,
as professional gambler with three.card
proclivities. When no common danger
threatens society" its members dissect
each other delightfully."-. 1t is whispered
about that Mrs. Thornapple is an invet.
crate flirt, and was caught talking in the
parlor with live man after tho gas was
turned out that Mr.. Blowhard's l.eriod.
ical attacks Of nervous headache occur
after an afternoon Of poker playing and
cocktail guzzling that Mr.. Peony kept
his wife locked up in her room all day to
keep her from running" with Mrs.
Thornapple, who was getting too much
influence over her that Mrs. Ferkin's
hair was bleschcd, and her eyes got up
with belladonna, and she was no
better than she shuold be
anyhow; that young Sapling
had laid his hand, in the way OF kindness,
on Miss Bachelors shoulder, AID old
Bachelor, armed with stout cudgel,
was laying for him at the foot OF
the stairs whole afternoon that Mr..
Garlick, the Hungarian Count. had sur.
reptitiously taken a couple Of married
ladies to restaurant, and five exploded
champagne corks were afterward swept
out Of the room by the waite., and they
do say that he had to leave ono of the
ladies at the foot Of the stairs while he
helped the other to ler room and so on
for quantity. The younger ladies call
the older ones ''cats'' and ''crows," and
they retort by. ominous shrugs Of their
ancient shoulders, and lamentations of
''imprudence.' Oac Of the most indus.
trious Of these so.called ':cats," it has
transpirtd, is ostensjbly in Europe, while
she is passing away her time at the springs
with two little girls in her charge.