Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-07-12

scattered in tasteful disorder about the
saloon. Through its center ran q long
dining and drawing table, draped in
cloth Of velvet, and adorned with flow
ers and tropical plants Bunches of ivy
and ropes of smilax were hung about
the open hatchwsys and trailed around
the posts which supported the deck.
The walls were hung with rare paint
ings, choice engrayings, etchings, etc.
OF bric-a-brac there was sufficient to
form a good sized loan collection. Stat
ues, heather gods and outlandish deities
stared from out the folds of the hang
ipgs. Brazen shields with has reliefs
alternated with medieval crucifixes,
vases of Satsuma ware. Queen Aine's
tea kettles, oxydized daggers of pre-
historic men, warming pans of the age
of Charles H., and immense Chinese
lanterns. One of the last named, six
feet in height, was hung on the foremost
hatchway, and was to be lighted during
the upward trip. A Chinese statue Of
Buddha smiled placidly, from under
meath brazen bias relief of Henry ",
Ron dc. France q Nararre. There
was no lunch, the only refreshment be-
ing cool amber beer, which the artists,
ladies, spectators, and policemen quaff-
ed with undisguised relish. Anunwritten
law of the club prevents the drinking OF
any thing stronger except in case of
desperate sickness. d.
The wardrobe which the club takes
with them is probably richer than t,:at
OF any theater in New York. Of Vene-
tan costumes alone there are $1,000
worth, besides an endless variety of
other habiliments, for models, etc. The
artists holiday is not to be all play by
any means. They propose to accom-
plish great deal of valuable work in
the upper canals and on the lake. Is 2
Each one OF the 10 members Of the
club has . nickname bestowed upon him
by universal consent, and which is in
variably used during these excursions.
The two most active members are 1.-The
Owl" and " Pelyphemns." Then there
is Hawk, Griffin, Cadmium, O'Don-
aghue, Terrapin $50 called for his fond
ness for the soup of that name), Sirius,
Marine, Catgut, Horsehair, Maryland,
and several others. The club have re-
ceived invitations from many friends to
call at their country seats along the
route, but these have invariably, though
been declined. The expe.
dition is to be entirely private.
At 81 the shore bell rang, and the la
dies and guests of the club bid their
adieus and crowded over the side. The
tug Reindeer, which had steamed into
the basin meanwhile, was hitched to the
and at O'Clock the convoy
moved slowly off amid cheers and wav-
ing of handkerchiefs from tina crowded
pier head. As the Bucentaur emerged
from among the feet of canal boats in
to the broad breezy surface of the river,
the artists were seen to stretch them
selves in the easy chairs under the avn
ing and to light their pipes. A pause
was made opposite the slip to al.
low of the arrival Of couple of colered
caterers who had beeE belated. Shortly
after dusk the Bucentaur, with Vene-
tian carpet slung over her port side, her
big Chinese lantern lit, and her piano
playing, was moving up the North Riv-
er in the middle Of a fleet Of canal boats,
amid the cpen-mouthed admiration of
their crews. The club will be gone
about three weeks. r- ial