The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-22
DICK DASH'S DIARY.
How He Gave vi Advancement and Gull
ture for Young Lady.

,Inf,Hdru 1. 1902 0h q. m.-ilave resolved
10 keep diary. 1t will help me to careful
habits.
Beeh sitting here III my room ALI the even
Inr, waiting for Jack and Fred, who promised
10 drop In for punch aud a chorus 60 welcome
Che little New Year. Heys haven't come con
some other lark. ! aupposel, and I've been
thinking an exercise rather new to you,
Dick naah thinking that the passing years.
marked OF NY these midnight bella, aren't
making me much wiser or better. thinking
that since the old university times I've fallen
into careless ways Riae In a hurry past .,
take ewallow OF coda water and rush to buei-
t,ese pitch into work desperately, always too
tate for a fair start; feel very much down
about noon. and take game pie and cham
raune at nelmonicos. Afternoon, feel picked
up. Go home in horse car with two or three
fellows. stopping on the way for drlnba.
Then rousina good dinner. generally at
a restaurant. A for the evenings. tho nea
said the better, AZ any rate they laat
he'd. Jump up In a hurry. apd same
day over again. Bah don't feel half
s,at,-ieel eroveing. low lived wretch
There's the world OF art, science aud
Che shelves. | never touch EN-. Think Of
what might have done III these past five
years since ] waa twenty. Let's see. for
regimen. One hour haforc breakfast read
Latin and throw clnha: cold bath, breakfast
and down town by s IN. Correspondence out of
the way by H. then time to look after things
generally Frugal lunch say oatmeal or
rlajn broth. Clear head for afternoon hurry,
braeinu walk home Ito stopping on the way.
French literature or German before dinner,
After dinner one pipe mo cigarel. then TOT All
hour a tutor--aome fellow 80 put you through
the sciences. Quiet evening with history; or.
Ii you muet go out. visit Corinna Solo for
classical music and solid learning Home
early. and turn y vetae OF open All essay be-
fore sleeping. Why. hy thts time ! might
have been u magaztnst gaining fame AMI
money Mem Find cut how much money!
Clearly I'm in bad way = 'horrtd boy,
Kitty. She's not improving, not a hit, not up
to sonatas on the peano. doesn't know Ger
man Corinna's the girl TO elevate mans
taate-@tall, distinguished, atudioua, proper.
Kitty once asked II the Eli7ahothan period
was d "hurrd punctuation mark" She says
lawfully jolly and higher than Rite"
and the other day, when | WAS telling her
resolved to give Kitty up. There's her pic
ture4-hetter burn IL. What an arch little face u
Kitty Rudd-auch a bud Of Kitty II IL. ~
be sure, 10 round and 80 pink ! then such great
gray eyes, and long yellow lashes that catch
The light! The photographic u libel ON Kitty.
Il hides her dainty color: and those funny lit |
tie white teeth, like Kittens: and those soft
baby hands, useless. but So pleasant to touch
Now for figure, kttty.a no Juno, certainly
hardly Venue, hut what n lovely Racuhantn
Kitty ought in Id done III white On a Wedg-
wood vase. Mem, Must get np III ceramics,N
Enough OF KITTY. here goes the picture into
the fire. No; Jack Pennington might like 1t.
There. It's In a drawer with old gloves until
Jack drops In.
A new paragraph for my new life. To-mor-
row begin study, exercise, cold baths and |
Corinna Mem. Read NJ for conversation
with Corinna.N
Rose at so Clubs and sponge bath. Gould !
have sworn there was Ice in the water. Found |
there wasn't. Took down the Commentaries |
and opened Book First breakfast at s.
Landlady surprised; hoarders jocular; waiter |
RigRled outright,
Find Latin very rusty. Have begun M the !
declensinns, Study aloud, walking the floor |
Must he thorough. Jack Pennington dropped |
In. Hello he said: Thought you were |
drunk, old boy. srumhlns away al that glib |
berish.'' Annoy ed. but had To stop. Told |
Jack had present for him, meaning kitty's |
picture. viii give II next time he comes
Shall make a few calls.
,iGasnapp Midnight Made calls until u |
Comma was magnificent IN black and yellow
- something Ike upholstery stun. Invited |
me to Join the 0mnivorous Club. is II ZOO
logical" asked. "Artistically omnivoreus,'
she explained; we consume everything. In,
teilectually; physically only cold bullion.
Tremendous gin i Corinna Played tugue,
t1fcm.-Fina ont what tugue is,) Looked ~
at kittys Just irrdeceney, II being New Year
Day-the last time. OF course. Kitty was
like rainbow, all light and vossamer
Dick" she said Mon Must tell X. its bad
form to call men l'y their first names. Use
less, though; forgot Id given Il. up She
said. Dick holding up halt-eaten maron
gtace, and shaking II III me With her round
little bare hand and arm, don't You forget |
there's a circus this winter. and want TO see
it,"
After = meant to look into astronomy or
something. or make notes for essay on some-
thing, but Fred aid Jack came in. Told them
was busy writing. Said thty 'd wait. They
did, talking and whistilug Drew little scrolls
and faces on the edge Of foolscap. .Boshl'
said Fred. Come along out, old boy. That
amt writing" | notice how unRrammatical
the boys are. Went out, TO get rid OF them.
Wasted the evening. Very sorry.
Janauy -Eteaing.-Nery tired this morn