Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-18
A WASHINGTON ENTERPRISE.
A Bureau Which, VIII Afford Employ.
naent to ImPccuniGss Young SxycEls.

Washington Correspondence of the Baltimore Day.
There is stopping in the city at the present
time gentleman, whose name it would be I'M
fair to give but whose mission here is certainly
novel one. 1t is, in fact, the establishment
of private bureau which will have for it's object
the loaning ont of young men, For instance:
A wealthy maiden lady of uncertain age desires
an escort to the theater, receptions, ETC. De-
spite the glitter of the wealth and all
the arts of the modiste she fails to attract,
and must perforce, enjoy the distinction
of a male escort by playing the role of
chaperOne to q younger and fairer niece or cou-
sin, or, as is more frequently the case remain
OF home To all such the founder of this bureau
will prove sincere friend. The young men to
be employed will be handsome thoroughly ac-
cOmplished, sufficiently esthetic to suit all re-
quirements, educated and agreeable. They will
probably 'come high" but the old maids will
have them In a social sense they will perform
the same duties that are now performed by the
nimble but humble District telegraph boy with
the difference that the former adds tone and at
Effectiveness while the latter is merely useful
The naOdus 0perandi is briefly this: The maiden
lady sends for the manager and informs him of
her wishes. The manager opens his album and
displays the different styles OF beauty accom-
panyng each photograph with description of
the manners and characteristics Of the original
The lady chooses her man, who Immediately
Ill.
If the lady be particularly aristocratc she will
probably board the young man at fashion,
able hotel, where he will simply be known
as gentleman of elegant leisure. The man.
ager Will see that he has large and suit
able wardrobe BETTING a young gentleman
OF his social standing. Until the contract
expires he remains the property of the lessee.
1t shall be his duty to drive her out in the even
ings take her to the different public places of
amusement and. as her escort to the houses of
fashionable aPpuaintaDpnS no jpt
an ''Old friend of the family temporarily resid-
ing in the city" If it be the ladys pleasure
that he talk interestedly entre-dcts, squeeze her
hand impulsvcly. or look unutterabe love ut
her as she gldes through the w!s{l OF the frf:>,
he is. of course. 81 I" dn 'H.
''dummy's c0mpenS:;t... - ...:l'..L...: III
great degree ~ tiiA si:inh: ..I,i ..-iuuks Of
the lessee. Tie hnGe.ic: ~: 1lore eX.cting
she is the greater his nay.
But the utility does moi end there. Young
ladies will lind him useful also. In their case
his duty as an escort will not be necessity but
simply to arouse the jealousy and pique the
feelings of some other young man who may be
too backward in coming forward. 1t is eX-
pected that the dummy will manage things so
adroitly that the object of the young lady's af-
fections will declare his feelings in short order,
lest the stranger step In and carry Off the prize
he has SO long been playing fast and loose with.
=. Looked at from philosophical standpoint
the scheme is good one. At all events the ex-
pertinent will be tried here next winter If sue
cessful, branches will be speedily opened in
every large city in the country.
An English Peer Gives Up Drinking.
From the London Truth.
AT Temperance meeting held at SOUTHAMPTON
last week the earl of Lichfeld stated that hav
ing been total abstainer" for twelve months
he would now join the Blue Ribbon army. and
ne was forthwith decorated with the badge of
that association by Canon Basil Wilberforce.
An art class OF young women at Faribanlt
MIMI, induced a man to let them experiment
on MN for plaster cast. After thew had COW
ered MS face the quilts slipped from his nostrjls
and he was so nearly suffocated to death that .
physician with difficulty revived him. They
forgot TO Oil the skin too, and the plaster stncl
fast, damaging HIM to af extent that necesS,-
tated his stay for week in a hospital
The pop of pistol disturbed the corpreoation
| in church at Gloucester Mass. Little .Johnnr
Dow had brought his fathers revolver az >
plaything with which to while away the ion@
hour of worship.
Nunc Dunlap, Kentucky blue grass hello
has aroused comment by going to Eyansville
Ind. and appearing as He6e in beer garden
performance OF 'Pinafore." She did it for finn
| agreeing to sing for a week without salary. bnf
her family took her home at the end OF the
second evening.
The police of Philadelphia are said to have
secret code of signals. and the Chronicle Herald
has discovered that three quick raps on the back
door of saloon means, I'm here waiting; pass
out the whisky"