The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-16
THE RAGE FOR SILKS.
liz Is Said to be Threatening TO EnguIf all
Glasses and Conditions of Society,
Male and Female.
General Toombs Disinherits His Grand
child Because She Marries Against
His Will.

SPS'i"' correspondence Vi tne Evening Light.
New YORK, February e.-The rage for
silk is spreading until it threatens to enpulf
all classes and conditions of men as well as
women. The gentlemen of New York are
rivalling their wives and sisters in Injuries in
silken attire. No New York young man i'm
AGNES himself at all "swelp' nowadays un.
less he has some half-dozens of fine silk
knitted underwear, and number of elegant
paiamas for night wear and in which he can
lounge about his dressing room. Some of
them are OF the finest China crepe, embroid-
| cred and feather stitched, and bound with
satin, and some Of them don't object to a
little rich lace. The colors are of the most
delicate sort; pale blues, pinks, mauve, and
ivory tints prevailing. II is said that one
young gentleman on Murray hill has among
his belongings upwards of $40 neckties in silk
| and satin, no two alike.
Another has 60 paamas, each more elegant
than the other. The underwear of these very
lady-like young men is said to be of the most
exquisite quality. Soft thick knitted silk, with
satin stitch and embroideries, and little fine
vines and tendrils creeping about their manly
shoulders. Well, that is infinitely better than
the 9S-cent night gowns of some of their less
fastidious sisters.
| STUBBORN SIRE.
A few days ago General Toombs dis
inherited his favorite granddaughter because
she married against his will. OF friend of
General Toombs ssked:
| "Don't you think he will reconsider that
act?"
81 do not" was the emphatic renlv.
General Toumbs is very bitter on that point.
When think of all the circumstances am
sure he means all that he has done and that
he will remain immovable''
| "Tell me the circumstances"
"ltis long story" replied the narrator.
| at would read like a romance if prope,lv
pictured, but don't mind telling il if YOU
will be content with facts.
'Miss Dubois and Mr.. Galley were en-
gagged, and the General objected.
"Mr. Galley is worthy young man, against
whose moral character no charge can be
brought. He was clerk in one of the stores
OF Washington, and was not wealthy, but to
that fact General Toombs did not object The
General, you know, cares for long line of
ancestors and blood, and that sort Of thing.
which is all right suppose. AT any rate he
did not like the Galley family, and he urged
his grandchild TO give up the idea of marrying
Mr.. Galley. She pleaded, and he remon.
strated. lie threatened, and she became
determined. Finally, he told her that in his
will he had bequeathed her 500, 600, and
spoke OF that to show the interest he felt in
her.
"She would not promise to give up Galley,
and General Toombs
GOT OUT THE WILL
and showed her the paragraph where the for
tune was left to her. She was not to be
moved. He offered to make il $780, 600. She
said she would promise not to marry Galley
during Toombs' lifetime. The General said
in his usual way that he would pay nobody to
postpone an act until his death. He threat
ened to disinherit her, but she never moved
from her position. Then General Toombs
told her that, unless she promised not to
marry Galley he would have his will changed
and would not leave her a cent. She replied
that If she must choose between the two she
would be diSinherited. The General then
told her that he would. give her 4S hours to
leave the house.
''MiSs Dubois proceeded to show her
grandfather that if she was driven out she
would have to be married at once. The
General tore around and Miss Dubois COM
municated with her friends, and the result
was that the marriage took place that day.
General Toombs took his will out. had il
changed, dsinheriting Miss Dubois, and
added paragraph providing that none of
his property should go to her directly or indi-
rectly.'
HAS she ever been back to her grand
father!"
"No. A few days ago Mrs. Toombs was
very sick and her recovery was not expected.
Mrs. Galley wrote the General note and
asked permission to call and see her grand
mother. General Toombs read the mole and
handed it back to. the messenger with the
simple statement that he had no answer to
make'-that is the story as Toombs told it.
BRNEDICTUs.