The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-02
SOClETY--PERSONAL.
Gllmpses Into Dallas aud Other so
clety.
Personal Mention from Some sister
cities.
Short Lines for sunday Reading

Short Lines for sunday Kead'hs
II is not the easiest thing In the schedule
of editorial lsbors to fill up social cIlumn
when there is but little in the line oil the
social Transporting. But, according TO an
advertisement in certain metropolitan
journal for society editor, aid this IN only
one department, the banquet, the more
the work the worse for ,.ye editor
We sympathizingly and feeiingly trans.
cribe that advertisement as follows: we
have vacancy on this paper for ban
met editor. death having been very
busy with us in that department late
" The fact that we have lost three this
YEAR should not, however, discourage can.
ddstes for the position. The salary is 500
week, and we supply the office swaliGw-
tail and nicely cleaned kids in two sizes me
editor has to find himself in pants, vest, SHIRT
collar and necktie, and be able to rattle OIL a
democratic, republican, religious-toned OF
iocular after-dinner speech as occasion may
REQUIRE. The regular stereotyped reply TO
~ toast of "The Press we have on hand'
..Sumbeton, our last editor. was lmpru.
ut, and succumbed at the recent panquet
he effects of pate de iole grbhs, ne Gut tnr.
keva and pigeons on toast. He died, how
Mr. at his post, with his pencil IN
hand. and the last words he wrote
ya. "Beware of maccaroni and cheese. "
Che BANQUET editor is not permltteo 10
strike any of the guests for display auver-
tise mepts or star notices under any clrcum
stances though he may casually refer, il he
ia seated. near a big dry goods man, to the
immense advantage of advertising. Gentle'
men who can sing good after-dinner song
will have the preference.
THE death of an esteemed Dallas lady,
during the past week, threw pail over
many of her friends in the social cree
When it was announced that bright young
bride of last fall was the pallid corpse OF
this summer Such shocks as these are
well calculated 10 startle the voluptuary IN
the midst of his delights and make even the
apartments. 1t is said that both Merlin
and Zoroaster as soon as they were born
burst into a fit of laughter-the quack and
the philosopher. Even thus the world
sometimes seems at once to be JOY ana
sneer, farce and tragedy; life purlesqu-
ing ITSELF one-half of our being, the petty
plaything of nature, even running parody
on the other. Angelic smiles awake and
laugh us iuto existence to-day; tomorrow
comes. and the scalding tears tell that LIES
proudest tale is labelled Films" But let
us be grateful at least that through the
twilight CLEANS the tadeless part and tnat
the perfume OF memory floats all about the
good deeds and words of the departed, ana
thus the weakest products of man outllye
sthe noblest work" of God. Sculptures
endure. paintings survive. and even strains
of music glow long after the dust OF the art
list has vanished from the earth; so, IKE
chorussed whispers, come the lnventorleo
"reminiscences of the dead TO lie along the
breast of love and sweeten the air with calm
submission.
A MOST delightful Tea was given BY Mrs
]. r. Irrelevant, on Ross avenue, on Ihurs-
day evening. There were present a nan
dozen couples Just the fashionable and very
pleasant humble for such an occasion. "A
more numerous Assem- blage OF guests be-
comes more ditficu to properly entertain
and it is evidently the part of wise coDsld-
Grafton to give entertainments 10 irlenus
oftener rather than TO seek to care
for an INV ieldy number at one lime. rms
is especially true in view Of the difficulty OF
Nprocuring good service, and IN TINS warm
weather, Besides in such affairs 1t is much
more agreeable to the invited, as IL Is
arranged that only the best acquainted and
most congenial be partakers. AS guests Oh
the last Thursday evening were Misses
Minna Wolf, Mirie Morgan, Lillian jenkins
Iilv Fitzhugh, Goodwin farham, tne iat-
Ter from Little Rock, and the charming
guest of the household. The gentlemen
present were. Messrs. A. ID. Aldridge, w.
Kerr, Ed Fonda, Lsfay elite Fitzhugh and j.
r. Elliott Until midnight the company
passed the latter portion of the evening n
music, dane ng, etc.
ONlast Wednesday somethree or four-score
of his trends assembled at the home OF Mr.;
Lafay tie Fitzhugh upon the occasion OF
; 26th birthday. A blanket had 'een Sc
ured to toss him the 25 times. The reso.
zion was strong to play out tbe JOKE; out
threads were weak ana the blanket
,.oke. The chief feature of the occasion
was the presentation of a token coin, which
has already been described in these col.
INNS The young attorney may well ieel
couu of the donation of his many friends.
TuE "Woman in White" has indeed los
her identity in these 100 degrees-in-the-
hsde DAYS. But the lustre of her beauty
.leers ont from its fadin6s enrobement,
symbolic of the purity within, whether on
the street in the glitter of the sun, IN The
cleaning from the celestial texture ABOVE,
or under the more trying tests OF the cleo
trio light as she sips lemonade or INDUCES
an the ice-cream In the musical garden as
no Tyrolean Alpine echo song hoats
ing. In such place the other
~ ,ht a mischievous dafk.eyed daughter oil
nc sunny south forever armed with WHY
spsrtse and a keen sense OF the absurd
aus spoken torhe darling New England
"dudeD beside her: "Chawles Augustus,
.sn Won not get me a dude" Yes, miss.
ae replied: 'but Whist sort7 Will French
dude suit your" "No; speak not French
Then" said be, Twill a German dude doI
"No." Then, pray, what kind VIII dot
And then, with an arch glance toward the
dear. innocent face, with aye OF azure blue
and liz with yellowplush down: she naiyeiy
snswered "a Yankee dude-'ll do" And
TINS even the dude hath his uses, for even
thereby does wit on dullness rubbed elimi'
nate the dazzling spark.
TIE First Presbyterian church will be all
alive with the interested invited ana ine
curious on Thursday evening, TO witness
the double wedding ceremonies That Ut.
smith will conduct in the cases OF our
esteemed fellov-citizeo, Colonel w. j.. Bet
terton TO Mrs. RagoD; and MI mhlte 70
Miss Garner The parties will all De ln
Dallas o. Wednesday. Those VINO nave
The acauaintanceship Of Mrs. Ragon and
knoU best OF her several virtues are con-
graduating him whose better taste viii
thus 90 shortly grace his household oy the
addition Of another Better-ton.
Os Monday evening several friends as
semhied At the home Of the Misses Vol
on Corricana street. The details OF thu
plessant sTair have already been given IN
me columns Of The HEEALD. Occasion was
taken Of the assembling 20 iDaugurafe tgc
or three interesting departures in the line
of enjoyment for the SIMMER months
since then the moves have De
vtloped into something looking quite
riesrIv toward early realization.
one enferprising eentleu al agreed that !
fhs bands Of music could piay once a wee
In a park which be owns, and which is We
rircumsfanced for such . thing. be c0ulc
contribute ct once $50 for the purpose. Inc
city park seems % BE The preiefr,s,o 49,
hut Al the one m question . small gate iet
eonId b CHARGED. which would c0ns1oers'
.C-,t =, -. - - :. $4,000 ~ r,aressarr