The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-07-29

IL is not the easiest thing IN the schedule /
of editorial labors to fill up social G. luun
when there is but little in the line of The
social transpiring. But according to an
advertisement in q certain metropolitan
journal for society editor, and this in only
one department, the banquet, the mora
the work the worse for We editor
We sympathizipgly aud ieelingly trans
crbe that advertisement as follows: DWe
have vacancy on this paper for a ban
quet editor. death having been very
busy with us in that department late.
ly. The fact that we have lost three This
year should not, however, discourage can.
didates for the position, The salary is $50
week, and we supply the office swallow
tail and nicely cleaned kids in two sizes The
editor has TO find himself in pants vest shirt
collar and necktie, and be able to rattle of A
democratic, republican, religious-toned or
ocular atter-dinnar speech, as occasion may
require. The regular stereotyped reply to
the toast OF The Press" we have on hand
Mr., Bumbleton, our last editor was impru.
dent, and succumbed at the recent BANQUET
TO the effects of pate de iole gras, turnip
soup, pOmpano, lobster cutlets, boned tnr-
key and pigeons on toast. lie died, how.
ever, at his post, with his pencil in
his hand, and the last words he wrote
were: beware of maccaroni and cheese
The banquet editor is not permitted to
strike any of the guests for display adyer.
tise ments or star notices underany circum.
stances though he may casually refer if he
is seated, near "a big dry goods man, to the
immense advantage ofadvertising. 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 a pail over
many OF her friends in the social circle
when 1t was announced that a bright young
bride OF last fall was the palid corpse OF
this summer. Such shocks as these are
well calculated TO startle the voluptuary In
the midst of his delights aud make even the
recluse ponder in the loneliness of his
apartments 1t is said that both Merlin
and HorOaster as soon as they were born
burst into fit of laughter-the quack aud
the philosopher. Even thus the world
sometimes seems at once tn be a iov and
sneer a farce and tragedy; life burlesqu-
ing itself, one-half of our being, the petty
playthlng 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 lifes
proudest tale is labelled Fins" But let
us be grateful at least that through the
twilight CLEANS the ladeless part and that
the perfume OF memory floats all about the
good deeds and words of the departed, and
thus the weakest products OF man outlive
The 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, like
chorussed whispers, come the lnventoried
"reminiscences of the dead to lie along the
breast of love and sweeten the AIR with calm
submission.
A NJ ST delightful Tea was given by Mrs
J. L IRE Zpvdnt. on Rp's avenue, on Thurs
day evening There were uIe,eut a hat
dozen G. ~ leg Just the lasl iJnable and very
pleasant humber for such an occasion. A
more numerous assembluge OF guests be-
comes more dtttiCu TO properly entertain,
and it is Violently The part Ola wise consid.
Grafton to give entertainments TO friends
oitener rather than TO seek to care
for an unNieldy number at one lime This
is especially true in view the difficulty of
procuring good service, ana in this warm
weather Besides, in such affairs it is much
more agreeable TO the invited, as it ia
arranged that only the best acqu iinted ana
most congenal be partakers. AS guests on
the last Thursday evening were Misses
Minna Wolf, Mirio Morgan Lillian jenkins,
Lily Fitzhugh, Goodwin Parham. the lat
ter from Little Rock, and the charming
guest of the household. The gentlemen
present were, Messrs. A. ID. Aldridge, W.
Kerr, Ed Fonda, Lafayette Fitzhugh and ].
+. Elliott. Until midnight the company
passed the latter portion Of the evening in
music, dane ng, etc.
On lastWednesday somethree or four.score
OF his friends assembled at the home OF MIR.
Lafayette Fitzhugh upon the occasion Of
his 10Th birthday. A blanket had 1een Sc
cured to toss him the 20 times. The reso.
luton was strong to play out the joke; but
the threads were weak ana the blanket
broke. The chief feature of the occasion
was the presentation Of token coin, which
has already been described in these col
umns. The young attorney may well feel
PROUD of the donation of his many friends.
THE Woman in White" has indeed los
her identity in these 100 degrees-in.the-
shade days. But the lustre of her beauty
peers out from Ms FADING 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
in the ice-creAm 10 the musical garden as
the Tyrolean Alpine echo song floats
along. In such place the other
the sunny south forever armed with witty
repartee and keen sense of the absurd
and the ludlcrous, is said to have
thus spoken tothe darling New England
"duden beside her: "ChaWles Augustus,
can you not get me dude?n Yes, miss, "
he replied; "but what SORT Will a French
dude suit your" mo; speak not French"
Then" said he, will German dude do?,
mo-" Then, pray, what kind will do1'
nd Of oil ri
dear, innocent face, with eye Of azure blue
and lip with yellowplush down, she naively
answered, "a Yankee dude-'ll do" And
thus even the dude hath his uses, for even
thereby does wit on dizziness rubbed elimi-
nate the dazzling spark.
TIE First Presbyterian church will be all
alive with the interested invited and the
curious on Thursday evening, to witness
the double wedding ceremonies that DR..
Smith will conduct in the cases of our
esteemed fellow-citiSen, Colonel W. j. Bet
terton to Mrs. Ragon; and Mr.. White to
Miss Garner. The parties will all be In
Dallas on Wednesday. Those who have
the acQuaintanceship of Mrs. Ragon and
know best of her several virtues are con,
graduating him whose better taste Will
thus so shortly grace his household by the
addition Of another Better-ton.
On Monday evening several friends as
sembled at the home of the Misses Wolf
on Corsicana street. The details OF this
pleasant affair have already been given In
the columns of the HERALD. Occasion was
taken of the assembling to inaugurate two
or three interesting departures in the line
of enjoyment for the summer months
Since then the moves have de-
veloped into something looking quite
clearly toward early realization,
One enterprising gentleman agreed that II
the bands Of music could play once a week
in park which he owns, aud which is well
circumstanced for such thing, he could
contribute at once $50 for the purpose. The
city park seems to be the preferred locality
but at the one in question small gate, fee
could be charged which would considera-
bly, help out in the defrayng OF necessary