The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-01-13
TEA.TABLE GOSSIP.
Tid-Bits of Society and Other News Dished
Up in u Palatable Manner.
What the '.Man About Town" Saw and
Heard Lately.

What the '.Man About Town" Saw and
Heard Lately.
With numerous weddings, the theatre and
the reception by the San Antonio club the
fashionabes have been quite gay lately. At
the club rooms | am told, most all the elite of
the city could be seen and some of the cos
tunes worn by the ladies were quite charming.
did not attend the reception. though had in
tended to and had gotten AN old Partisan claw
hammer from the bottom OF trunk OF rather
modest dimensions for the express purpose OF
presenting suitable appearance, II that were
possible Invent nstead-shame to me for my
peban tastes to little gathering of actors
and BOhemians in "a dressing room at Turner
hall. ann not sure, however. that did not
enjoy myself better than ] would had j Smrked
and bowed amongst the ultra fashionabes at
the club rooms.
The newspapers did not do justice to the petit
souper at Turner hall. 1t was arranged by
Manager Tom HOWARD as mark of the esteem
in which he held Lambert and Richardson's
dramatic company, and was very pleasing to all
present. After thesperfOrmance the actors and
The actresses trOoped into a little room where
Mr.. Howard and Il few others were awaiting
them. Some of the ladies were comey and in
tereSting, with fresh faces and genteel attire.
They all warted Mr.. Howard to make II speech
but he shrked that task and, grimacing, per-
formed in the role of bottle-Opener. Ii was
amusing to see the confusion and hear the chat
ter. Actresses were evidently no exception to
their sex. One vOluptuous creature en-
tertained four gentlemen while giving
attention to sandwich and glass OF
as a child with her first doll. la sylphide,
thought ], going to make humorous recita-
tiOn, execute pas or show us les temps de
ponies, in her boots, But no, she merely re-
quested more horse-radish and then began
chatting cheerily again | fingered some
time, for such assembages have peculiar
charm for me. As | quilted the room, Miss
Ida May Blake was executing what a maitre de
ballet would call the entrenchats quatre i'm pur
suit of a roll, and showing by accident as neat
ly turned an ankle AS ever saw.
LHomme qui Kit must have had Rufe
Heatherly in his mind when he wrote some OF
his funny stories. Rufe is always smiling aud
his smile he is always ready to break for
laugh. No wonder that the Hotel Maverick is
such popular resort
A story is being told about City Marshal
Shardein. I do not vouch for its authenticity
in fact. | do not believe t-but tell il as it
was told to me.
AT the police station curious visitor pointed
TO Captain Shartein's cane and a copy of Coke
on Evidence. You have all the law here,
said he
Eyes" replied the captain, that's Coke and
that's my cane, and there's more law in an
inch of my cane than in the whole law book
Alta banquet given 10 Mr. Harry Kay
Hodges friends by that gentleman a few nights
since was struck by the general abstinence
from intoxicating liquor. Though some forty
persons were present / noticed but seven
who drank wine, and Dean Richardson and
myself both Americans were OF the number.
Whatever else may be said of the English in
San Antonio. they, as a rule may be credited
with Wholesome dread of the effects of IA
drop too much.
1t seems to me there has been more talk than
was necessary about the arrest of the one
legged Tennessee defaulter. So many untrue
rllmors regarding his capture are seldom heard
on one subject. One paper had him arrested
by one man, another paper by another, no two
agreeing. The story of his capture by an I'M
armed, unaided Pullman conductor who pre-
tended that the rampant rangers were at his
back was the most sensational of all. For pure,
unadulterated lying commend me To the an-
thor of that story.
Regarding Polk lady said to me the other
day, II wonder what the detectives and news
paper reporters would do if real live two
legged defaulter should be captured. Don't
you think they would go mad -
Down by the old mill bridge is as pretty a
picturesque mil the dam over which the
water surges and splashes, forming eddies and
dashing against the hanks and the trees be-
yond shading the stream as IL glides slowly by
and softly touches the Towering plants that
bend low as ii murmurs while receiving their
gentle careSSeS On moonlight nights the
bridge is a fayorite resort for lovers. There
eyes meet eyes. rose falls from slender
hand. The moonlight shines warmer glow on
cheek and throat. Kismet, Ii is over. But
how fair all is,-when the moon CLEANS and the
waves give pictures i'm breaking lines OF light
and shadow. How fair, but how transient.
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Society is "al torn up" over the question
whether costumes en- regle shall be worn at the
opera or not. A few young men who have no
dress-coats and know many who have not who
move in the best circles complain that if full
dress be requisite they will have thrown away
the money they have spent for tickets. But all
may rest easy for have il from good authority
that sack coat will be as admissible as any
other.
saw Mr. Richard King at the Menger hotel
the other day and he seemed rather care-worn
Doubtless the attention one must give to thou
sand acres of land and vast herds of cattle is
not SO pleasant as pauvre diables think. His
form is bent and, though in middle age, his hair
is fast turning gray. | wonder what society
would have thought had they seen Mr.. King
crumbs all around his plate, and shove a knife
down his throat in dextrous way that would
have made Chinese juggler green with
Jealousy.
Having unsuceessfully endeavored for many
years to ascertain the identity of the man to
whom the newspapers occasionally refer as a