Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
BEAUTY IN A PASSION.
THE DANDY coAcHMAn EPIDEMIC.
Gay Girls Meet In Secret Conclave and
Form a Society for Their Proteo.
ton Against the Vaccinations
Of Indignant Parents.
IN. Y. TRUTH

1ouhS ihuleS, you Will please come
order" Thus spoke a most bewitching
Vassar graduate in the luxuriously fur.
nished parlor of No. 1867 Fifth avenue,
yesterday afternoon, to bevy of pretty
girls who gathered about her and chat.
tered like magpies 1--WE must organize
in business-like manner,n continued the
fair speaker, ''if we hope to accomplish
the object for which we have assembled. y
II should blush to murmur," Exclaimed
. sweet miss of sixteen, as she settled her.
self back in the soft embrace of an easy
chair, and she voiced the sentiment of the
entire body.
The young ladies had assembled in re.
Spouse to invitations sent out on perfumed
note paper by the Vassar graduate, ask.
ing them to meet at her residence and take
action in regard to the recent formation OF
the Anti-dandy Coachman's Society by
their indignant parents. They had ar
rived in tn g city from Long Branch, New.
port and Saratoga on early morning
trains on their ''secret missionu bent, and
they looked just too lovely as their faces
flushed with excitement, and their eyes
sparkled with mirth.
"What would mamma say liz she only
knew" piped up beautiful blonde.
"What would papa sayw exclaimed q
vivacious brunette, the daughter of WELL
known banker, whose dandy coachman
and pair have caused much remark OF
late.
"Come to order, girls" chimed in the
Vassar graduate again; ''as my dear papa
acted as chairman of the meeting result
ing in the formation of the A. D. C. So
ciety, it is but right and proper that do
the same honors here.
'sMiss Chairman" began a petite little
seventeen-year-oldm miss, who has recently
distinguished herself at lawn-tennis in
Newport. 81 do hope we will not pro.
crastinate, for it is very necessary that !
should get back as soon as possible. l left
in rather hurried manner last evening
by climbing over the garden wall with
Harold. You know, girls, that Harold is
our coachman, and he is so sweet, too.
Papa has gone to Chicago, and mamma is
quite sick; SO if you hurry can get back
before am missed"
The Vassar graduate then rose up and
said:
"You have done me great honor in nom.
mating me to preside over your delibera-
lions. [Cheers.l / am fresh from the
classic shades of Vassar andl am emil
nently fitted for the office. More cheers. I
We are met here in secret conclave to as.
sert our rights, maintain our dignity, and
hurl back into the teeth of our indignant
parents the base insinuation they have
flung broadcast over the land. [Tremen.
dous applause
"Girls, the eyes of the dandy coachmen
OF the world are upon us. Not one of us
can tell how soon we may be chosen to fill
the proud position of wife to the fasci-
mating fellows, and my heart beats with
tumultuous pulsation as l think of what
the future may have in store for us. Think
of it, girlsl A honeymoon prolonged by
beer and pretzels. How romanticl How
exQuisitely utter, how-yes, how. Ipause.
ICheers.l /, too, climbed over the garden
wall last night to meet you here in order
that we may show our indignant parents,
as the newspapers call them, that they can
not have things ali their own way. We
must be considered. The dandy coach.
man must not go. Think of being driven
about by q 70-year- old hunk of misery.
It's awful; it's outrageous; it's presump
tuous, and / won't stand it for one. +"
prolonged applause and cries of $50 on,
go on."]
When the Vassar graduate sat down an
animated discussion was at once began
and carried on for some time. The action
of their l. P.'s in forming an Anti-dandy
Coachman's Society was roundly de-
nounced in scathing terms as measure cal
culated to cut off many girl without a
penny, and destroy all chances of their
capturing the army of lords and counts
who take this means of earning liveli-
hood and mixing with aristocratic Ameri-
can society incog. 1t is a well-known
fact that titled foreigners take this means
of searching for American wives, in order
to be loved for themselves alone instead of
their titles It's peculiar way they have,
but they have it all the same.
Many a waiter at Delmonico's has come
from high born family, and we'll recon
mended, too. Many lord in disguise has
driven hackney coach, and several In
stances are on record where counts have
held the mental position of valet or but.
Ter only to be near the object of their
love. The dear girls assembled in that
parlor knew this, and did not propose
to brook interference on the part of their
!. P.'s.
"Eureka! Eurekap' cried a you ug
girl, springing to her feet. "Listen, my
children, and you shall hear the PROPOSE
ton l am about to make for the forma-
ton of a society that will protect us in
our rights and secure for us such cha
perons as we desire. This is the age of
agitation. The monop olist must go. The
light of reason begins to assert its sway,
and the people are focking to its standard
under the leadership of that aggressive
statesman, bold Ben Butler. Women
are coming to the front. We have a wo-
man in the field for President-Mrs Belva
Lockwood. She will stand by us. The
dandy coachman must not go. If he does
we are lost" lCheers.I
81 move you, therefore, that we organ.
ise under the name of the Society flor the
Suppression of Goldfish Aristocracy and
Indignant Parents Wild ApplauseI, and
that we at once proceed to establish
branches i'll every State in the Union
fully equipped to carry on the work"
The motion was carried by rising vote.
The Chair then appointed Miss Sweet Six
teen, Miss Twenty Summers and Miss Ma
ture Twenty-Five committee of three to