Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13
HENDRICKS AND DUMMY.
The vice President is Beaten at Game
of Choss.
From tie Nelo Yorb World.

From, tie Ne1o York World.
A tall man dressed in severe black. and
wearing a very shiny and very high hat,
entered the Eden Musee Saturday. Peo-
pie who looked at his white necktie tieG
so simply under his COLLAR, and the patri-
archal way in which he walked about.
said that he was church deacon. Other
tar-seeing people, whose sensitive nerves
had been stirred up by the number of ar
rests lately made by 5upt. Murray, ad-
vised their ne2bbOrs to be careful. No
one thought for a moment that he was
Vice President Hendricks, but it was,
and he walked up and down and looked
at himself in wax.
There was number Of people around
the wax Vice President, and they ex-
pressed ther opinions freely. Some said
he was d smart man and others said he
was not. and the tall gentleman had as
much expression in his face as his waXen
imitation. The wax gentleman looked
more comfortable than the fesh-and-
blood gentleman.
The Vice-President eventually went I'D
to little man who sat behind a chess
board. His kings and queens were before
him, and although be did not speak he
moved his bishops and knights around so
intelligently that the Vice-Presldent
thought be would like to play a game at
chess with such an intelligent little wax
gentleman.
So he sat down at the board and pushed
his very high silk hat far back on bis
head. People began to gather. They had
learned who the player was and they
crowded very close up to him and the wax
player.
1.-TWO to one on the wax mani said a
young man with brown mustache.
'I'll take yOuv was the answer from
another young man, and the money was
put up in jify.
''He looks just like his pictures, doesn't
hey' another man asked.
EYES," a friend replied. 'if he had those
little side Whiskers shaved off. | don't
think side whiskers are becoming to a
man who may be President"
''He's got dandy suit" was the next
remark heard.
''Pil bet he doesn't get it made in In
diana" was heard a second later.
Meanwhile the Vice President played.
1t was remarkable how well his antago-
mist, considering that he was not alive,
moved the pieces. The Vice President
was apparently losing ground. He got
excited. Not so with the gentleman in
wax. His calm, quiet plaster of paris
blue eye beamed upon the crowd, and it
is not extravaganza of speech TO say that
under the most trying ordesls he rel manned
the same calm, impertUrbshle gentleman
of the nrst part of the game. he had
such an inexpensive face that he must
have been . master at face. his hands
moved quickly and without a bit of nerv-
business, and 1t was noticeable that he
did not bite his lips the way Mr.. Hen
bricks did.
Some Of the remarks that went around
at this stage Of the game were like these:
"FiVe to one on waxworks."
There were no takers.
"Hendricks is a dandy player, but the
wax man can give him points"
81 always heard that the Vice President
was calm. Why, he's all RULED"
"That fellow in wax is daisy"
The game finished and the Vice Presi-
dent arose, defeated. He put on his high,
silk hat, and moved out of the crowd and
left the building.
A spruce, dapper little gentleman came
out of the wax man with the blue eye,
and said:
"Phewl It's hot in there! He's pref
ty good player-for an Indiauian."