St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Vagrant Travellers of st. Louis Fsted With
Champagne and Lobster Salad by
Wealthy Brewers.
Swindling Operations of a Swell Young
Man Who Couldn't Keep Up With the
Klks' Procession.
Hot Weather Festivities at the Nata-
torium and the Revelations Which
the Ladies Make.
Over the Footlights and
What They May Lead to--Con-
structive Arrest
He Couldn't Keep Up.
rspondepce of the Globe.


Correspondence of the Globe.
ST. Louis. July 10.-SOme men in st.
Louis have money and some have brains,
but somehow there are occasions when both
qualities do not come together in the same
man. There was a notable occasion of this
sort furnished last week by one of the lead
| ing brewers. He had party of friends Wis
iting him here from New York, and among
! the other festivities he got up in their honor
was a visit To Faust'S saloon, the nObbiest
place of its sort in the town. Champagne
in beer stems was ordered. 4 stein is 4
stone beer mug; it holds about pint, and
il is perhaps the least attractive vehicle for
good wine that could be well imagined.
When the party had got comfortably filled
up couple of them started out and col
lected what trampS could be found without
walking too far. These gentry were given
stein after stein OF POmeTey See and sup
per with Holsters. and everything else that
could be had from the kitchen was added 10
the fete. The bill for the evenings amuSe-
ment footed up about $500.
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The Elks club has been having a great
deal of bad luck lately. Every once in a
while some prominent member either gets
short in his cash or goes away with some
other mans wife, or does something else TO
bring upon the society the odiOus glare OF
publicity. 1t is young mems club. some of
whom are very rich, and ali of whom are
very fashionable. The effort of the poorer
ones TO keep up with the procession has
caused all the trouble. This week it was
Mr.. Arthur FleiSher who turned up miss
ing. Arthur was a nice young man, who
always dressed in excellent taste, and
whose chief claim TO distinction rose from
the fact that he usually wore pearl-colOred
trousers and a mauve hat. He was sup
posed to be quite well of. just after bank
ing hours on the Sd of July he dropped in
ON one friend after another and explained
that he had unfortunately got too late for
bank, that he had to go up to Chicago, and
couldn't the victim cash a check for him for
about 500. The victim in each case
thought of Arthur'S social standing, gave
one glance at the pearl-cOlored trousers, and
cashed the check. Nobody knows how much
money the enterpriSing young gentleman
succeeded in getting. He didn't hit any
body for more than 800, and doubtless
many of the victims are keeping still about
| their loss sooner than let anybody know OF
| their fOOlishnesS. Arthur left that night,
! but as the Fourth was a legal holiday and
the fifth Sunday the worthleSsness of the
checks which he had scattered about was
not known until Monday. 1t is estimated
/ that he has got away with at least 1000.
He is believed TO have gone TO Florida OF
Mexico. although, for anything anybody
knows here. he may be in st. Paul. His
| fall from grace has caused great tlutter in
society, where he had been received with
| open arms.
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One cavalry company has started to the
front. The boys all rode out of town
| on Tuesday last to pass fifteen days in the
saddle in Southeast Missouri. Seeing that the
| thermometer to-day stands over 100 in the
shade. the gorgeous time the sOldiery are
having is open TO doubt. No smstrokes
have vet been reported from the command.
\ section of artillery went along. and it is
the intention of the troops to visit De Soto,
Pennington and other towns in the South
east before they return. The chances are
decidedly in favor of the affair being rep
etitiOn of the disastrous SOudan business.
| We are looking to see stray cavalrymen
straggle into the city this evening, and
make their way home through the back
streets and alleys.
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In spite of the hot weather. and we are
catching il in a way that you blessed people
at the other end of the line know absolutely
nothing about, we manage to amuse our
selves. There is the NatatOrium and there
are The summer gardens. At the Nat on
SOciable evenings, when the ladies and gen.
| tlemen 90 together, one can prove TO him
| self what hollow fraud the average st.
/ Louis girl is. There is no dishonesty in q
bathing suit, and if a girls legs are thin
/ nd I-naae in 4ba horrible at~i-
dence Of her guilt is there before you. She
cannot prove an alibi. Some of the girls
swim very well indeed. and some of them
imagine they are going to be drowned right
| in the middle of the pool. At the gardens
we have light opera and large choruseS, the
result being more artificial. perhaps. but
| infinitely more pleasing than the Nat. Each
| one of the chorus girls has a follower or
| two who generally belongs to ''saSSiety.''
| There is a standing mystery that no man has
vet explained. and that is the occult cOnnec-
| ton between the dude and the cOryphee. Our
| boys are only just beginning the season. If
| everything turns out as well as it promises.
we will have some very racy reading from
the summer opera trOupeS this season. One
marriage and one elOpement are even now
said to be on the tapiS. as consequences of
| the pink tights and palpitations across the
tOOUlgnIS-
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Mr.. John 4. Scudder. the steamboat cap
italist. is, cOnstTuctively. in Jail this week.
1t i one of the peculiarities of Missouri
law that there are two kinds of impriSon-
ment, one actual, one constructive. If a
man amounts to very little anyhow. he gets
the actual brand. III he is a millionaire.
| like Mr.. Scudder, the constructive
sort is melted out. L have asked great
many lawyers what constructive commit
ment amounted TO, and all the answer |
have keen able to get IS, that it is the pun
ishment for constructive contempt. The
culprit is arrested by the sheriff and then
released on parole. Mr.. Scudder's OffenSe
! is a refusal to answer questions put to him
in the suit brought against him by Mrs.
Lucy Semple-Ames, of which l wrote you
a month ago. AsMODEUs.