Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-05
ONE OF FASHIONS VICTIMS.
a Well Dressed Young Man, Mentally
Weak and just Learning to Talk.

Weak and just Learning to Talk.
prom the PhiIqdelphiq Times.
The lips Of young man who sat in one
OF the forward corners Of "tea wagon"
car as it went out Walnut street Just be-
tore the late dinner hour last night moved
rapidly as if in prayer. His eyes, or rath-
or the one of them which restrained with
difficulty the antics of single eye-gass,
remained fixed with studiOus intentness
upon the pages of a book which he held
painfully up to the dim light Of the malo-
dorOus street-car lamp, Obscured as 1t was
by the steam of a score of umbrellas and
waterproofs which had settled on its glass
protector.
The car had the double complement Of
passengers usual at such an hour and in
such weather. The movement OF the con-
ductOr through the thrOng, collecting fares
like a fastidious fork picking out the best
sardine in the box, impelled fat mems va
rlOus gelatinOus prOtuberances, negro
laundresses' wash-baskets, shop girls
ubiquitous elbows and other street car
nuisances sharply, from time to time,
against the seemingly-prayerful young
man. His book was nearly shaken from
his hand twice; his eye-glass dropped
from its precariOus hold n dozen times.
lie patiently rearranged his altitude after
each interruption, and his lips went en-
moving over the open page. Only his at
tire, which was fashionable, precluded
the idea that the young man was monk
ana the book a breYiary. A passenger
who grasped a Shiny strap, which caused
his shoulders to be suspended over the
forward section Of the car, while his heels
were engaged in an alteration near the
doorway, lurched directly over the young
mans seat as the conveyance jolted over
the cross tracks at Eleventh street He
saw the printed pages which the intent
young man was coming. The man In
mid-air sickened. He thought il was an
Ollendorf. The left hand page bore
string OF inteTieciional sentSNoes The
man in mid-air saw the first. 5nawas;
"DO you feel very tiredy' Another
lurch Of the car brought the parallel col
umn of answers in view. The first one
ran:
"0h-don't you knowePm awfully
Knocked up"
The man in mid-air craned his neck, his
curiosity being inspired by an asterisk set
opposite to the answer, which evidently
pointed to foot note. A settling, in the
track at Thirteenth street shook the
car sufficiently to enable the man In mid
air to read the foot note. 1t ran In small
type:
The dashes used in punctuation should be
carefully noted, as they are the mode chosen
by the author to indicate the proper infection
OF the voice.
A light began to dawn upon the man in
mid-air. The intent young man turned
the page. The top Of the leaf brought to
view was headed:
SEC. Is. Care must be taken not 10
broaden the too much. Thus in the SEN
tence given in the preceding exercises Have
you the brasses for the luggage" the "a" is
pronounced like the "a" IN "ah," not as in
saw
Light broke clearly in upon the man in
mid-air. Still, when the intent young man
rose and closed his book at Seventeenth
street, the man in mid-alr confirmed his
snspicions as to it's contents by a glance
at the back Of it. 1t was an aesthetic de-
| sign in cold-pressed brown paper with
/ rough edges. The only ornament was a
| drawing Of an orchid, and the title, in
| early English text, was this:
"EIow TO Talk Like Our Best People," by a
/ member OF the Newport School.