Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-23
tine FLY YOUNG NAN.
The Little Beuders he Sometimes
Goes On, After DARK.
SursptitiOusly Painting the Town a Sub
dued Cardinal, BY the Pale Gin
meriag Of the hooa.
AFBing Visit From Commissioners OF In
ternal Revenue Miller - Trouble
Caused by Progressive EuehSe
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ply Not to Gene.

ply Not to Gene,
The present little furry in gambling cir
cles recalls to the reportorial mind the fact
that q very large amount of gambling,
drinking, and incidental eussedness is car
ried on in our city-and our city does not at
all differ from other cities in this respect
by young men whom society claims for its
very own, and who are occasionally referred
to BY people who think they know them as
being all that is exemplary and respectable.
This sort of young man, who in reality leads
q sort Of q dual life, generally does the
most of his "s~kylarking," IS he terms his
little indiscretions, after 9 o'clock at night.
Often he is the son Of wealthy or welLtodo
parents, or q young man in business tor
himself, but generally he is a clerk on Inn
tied salary, but one which leaves him, week
ly or monthly, a little surplus money after
his board bill is settled and the claims OF
the ChiDaman who does up his stand-up col
lars are satisfied. Of course, everybody un-
derstsnds that the young fellow whose par.
ents are wealthy, or who has a business OF
his own, can have these little flies almost on
his own terms, but the clerk who gets $50 q
month, or the book.keeper who draws $50,
must either lay out his money circumspect-
ly, to avoid running in debt, or else spend 1t
recklessly while "out with the boys" and
stand of" his landlady or tailor q month
to make up for 1t.
As stated above, this young man leads a
sort OF double existence. During business
hours, at bis home, or when in the society
of his best girl, he is an angel without wings.
With the later especially, he is particularly
nice. he is careful not to show his objec.
tionable side. She must know nothing about
his "larks.' The horrid things the news
papermen write about, and call sensations,
shock him, apparently, just as much as
they do her, and often, at home, when pater-
iamilias, reads OF there being a fight IN
Jones saloon, or q raid by the police some.
where out east, the young fellow really
don't know where it is As a rule this in
cessant labor to impress others with his in
nocerce is successful, and so it happens
that every young man is a model Of perfec-
ton 10 every young girl who cares enough
about him to love him, and how often b
lather or mother is overwhelmed with grie.
ct some sudden disclosure which has dashed
On idol to pieces, but which must be husheo
ID lest the outside world hear Of it.
This young man generally begins hi
career Of dissipation and duplicity with al
incidental visit to some saloon or gambling
house, after business hours, when all re
spectacle ~people-eXcept newspaper men
ought to be at home. If at the former
place, he takes a drink or two, talks with hi,
friends for a while, aud finally gets home at
hour or two late, and in q condition which
is best described as slightly betuddled
Sometimes the crowd of kindred spirits
/. which have met at the saloon, either by sp'
pointment or accident, adjourn to a poker
room for a little friendly game. The young
man takes 6 hand at ~ive-cent ante and two
dollar limit. Nobody, maybe, has very
much money, and after playing an hour Or
two, three or four of the crowd find they are
''ous" sums ranging from fifty cents to three
dollars, while the winner has, probably, six
or seven dollars. This makes him happy,
and the crowd go back to the saloon, and
the lucky man sets EN- up" q number OF
times. The party soon become joyial, the
important fact that they ought to be home
is lost sight OF, the spirit of jest seizes
upon each, and they proceed to make n
night OF it.
They linger at the bar a long while, per.
haps telling stories, singing songs, throwing
dice for the drinks wrestling with each
other, and iHdulging in such other glestul
sports as suggest themselves to their minds.
BY ard BY there is a dispute, somebody gets
knocked down, or q beer glass is thrown at
the barkeeper for some fancied insult, AMI
the BY this time three-qusrters drunk and
thoroughly bad gang is fred out. 1t is
oneo of the mysteries OF these midnight csroua.
ais that the young fellow who is
the meekest when sober is the
| toughest when out with the boys.
Given a m~ild-msnnered, blue eyed young
man and q few drinks Of Wheeling whisky,
and when the two are combined that young
fellow would whip his minister on sight, or
break anything in reach, from q beer glass
to q 500 mirror. Such q young man is
generally suppressed early in the engage
meut, either by getting him to drunk to
navigate or giving him tine shake But
when no such disturbing spirit is in the
party the orgie moves slowly, but besuti.
July, along.
Fired out of ole saloon, the genial party
Of young bloods 60 on TO the next. By
this time the party who had won the six
dollars has blown it all in, and all Of his
companions have spent a good deal to keep
L company. But the crowd grows more
reckless as the night wears on, and whisky
| gives way TO fancy drinks. and even q bottle
Of fz may be tapped. This sort Of thing
soOn gets way with the money, and by the
time the saloons close up the young follow
who won finds himself in the street, fat
broke and almost helplessly drunk. But it
makes no difference. He and his compsn.
ions can still "~enjoy" themselves, and they
DO this by organizing an impromptu glee
club, locking arms, and starting off up or
down Market street singing at the top Of
their voices. They sing aud howl until
some friendly policeman comes up an
demonstrates; then there is trouble. NJ
matter how small the young man, he will
abuse that policeman like pickpocket, want
to lick him, and be will have to be dragged
away by force BY his friends or else go to
the lookup.
About this time the young mans stomach
gets tired and goes back on him, and there
is borne out upon the early morning breeza
a spasmodic whOop-herup sort of a sound
which reminds one Of the irregular snortings
Of an overloaded locomotive on a slippery
track. The young man ~rejoins his friends.
who have waited a little way down the
street while he was communing with nature,
and they concluded it is about time to g
home. But it won't do to go home in tn,
condition they are in, and the crowd either
20 to q hotel, to the boarding house of one
of their number, dump themselves down on
the floor in picturesque attitudes, clothes
ard all, and 60 to sleep. The next morning
be shows up at his place of business, IN.