Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-05
SUNDAY CHAT.
by A CHATTERER.

! ANANhhN bhC PVSPAS Whah NV pNtah ~
arrive until or 10 O'Clock, when they
might just as well be at the place,
whatever the affair may be. by
! half.past s at the latest. There
is no earthly reason for this t,rji'
ness in attending private or public
entertainments, and the custom GER
tainly has many objections. Summer
nights have two prominent and dis
tinguishing characteristics revity and
/ heat. The majority OF the sociable at
fairs that take place in thesummer are
not intended to be ultra-fashionable,
! full-dress and formal occasions, but
| they are simply informal and gener-
ally impronptU affairs, where people
are expected to amuse themselves for
| a few hours without going through all
/ the motions necessary at a grand ball
/ In the season. People Will find II far
/ easier and much more pleasant to go
/ early and leave early instead Of
going near midnight and leaving near
daybreak. If people would only go to
places at the proper hour. they would
have ample time TO have all the fun
they could hold and get home by II
o'clock or very little later. Then they
next day. Go earlier and leave earlier,
and see II the plan Is not \ good one.
The fish and frog ponds that are
situated in many parts of the city are
beautiful, useful and seemingly lndis-
pensable to the sanitary welfare of
Fort Worth. These ponds are sources
Of great enjoyment to the small boys
and street gamin generally who spend
many delightful hours playing around
the banks OF these miniature lakes,
peltlng the inoffensive and musical.
minded frogs that dwell therein with
stones and casting in the deceptive
hook whereby the unsophisticated
minnow IL ensnared unto his death.
Fishing Is delightful and, az many
maintain, n healthy sport, so the citi-
lens of Fort Worth have reason to be
thankful that they have such fine
facilities for indulglng their piscatorial
propensl.ies. It's not every city that
affords its taxpayers 30 many eXtraor-
binary advantages without raising the
tax rates.
81 NiAAbA ~ iNN y WAS HlklluR III
his hot Office one day last week, "rast-
ling" with the brief OF an important
case that was TO come UP in the JUS
tices court. Great beads of perspira-
ton stood out upon his noble brow as
he hunted over the authorities
upon which he depended to make
cut his case, in which the sum of
W "a and the possession OF razor.
back SOW were involved. Just then
he heard light footstep upon the
stairway and the faint rustic of "A
woman's garments, and then there
came light tap upon his Office door,
Come in, came from the depths OF
the manly chest OF the chrysalis at =
torney, as visions of big fee In "A at
vorce case Heated before his untutored
imagination. The door opened and
there stood before him an apparition
OF "sweetness and light, " a fair
haired, blue-eyed, petite maiden, smil-
ing blandly upon him. "0h, IL this
MIR. - Yes, | know it's Mr..
, Your face IL familiar. ! have
seen you many times on the street,
You have such a striking face, such a
handsome face-a face 80 strongly
markedwith the characteristics of indi-
viduslity, intellectually and, may
say, 80 indicative of strength OF
character. Anyone could tell that you
were "A lawyer. On, don't interrupt
me, l mean all i say. am not flat.
terfng you. / never ilatter. I want
to tell you that there Is only one thing
necessary to your perfect success.
You must have one of these books
that am selling. Now, buy
my book. All successful men have
bought this book and perueed its
pages with avidity. The title OF this
book is The Kings of Fortune. >
Now, really, you must have 1t. You
can't attain the highest pinnacle OF
fame without it, Just look at II
Beautifully bound O0ly 5000
"l'll take it, NAM take two of 'em -
Here he checked himself. lie hadn't
seen six dollars In six months. He
wished he WAS dead then. but he had
said IL.
Excuse me, nam, just minute.
I wantto see Judge ------ next door
before he goes home to dinnern
The neophyte lawyer hasn't been TO
hts otlioe since, and he don't come out
on the streets until after dark, nor
VIII he be seen In daylight until he Ia
certain that the peripatetic vendor of
books has shaken the dust OF Fort
Worth oil Of her feet,
Horseback riding has become quiteG
popular exercise with many ladies and
gentlemen Of the Fort and not infre.
quently are the streets enllvened bT
parties enjoying themselves in eques.
ttan sport. Last week party OF la
dies and gentlemen, who had been eau
tering on their noble steeds over the
green pratries that surround the CITY.
agreed to stop at one of the prominent
Ice cream paclors Of the city and have
little refreshment before going home.
They dismounted, went In, aud while
waiting for their ioe-cream .ohatted
gsyly, merily eSpstiating on the
pleasures otan evenings ride oTer the
breezy ptaires Soon one OF the gen.
tlemen became somewhat restless In
his chair, and began TO sQuirm around
In rather Ru uneasy ms uner, No III
somehow he didn't exactly ut the aeat
pr the chair didn't Mt him. Pres.
entity he vouehsafed the opia- |
on that ict-creRm should be
aaten while standing. that the finer |
sSence of it's flavor was lost lfesten Ia !
! dtting posture and In fact that II |
vas far healthier for the human anat.