Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-01-31
nL WAS A DANDY DuDEi

a professor to get the women ON ;
string. The roller skating Graz.
has done much to upset the obser
vance ofthe proprieties by generally
considered se.late and matter OF. fac
ladies. Why, We have known wo
men with dozen children to GEL
rhe fever, and then, though weighins
perhaps 500 pounds, will pranc.
around the rink like d 100 paunt
pumpkin rolling on the Huor. Thi.
place has had the craze in all its
length and BREATH and thickness
List summer Messrs Allen, Mennei
y Genung put mp one Of their new
tangled family peace destroying
amnsement notions. They hired a
dandy du.le from Binghamton, uam
ed Elmer Mack, to 0fficiate as in
Structor. and soon the fellow bloss
o,ned out as a fnll f1edged professor
of the art of roller skating, MASKING
every heart by his grace ii moi
beauty. His services were in con
slant rpquisitioB t0 lead out and in
strnct some fair, trembling tleyotee
of the gO-around art. But tn.
sour>e of roller skating, like the di
vine ihfiAtus of love, does not always
run smooth. even when the floor
is IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
In course Of time Prot. Mack incur.
red the eisfavor of number of la.
dies who Thought the dandy chap
was paving more attention to others
than to themselves. In fact Homes.
dale's best society became split M
with Jealousy. Tire protests ofthes.
neglected far ones failed To correct
the matter compl lined OF. anti Mack
ontlnued to i ign az inni trch over
at least portion of Honesdale's
Society ladies. A short time agn,
no ever, the owners of the rink be-
gan to look snspici0n>ly on the fact
that there were more tickets return.
ed to the hpx Office every night than,
there was corresponding cash for in
the till. In other words, they were
playing to crowded honses, but their
treasury was not receiving the beae-
tit that the houses should warrant
A little CON -ultatiOn over the affairs
of the rink finally led to the concln
sion that perhaps 1t might run quite
az successfully II Mack was replaced
By some one else, and he was 30 no.
titled. His discharge aroused the
ire OF his lady friends. The owners
of the rink, or the ONES who were
responsible for the downfall of the
reigning monarch, were loudly de-
nonnce,i, and the detllroned Mack
was condoletl with aud given such II
food
OF FEMININE SYMPATHY
that few men, even skating rink
managers, ever received. The ladies'
raised money among themselves and
purchased an expensive gold medal,
of a design emblematic of the high
art to which Mack was welded, and
presented it to him. The presenta
ton speech was made by a promi-
nrnt physician Of HUnesdale. Mack
attempted to respond, but his feel
ings overainr him. His heart was
SO swollen with emotion that he
stanmerl a few words and then
burst into tears. The sight WAS so
touching that many of the fair d.
nOrs of the medal mingled their
tear; with those ot their sacrificed
iavoritr. The medal was beautiful
ly Inscribed with the warmest assur.
ances OF the ladies' that he had their
sweetest =, mpathy and highest en-
teem. The heart.touched skater
pinned tile medal over his heart and
left for his hntel. The next morning
he turned up missing and
so IMPRESSED WAS HE BY THE
token of affrcsion bestowed upon
h m by his female worshilers that
this pet OF the ladies' failed to Fecol.
lect that lie owned suniry aud di-
vers persons in the yill.,ge. This
fact has covered his female admir-.
ers With chagrin and modification
and the "other side THE ladies'
who didn't make tools of themselves.
are IN high feather, in fact decidedly
enjoy the situation. The moral in
simple: Ii you 70 to Kinks don't
carry your Inhalation for the amnse
ment 80 far that it takes ia strange
young men whose Only claim to re-
cognition or confidence consists in
the fact that they know how toskat4.
well. Women who get mashed on
professional roller skaters are mum
eroas and moreover are fools, Whose
husbands should look out for them.