Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-01
HARVARD CLUBS DINNER.
A MENU IN DOG LATIN AND UN-
GRAMMATICAL ERRORS.


Arthur's Health-What a Visit to Her
Msjesty's Theatre in London Re
called.
Correspondence Of The AorniH9 Nelos.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-One of the jolliest
big dinners of the season was that of the
Harvard Club at Delmonico's on Saturday
night. 1t was flow Of soul, if not feast
of reason. A feature Of the occasion was
the menu, which, in ridicule Of fair Har-
wards tendency to abandon the classics,
was printed in Latin of a character to
make Quin lillian gasp and stare. The
Latin was not only of the time of Arthur,
in place of that of Augustus, but. in one
or two instances, the adjective did not
agree with its noun, in gender, number
or case, and there were other grammati-
cal errors equally objectionable. OF
course % the printer was to blame for
some. Appended to what was intended
to be the language of Cicero was trans
lation in the form of a gibberish bearing
the same relation to Latin that pigeon
English does to the tongue of Shakespeare
and Milton. IRder ctbOFUT1, for example.
was translated by ''billefarius." This
unique bill of fare was a fair sample of
the festival. Although, it being a college
dinner, some of the speeches necessarily
smacked of shop, the fun was fast and
furious, and by the time it was Sunday
morning the assembled scholars and men
of learning had abandoned all pretence of
culture.
There was sad side to it all, however.
The lapse of time became painfully mani
fest when one met bald and gray-haired
men whom he remembered as boys with
.
ton between the members of the class of
1870 illustrates how times change and we
with them. ''HellO, White, this is the
first time we have met for nearly fifteen
years." said Black. Chow are yOu?1 re-
spOnded White, in cordial tones, as if he
remembered the other well. Black pre-
pared to sit beside the classmate he had
not seen for so long. ''Pm keeping this
chair for Black" White objected. "But
Pm Black!'' was the reply. Tableau.
In the course of the meal a man dis
tinguished both as scholar and writer
told his adjoining companion that he had
learned to play billiards of recent years,
and that the last time he had played he
had made $50 points at the three-ball
game. He often averaged, he said, tenth
part of that. His antae Onist on these Oc-
casiOns was a brother of the Emo who is
now living in Canada for the benefit Of his
health. The biliarlist Emo is probably
the best amateur player in New York.
When the scholar had concluded his con-
fidence, his companion suggested that,
with his talent for the game he might
make his fortune as a professional billiard
pI oyer. 'EAs am making $50, 900 year by
my present profession, 1t would hardly
pay me to chaugeW was the reply to the
suggestion.
One of the guests at the dinner was the
Rev. Mr.. Rainsford, Of St. Georges
Church, who is graduate of Cambridge,
England, (nOt of Oxford, as l may have
mistakenly said in a former letter.. His
presence and his dress illustrated the
evangelical type of Episcopalianlsm, of
which be is an exponent. According to
the High Church idea, he ought not to
have been there at all, as a public dinner
should not be attended in Lent, especially
on day of abstinence as well as of fast
ing. He wore the ordinary evening dress,
and there was nothing about him to DIS
tinguish him from the laymen present,
while the Rev. James Freeman Clarke,
who naturally is more evangelical than
any Episcopal clergyman can be, was
clothed in ministerial garments.
This matter of dress on public Occa-
siOns is generally the outward and visi-
bic sign of the inward and spiritual char
acter of an English clergyman. Mr..
RainslOrd is by no means the only one
who wears the swallOw-tail Of the lay
man, While there are others, and they
the large majority, who never lay aside
the high-cUt waistcOat, Roman collar
and peculiar coat which, form the clergy
mans uniform. Bishop Henry q. Porter
enthusiastically compromises as to cos
tune, or did, at least, before he became
bishop. He used 20 wear, on dress occa-
siOns, and, perhaps, still does, the swal-
lOw-tail coat of the layman, but retained
the high-cut waistcoat of the clergyman.
The effect Of this attempt to wear the
uniform of, If not to serve, two masters,
is not little startling. For with 4 swal-
lOw-tail coat one naturally expects a low
cut waistcOat, and corresponding display
of snowy shirt bosom in place of black
covered breast.
THE MANIA FOR NOTWITHSTANDING
has here, as apparently everywhere else,
seized upon all sorts and conditions OF
men, women and children. Although
there has been some ice-skating lately, it
has not diminished the popularity Of the
roller article, and the Kinks which are to
be found all over the city continue crowd
ed every evening. So well are they pat
rOnized that the theatre, aReady injured
by the hard times, suffer greatly, and
many a manager prays that the epidemic
will run its course, as it almost certainly
will in time, and leave New Workers free
to spend their evenings at the theatres.
If any more skating Kinks are erected ap-
parently several of the theatres will have
to close or be turned into Kinks. In that
event perhaps too much competition will
spoil the business, and thus put an end to
the craze.
Pneumonia, always the worst enemy of
the jewellers i'll this changeabIe climate.
never numbered more victims than il does
this season. On every hand one hears OF
deaths from this cause after but a few
days, and sometimes a comparatively few
hours. sickness. The disease IS said TO
reap its richest harvest among the de-
voices Of roller skating. The bad air Of
the Kinks, to begin with, cannot fail to be
Injurious to the lungs, and after getting
heated III the close, confined atmosphere.
skaters go out into the open air with ali
the pores open, and the Precipitation is at
once checked. The result is in nearly
every case severe cold, which may de- !
velOp into something worse, and not in |
frequently pneumonia sets in at once.
This may be all very true, and doubtless |
pneumonia and subsequently death have |
continually resulted from attendance at a |
roller skating rink, hut the theatrical |
people, through one of their organs. are |
making so much of the circumstance that |
one is tempted to believe that the theory
that roller skating causes pneumonia /
originated with them. If they were
not interested in giving roller
skating bad name their
testimony as to its being a cause of
might be received with CON-
parative faith, but under the cjrcum-
stances one is almost inclined to consider
the theory a weak invention of the
enemy. The fact, however, that pneu-
monia was never so prevalent. aud the
number of its victims never so large.
combined with the twin fact that roller
skating was never so popular, goes far to
prove that the relation between the two
.siaT Oe that OF cause and effect.
AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF PRESIDENT
ARTHUR
told me the other day that the President.
his healthy appearance to the contrary
was seriously i'll from
mental anxiety and oYerwork. He is
suffering from dyspepsia in an aggravated
form, and his first move after leaving
office will be in the direction Of recupera-
ton. He will probably 90 to Fortress
Monroe within fortnight and stay there
until the end of the winter; the summer
he expects to spend at some watering
place. Should his health be restored BY
autumn, he will come back to his house
III Lexington avenue and resume the
practice of the law with his old partners.
He will be obliged to work for a living, as
he has but $4,000 and he cannot live on
tho iutoFaSt Of that after bovincr