Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-28
SUNDAY CHAT.
BY A oHArrERER.

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terboxes, weave pleasing tale Of chat
and fiction out of "airy nothings."
Even the old reliable gossips, who
are rarely ever to be caught without
an assorted lot OF sensations
on hand, warranted TO keep
and improve with age like Linn.
burger cheese, have temporarily sue.
cumbed to caloric influences and inane.
| Iy waiting for something to turn up,
| they listlessly loll with folded hands
and detected eountenances, rolling no
sweeter monel under their tongues
than a wel-mssticated chunk of
tally tolu. reaction seems to have
set In after the high pressure of excite
nent that thrilled the whole city "A
short time ago, and a review of the
weeks happenings Is most unsatisfac-
tory-"hat, stale and Improbable"
The opening of the pavilion seems
to have resuscitated the social lie OF
the city to lch degree that the
young people are having almost as
much gsietyAs they had during the
winter. Riding, driving, boating,
| excursions TO the pavilion and other
summer amusements are keeping soci-
ETY. about as busy as II cares TO be
during the heated term.
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Speaking of social amusements,
would II not be good idea to have
german club? The advantages of the
german over the old-fashioned hop are
plain to all who have participated in
the german. Every city of any inn
portancein Texas, except Fort Worth,
can boast OF one or more german clubs.
Fort Worth Is the only city lay
ing claim to social eminence that
steadfastly cllngs TO the obsolete hop.
The hop is we'll enough now and
then, but it could certainly be advan-
tagoously varied by at least an occa-
sonal german
Some Of theside-walks round about
town present most peculiar appear.
ance TO the eye OF stranger--a Dallas
tie for instance-who may happen TO
take a stroll through the more fashion
able residence portion of the city. 1t
IL astonishing to see what an amount
OF tender care and earnest attention Ia
bestowed upon the nurture and
cultivation Of fine and -four
ishlng crops OF weeds along
the sidewalks. They grow tall and
stately on either side OF narrow lit.
tie path that more closely resembles a
hog path leading through an ola field
down to the branch than it does the
fashionable promenade of metropoli.
tan city. Now, weeds are nice things
in their places-but there Ia such "a
thing AZ overriding the cultivation OF
weeds, running IL into the ground, as
IL were. Carefully nurtured and well
cultivated weeds may in time
become developed into rare and new
species OF exquisite flowers, but, mean
while, the sidewalks present most
buColic Appearance, especially to the
watchful eye Of the envious Dallasite,
who scornfully re ects the theory adj
vanCed 10y the Chatterer, that the
citizens Of Fort Worth are zealously
developing new species OF II oral
life and suggests with an intense
sneer that should be gall and worm.
wood to any right-minded Fort
Worthite that the kitchen garden and
not the sidewalks il the proper place
for botanical experiments.
The most notable event OF the week,
from a social point OF view, was the
final and complete organization OF the
Commercial club. This IL a step in the
right direction, and ii has Il far deeper
than mere casual observ-
ers might think. Heretofore the
young men Of the city have
had no place whatever where
they could go To spend their
evenings in Innocent diversion and
recreation. Average human nature
must have diversion Of some sort, and II
innocent pasttimes cannot be obtained
then the supeIfuous spirits OF the
young will naturally, and almost ir.
reaistably he directed into vicious
channels. The restraining and refining
influences OF home life are, for the most
part ,entirelywithdrawn from theyoung
men OF these W@tern cities who live
In boarding'houses, hotels and around
most anywhere In "A Bohemian sort of
n way, having only superficial 90
cial Intercourse with each other and
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contact. Therefore club established
for the purpose Of bringing the young
men OF the city more closely together,
the bond OF union and
fostering the amenities OF social rela-
lions, fills long-felt want and an
aching void" in the existence of those
who have sorely felt the need OF q
thing of that kind.
The new pavilion has proved to be
the very thing that the people, and
particularly the respectable people of
Fort Worth have been wanting. AT
nrst the more refined people Of the
city seemed TO be n little shy of the
place, because, knowing that It was
puollc resort, they feared they
would come In contact with
the rougher classes, but they soon
found out that the pavilion was in.
tended only for decent and respectable
people, and that the disagreeable and
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