Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-16
IN WASHING rON SOCIETY.
The Horse Editor Discourses q Recent Cap
ital sensation.

itaI sensation.
Murray" In Pittsburg Dispatch.
You will make great mistake, dear
reader, If YOU believe half what has been
printed about the social shock alleged to
have been occasoned by the recitation by a
New York lady OF "'Oster joe" Let me tell
you, confidentially, that the greater part of
the shock was contained i'm the newspapers.
Knowing the toughness of the moral epder
mics of our swell society have been making
inquiries into the merits of this particular
shock. And have found cut all about it.
The whole shock was manufactured by
dozen old maids of fashion who run Wash
ington society, aud the society correspondents
and society newspapers Mrs. J. Potter Brown,
TO premise, Is very handsome woman. Not
only Ia she handsome, but she possesses in
isliectual charms, graces OF conversation and
u marvellous tact, rarely combined In the
same person, and that person a hand
some woman. Now, MrA Brown was
the rage in New York, and the New
Workers here imported her for
particular purpose. These New Workers
form ''sect," and, being comparatively
new, they have been, with all their wealth,
running sup grade" from the start The
old "moas back" (excuse my social style OF
descripticn) have also had pretty tough
time to hold their own against the new
comers. The social leaders OF the old regime
die about as hard AZ the political leaders OF
champagne and terrapin have fairly moved
them down, but they still have their grip on
the newspapers and the army and navy elite.
Well after the sad inroads Of shampagny water
aud damond-back, these old cats who have
had long possession Of the social back fence
couldn't stand Mrs. James ii. Y. Potter
Brown. They caucused among the spikes and
broken glass, and resolved unanimously that
they would not stand it Then they went purr-
Ing about the fashionable parlOrs, a. sleek and
soft and furry as II their velvet paws con-
cesled no keen nails lying In wait for Mrs
J. Potter Smith Brown. The New York set
are patronized by Mrs. Whitney, and Mrs.
Whitney Is blessed with diamonds and
diamond backs. (That is about all, for !
heard real lady OF the old mossback set,
who had been to eat up Mrs Whitney's ter
rapin, declare that she, Mrs. W., Is as
homsly as mud fence.) When the coming
of Mrs. j. r. B. was heralded, she was
OF Mrs. Whitney. She proved a great
card. Every dude and all the colonels
and Judges and officials of the new
official world tumbled over each other to
bask in the sunshine Of Mrs. W's- Mrs. j.
Potter Brown. The old cats were so mad
IL they dared, but as they didn't dare they
went out on the back fence and scratched
each other. But Mrs w. and her set wanted
the earth. They were not satisfied with what
was on II. They hired hall and trottsd out
Mrs j. p. b. to the general public. Finally
the climsx came with "Ostler joe" The
old cats were just "laying for" that They
knew Mrs }. =. b. would never rest until she
had fired "Ostler Joe" into a suffering
public, and they set the trap which caught
poor Mrs. J. Potter Brown. She tell In II
and well--you know the rest Mr.. J. p. b.
has jumped the town, and the New York set
has now got a set back.