Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-11

dies - After an Elaborate Course of
Thought-sirty Thovsand a Year and
the Results Thereof.
People who imagine that the young men
and women Of New York snciety are stitf
aud formal in their manners would have
been somewhat surprised at the crowd of
young people who met together one
afternoon to play badmlnton IN queer
little Fourth avenue building.
1t didn't take a very shrewd observer
TO discover that badminton, as played in
New York. consists of conversation 10 a
very large extent, interspersed with few
cursory bits Of hit and misplay with the
racquets There were no chaperones at
all at this game. and II amounted to
merry sort of a frolic for two hours in the
middle OF the day II was amusing to
listen to the talk. for the English accent,
which is affected 80 laboriously by some
of the society people, WAS picked up and
dropped precisely as fancy dictated by the
gurgeously attired people, who made bad
mintun an excuse for meeting without
being oppressed by the presence of chaper-
one duennaS
DEEP AND LOGICAL CONCLUSION.
The biggest swell Of the dandies arrived
an hour before time He was small man
with prominent teeth, rather pallid face.
and a pair of shadowy side whiskers He
pranced up 10 the door of the fiimsy frame
structure and nodded carelessly 10 a stolid
Englishman who stood by the door with n
straw in his mouth and his hands in his
pockets.
Good mawnin', Fowbes," said the new
conner. screwing single glass into one of
his weak eyes, and glaring hard at the at
tendant: is any one he8h"
Not yet, sir" said the attendant, re
spectfully.
"Aw," muttered the young man, com
placently Il am the first one then" Hav-
ing arrived at this deep and logical con-
clusion, after an elaborate course OF
thought, he cast a ghnstly and transparent
smile al Forbes and drifted through the
doorway into the barn-like structure.
Here he cast critical view at a net which
extended across the floor, went 10 one
Of series of small lockers and took
therefrOm a racquet. Then he ascended
the small stairway TO a gallery, where
there were few dressing rooms, and pres
emily emerged i'll all the glory Of white
flannel knickerboCkers and shirt, with long
red stockings, a blue and white silk Nor
folk jacket, and blue wOrsted Tom
O'Shanter cap perched srtfully upon his
rather peculiar-l looking head, Around one
Of his slim wrists there was a broad leather
baud clasped with four buckles-a scheme
by which champion badmintOn and tennis
PLAYERS strengthen wrists that have been
strained by everyday. The single glass
now hung over his breast. He danced
about for a moment to timber up his legs,
and then. stepping out into the inclOsure
across which the net was placed, he
slipped of his silk jacket, produced little
cube, into which was inserted rim Of
feathers, and tossed it in the air When il
came diving forward. with bullet-like
directness, he caught it deftly on the end
Of his racquet and sent it into the all
again.
A HOwLING SWELL OF HIGH ORDER
The solitary young badminton player
who was rOmping 80 joyously was howl
ing swell of a very high order. He idn't
look like man Of great Importance. but
socially his position is enviable. a man
who at the age of 2S spends 81, 600 a year
without earning the reputation Of being a
spendthrift or fool, must necessarily
amount to something in the world Of
society. He seemed as happy rs clam al
high tide. batting away there skillfuny.
when a brougham drove up to the door
and young woman and her maid hustled
in he gave yell Of greeting that was quite
undignified, and reminded one strongly Il
a street Arab.
Late again, Miss Agatha" he chirped
happily. Pom me soul il is quite heart
rending for man OF my conscientious ana
trustful nature to receive these disap
pointments every play day"
Indeed you are a paragon" said the
girl, smiling brightly, and tossing hei
wraps to the maid 1t was the fault OF
mamma this morning She was desper
ately blue when she got out of bed, and sc
she climbed back again. Then she in
sisted upon my reading TO her until she
felt more composed, and there you are
She had scarcely finished speaking when
there WAS great chatter and hustle about.
and half dozen people hurried in. Two
of the girls were in full tennis rig. and
when one of the men slipped off his long
ulster he revealed the fact that he, too.
had put on his play day togs before start
ing from home-Clara Belle in Cincin
natl Enquirer.