The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-19
GIRLS TAKEN IN BY DUDES.
Lackeys Palmed OF "a Noblemen-
Berry Wall Breaks UP the Sport.


Berry Wall Breaks up the Sport.
Washington Letter TO Baltimore american.
There are four or five dudes from New
York at wel-known hotel in this city.
They have made a considerable splurge
at the races each day, and the leader of
course, is Berry Wall. Each of these
young men has his valet with him, and
occupy a suite of apartments i'll the afore-
said hotel which are quite private and
removed from the public part of the
house.
The other night, when Mr. Wall was at
the theatre with some friends, the rest of the
party concluded to have some fun. They
were acquainted with two young ladies who
live here, and are not averse to taking sup
per with such well-known dudes as com
posed the party-in fact, who are willing to
sup when any invitation is given to a re-
past at that hotel, The four New Workers
then informed their Wallets that they eX-
pected them to play part III little scheme
that evening.
you are to pretend that you are En-
gliSh lords, and when these ladies come
you a. e to take them to supper, order any
thing you want and charge 1t to us.
Berry Walls valet was III the scheme,
and that evening at the appointed time the
servants appeared in their Sunday go-to-
meeting clothes, arrayed exactly like their
masters, who think by putting on outland-
iSh clothes and nonsensical ways that they
are the fac-snlileS of the nObemen of En-
gland, when, in fact, they only represent a
ridiculous class of Americans who have no
prototype in England.
When the girls arrived the masters in
PRODUCED their Wallets as lord So-and-Son
and Duke This-and-That." and the girls
were delighted Like a great many females
in this country, title caught them" to use
slang expression, and they Immediately
began to pay all attention 20 the supposed
English lordsn Finally, the 'lordsn in
vited the girls to supper. The table had
been set in the adjoining room, and the
dudes had retired to another to Joy the
SPORT The Wallets being left alone began to
order wine i'll most lavish manner, and
once or twice the New Workers We're on the
point of stopping the whole performance,
when they noticed the rate at which the
waiter brought up the Pommeroy Sec, but
an interruption came in far different
manner.
The theatre was out, and "His Majesty,
the King of the Dudes" having seen his
lady friends home, returned to the hotel.
He entered the banquet hail. and the
lights. together with the chatter of the
voices, somewhat dazed him for an instant,
but he soon recovered himself, and the first
person his eyes fell upon was his valet
ames, seated Jat the head of the table with
one of the fair damsels looking at him in
a most enchanting manner. This was too
much for Barry, and in his most com
manding voice shouted out:
james,
The unfortunate James heard the voice
he knew so well, and habit gained the
mastery over him He sprang to his feet,
up went his hand to his head with a
jerk characteristic of his class, and be ex-
planned;
''Y es. sir"
Come here" said Mr.. Wall Take my
overcoatn
The poor Lord James" was obliged to
leave the side of his fair companion and
walked over rather sheepishly to MIR. Wall
and taking his dripping coat, for it was rain
ing outside, marched off to bis apartment.
The other Wallets were somewhat discon-
certed by this incident, ard a roar of
laughter from the next room brought the
girls to a realization of what was really
the true state Of the case. The scene
that followed is better imagined than de
Scribed.