Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-07-16


5os II looks web - tie cad bres4ss--
/ oenE aaiad telling wa the secret-lt
fits uas. have Jewel II taller, whe
Iazkes ay clothes fron fashion hook
thai / furnish hln loa szoile. Yea
VII saails more VIXEN l tel yea What
tie book ls--Punch. Da AAurlers snen
dress Ike gentlemen. nos Ike tzilors'
dUaamAes. Nv clsGhss are tie envy q.
the Glib TAes think / ges them direct
from Poole. If We're not journalist /
should bs a tailor. The art Of dress Is a
great art Think IF the pleasure CT Great
ing i well dressed mani Bot here We
are al Mou9uin's. ] sec they have ny
table ready for ne. i breakfast here
every Tuesday morning"
Archie entered tie room with the dig
nity Vi . lord mayor ~ the great banquet
" the year. As they seated themselves
81 the table, be said 10 the waiter:
Tho same breakfast. Loois-oniy
enough for two; and don't let the cook
burn those kidneys / am very partlc-
ular, you know; aud they were little
too brown last week. Now, dear boy"
turning 10 Rush. tell me something
about yourself"
"You have whetted my curiosity 60
hear your own story. Archie Tlllinghass
as workingmsn Is something | never
dreamt Of. You spoke Of journalism. ~
that is your profession. is il. and you are
on The Trumpet: What do you dor
What don't do, YOU might ask with
greater propriety. Well, do little odds
and ends Of everything; but my great
day is Sunday. y page Of the Sunday
paper is given over 10 my pen"
"A page! YOU must be making fort
une. Archie"
I'm not space man. dear boy; 1t is
the salaried men-the email salaried
man, / should say--who ill two col
umns day. and a page on Sunday"
''But what department gets a page 10
itselfY'
The one that least deserves it--so-
ciety. You know that l am connected
by blood or marriage with half the so
ciety people of New York, and, notwith-
standing the loss Of my money, l am in
vited everywhere. Young men are
scarce, and well connected young men
are at premium, and l am invited none
the less because / write the society notes
for The Trumpet. Time was when an
American gentleman seriously objected
to having his balls and routs described
il the newspapers; but il is done so much
nowadays that his wife is afraid they
will be called nobodies if their name is
not seen in print in connection with the
winters festivities. ! am in great de-
mand from Murray Hill to Mackerel-
vile; they all want me. What it is TO be
popular.-eh, old fellow"
BY this time the breakfast was served.
There were moro than kidneys, and it
was most delightful repast; but Rush
was not in a condition to do justice to it.
He had eaten so little for a week past,
and such plain food, that even the rich
aroma of the kidneys. with their wine
sauce, was almost more than Re could
digest.
where's your appetite, old man:
You're not eating anything. Perhaps
you had late breakfast and are not
hungry"
"On the contrary" said Rush, who
was beginning to feel as though he were
going to be i'll, and that he need have no
moro pride in the matter, II have had
no breakfast, and / am very hungry
too hungry, in fact, TO eat"
And he then made a clean breast Of it,
and told Archie just how he was sit
uated. To say that amiable young man
was shocked would be doing injustice to
his kind heart. He was genuinely dis
tressed at his friends condition: but be-