Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-06

Two gentlemen were rldlrg townwardS
in an open car, when DIR. Huntington, of
the Railroad Hospital, drove by.
''If were he, woald shave of those
whiskers and change my personal appear
ances as much as possible" remarked one
of the gentlemen to the other, pointing his
thumb over his shoulder in the direction of
the doctor.
"Whv, what's the matter with his ap.
pearances? Ialways considered the doctor
an unusually ine-looking man"
"Oh, yes. His appearances are all right,
only they get him into trouble once
in while. He has double-same whisk-
ers, looks. and so on. You can't tell them
apart. The other man is San Francisco
drummer, and pretty lively one, while
the doctor, you know, is one of the most
quiet and undemonstrative men in Sacra.
mento. Well, every time that drummer
visits Sacramento the doctor has to suf-
fer. Now, only couple of weeks
ago the doctor drove cut to Elk
Grove to visit a patient, when a man ran
up to him in the road, and after greeting
him cordially stated that he was hard up,
and would like to have that thirty dollars. ;
The doctor looked at him in amazement,
and asked for an explanation. 'Aw, come
off, says the fellow you know-the thirty
| won from you at poker the last time you
was out here. You said you'd pay it the
next time you come out The doctor ex-
postulated with the fellow, and tried TO
explain that he had never played poker in
his life-but it was no CO. Finally the
doctor said: Who do you think I am p
Why said the man, I know you well
enough. You're Blank, the drummer
Then it took the doctor an hour-produc-
ing credentials and the hke-before he
could go his way. Even then the fellow
followed him for mile, and was on the
point several times of stopping him again,
aud making hlm pay anyhow, for lookin'
like Blank
Two of the yardmen employed BY the
railroad were homeward bound on q blue
| car the other evening and, of course, talked
about railroad matters-talked shop
I'VE handled silk train this morning" :"
said one, that was so heavy that we had
to use two engines to move it. II was the
| biggest freight, l think, that ever saw put
| together in the yards"
"Nonsense" exclaimed the other. "Why,
it was only last week that we had a train
over on our side that I'll bet all the loco
| motives the company has couldn't pull it."
"Jeewhilikens! What was it?"
Train of thoughts"
Two young society ladies were discuss
ing the merits of recent club dance
II had good time, I'll admit, 4" said the
blonde. but my brand new party dress
was ruined. It's pity, too"
why, how was that?' asked the bru-
nette.
why, just because the men are too
mean to wear gloves when they attend a
ball. It's shame, that's what it is. |
can't have another dress for months. I'll
just have to go in that soiled one and get
dirtier and dirtier. There's no excuse for
it, either. There's fitness in all things
and for a gentleman TO ruin carelessly q
lady's dress is simply q piece of vulgar In
pertinence. He could take handkerchief
at least. The custom of gentlemen going
with bare hands to informal dances has
outrun its limit and has become nuisance
I've half a mind 10 go around and get the
girls at the next dance to contribute for q
box of mems mittens. 1t would be saw
ing for US in the end. Sacramento isn't
usually so far behind the fashion, and this
country jake style ought to follow the red
flannel shirts and jack boots of emigrant
days"
Country jake styler" exclaimed the
brunette, Mortified. "Why, don't you
know where that style comes from ?'
No; probably from our great grand
fathers
mo. indeed. It's the very latest fad.
The Prince of Wales introduced it."
"Oh !" and the blonde changed the sub
ject Immediately.