Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-03-26

useful boy, and, to do heS justice, II must
be acknowle 'ged that she compels the
young man 70 earn his qualifications.
Aisl. Grundy' herself has ACCEPTED him,
and tho husband hssds him not. Indeed
~ - rather regarded by that individual
tn the light Of In nnderstudy, ~ he re-
lieves Monsieur Of many little social
duites which woaid otherwise sadly In
te1foEe with his own engagements,
whether OF business or OF pleasure. There
wal . time when q married lady Of pcr.
ronal attractions would scarcely have
vshtured 70 70 abodt everywhere with .
good-looking young man who was not her
husband. Nowadays we look for the
harmless, necessary tame cat" The
fashionable matron takes much pride In
b appearance Of her cavalier, and TO
qualify for the position he must in Q
measure be ornamental 40 we'll as useful.
Furthermore he must in no wise be awk.
ward. He must be able to put a cloak
round Madam's shoulders as carefully as
her maid, and to adjust an opera hood
without rufiing the hair. 1t being part
OF his duties, too, to attend to fans,
bouquets, opera-glasses, programmes,
dogs. and al such impedimenta, 1t 10
necessary that he should not indulge in
the old.fashioned occupation of WOOL
gathering, while on M account must he
permit himself to cherish the usual mas
when he il not dispatched alone
to execute my lady's orders, which
may range from 4 box at the
opera to q box Of pearl powder, he IL
required to be in attendance when she
makes the rounds Of ~dry-goods empori-
ums. To the on-looker the value OF his
presence on these occasions appears linn.
tied, for il seems he does nothing but
balance himself on the edge Of chairs,
adjust his tie In every available mirror,
and occasionally make mildly facetious
and moro frequently impairment CON-
ments ON the goods. At the restaurants
he secures luncheon, and being well-drill-
ed In Madame likes aud dislikes, he thus
saves her the trouble Of choosing her "
fare, and the infiction Of getting what
she detssts. He is useful, too, In find
ing the carriage after the thester or after.
noon party. and added to all these ser.
viceable. IL not exactly intellectual quail
ties, are the advantages that he can be
snubbed ct will, that he never dare grum-
BILE like husbands, md that he never
bores with the weArisome attentions of
older men. To what end do these per-
TUNED dandyettes run errands and act as
fOOtmen 10 other mems wives ii not to
play at being gay lotharios? Their reward
~ th9t they get taken everywhere, end
everybody has to treat them with some
degree of civility. Then they are in the
train Of . pretty, or, at least, q popular
woman. a distinction which ali youths
envy. They live on the mctaphorical
milk and honey Of the land; they bask
in luxury and revel in all the best enter.
tainments, pick up good tips. and event.
ualiy, ii they are smart, secure a rich
bride.
The Astors and the v%anderbilts, or at
least the more socially consequential ones
among them, will sail away for Europe
next week; but in the meantime they are
giving dinners, receptions, and balls at q
furious rate. Chauncey NJ. Depew, you
know, is not only q business associate of
the Vanderbilts in ~railroading, but he
mixes Familiarity with them In society.
At the opera. the other night, / heard
Mrs. William Aston remark: Il do be-
lieve, Mr.. Dcpew, that you have been
helping Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt to
make out q time table. Surely, she
crowds in more entertainments without
collision than ! can succeed in doing"
Did you ever see a man making q
railway time-table?" Mr.. Depew loosely
responded. We'll, this is the way he
does it: A thread OF . certain color rep
reaents every train that in run over the
line close to others. With two or three
Of these different colored threads
stretched along the route, and by means
Of markings Of their running time, he
lays ont the new schedule. Wherever the
threads have to cross, owing to the com.
paratiye slowness or swiftness of the
trains and their relative times Of inter-
foring with each other, tho layout OF
threads enables him to az the figures ex-
actly and successfully. Now. this is a
secret. and he glanced with ~twinkling
eyes at the group OF o dozen hearers. 7
spent W days laying out q timetable in
that manner for Mrs. Vanderbilt, and il
any OF her entertainments should COM
into collision she would hold me RESPONSE.
ble,"-NeW YorR letter to Chicago Led.