The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-04-24

useful boy" and, to do her justice, 1t must
be acknowle 'ged that she compels the
Young man 10 earn his qualifications.
Mis-. Grundy herself has accei ted him,
and the husband heeds him not. Indeed
he is rather regarded by that individual
in the light Of an understudy, as ne re-
lieves Monsieur Of many little social
duties which wculd otherwise sadly in
terfere with his own engagements,
whether of business or of pleasure. There
was time when married lady OF per-
eonal attractions would scarcely have
yentured to 60 about everywhere with
pood-looking young man who was not her
husband. Nowadays We look for the
harmless, necessary tame cat. Inc
fashionable mntron takes much pride In
the appearance Of her cavalier, aud to
qualify for the position he must in q
measure be ornamental as we'll as useful.
Furthermore he must in no wise be awk-
w.rl. He must be able to put cloak
round Madams shoulders as carefully as
her maid, and to adjust an opera hood
without ruffiing the hair. 1t bslng part
of his duties, too, to attend to fans,
toaquets, opera glasses, programmes,
do, Is, and all such impedimenta, 1t 10
necessary that he should not indulge IN
The old-fashicned occupation of.wool
gathering, while on no account must he
iermit himself to cherish the usual mas
when he is not dispatched alone
to execute my ladys orders, which
may range from box at the
opera to o box of pearl powder, he IS
reauir, d to be in attendance when she
makes the rounds of dry-goois emporl-
ums. To the on-looker the value of his
presence on these occasions appears lin
tied, Tor it 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 mo:e frequently impertlnent COM
ments on the goods. At the restaurants
he secures luncheon, and being we'll drill
ed in NJ ,dams likes aud dislikes, he taus
saves her the trouble of choosing her own
fare. and the inficton of getting what
she detests. He is useful, too. in find
ing the carriage after the thea er or after
noon patty, and added to all these SER
viceaGle, If not exactly intellectual quail
ties, are the advantages that he can be
snuhbed at will, TINT he never dare grum-
BILE like husbands, and that he never
bores with the wea,isome attentions OF
older men. TO what end do these per-
fun ed daadyettes run errands and act as
footmen 10 other mems wives If not 10
play at being gay lothnrios? Their reward
is lii they get taken everywhere, tnd
everybody has TO treat then with some
degree Of civrlity. Then they are in the
train of pretty, or, Mt least, n popular
woman, q distinction which all youths
envy. They live en- the mctaph orical
milk. and honey Of the land; they bask'
in luxury and revel in all the best enter
tainments, pick up good tips. and event.
ually, if they are smart. secure rich
bride.
The Astors and the Vanderbilts, or at
lerst the more sociGlly consequential ones
among them, viii, sail away for Europe
Rexl eek; but ip the meantime they are
giving dinners, receptions, and balls at q
furious rate. Chauncey NJ. Depcw. you
know, is not only business associate of
the Vanderbilts IN railroading, bat he
mixes famiilrly with them in society.
At the opera, the other night, I heard
Mrs. William Astor remark: Il do be-
lieve, Mr.. Depew, that you have been
helping Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt TO
m Ike out Timetable. Surely, she
crowds in more entertainments without
collision than con succeed in doing"
Did you evor see man making a
railway time table," Mr. Depew joco: ELY
responded. We'll, this is the way he
does it. A thread of certain color rep
resents every train that is run over the
line close to others. With two or three
Of these different colored thre eads
stretched along he route, and by means
of markings of their running time. he
lays cut the new schedule. Wherever the
threads have TO Cross, owing to the COM
parative slowness or swiftness of the
trai S and their relative times Of inter
teripg with each other, the layout Of
thr; ads enables him to fix the figures ex-
acty and succe cessfuliy. Now. this is n
secret. aud he glanced with twinkliDg
eyes at the group of dozen hearers. I
spent two days laying out time table in
that manner for Mrs. Vanderbilt. and if
any of her entertainments should come
into collision she would hold me response
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