Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15


&A new race course 70
~ ~%9~ which all kinds and
conditions of turtles are now fiocking in
great multitudes. The Coaching club
asked for and secured the allotment of a
reserve, in which the gaudy vehicles and
gay passengers might have room sacred
to themselves. Now, it might reason
ably be supposed that seclusion was de-
sired. All! not so. The space fenced
off for the Coaching club is not deemed
satisfactory to the ladies, and the objeo-
ton which they make is that they are too
far from the grand stand to be seen by
the multitude. They are out for dis
play, and change of location is to be
made to enable them to get it.
Society is aware of a very elegant lady
living in apartments whose vocation it is
to coach people for society. She is of an
old New York family, has all the ancient
scandals at her tongues end, can give
fine points on the marriages and inter-
marriages of everybody worth knowing
about, can tell just who Mrs. d. aud MIR.
X. are, who the proud Mrs. G. was be-
fore her marriage, how her father made
his money, in fact, can supply all the
small gossip that will make a newcomer
appear to the MAJOR born. She also has
an excellent stock of stories at hand, just
the thing for luncheons or dinners; will
get you up in the latest book, tell you
the origin of authors and contributions of
the day; aud the thousand and
one things that stupid or under
bred people are glad to know. She
makes money and charges S. dollars an
hour for her information, having all the
pupils she can attend too. One woman
who applied for entrance to the society
school was rather rough sort of orea-
ture, and during several lessons she was
treated entirely for objectionable gsuch-
cries of manner. Finally the discussion
of families was taken up, and the pupils
enquired about a certain woman who had
become famous for her snowy entertain
ments, but who was not regarded by the
pretentious mob as a very desirable ac-
qualntance.
"Oh, she is an impossible, - said the
instructor. "Her father made his money
stuffing sausages.
"Goodness, then I'm wasting my
time exclaimed the pupil. "My hus-
band owns a sausage factory.
The teacher of social customs nearly
tainted at this and agreed with her pupil
cumstances, TO continue the lessons.
elf you can prevail upon your hus-
band, madam, - she said, "to abandon
sausages and take up something clean,
you might then come back to me. But
1 can assure you that the wife of q sau-
sage-maker will never be permitted to
step over the threshold of a desirable
New York house so long as dogs are re-
garded with so mnoh affection by our
most refined families. -
So the lady has given up her etiquette
lessons, according to this story, which
really isn't too absurd to be true in our
imitation aristocracy.
Everybody was pushing and clawing
everybody else IN the endeavor to get
sato the trains on the return from the
Morris Park race track. 1t was a tur-
bulent place for woman to find herself
in, and when noticed one of the most
and prettiest of society girls,
in company with the youth whose bride |
she win soon become, being jostled and |
hauled about in the toughest and most |
irreverent manner, 1 sympathized with |
her in her discomfort, and wondered |
why the young man, with his extreme
notions of living in higher world of |
form than is occupied by common peo-
pie, should have exposed his fancee TO |
such q disagreeable experience. The |
young lady took it all with |
such bad grace, however, that |
soon lost my sympathy for her With an
expression of disdain and
anger on her face. she peevishly scolded |
her escort for having got her into such
place, and said such things as would be
sure to disgust him with her if he has
any spirit whatever. Her principal
was that some of their friends,
who had gone home in carriages, might
zee her and despise her. As the traia
ratified across the country towards Har-
EN- this young woman got lesson that |
ought to do her some good, though, as
{ was in progress, she seemed dis
pleased and disgusted by its beauty The
,ars were packed TO their utmost limit,
Ind therefore when someone groaned
md the crowd became conscious that |
omeone was fainting in the middle of
me of the cars, there was considerable
It was a young man,
md his limp figure was being supported
" a haneaome lustrous-eyed girl of not
more than eighteen, who was evidently
lis wife. They were not fashionable,
tut the spirit of the noblest of women
pranR up in the girl at that moment,
md the crowd had chance to see what
wife of the right sort can do at cri-
Is. The girl did not speak word, but
,egan a struggle towards the door, carry
ng her burden with her. The mixture of
Misery, love and bravery in her conduct
Fas one of the prettiest things 1 have
yer seen. Tears fell from her eyes,
nd yet the muscles of her face were set
rmiy, and as she bored path through
he compact throng she kept her cheek
s close as possible to her husbands,
words Of encouragement
he crowd did not help her. in fact it
ould not do so, except BY pressing back rs |