The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-07
OrEER BITS OF CITY LIFE.
. s,Jou SUITE FOR A RICHMOND
BACHELOR.

,.,or-rupe. In Grand opsrs.-The
Prompter's Boz.
rhere are quite number OF things In
richmond the average citizen knows moth
IN, about. aud one of them is a suite OF
r,oms inhabited by a wel-known man
,,hcn he is in the city. The rooms ere not
IN the residence portion Of the town, they
or. INST in the middle Of mercantile CEN
,-o and for that reason, il no other, they
imorcss the visitor the more.
marty OF newspaper men, correspon-
Sonts theatrical men, and actors, were In
,',,ed 10 the rooms by the hospitable host
,ew nights since. II was past midnight
rhen we arrived, but cherry IRE In the
crate splutiered US sincere welcome
To the right Of the room stood solidly-
buin trunk. which, by the way, bore labels
of Heidelburg, London, Paris, aud Liver
n,ol Besides this was a quecr-looking
metal box. which contained loaded shells.
me- host was TO leave the next day
Cor a months shooting up the country,
hence the appearance OF boxes. bundles,
elln cases and what-n0ts. On one SIDE OF
The room occupied by the mantel and an
,fartr e were pictures seldom seen. IfetIy
actresses in pretty gowns in ali sorts OF pretty
r.osifinns covered the walls, while here and
,hore were paintings and engraVings OF the
most celebrated art pieces IN Europe or
america. some Of them were old. too, Tor
n the amount Of drapery OF the nymphs Is
auv proof Of age, the pictures were painted
before Eve ate the apple-she, OF course, De-
Ing the model.
BOXING GLOVES.
ON other parts Of the walls were boxing
Gloves. crossed; German university iOiis'
duellng pistols, antique Datte-aNes, anu
,,boLs lot of pretty little cOnceits. ON the
.taivcs wore bits Of classic statuary-
Vc,uses Greek Slaves, AdOnises and n.y.
,'or,ons Another decoration were pictures
lf.,,csts At the White for half "A dozen sea-
ms back: lawn tennis clups, IN Which
- sorne of RichmOnd's beauties; coaching
.r,ics in which the faces Of the city's busl-
ness men appear, and a picture ehtitied'
..rhe Sots." season lN>'. NO hlcuilonueIs
figure in This 9uaIl'.'e VI '0"'' '''0 " '"N ~
heinz our genial hosi-
..Wben do Won Sleep was asked him.
.Ob that's easy enough. replied the
s,,sf. and taking an easy chair he manipsla-
I'D u into a dOwny bed.
NEXT ROOM.
The next room is very more somore IN ap-
,oarance. In It's centre is handsome
billiard table, while at one corner sets an
inviting sdebOard.
III am sorry that my man is not here, you
know" said our most But Hawkins mas
rot io get up early to-morrow, 50 | sent him
\, he'd As consequence, Will have 10
serve the lush myself
Carving cut his remark, he pulled on his
lf..- coat. and in a few moments the buffet
hsi the appearance OF the Hoffman House
on a busy day.
A pretiily decorated refrigerator stood by,
and from this came ice, wine, whisky, and
beer.
Name your drink, gentlemen" said the
host. You can get anything but pousse
cafe or pOmmery Sec
THE DRINKS.
Tho drinks were named, and while the
host busted himself the guests admired the
pi.tures. played billiards and looked at the
lie .0rltiOn % the hilliard-rOom. one SIDE
of,b. wall is occupied by a complete fish
Ing outdt-tsckle, seine, boots, baskets,
w.t.r-urOofs, and even the flask, while the
other walls are covered with large picture
of ~aopho. baseball bats, Venus rising
from he sea. and a prettily arranged COM
hlnati0n Of the pictures OF prominent actors
and actresses.
The drinks were drunk. the actors gave
recitatilns. the theatrical men sang songs.
thr newspaper men told stories, ana tne
elrrpspondents laughed, and at 3 o'clock In
ga. morning the party dispersed, all with
The settled conviction that "mine most
WAS brick. aud that the band could play
anything it wanted 10.
Richmond Boys Experience.
Life IL funny conceit-iust like lot
t.r,-and every now aud then sOmeboiy
drt,ys "A blank. short time ago a
Rchmonder drew one. aGd by some process
%, the wheel he has been doing nothing else
since. la other words. be had bad luck,
and has nov descended 10 that plane OF no
u0thingness known 10 Sol. smith Russell a.
tue shabby genteel.
Jack-l'll call him Jaek-was at one time
ln Richmond the envy OF ali MS young men
associate. Leaving school. after an excel
lent education, he went into one Of the
lar,est mercantile houses in Richmond.
III, uncle al the time was president OF the
establishment. and a. a consequence JACK
received larger salary than Il usually
paid a clerk He. however, showed apil-
rulc for business, but at the same time ue-
reiOped vicious traits and as be grew oder
Foe made Tor himself friends among hcn-
m1nd's sporting men-abOut-town.
one bad move brought on another To be
aria 10 wear three suits Of clothes on sun
d.v and different suit during the week,
besides tie necessary accessories IN shoes,
bsf.. and lies. required money, and great
deal il. one night, after he had done"
toe opera. got bis several punches on Broad
street. be was confronted with the fact that
"a tailor should be paid the next day. III
not. a warrant would be tie result.
ROBBED THE sAPK.
Assets were counted and the fifty dollars
dBp were not forthcoming. On the contrary,
only twosilyer pieces OF the realm gladdened
his sight In bis hands with the money
We're the office KEYS. An idea struck him,
and al the same moment satan, In his bac-
chaualian reyels. triumphed over Jack
midnight visit was paid the Office. The
vault was opened ana then the SAFE. a
false entry was made on the books, MY
dollar, IN greenbacks were put in pocket,
and the deed was done. A few days later
tae act was found out. Jack was dis
charged. and the poniard of grief struck
deep int0 the hearts Of a loving mother asd
several sisters.
lie idled about the town for over msnth,
being led by bis mother, and securing his
beer BY selling the books in his once COM
p.ete library.
, The family lately moved away North and
black went 10 Baltimore.
BACK TO RICHMOND.
An inducement 10 work was held out 10
bin boz Richmond a short time ago,
aui scraping up all OF his money
AH iIAAt tue mp httAluS WIN
by-gOne friends the same night, spree en-
.led aud Jack was once more out OF work.
With a bad reputation, he could only leave
ghe town, aud through the Kindness Of some
Ole his way was paid TO Quantico. The
crew Of railroad men changes at this point,
snd he was forced % get off the coach. He
hen walked % Baltimore, distance OF
seventy miles. and il is only by the Chris
usnity OF an old Richmond boy that Jack 10
not dead now.
lie 10 now living in Baltimore, and the
last work he did was in 1.-THE Roman Popu-
lace act" for Booth and Barrett at Al
lAlgh's Lyceum. II was ridiculous sigh,
and 90 a philosopher very sad one.
Jack was once good boy, but he struck
too nigh aud lost his Ratchet.
Wagner's Opera.
4 funny speech war made at the opera
when the Lying Dutchman" was sung
here recently. A young man. who thinks
be Knows II ALL met me ia the foyer win
Are4uest for a match.
How DO you like the opera - said |.
'Ol very well; the only thing about II
istaefs's not enough tunes in It,"
speaking Of the opera reminds me that
mi In,