Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-08


Mr.. Mast grabbed me by the arm and
began singing 10 a familiar air the words
Where did you get that
'Sh.' 1 cautioned him. f'That is
Senator Hiscook, and it is highly i'm
proper to ask him where he got it. It
may be all right to ask yourself in silence
why he got it. and why, having got it /,
he persists in wearing it pulled down to
the bridge of his nose, but where he got
1t is question that does not conform to
the dignity of United States senator.
Now, if it were cake of soap or brand
of smoking tobocco, it might be proper
for senator to write out an advertise
ment and sign his name to it, telling not
only were he got it, but how much he
thinks of it. 1t would be undignified,
however, for senator to advertise hat
house,
but not the hat alone, said Mr..
Mast, "'The tout ensemblel Is it not
rare combination of taste and ele-
gance?''
eyes; the ongsomb is very tout-in-
deed it is, as we say in the French, tout
utterly tout tout. -
81 notice one thing in Washington
that can not be seen in any other capital
in the world, - said Mr.. Mast.
"And that ISL"
cutter freedom from all rules and
conventionalities in street attire. -
Eyes, 1 said, Strengthening to my
fullest height; 1--WE are very proud of
our unrestrained freedom, our untram-
meled independence. There are no
shackIes on US, and, 1 might add, very
few flies
''See that man going yonder-that one
with the silk hal. sand the pea jacket.
There is a combination which venture
to say is produced in no other capital of
the civilized world.
eyes, we are ahead of 'em all in the
matter of broad and comprehensive
tastes, - acknowledged. "We Ameri-
cans combine all the gentility of the silk
hat with the democracy of the pea-jaoket
and We are proud of it. -
land there comes another man. Look
at him, with Prince Albert coat, full
dress shirt, an evening vest and broad
brim SLOUGH hat, - said Mr.. Mast.
'fOnly another evidence of our great
breadth of mind. We, as a people, sir,
comprehend, as it were, the entire day.
We combine the morning coat with the
evening vest, and cap these off with the
midnight hat; and we jab our hands up
to our elbows in our trousers pockets,
ana don't care continental who looks
at us in wonderment. l tell you, sir, we
are broad minded people, we Ameri-
cans
"Do you mean to tell me that these
two creatures with these outraged cos
tunes which make them look like anil
mated comic valentines, are broad
minded men?'' asked Mr.. Mast, disgust
BROAD minded!' I exclaimed.
"Broad! Well, you'd think they were
broad Enthusiastically broad-if you
should hear them get to telling in a
crowd of men,
l could see that Mr.. Mast was tending
toward another of his crotchety spells;
that the lecture 1 had delivered to him
about his un-American way of finding
fault with things had done but little
good. 1 was about TO say something
more in this line when we reached one of
the principal hotels of the city.
Chow would mint julep strike you?''
he asked.
"Kerslap!' admitted.
"Well, said he, looking toward the
entrance to the hotel, in the doorway of
which three men had damned themselves
and stood talking politics, ''if you will
map out a plan of campaign by which we
can enter this place will pay the bill. -
"They will move away soon: we are in
no hurry - said.
''But we are in hurry. am nearly
dead of thirst, and there they stand and
choke up the entrance TO a public house
as if they owned the whole place.
"Now, don't be impatient, II
pleaded; awe have time enough; we
have all the time there is be-
tween now aud nowhen.