Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-10

NIS ~ boon companion or
generals sons. A few days later he
fled to Kentucky as fve-cent de-
faulter, and was captured in the very
presence of two of our most brilliant
society girls. We all thought he was
an aristocrut and the son of an aristo-
crat. We imagined his blood had the
tinge of the sky, and we are Mortified to
hud it charged that his father was
Boston vhitewasher and that his most
distinguished ancestors ate their meat on
the banks of the Congo. This young
man was a $500 clerk and be cut
wide swath here on stealings amounting
to less than $1,000. He now rests in the
Washington jail, and the fair ones who
have correspondent with him are lying
awake at night wondering whether
their love letters have been destroyed
or whether they VIII come forward IN
evidence An effort will undoubtedly DE
made to prevent his case coming TO trial,
but such hopes are vain, ana ne Will
probably wear a louder suit within Few
weeks than he has yet had in his ward
robe. In other words he will go to the
penitentiary.
MISS PORTER AND THE HOTEL WAITER.
On the heels of this scandal comes the
marriage of Admiral Porter's grand
niece to one of the walters of IL Washing
ton hotel, and the story of how the low
ing couple met at the seashoTe, aud now
the knight of beefsteak and white apron,
nv tidbits of soft shelIpd crabs and soft
cuts of teuderloin, wOoed and won the
fairest guest Mt his table is being rolled
about over the tongues of statesmen ana
their wives. They discuss II, however,
with fearful hearts. and nsk themselves
rs they look mt their own daughters
what next? Washington society Is so
constituted that il is impossible 10 guard
II like Ward McAilister' Four Hundred
of New York, or like the bon ton society
of any other city or village. Every sea-
son people change. Every congress
new batch of maidens aud new set oil
huuEers-on appear on the scene, anu
every four wears new ADMINISTRATION
turns the social world topsy turvy, and
the old order gives place TO new. Under
such conditions anyone can go into
society. The introduction of senator
or a representative OF Il politician is The
opening wedge, and this, in these demo-
cratic days is free 10 all. There have
been noted ladies in Washington society
who had more blue blood than money
and who, for q consideration have takeI
IN ladies whose venouS Huid was less
aristocratically colOTed and have pushed
them into the best OF Washington society
might mention names but it would ONLY
cause heartburn. l know other people
in Washington society who RAM
here higher than they do at their owl
homes, aud l could point out some Wh'
are ostracized in their native towns Uu
who III Washington are carried arount
oil the toumost layer of the upper crust
The skeletons in Washington closets ar
legions, and the paint aud powder whicl
sdorus many beautiful face cauuo
cover up the story which lies behind.
SOME ROMANCES OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY
Some rumnuces of Washington soclet
have oil the situations of three volum
novel. Even the gOodT-Good and tn
best blooded of our blOoted stock hav
n part in these romantic adventures an
George Bancroft IS daughter year Q
so ago trotted off on all elopement wit
one of the descendants of Charles Car
roll of CarroittOu. There was. however
nothing bud in this elopement, and I'd
old historian was tickied TO death owe
the match. Other stories embrace trag
edy ms well as comedy in their relation
and love and suicide are mixed up
them. Not long ago u senator's so
was drowned in the Potomac when OF
boating with lady friend and the prof.
ability is that he died by accident. IL
daughter of ous of the most noted me
I'm the country died here within the pa
five wears. a bottle labeled choral WI
found in her room ard the evll-minde
whispered that Il love affair with fol
eign diplomat was the cause of her ovel
dose. Another scandal relates TO one