The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-13

finest ware-on trial If they suited he
would buy them, Of course; If not they
would be returned. The dealer blzndly
| hinted at a substantial deposit, but the am
| bilious customer settled all that with a
| freezing look through his monCcle and a
send tho bill with the goods, ye know"
| Then 10 a caterer, for plain cookery
would be fatal 10 the daring scheme Of
! capturing society through its stomach. o Z
I OF the best IN town was engaged; three wait
ers wee detailed and the menu arranged.
| Toe day of the dinner arrived. Tue rooms
/ Ia the big house, lust of PARK avenue, we
soon crowded; the guest sat around chat
ting pleasantly, awaiting the signal Of the
! host There was slight c0mmOIIon at the
do r, where.a wagon from the Broad
way dealer had been standing FIR an
hour. The driver was stubb)rn, that
| deposit must be paid fOrthworth or the DIN
ner set would be taken away. 10 amount
OF persuasion would placaie him, ana after
a WranSle, he packed up his dishes and rat
TED OIL just as the men began to arrive
from the caterers Meanwhile the guests
began not only TO smell the viauds, but a
rat also. Sull they were patient; they sat
around. started new themes and discussed
everything, from Darwin to hypaOtism,
from Browning to Rudyard kipliug.
When the host saw his vanishing dinner
ware and realized the gravity of tue sItua-
ton he proved equal to the emergency.
Selling his hat he made bee line for Third
avenue, and in fifteen minutes had hired
and under transportation full set Of regu-
latlon Bowery saloon crOckery, every plate
an eighth of an inch thick and warranted
Indestructible. With the porter he reached
his rooms In time to prevent the last half
dozen of his guests from departing The
COOK, an excitable Alsatian, was running all
over the house i'll a frenzy, ready to commit
murder. Dinner was served at . o'clock at
night, overdone aud spoiled Not a word
was spoken during the festive meal. Even
the WINE was forgotten, and every guest,
by strange coincidence, had an important
engagement for $3.50 o'clock.
Both husband and wlfe-modest people!
admit that their little attempt at brea ing
into society wasn't a bowling success. They
live IN the suburbs now, avoiding town as
much as possible, and living strictly accord
ing 10 the terms of their bond with the
wifes rich relatives.
Football experts are greatly divided on
the question whether or not tie college
teams will accept challenges from the Brit
lsh picked team, which is expected to arrive
here shortly. The manager of the foreign
team has already announced his intention of
trying to bring about matches with Yale,
Harvard and Princeton. In order to learn
whether the college athletes cared to risk
theiBJanrels in IA brush with the strangers
note OF inquiry was sent to the captains of
the football teams at these three colleges.
Gill of Yale was silent; Harding of Har-
ward had no answer to give. Edgar A. Poe,
the plucky little captain of the Princetons
and nephew of the famous poet, alone re-
piled.
II think" he wrote, "ln all probability
Princeton would play the British team, but
of course the game could not be played
before the latter part of October"
When it is remembered that the Prince
ton team is the heaviest of all the college
elevens and that, until lately at least, it was
noted for the fierceness of its rushes end the
roughness of its play in the field, it will
be better understood what pluck is
implied in Capt Poe's letter In
NEE ing the foreign team, the Prince
tonian giants must lay all their old tactics
aside and play the British Association game,
which bars smuggling, wrestling and scrim-
m ges Of every kind. They will play at
a decided disadvantage, and lovers of the
game everywhere will watch the result Of
this peculiar match with interest Mean
while it looks as though the other colleges
were willing that Princeton should take the
first whack at the Britishers and don't care
to run the risk themselves.
1t is current talk among the New York
politicians that tue main portion of Cabot
Lodges bill for regulating federal elections,
now up in congress, was inspired by the ex-
United States Supervisor of Elections John
j. Davenport. 1t is even said that the active
little man, who has been for many years a
thorn in the side of certain politicians, has
claimed the authorship of very consider
able part of the bill, which, together with
the free silver coinage question, is now