Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-20


be acknowle lged that she compels the
young man 10 earn his qualifications
Mrs. Grundy herself has accepted him
and the husband heeds him not. Indeed
he is rather regarded by that individual
in the light of an understudy, as he re-
lieves Monsieur of many little social
duties which would otherwise sadly in.
terfere with his own engagements
whether of business or of pleasure. There
was time when married lady of per-.
sonal attractions would scarcely have
ventured to go about everywhere with &
good-looking young man who was not heI
husband. Nowadays we look for the
harmless, necessary tame cat" The
fashionable matron takes much pride il
the appearance of her cavalier, and te
qualify for the position he must in
measure be ornamental as we'll as useful
Furthermore he must in no wise be awk.
ward. He must be able to put CLOAK
round Madam's shoulders as carefully as
her maid, and to adjust an opera hood
without rufiiing the hair 1t being part
of his duties, too, to attend to fans
bouquets, opera glasses, programmes,
dogs and all such impedimenta, it il
necessary that he should not indulge in
the old-fashioned occupation of wool
gathering, while on no account must he
culine aversion to Shopping" for,
when he is not dispatched alone
to execute my lady's orders, which
may range from q box at the
opera to box of pearl powder, he is
required to be in attendance when she
makes the rounds of dry-goods empori'
ums. To tho Hooker the value of his
presence on these occasions appears linn.
tied, for it seems he does nothing but
balance himself on the edge of chairs
adjust his tie in every available mirror
and occasionally make mildly facetioui
and more frequently impertinent CON-
ments on the goods. At the restaurants
! he secures luncheon, and being we'll drill.
ed in Madam's likes and dislikes, he thus
saves her the trouble of choosing her own
fare, and the infiiction of getting what
she detests. He is useful, too, in find
ing the carriage after the theater or after
noon party, and added to all these SER
viceable, if not exactly intellectual quail
ties are the advantages that he can be
snubbed at will, that he never dare grum-
BILE like husbands, and that he never
bores with the wearisome attentions of
older men. To what end do these per-
fumed dandyette5 run errands and act as
footmen TO other mems wives if not to
play at being gay lotharios? Their reward
everybody has to treat them with some
degree of civility. Then they are in the
train of pretty, or, at least, a popular
woman, a distinction which all youths
envy. They live on the metaphorical
milk and honey of the land; they basB
in luxury and revel in all the best enter
tainments, pick up good tips, and event.
ually, if they are smart, secure rich
bride
The Astors and the Vanderbilts, or al
least the more socially consequential ones
among them, will sail away for Europe
next week; but in the meantime they are
giving dinners, receptions, and balls at
furious rate. Chauncey M. Depew, you
know, is not only business associate OF
the Vanderbilts in rairoading, but he
mixes familiarly with them in society.
AT the opera, the other night, heard
Mrs. William Astor remark; Il do be-
lieve, Mr.. Depew, that you have been
helping Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt to
make out timetable. Surely, she
crowds in more entertainments without
collision than can succeed in doing"
Did you ever see a man making
railway time table?" Mr.. Depew loosely
responded. We'll, this is the way he
does it: A thread of certain color rep
resents every train that is run over the
line close to others. With two or three
of these different colored threads
stretched along the route, and by means
of markings of their running time, he
lays out the new schedule. Wherever the
threads have to cross, owing to the COM
parative slowness or swiftness of the
trains and their relative times of inter-
fering with each other, the layout of
threads enables him to fix the figures ex-
actly and successfully. Now, this is q
secret" and he glanced with twinkling
eyes at the group of dozen hearers. Il
spent two days laying out timetable in
that manner for Mrs. Vanderbilt, and if
any of her entertainments should come
INTO collision she would hold me response
Dle."-NeW York letter to Chicago Led
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