Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-23
HE TAUGHT THEM MANNERS.
A Dudes Gentle Rebuke to Two OBJ
streperous Cowboys.

A Dudes Gentle Rebuke to Two OBJ
streperOus Cowboys.
From the Kansas City Globe
boot and shoe drummer Of this city away
up in the I. P. A. and good fellow all round
and veraciously known sll over the wide west,
quite soulfully told this among the last stories
of Q number related by travelling men last
night at the Midland Hotel: II was" said he,
"a short time ago out in . little town in Ne
braska, where you could without imagination
look over the imaginary line dividing Nebraska
and Wyoming and see acres upon acres OF the
new sister. l was at the station of about the
dulless little sun-dried town 1 ever was in,
waiting for the train. late, usual, some two or
three hours. This little town was on branch
road. I'll not name it, FOR there's q chiel
smang US taking notes and he'll prsnt EN-,
as L expect to 60 back there again. There
were two other commercial men waiting as
Was. One was dudish-lookng sort Of q fell
low. got up with a sash and the other unities
He sat down in the shadow Of the shed that
served for depot, and opening a small grip
pulled out book and began reading reading
and reading lntently, intentlv that he
eprawled himself along the length or width OF
the platform. Two buckskin- pan talooned cow
boys on pinto ponies rode down to the depot.
and, tethering their ponies came under the
nudglng each other joeularly, and finally one
got up and walked toward the dude
and accidentally stumbled over his feet The
cowboy apologiZed sarcasticallv and the dude,
like Toots, said It's of no consequence Then
the cowboy again performed his accidental act
and an apology was made and accepted. quite
naively. Returning to his oomrade there was
quite an hilarious powwow by the cowboys.
and then the second one started out for his
share Of the fun. Emboldened by the
two trips OF his comrade over tho
dudes patent leather inclosed feet the
cowboy disdalned to stumble over them, but
came down with both feet square on the shins
OF the dude-dressed reader. Excuse me-
Certainly was answered, but with the reply
the dude pulled an apple from his pocket. and
tossing 1t into the air drew a revolver from his
grip and, shooting, split the apple squarely In
two. He threw up another apple and performed
the same act, and then turning to the two cow
boys, who had clustered together themselves
and four big revolvers strapped to 'em. the
dude, pointing his revolver at the COWBOYS
said: 4 am little bit on the shoot myself and
II You fellows don't leave very soon III divide
you two fellows like did the apples. or I'll
break up your partnership The cowboys had
the discretion of the King of France who
marched 10000 men up hill and down again
when he saw the enemy on the other side, and
sneakIngly seeking their ponies mounted them
and rode away. The dude, u" said the relator
and the story he AYERS is true, belongs to one
OF Kansas City's shooting clubs"
They Don't Have Electric Calls There.
White sulphur Springs letter to the st.
Louis G!Obe-Democrdt says: Think of a grand
hotel where the room numbers run as high as
799 being without ali elevator! 1t is easier to
climb Prospect mountain back Of the Colon
made row of cottages than it is to mount the
various starways to the top floor. Perhaps
some time in the near future there will be fur
Their concessions to the spirit of modern i'm
prOyement The field exists Here Is a hotel
with parlor halt as large again as the east
room OF the White House. 1t has long din
Ing room, with two rows OF columns. IL you
stand at one end and shout you can't be heard
at the other end. Twelve hundred people can
sit down to the $50 tables without any sense OF
crowding. This hotel covers more than an
acre OF ground. 1t doesn't contain bath
ROOM 1t has no annunciator. Some day the
guest may te able to press button and make
his existence known to the office quarter of a
mile away. At present the method is to open
your door, stick out your head aud "holier." 10
the credit of White Sui phur it can be said that
two or three ''hollers" will usually do. The
servant system is peculiar 70 White Sulphur.
II works as satisfactorily such system can.
SOutherners like it. for II reminds them OF old
times. Northerners do not object so long as
the charm of novelty wears To every hallway
in the big hotel are assigned a floor man and a
I.
They colored men and women who learned
the ways of faIthfulness and politeness when
there was $500 difference between a house SER
want and a field hand in ''Virginny." Most OF
these servants had ben a-comin' to ole White.
sah sence befo the wah" They have their
little rooms partitioned off ut the ends of the
halls or across the stairway landing. and there
they live and sleep, so as to respond promptly
to the call of guests.
If my young lady, coming up from the ball
room at fifteen minutes before midnight thinks
of some message she wants to give the cham
bermaid. she taps with her hand on the door
knob and calls:
'Lu-cy,"
A pause. Lucy" This time little louder
| and another pause. Then again: "0h. Lucy
From down the hall comes, by this time, the
sleepy reply:
''Ya-as m. Use comm"
There is a shuffling of feet along the hallway
mating and then conversation in low tone
The voice of the belle says little louder at the
close:
Remember, LucyI'
The voice of the chambermaid replies:
| ''Ya-as'm."
The door closes. The shutting sound passe.
| back down the hall and dies away. Fifteen OF
twenty people in adjacent rooms turn over IN
bed and try to 60 asleep again. Nobody think,
OF kicking. 1t is only one Of the White Sulphur
ways.