Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19

After they had been visiting this resort
for some weeks a strange waiter ap-
peared to serve them. He was skillfuI
polite, ceremonious servant, with the
suggestion of utter discretion conspio-
uOus in every word and look. The hus-
band and actress were well pleased with
him, and he was made wonder
fully prosperous by the gen.
erous fees that were offered as a
reward for his valued services. But sud-
denly the crash came in the household of
the young man. The wife recounted TO
her recreant husband the entire story of
his perfidy. She was so explicit concern
ing every detail at the luncheon parties
that he could not refrain from demand
ing how she had learned so much. She
then confessed that she had resOrted to
secret means of finding out his guilt.
The polite waiter was detective in her
employ.
PRIVATE PARLOR POINTERS.
One of the fads of the fast set in So
ciety at present is to have an exhibition
of dancing by professionals after supper,
and the fact that some ladies left q
gentleman room in disgust one recent
evening owing to the display made by
Carmeucita, a noted danseuse of the
concert halls, has brought the deplorable
custom into public observation. The
habit INDUCED in by some smart young
men of haYing variety performers at
their rooms to help out an evening is one
of long standing, and until the present
rage for high kicking came in there
were no serious objections to the plan.
The same dancing, however, that is
called artistic on the stage becomes
offensive in drawing room, and it is not
to be wondered at that our young
women, experienced as some of them
may be, should revolt at the gyrations
that they will applaud across the foot
lights when such are transplanted to q
proximity that makes the breeze of the
tossing skirts part of the performance
If l am to believe story that comes
from a reliable source 1 must think
that any such custom has a very
demoraiiZing effect, for at one of
these entertainments recently pro-
vided by a gay young gentleman the
dancer went beyond all limitations of
propriety and, moreover, her gymnas-
tics were hailed with delight by the spec
tators. This girl wore 8 black mask
over her features, and TO speak frankly
this was the most important item of her
apparel. She danced in imitation of q
noted Spanish performer, standing on a
table and combining her movements to
the torsal writhe and the straight kick.
Every body was shocked but everybody
enjoyed it. Then questions were asked:
''Who is she?'
Nobody knew. Even the host turned
the answer aside by saying that it was
little girl he had picked up in one of the
variety theatres. Thus the matter would
have rested, had not one OF the feminine
admirers of the spectacle overheard the
host whispering about the dancer to
friend. Within fifteen minutes everyone
in the room was aware that the girl in
the mask was one of their own set. If
her parents ever hear of the perform
ance it VIII break their hearts. In view
of an action such as this, it seems strange
that time should be wasted in discussing
the propriety of our fashionable girls rid
ing horseback astraddle. They seem
capable of riding with one toe held above
the head