DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-09-11
NEW YORK DUDE.
oorii,s Whom the World Calls
a Fool.

abort time ago, says a New York
hsnondent In the San Francisco
eaput 1i'ap while sitting at a table in a
WV island restaurant with the re-
'Vh 'rtablo b, best company to be
'u ad in town, our attention was at
uus .atad bv the entrance of a most pc
'sr.looking man. Every ones atten-
~ ~ was attracted in the same direc-
W " # was funny to see how the con-
W. on of amused curiosity spread from
'no to table, till in the farthest cor
ot the room people were craning
", necks and bulging their eyes to
sre look at the newcomer. Then,
ar ~, glance of arrested surprise, each
@ .nod to his neighbor with some ejac-
.pon ,p of wonder on his lips. The
aso @ Of the commotion was only a
sdo II would hardly be worth while
Dssribing him, but Western man,
snhad lived in New York once, told
That there was not genuine dude
s,t Of the Mississippi, SO the type may
Md enough to excuse the descrip-
pa was with friend, a good-looking
,nrc fellow, and the room being
oTied they stood, for some moments,
the doorway, looking rather aim
s,lv about Then waiter hailed
AM over in our direction g1a yL-J J
near rs. The dude was perhaps
,epty-throo or four years OF age, and
Dked younger. He was tall, long
nbed, extremely thin, and walked
pHr with chest followed, and his
lin stuck long way out of the high
collar that ever encircled a mock.
wore loose, light clothes, shoes OF
most amazing length and ending in
arply.pointed toes, white-duck gait
and carried cane with bent-over
D. This he dragged behind him as
walked in, as if too weak to lift it.
he entered he took off his hat, worn
Nix on his head like little boys, and
closed shining hair, brushed well
wn on his forehead and parted up the
ak and combed forward over his
Us, As he read the carte, one could
udy his face. 1t was perfectly vapid.
he forehead receded, like an anthro-
ifs, from the eyebrows. The chin
ceded, like rodents, from the lower
b In profile, the head was like a
hngle, with the tip of the nose for
apex. On the overhanginY upper
there was q mustache curled up at
h Dojnts, and the eyes, under straight
ows were peculiarly dull and life
s. They looked like the eyes OF a
by old person, or birds when 1t
reps,
Settled in his chair, he stuck glass
his eve and looked about, but without
~ appearance of interest. He seemed
stess and lifeless, the product OF an
khausted race. His figure seemed to
N together as though the muscles OF
5 back had lost their power, and occa-
Onally, when his friend spoke to him,
shot his long neck up out OF his col
rlike a swapping turtle. There were
hs two things to be said in his favor
looked clean and he had beautiful
bnis-the long-fngered, loose-jointed
pple hands, with languid movements
hich bespeak the artistic Temperament
bd, sometimes, that their possessor i
ell-born. The people at the surround
tg tables stared at this creature al
fOugh he had been Buffalo Bill or Mrs
angtry, and he seemed as wearily OBJ
yiOus Of their attention as he was o
Very thing else.
Presently he met BIS glance, anc
|tth stately and absurdly affected al
Vwed and then looked away. b
|th much gravity, returned the salute
ben said in low voice:
What would you take that fellow t
eP"
AN egregious ass"
That's what every one says an
links. What would you say If l tol
Ou he was exactly the contrary"
That you were an ass yourself.'
well, know that fellow intimately
'ent to school with him and then
OIege--"
"And he bows to you as If he met 20
aSt night at ball"
That's his little way-his weakness
understand him and we get on pc
Ntly. | don't believe there are half;
|ozeh people in New York, besides m.
|elt, who understand or appreciate thi
Aan' Do you know that he's very nea
"a genius"
HE looks as If he might be. l nove
aet but one genius in my life, and h
Fas one of the most successfully, tr
nphantly idiotic people that | ev'
ane in contact with"
That fellow-hisname's Tompkins s.
Snt in the least idiotic. / think IL
O0t Of his occentricities arises from IL
aCt that he's morbidly sensitive. /
N@ always a little queer in his styl
sna ne has been guyed all his life. lie
a%a @ to 1T now; he doesn't mind. TIL
A0llterence Of his to the sensation
U0ates is not in the least affected, II
Frlectly genuine. He really doesr
Ie Or Know what people say or thir
Aem."
are you going to try to make me b
a''e mat the man who has the faci
dreamerYn
NO-he's not q dreamer; that's n
' Wpe OF mind. But fate has fore
NJ, Ial INTO a sort Of isolation. As | sa
sos ~,Ote' no was always queer, silent a
lrv.OSe' lI You can imagine how fellt