Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-14
BROWNING MAS HIS CARD.

He Played IL to Win an Entrance Into
an Almost ImPe etrAbIe society.
l got into a pie SAINT section Of so
ciety by shrewd Il lnipulation, said a
Young man who g. now a member OF
the most fashionf de New York circles,
and is well know in the artistic world
OF course there Fas nothing 70 be said
against my brit or my record when
came here to I've three years ago, but
did not have recommendations suf-
Bcient 70 make me eligible at once.
In the first place l was very poor.
No one knew II, but va. Ny father
allowed me a sum upon which | could
fust manage TO dress deoently and live
in a back room in an uptown boarding
house. | lived on crackers, devilled
ham and tea / loved the theatre, and
used to 60 into the top gallery to see
all the good productions had a let
ter TO one very nice woman, who in
vfted me TO her afternoon receptions
There | met the real swells, but none
Of them knew me or thought of me aft
erward. / would have sunk out ct
sight had / not resolved to make a pro
nounced effort to attract attention.
At Just that time the craze for Brown
ing readings was in progress | was a
aadent of Browning, and had read a
rood deal at college with considerable
nccess, 80 I determined to give a
Browning reading in my room to a very
select gathering. Now, my o was
very handsomely fitted up. All my
lie / had been collecting Tapestries, old
paintings. unique ornaments and an
tioue furniture, and though my entire
collection would not sell in an auction
room for q, 900, it looked, crowded
into ms apartment. fit for the recep-
ton room Of a duke. | engaged the
colored mar Of the boarding house to
act as my servant, and, as ] wishes
him 20 look very fine. ne wore my dress
suit, while was attired appropriately
for an afternoon event ofthis kind
BY very careful maneuvering sue.
eeeding In getting "a full dozen excel
lent women TO attend my reading, and
when they saw my curios and had heard
nv eloquent rendition Of the great poet
they Immediately thought / must lie
very extraordinary young man And
then when the colOred servant, lOOkinl
extremely neat in my dress suit, passed
an entirely new sort Of biscuit aboui
among the company, with overland te'
served in cups that could not be dupll
Gated this side Of Rome, my triumph
was complete. TheRntertainment wa
entirel~ elegant. and yet there wa
originality in IL. My household god
and NV e1ibles were out Of the cOmmOI
run. and those dozen women made n
their minds on the spot that must b
taken up. They had known beior
that was respectable, and now the
knew / possessed taste, and the
thought that | must be afiuent.
The very next day ] received invit'
tons to really swell affairs. Wherev'
went I heard myself spoken Of as Il
accomplished young Browning studep
who lived in a nest Of tapestries an
siIken cushions where tea that had Il
scent of roses and biscuits Of a ne
and exquisite sort we're served upS
perfect china. That was my start, an
now they are after me tolead cotillion
and ! can't paint pictures enough
keep up with the demand. ha
spacious apartments and crowds col
10 nv afternoon teas. None of the
knows how, at the outset, ] put eveI
thing TO the touch 70 win or lose il a
The bin for the biscuits that h
bought Of a little French baker in 81
euth avenue was not paid until
weeks after they we're eaten. NJ
York Sun.