The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-10
HE Is GETTING HIS MAIL.
The Boys Do Their Fest to Satiate
Charles Il. Jonas. Jr.
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The Boys Do Their Fest to Satiate
Charles Fl. Jonas. Jr.
From the NeD York sun
Charles H. Jonas, Jr., is a clerk in the in
terror department at Washington. He is
also good, very popular member of the
Columbia Athletic Club at the capital city,
which boasts of membership of some l 200.
Jonas has his peculiarities and his pet fail
lug is his inordinate love of receiving letters.
Some ill-natured friends have gone SO far as
to suggest that the young man is in the
habit OF writing letters to himself for the
pleasure Of receiving them through the
mails. No matter how often be makes bis
appearance at the club house., be it twenty
times day, he religiously presents himself
at the office with the remark:
"How are you. Mckee; any mail for me?o
and when answered in the negative he
turns away with sigh and soft murmur
OF That's funny; am expecting some"
On recent visits to New Yorl: with club
mates be often detained them for moment
on Broadway until "a eau run over to the
Hoffman Fifth Avenue, Bartholdi, or auy
other caravansary that happened to be near
byl and see if have any mail" The boys
got tired of it and resolved that the next
time the crowd Went visiting they would
see that Jones was either cured or killed
Last Monday jonas, in company with
Frank McDerInott, prominent business
man, Alex Shaw Of the patent office and
George Scarborough of the state depart
ment, all members of the Columbia Athletic
Club. started on trip for Boston by sea,
their ultimate destination being New York.
Prior to leaving the capital McDermott, a
locally famous wag, had mum berless mys-
FERROUS interviews with kindred spirits at the
club. Jonas was excluded from the secret
sessions. the pass words to which we're;
will Charley get his mail." the answer,
well, l guess The secret sessions took in
100 club men, good and true, and each and
every one was sworn TO see that Charles II.
Jonas, Jr., was supplied with mail from the
time he left the club house in Washington
until be arrived in this city.
The first batch, consisting of twenty spe-
cial delivery letters and kilograms, was
handed TO the young man at the train as it
started out of the station at Washington.
The contents consisted IF duns from florists,
liverymen and washerwomen, club dues,
and notes from imaginary young women.
At every station at which the train stopped
between Washington and Baltimore,
tie conductor duly reported with
telegram, When Mr.. Jonas boarded
the steamer at Bal fillmore, the gentlemanly
clerk presented him with a batch Of some
fifty letters and papers. the former hearing
S. D. stamps and marked Immediate"
Most Of them contained anxious inquiries,
short but to the point.
DEAR CHARLEY-Do you get your mail regu-
larry so far Sincerely,
The steamers clerk had his instructions.
and mail was delivered in large quantities
to Jonas at each mail, and the steward ham,
mered az ais staterooIn door at O'Clock in
the morning and sang out: Mr. Jonasl
here's your mail"
At the Adams house in Boston a batch
of 500 letters, papers, packages ard tels-
grams awaited Jonas, and it required the
assistance of two porters to remove his
"maip to the rooms assigned him.
Among this lot were old dramatic
papers, newspapers. and magazines,
several years old, warnings that
his house and furniture were about to be
seized for nonpayment Of rent, sentimental
notes and verses purporting to come from
members of the fair sex, and the usual
anxious inquirses from club friends about
slant knocking at the door of his
rooms IN the hotel by messengers
bearing special deliver letters and tele-
grams began to grow a tritie monotOnous,
but the climax was not reached until his
arrival at the Imperial hotel in this city
yesterday morning. His club friends had
concentrated their forces at this point. and
when the hotel clerk saw a dappor little
fellow with piercing black eyes and flow
ing mustache approach the desk aud regis
ter in back hand, Charles II. Jonas, Jr,
Washington. D. c., ne knew the msn he
longed for had arrived. Ringing the tell
under the desk he called "Frontp
and when the call was answered, he
rang for the porters and had Jonas
assisted to his room with his mail. Not con-
tent with this master stroke, the fun-loving
fiends in Washington had sent innumerable
letters TO Jonas in care of every man in
New York he expected TO meet, so that after
their greetings were over tle New York
over the New York friends would remark:
"By the way. old man | have quite q lot of
mail for you" Several hotels on Broadway
had batch OF letters for poor Jonas, and
Judas McDermot5 was sure TO remark when
near any Of them, Let's go over to the
- hotel and SEQ if you have any mail"
Everything mailable has been sent him
old rubber shoes, advertising cards, cigar
cite pictures, interior department reports,
congressional documents by the dozen.
Washington papers, weeks old, heavily
marked with blue lead pencil, bills from
imaginary creditors, and threats of suits
for breach OF promise. Over a 100 notes in
feminine handwriting are among tine lot.
The Washington committee have attended
strictly TO business, and as long as Charles
H. Jonas, Jr., remains away from the
shadows Of the big club house at home
the boys are bound by their oath to seq
that their victim gets his mail.
Hub Smith, the author OF Listen to My
Tale of Woe" who, by the way. is MEM
Der of the club, is engaged in Washington in
rehearsing a chorus Of 100 voices in song
OF welcome to Jonas, the refrain of which
runs as follows:
oh, Charley boy? Oh, Charley boy
Say, did you get your mail?