The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-11
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The Bogus Prominent People Who
Take in the Mexicans.
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Take in the Mexicans.
From the Boston Herald
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 20.-A good many
odd people. male and female and monde
script, slop over the big bowl of the United
States and tumble over into Mexico. Some
two years ago scout in the American
army" representative of one of the greatest
newspapers of the west, arrived here, and
began to be taken up by respectable people.
He was a lively person, and had he not
made himself obnoxious to the auth critics
by O reckless escapade, he might be flourish
ing among us yet. His downfall came about
in a singular manner. One afternoon he
appeared on the streets dressed good deal
like a cowboy-low, soft, felt hat and
trousers in his boots. He was mounted
on q horse (hired, it afterward ap~
peared, from a stable,j and, after riding up
and down the principal thoroughfares, he
deliberately stopped in front of a barroom
and blaZed away into it in quite the APP
proved cowboy style. This led to his arrest
and incarceration in police station, whence
he was released on the intervention of
Americans on his promise TO leave the
country He was a man of ability, and
subsequently, wrote up his travels in Mexico
(omitting the shooting scrape) for New
York paper at $40 per column.
But all the sinners are not Americans. |
recall one beefY young Englishman aud his
wife, who on arriving here gave out mys-
FERROUS connection with English dukes mar
quises ETC., and even limited at a back door
connection with royalty. This was sutfi
Gent. The people who like that sort of
thing took the couple up, and the society
columns of the papers kept on telling us Of
the receptions given by Mr. and Mrs. kerby-
Percy (they sported hypheu). Where they
went and what they wore were matters of
admiring comment. In fact, not to know
them was to argue ones self as
belonging to the most inferior ranks
| of English-speaklng society. OF course,
| such people borrow money, having
| less trouble in doing this little financial act
than honest men with security to offer,
though the Kerby-Percys borrowed without
a sou to put up TO secure their loans. Ali
they were deliciously smart, and all the
smart people could not know them well
enough or have them at dinner half enough
an economical arrangement for the Kerby~
! Peroys The male X. 2. grew stout and
redder than ever on his high living, which
! saved him the discomforts of the restau-
rants, none too good here. Finally they
were seized with desire to continue their
travels south ward, and they may be hum
bugging Peru at this moment, for all
| know
Sometimes these correspondents are tall,
| languishing creatures, whose connections
with the press are shadowy, or, if avowed,
| the names of the papers are certainly OBJ
scure. You will see them in a few days es-
| corted about town by some victim to their
| charms, and contri uutions to periodical
| literature are momentarily forgotten. There
| are reputable women writers here. but it is
| the meteoric, persistent women who come in
to whom we residents object.
| Another queer troop Of people who occa-
| sionally swoop down on Mexico are unheard
| of women correspondents Of American
journals. They always take advantage of
the gallantry of Mexican gentlemen TO get
invited to their houses, with the ostensible
| purpose of being enabled to write up"
| Mexican interiors. In this way free meals
are secured, and one of this tribe of petit
| coated scribes insisted that a resident
| American, who lives handsomely, should
take her as a table boarder at So per week,
| although plainly told that the gentleman was
| not reduced to the necessity of having an
| additions made to his income in this way.
| Sometimes these terrible women are writ
| ing book about Mexico, and then some of
| us unhappy mortals, who write for more
or less honest living, are besought by these
! insistent women to contrlt ute a few chap
ters, and as we have to refuse from lack of
time and inclination decidedly the latter
| | fancy that when those books are written
we are set down therein as the lowest, mean
est Of mankind
One of these amazons of the press, deli
cauelY told me that she expected me 10 fur
nish her forthcoming book with three chap
tiers on the commerce, industries, ban sing,
ETC., Of Mexico. l declined, and am yet in
ignorance of my fate. If she has set down
aught in malice concerning me, my good
readers viii Know whyl 1t is an easy way