Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-30
AFLOATING EXISTENCE.


Wife's Bathing Dress a Source Of Per-
plexity.
PROBABLY one of the most delightful, as
1t Is one OF the most novel trips, is that being
enjoyed now by a party of four young men
who sailed away from Pittsburg via the
Ohio river last Monday evening. The crew
and passengers, which are one and the samo,
consisting of Mr.. Walter Witherspoon. Mr..
A. Z. Hamilton, Mr.. W. C. Gill and Mr. Nc
Kirby, at that time boarded a fatboat, to
which was attached q skif for emergency
sake. The intention is to let the flatboat
follow its own sweet will down the river,
landings to be made wherever the country
proves attractive, and which will be i'm
pressed on the memory by camera tn king
capital snap shots. Dry land Is to be tried
Wnen the water becomes monotonous, and
the young gentlemen have taken with them
the necessaries to carry out such an inten-
follow the Green river through Kentucky as
far as navigable, and then anchor and cross
country to the Mammoth Cave. The young
Fellows are all Western University boys and
typical young Americans, seeing and ap-
preciating all things.
"CAMP HILARITY," yearly summer ex-
perience with a number of delightful peo-
pie en- rapport with each other and nature,
has opened again this year, with headQuar-
tiers half q mile from Glenmorc House, on
the Cheat river. The Pittsburgers are:
Mr.. E. Z. Baker, Mr.. John Foster, MI. Sidney
Lorenz and Mr.. Tennant. The party is
chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs Shisler and will
remain in camp for three weeks. Among the
young ladies are: Miss Carrie Reed and Miss
Irene Myers, of Wheeling; Miss Anna Foster
and Miss Alice Altman, of New York; Miss
Dora Louise Dorsey, OF Pittsburg; Miss
Gert1e Hays, Miss Mary Gregg, Miss Blanche
Tn1,n ,f Mrrry
town. Mr.. Charles Hays, Mr.. Samuel Picker
ing, Mr.. j. Al. Reed; DR.. s. S. Wade, Mr..
jackson, OF Kenwood, Mr.. Joseph Nc
Mr.. S. G. Postner and Mr.. Thomas Ander-
son. There is no roughing 1t in this very
delightful outdoor existence even colored
COOK not being forgotten, nor anything that
VIII retain the elegancies OF home among
all the rural lovelinesses OF the celebrated
and romantic Cheat.
A MOST interesting foreign correspondent,
OF whom unfortunately the public hears lit
tie, is Miss Annie Davis, the daughter of R.
s. Davis, Esq, of P1ttsburg, and a resident
Presbyterian missionary in Japan. Miss
Davis is tho special writer for her family
in this city, and scarcely foreign mail goes
by without bringing bulky letter contain
ing little etchings in the rough about ex-
periences in that far-away country, witty
comments on the wing concerning acQuafnt-
ances, and quick touches of sentiment
which give sex to the correspondence in the
elevation of its thought. In one of her re-
cent letters Miss Davis rather humorously
confesses to rubbing up against O bit of her
own human nature, thus: 81 can't remem-
Der what are the shortcomings with which
1 charged Japan in my last letter, but since
then have been struggling with a bottle of
medicine, and probably by the time see it
emptied you will hear of a Japan all sun
shine, healthfulness and happiness. Tell
al wi lanr olxy1 ilya r ic Dtrx,
CLIPPED from Rose Brier's writings in a
Boston paper: can amusing, but what 1
thought at one moment might be a serious
accident occurred at the departure OF the
4:30 train for Worcester from the Boston and
Albany depot Friday evening. A family,
consisting of father, mother and two chill
dren, were about to take the train, when the
cars started to move. The mother sue
ceeded in getting on all right. The
husband got thoroughly ratified and
jumped on alter her, leaving the
two little children to take care of them
selves. young man who also was about to
take the train grasped one of the children
in his arms, followed the moving train, and
placed the little one in the fathers arms
Then, running back, he caught up the other,
and and Just % as the train raj was Leaving the Sta
The young man was Charles Farrell, third
fieldsn1an OF the Pittsburg Baseball Club, or,
as he is known at home, the Duke of MARI
which he received probably repaid his vic.
lent exercise.
LET me relate of mans perplexity and
q woman's helpfulness A friend or mine had
q wife without a bathing dress at q water
ing place where there were no shops for its
sale while he was in Ptttsburg where such
toggery is plentiful. but there was no wife,
Yesterday he threw himself on the mercy of
q young saleswoman in town. The dilemma
was hesitatingly explained and understood,
and at the same time just the color o. humor
in It appreciated. "Tell me all about your
wife," said the young lady: 'is she as tall as
ann" The customer would have preferred
to remain blushing, but since duty
called him he tried to compare the
of the saucily demure young
WON an before him with those of his absent
spouse. The reality and the memory didn't
match, and so he timidly suggested, adding
further that his wife was scarcely of so
classical a height.
Here's somebody" she retorted, mot
quite my height; will she do, do you think?
This blushins model was found not to an
swer either, and then the two of them went
among the nconscious shop girls, sorting
out mentally one to fit the occasion. At last
the proper variety in size was discovered
Anu IL UTeSS dCcOrulnR TO Qcr
The man got his package, and
probably some time to-day his wife will be
bathing in her new dress or folding it caro-
fully away when she learns from THE Dis
PATCH what tribulations her husband passed
through in its purchase.
THE engagement is announced of Miss
Bailey, sister-in-law of Murray Werner. ESQ.,,
and Mr.. Henry P. Wyatt, of the East End.
A MARRIAGE has been arranged between
Miss Nellie G. Speer, daughter of W. F.
speer, ESQ.,, of Oakland, and Mr.. P. B. Har-
is, Of Allegheny.
Miss CARRIE CORwIN, of Shadvside,
md Mr. H. Z. Wilson have announced their |
SOCIETY, so far as heard from, seems to |
De resting on its oar. The cottage people ut
Jresson and elsewhere are devoting them
slves to the quiet pleasures of country life.
The Sunday husbands" are still hard at |
work in town and will not generally take |
heir vacation until August is fairly here
10 luncheon appears to be the most i'm |
portant matter on the tapis at present, for |
Inner parties without men are like cham
,agne standing "a hours in the sun and the |
,ork drawn, positively nauseating.
Social Chatter.
AN odd place to select for honeymooninp
8 Pittsburg! though MIR. and Mrs. j. Barton |
townsend under these circumstances seem
o be perfectly satisfied with the conditions
If the Hotel DuQuesne. His own country to |
prophet proba ply has no merit, and while |