Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-11-30
CLUB SNOBS.
The Deplorable Influence of Club Life on
the Home aud the Man.

Why, why did and Wagley ever do
so cruel an action rs to introduce
Sackville Maine into that odious "Sar-
cophagus'p Let our imprudence and
his example be n warning to other
gents; let his fate and that of his poor
wife be remembered by every British
female. The consequences of his en-
tering the club were rs follows:
One of the first vices the unhappy
wretch acquired in the abode of friyol.
ity was that of smoking. Some of the
dandies of the club, such rs the Mar.
quis of Macabau. Lord Doodeen, and
fellows of that high order, are in the
habit of indulging in this propensity
upstairs in the bllard-rooms of the
"Sarcophagus. and partly to make
their acquaintance, partly from
natural aptitude for crime, Sackville
Maine followed them and became an
adept in the odious custom, When 1t
is introduced into n family | need not
say how sad the consequences are, both
To the furniture and the morals. Sack
vile smoked in his dining-room at
home and caused an agony to his wife
and mother-in-law which do not ven.
ture to describe.
He then became professed billiard
player, wasting hours upon that amuse-
ment; betting freely. playing tolerably,
losing awfully. He played matches ei
u hundred games, and would not only
continue until or O'Clock in the
morning at his work, but would be
found Mt the club of n forenoon indulg-
ing himself to the dctrment of his
business, the ruin of his health, and the
neglect of his wife.
From billiards to whist is but step
and when man gets to whist and f5
on the rubber my opinion is that it is
all up with him, How was the coal
business to go on and the connection of
the firm be kept up and the senior
partner always at the card tablep
Consorting now with genteel per.
sons and Pall Mall bucks. Saekville be.
came ashamed of this snug little resi-
dence in Remington Oval and trans
ported his family to Pimlico, where,
though Mrs. Chuff, his mother-in-law,
was at first happy, as the quarter was
elegant and near her sovereign, poor
little Anna and the children found q
woful difference. Where now were her
friends who came in with their work OF
a morningP At Remington and in the
vicinity Of Clapham? Where now were
her children's little playmatesP On
Remington Common. The new q uart
ers contained no friends for their socia-
ole little Anna.
And, we gods! What difference Z.
that was between Sackville's drear,
French banquets in Pimlico and tn
| jolly dinners at the Oval! No more leg
| of-mutton, no more of the best por
wine in England; but entrees on plate
and dismal two-penny champagne an
walters in gloves, and the club buck
for company among whom Mrs Chutf
was uneasy and Mrs. Sackville quite
silent.
Not that he dined at home after. The
wretch had become a perfect epicure
and dined comm only at the club with
the gormandizng clique there. Here
you might see the wretch tippling Sell
lery champagne and gorging himself
| with French ,iands.
And there were other beings present
to my repentlnt thoughts. Where his
wife, thought |. Where's poor, good,
little Anna? At this very moment-it's
about the nursery bedtime, and while
yonder good-for nothing is swilling his
wine-the little ones are at Annals knee
lisping their prayers, and she is teach
ing them to say, "Pray God, bless papa"
When she has put them to bed her
days occupation is zone, and she is ut
terly lonely all night and sad and wait
ing for him.
o, for shame! O, for shame. Go
home. thou idle tippler.
How Sackvile lost his health; how he
lost his business; how he got into
scrapes; how he got into debt; how he
became "A railroad director; how the
Pimlico house was shut up; how he
went to Boulogne all this could tell,
only am too much ashamed of my
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