Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-03
At Graz oacnARo SPRINGS.
where Judgea and Grave GenGtors Dance
"Oid Dan Tucker with Do,ish Cost.

where Judgea aud Grave Gefsitors Dance
"oid Dan Tucker with np,ish Cost.
81 have just come from Crab
Orchard Springs, KY" said Ralph
Waldeison, OF Boston. II 90 there
for brief spell, not SO much for tho
benefit Of tho water rs 10 enjoy tho
charming society Of the place. It IL
unlike any health or pleasure resort
ON the continent. II is a yeritablo
landmark in al its characteristics.
Crab Orchard is patronizod nearly
exclusively by Kentucldans, aud
there you SEQ tho pretty bluegrass
woman aud the vigorous blucgn.ss
man at their best, There are no
frllls or furbelows about thom. They
represent all that Is best and noblast
In Kentucky life and manners Mono
of your insolence Of wealth or AFRO
gance Of position do you sec there.
Everything is old fashioned, without
the least show of ostentation. The
class OF Kcntucl,ians who patroniza
the place belong TO the old regime,
and the warmth of their hospitality
imparts TO every phase Of life a
genial glow that does not character
izc another summer resort of this
country.
II was there one summer when
Senator Vest, Of Missouri, and Jus.
tice Harlan, of the United States SUI
prcme court, both Kontucldnns,
visited the Springs, as ~ their Gus
tom every ycar. The chief dance
and ono from which more genuine
pleasure Is extracted thap from all
yuur new tangled 'Nowptnts,' Dos.
ton dips, ctc.--is old Dan Tucker
Everybody, old and young, indulgos
in it with n hcartiness that is inspir-
ing. Now in old Dan Tucker
there must always DO one more gen.
tleman than there are ladies', and
that's where the fun comes in. At
the end of the set there il n mighty
rush and scramble by the men for q
lady partner 10 escort OF the floor.
One night MIR. Justice Harlan and
senator Vest were in tho same set,
ut the end OF which they found
themselves in terrible predicament,
ms things go in Old Dan Tucker for
the unluclSy man who gets left by
the ladies is in n sad plight indeed.
when the last figure had been
danced and tho Sencgambian
promptcr' called promenade TO
your seat, the United States senator
and the associate justice Of the su.
premo court found themselves rivals
for the favor of the same lady, de-
lightfully plump little creature in
blue. Each, without knowing of tho
others prcdicament, made II pro-
found bow to her majesty, and when
they Strengthened mp the embarrass.
ing situation was disclosed TO them.
The lady, with a grace understandable,
declined 20 pass upon the point ut
issue, and it is positively against the
rules of Old Dan Tucker for two
gentlemen to walk off tho floor with
one lady, The situation grow more
interesting every second, for tho
crowd was standingaround tittoring,
while Vest and Harlan blushed and
stammored like country boys at n
frolic.
Finally tho Missouri senator grab
bed the lady by both hands and boro
her triumphnntly from tho room,
leaving Justice Harlan standing in
the middle of the room the picture
Of despair and embarrassment. But
Harlan got even with Vest the next
evening, and the two distinguished
sons of Kentucky lott Crab Orchard
horse and horse in the matter of
old Dan Tucker honor and penal.