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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-03
.Jeke on Justice Gray.

Attorney-General Olney tells the follow
ing story about Justice Gray, of the
United States Supreme Court: Justice
Gray prefers riding to walking. and a
carriage or a cab TO a street car. When
he first held court I'm Boston he asked the
United States marshal TO provide him
with a carriage TO transport him from his
hotel 10 the court and back TO the hotel
after a days session.
The marshal was commercially prompt
and cheerful I'm complying with the wish
es OF the distinguished jurist. From Bos-
ton Judge Gray went to Providence TO
hold court. He asked the United States
marshal there to provide him with a car
rage TO carry him back and forth. The
marshal said he could not do 80 without
paying for the vehicle ont Of his own
pocket.
''Why, how's that?" exclaimed the as
tonished jurist.
'The department would not allow the
account, and ri have TO pay IT," explain
ed the marshal.
but the marshal at Boston furnished
me with a carriage and had no trouble
with his accounts said Judge Gray.
II don't see how he did H." protested
the Providence marshal. II know II
tried It that item IN my accounts would
be disallOwed.
VERY Well" said Judge Gray. "Oe
course, / don't want you TO pay for my
carriage" and he paid It himself. and the
incident closed so far as he was con-
cerned.
Not so with the Providence marshal He
wrote 10 the Boston marshal and asked
him how ne had managed 20 have his
charge for a carriage for Judge Grays
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nm Ike grey distorted phantoms such as
might haunt the dreams OF some hoary
,osdel algmuus. The college boys are
ann asleep and the eim-locked avenues
If the familiar grounds gre. consequently
as silent as a country road at dawn. A
f6litarv figure in black. with head in
1linsd thoughuully, is seen slowly NOV
inc thrCugh the college by-paths. 1t 10
ono az The professors out for MS morning
sfrou. he has @ book under his arm; with
Dis cane. ne taps lightly the smooth,
singing concrete walk, the sharp echoes
growing gradually more and more mufiled,
Until they cease altogether.
The bcll-ringer Of Yale is late to-day.
u is a circumstance that has not re
ncatcd Itself these twenty years gone by,
AID the workman is now hurrying, with
brisk steps. toward that professional ar
raw OF buildings, one arm OF which is the
ofd brick row. so called. a portion OF
whose rambling length has sheltered I'M
numbered generations of students that
have gone their ways. Yale men. on
many occasions. have played rare tricks
with that honest brick tower, with its
changing dcep-thrOated monitor whose
mission it has long. long been 10 summon
70 chapel or 10 classes; they have stolen
a hidden II. tumbled II, ratified IL. clat-
tered &c. and even lost Il, yet there IL
erl hangs this morning, and all IL needs
10 set lbs CHEEKY voice a-nying, in tones
merry enough 10 charm away the grey
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! gle gas jet is high up on the brick wall
! between the doors; then the stairs make
another turn, and the same bare discovery
! as just recited, appears on the landing
next above.-It is on this floor that Mr..
! vanderbilt, the richest college student in
! Yale, or in the world, for that matter,
| lives. If possible, his hallway, just three
steps one way and two the other. IS even
more bare than those of his fellows; at
/ any rate, it is more encountered with
waste papers and the refuse from the
! rooms, for the negro who sweeps out is
| later than usual Mr.. Vanderbilt speaks
| to the sweep" as the porters are called
| by the students, and the colored man
! smiles broadly and says "hOwdee' in the
most commonplace way which. shows
more OF the Democratic spirit Of Yale
Nor is the sweep Mr.. Nanderbilt's private
man-servant. That dusky worker proba-
bly, has ten other rooms 10 look after: at
any rate. he has this whole floor He pays
no more attention TO the Vanderbilt
quarters than he does TO tie study of the
chaps Immediately overhead, where Mr..
Barclay and his chum dwell; Barclay is
studying law, and the force of circum-
stances compels him 20 send away col
lege news to such papers as he has on
his list. At night, that little snuggery OF
Barclay and his chum, Immediately over
the quarters Of the son OF the many-mil-
lionaire resembles a small section OF a
news paper Office, with its scribbling, its
hasty interchange OF news pointers, and
its two inmates, working like beavers TO
catch the early wires at the telegraph
office, down town. ] was not surprised
when the memory OF this came back TO
me-for ] had been with Mr.. Barclay the
night before--to find that the number Of
the Vanderbilt room was even written in
chalk on the brick wall. just outside the
door. Ii is number 1920" In fact, Mr..
Vanderbilt did not even choose his room,
but had 10 try for 1t by lot There are at
Yale tw.cet as many boys as there are
rooms I'm the halls; consequently one-half
the students have TO take quarters wher-
ever they can find them, In private homes
among the citizens OF New Haven. IL Is
10 this class OF men that the willy land
lady appeals. when she announces on the
college bulletin board, IN front OF the old
brick row, that she has fine ROOM"
with use of bath. only four dollars per
week" But Mr.. Vanderbilt saves money,
even IT this low figure. He does not cut
expenses as a matter OF necessity, but
because Yale is an extremely Democratic
place, and because ne is very sensible
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are likewise a number OF other capable
men. Every Sunday night Whitney is
on duty. Then ne kindles the brass lamp
in the little office, looks over the news OF
the college day, and uses his blue pencil
as he sees ft While l was there on the
table j saw a formidable-looking manu-
script, evidently contributed. labeled con-
spicuously EDITORIAL" and behind
the word were three exclamation points,
thus! :"
Some OF the richest men in Yale are
members OF the COOPERATIVE Society,""
an organization which has for its pur-
pose the saving OF money, discounts be-
ing made on all cash sales. The coop"
as 1t is called, has a store on the grounds,
where the boys come 10 buy. 1t resem-
bles stationery shop. Maybe, while you
are there, 10" the letter carrier, VIII
pass the door. His other name no stu
dent ever heard, and it was only by dill
gent inquiry that l discovered 1t to be
Whipper. MIR. Whipper is one OF the
characters OF Yale. He knows everyone
in college and is 50 obliging that he VIII
turn over his letters. any time, anywhere,
20 see IL he hasn't something for you
Last winter there was joint play given
by two of the societies, and. 10 the great
delight Of the students. 10" appeared
on the stage, delivering letters. The pres
ent superintendent Of the Yale Co-Opera-
tive Society is John Q. Tilson.
None OF the rich men at Yale appar-
entity care much for athletics. Certainly
Mr.. Vanderbilt does not, neither does
Mr.. Potter, son OF Henry Potter. the
eminent Episcopallan bishop. Wander
bit is not enthusiastic over anything,
so far as externals 90. AS for Potter
he lives in much the same style as the
rest Of the best set. IL there be such a
thing at Yale. which, however simply
means that he dresses well. has liberal
allowance, and attends quietly to his
work He is studying social science,
ethics. the history OF Europe from the
Reformation to 1853, French and the
Georgian literature OF the nineteenth GEN.
fury. He will not talk about himself
Indeed. when asked the simplest question,
as, do you keep a dogY he simply
smiles good-naturedly, and shows those
splendid white teeth. He is a manly, ge-
NAL fellow, who enjoys 10 the full the
varied pleasures OF college existence.
Mr. Harrison goes in for psychology,
economics, French, English. Homer and
American constitutional history. He
"grinds" with Vanderbilt, that y. he stud
les with him. Young Mr.. Whitney, who
rooms with Mr.. Mcmillan. the son OF the
United States Senator Mcmillan, Il study
ing for law, and has selected n course
that naturally leads up 10 Il. The room
these boys have is very comfortable. and
that Is all. A log is burning on the hearth
as l enter. Whitney Is absent. but Nc
MILAN. who Is the president OF the Yale
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gog. is the vigorous hand Of the belated
Sentinel down below, who, by this time,
putting and blowing with his quick exer-
else. is standing-rope IN hand, on the
landing az the second floor, up those
stairs deeply rdged by the incessant,
Century-l0ng shuttle Of feet, pulling and
Juggling at the musical warder Of the old
brick TOW, whose familiar gling-glongl
6lng-sl0ug. soon resOunds far and wide.
IL Is time the boys were up and doing!
They tell me- I'm Yale, that whenever the
morning beil is pealing the venerable
Lyceum-as this portion OF the dormito-
ries is caued-literaly sways to and fro,
by reason of the sturdy vigor Of the bell
imam and the great age and insecurity OF
the building, bat for all that, no man was
ever known 90 have arisen at the clang
q o'clock. unless ne be some
'greasy grind. which, in college vernacu-
a. signifies a student who is slnfully
( rnest In the matter OF bookish lore.
hlose sleepy chaps. who just peeped
around the corner must be- then, greasy
erinds," although there is not the slight
est thing in their personal apparel 20
Suggest anything other than a fashiOna-
bic tailor, who well understands mis- trade.
Then other men appear, here there. out
Of the various halls in the immediate
vicinity Of the "brick row." until finally.
there is perhaps hundred students in
sight slowly promenading TO and fro.
smoking cigarettes, reading intently out
OF books, chatting sitting in dOorways,
Or engaging In gOOd-natured scuflie I'M
DER some window
one young student. who wears a blue
cap, with am enormous peak, like horse
Jockey. is satisfied with nothing short Of
kicking q football up among the top most
branches of the tail elm trees. near by
and frfr fr
whereat there is a scamper and "a general
enort 10 catch the pigslzin on the bound.
One man, who holds in his teeth a short,
Btraight-stcmmed briar pipe, of the model
said TO toe affected by the Prince of Wales.
leaps headlong into the scrimmage, and,
whilst apparently still demurey putting
away at his morning smoke. clutches
Wildly at the bah, rolls over and over
ana finally turns up smiling and smoking!
For, the Yale fellow and his pipe are in
eeparabie. Tobacco SIS carried in loose
pouches, or various pleasing colors, but
notably blue. Many of the boys ape the
English fashion Of rolling up their trou-
GERS. a tall. slender youth. evidently in
bis first year, went up under the window
Of one OF the dormitorles, ana with lusty
EFFORT called out:
"Oh-Wiiliei"
'oh-Pete" howled a second-year man.
'oh-Charle" bawled Junior.
'Oh-Puppie" exclaimed a dgnihed
Senior
10 was long time before / could under
stand what this meant. Finally, after a
great deal of inquiry, l discovered the
remarkable fact that It Misunderstanding! |
- Ia Yale trick; indeed. L doubt whether |
Inc 'tons of El' really know they use |
thiA Ola prefix of "Ohw to their calls. |
nul 'he popularity Of hallooing under
WINDOW ia easier recognized. seldom does
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cast Of counsenance. and high. COM
handing brow. sitting in pew No. ~. IL
the son OF the famous Bishop Potter. and,
as such, as well as for his own merits.
Is one OF the marked men OF Yale to-day.
MIR. Harrison, a strikingly handsome and
manly fellow, Mr.. vanderbilt's chum, has
pew No Del. Harry Falne Whitney, one OF
the most popular men In college, Is seen
In pew No. i0L When the last verse
has been sung. and the benediction pro-
nounced. and as the professor VINO leo
the exercise prepares to gain the street.
the senior class rises and bows gravely.
II IL a very narrow aisle, and the men
enclose IL, on either side like wall. IL
is not easy for the bgraye and venerable
gentleman TO pass. Az one OF the men
said afterwards to me, aliuding TO the
oddly OF the situation;-
He must be a pretty good football
player who goes through
Attendance at chapel is compulsory only
upon those students who hold religious
views In accordance with the well-known
preferences OF Yale. All such are strictly
accountable for morning prayers; to miss
chapel is 90 lose standing, and in Yale,
marks" mean everything. even winning,
for greasy grind" in time, it may be.
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young man, about whom there Is not thu
least suggestion OF pride, snobblsbness or
that equally disagreeble quality. found 10
exist In many sons OF noted men. cali
ed 10y the common people, for want OF a
better name, stuck up"
When Mr. Vanderbilt went 10 hia hum.
bile but comfortable study, he found tina,
his chum. Mr.. Harrison. was out IN
classes. AS this is Mr.. yanderbilt's inn
Tor year in college, he taxes the niIi re-
quirement OF hitSfn hours per week.
which means that ne has TO attend suiIi-
clent Rotations, OF one hour each 10
make up, in a week, fifteen hours. This
however. does not necessarily mean thai
he has fifteen studies, since hut feJv
courses are heard only once a week the
average Is two, and some lessons nre
given six times a week Mr. Wander
bilt, as a junior, is required TO take
course thirteen" which Is described "a
an elementary course In logic psv-
chology and ethics" 1t is not popIIlar
with the boys, this required logic. and
Mr.. Nanderbit's opinion of IT diners not
very widely from that OF the common
run OF students, VINO look upon things
which they must take" as 50 much hit
ter medicine. Then there IS that general
course in Economics" He is working
at it this semester. two hours a week.
Professor Hadley tells the young man
"A great many interesting things, con-
corning the problems of Industry, com
merce and finance. When the son Of
the great railroad king terminates his
associations with Mr.. Hadley, he viii
be In a position TO appreciate the sig
nifcance Of strikes, famlnes, panics. and
other disagreeable contingencies. such as
doubtless, he Will know in his lifetime
merely as SO much bookish lore. OF this
work, the professor told me-
This course" he said, lis intended for
those who, without making a special
study Of economics, wish to gain some
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though there is that about 1t which sug-
costs il is in some sort corruption or
Cornelius" The two men exchanged
greetings thus:
"Where are you bound, NeelyE
cover TO Moryss."
what for?
Eggs"
IN 20 YOU
This serious matter settled, the pair
move down the street, side by side. Inc
newcomer takes out the inevitable TOBACCO
pouch ard fills his short, straight-stem-
med briar with handful or yeIloWlsh
mixture. borrows match from Neely'
and soon is putting away like trooper.
Nerves. Mace has been known TO Yale
men for generations. II is not far away
q block or two in one direction, then a
turn 10 the right. and the young men see
before them a small, white, two stored
house. nesting under the circling shades
of a giant elm tree, whose wide-spreadlng
branches leap into the sky. The front
entrance IS through two swinging doors,
each containing an oval glass, wherein,
in old-text ruby letters appear the words.
TEMPLE BAR"
Wendell weissgeber is. at the door; young
Vanderbilt knows Wendell well; few stu
dents In Yale who do not know this jolly
servitor, who has been with Mr.. Oakley,
the proprietor of 'Morys," for good
many years.
"Oh -Weh" says Vanderbilt. pleas
antly.
"Oh----weny' rejolns the companion.
This salutation, after that peculiarly
inexpicable, apparently meaningless fash
ion OF greeting a man from a distance by
nrenxing ooh" as though a corruption
OF 'hello." over, the men pass through
the swinging doors Of that haunt familiar
I'm many a college er-doystering.
They 20 straight 10 the left, where the
view gives to one OF the pleasantest rooms
in all this wide world-the big room at
Morys's! Young Vanderbilt seats himself
at one OF the small highly polished. hard
wood tables by window; his friend oc-
cupies chair directly opposite The
two men ordered soft-boiled eggs, but
tered toast and coffee. Wen" hastens
TO execute the order. Vanderbilt says to
his friend
IT missed my breakfast this morning.
so ] came down here 70 eat"
There is a cheerful fire burning In the
crate, and on the mantel ticks dark
grained marble clock, a present to Oakley
from former students. You need sit In
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firing Of bookish wisdom, the lamp =
snuffed. and the man, Joined by his merry
chums, thinks to fling away his time
over the ale mugs, or over the pewter
tankards at Treager's. fitted up. with the
closest merit OF detail, to reproduce an
antique drinking place in old Vienna In
the front rooms, the men who are 'fufs-
ing" eat oysters with their fair compan-
Ions. while the fellows in tho Vienna
room smoke and talk to tho content Of
any heart. on matters that are delightful
by reason or their very simplicity. The
latest joke. a good one on so-and-so. old
Professor Grind's latest horse. wine. wo-
men. song. cigarettes. athletics home-ah!
these men. just stepping into life. and
tarrying yet little at the gates, what
tranquil hours abide with them In this
familiar town, where grow the weeds Of
peace.
over at the hospltable Temple Bar much
the same scene is enacted as 1t has been
these many, many years gone by. The
cheerful fire fiickers in the grate the
birds in the gilded cages are singing; the
polished tables, twinkling under the cleo
trio bulbs, reflect back the images Of
happy young faces and smooth, white
hands. before each of which there IL
mug OF English ale or grinning toby:
the blue smoke curls aloft; someone starts
singing. In low key over I'm the corner:
the tale goes round; the cups pass and
repass: some men, alas. are dangerously
close 20 Mory's twenty dollar limit OF
credit; but never mind" says one,
here's -. boys; there Will be more
money next week-maybe"
Then Oakley brings out the famous
Velvet Cup" adorned with It's six
handles, and decorated with the names
OF men passed from the classic halls these
twenty years! It's an odd fancy, that Of
the Velvet Cup, and many have been the
deep potations quaffed from its deep belly,
After successful boat races, Il has run
red with wine. or white with champagne:
II has been wreathed In garlands by pref
~ girls; Il has swan with nut brown
ale; some, whose names are carved here
on the six-handied cup. are here to-night:
others, world-pressed men OF affairs. ara
TAR away, In busy walks OF life with
children OF their own boys here I'm old
are sitting tonight in the same tavern
where sat, twenty years before. their
slres, others again-lke young William
H. Nanderbilt-haye left this world and
nave passed on ahead Velvet" is the
name OF delicious mixture. whose for
mulae Is sacredly kept secret by Oakley:
II Is drank out Of the cup this evening.
the SIX mem bers each taking a handle.
Ana oakley takes me 20 A back room and
SHOWS me his black list. He has a cabi-
net OF seven hundred pigeon holes where
IN on small slips like the II. O. L."
young Mr. Vanderbilt signed this morn
ing are many thousand dollars OF Yale
accounts, each separate record less than
twenty dollars. Ye gods. but what merry
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and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr Ii IL doubt
ful II the cost Of the entertainment givux1
by these twelve gentlemen averages more
than six or eight dollars, each, for twenty
one meals. Young Mr.. Harrison, Mr..
Vanderbilts chum. thinks a great deal Of
the merits OF the "Hasty Eating Club"
a name which hints darkly of the New
York city Quick Lunch" The sign"
OF the hasty men is a white-aproned cook.
carrying a dangerous looking knife. n
waiter, who resembles a Coney Island
darby. and a college chap. running like
sixty. In the direction Of four story
building, with a mansard roof. Harry
+. Whitney. the son Of a possible presi-
Dental candidate, who, In his three years
stay at Yale has made a brilliant record,
socially and politically, eats at a club
whose sign is the word cafe" suspended
from a shield. pendant from a very orna-
mantel piece OF iron work, beside notice.
ably high door. Mcmillan and Potter,
and other good fellows, eat with this
crowd. The name Of the place changes
with the name of the landlady. This
year 1t is plain Smith," or The Smith
Club"
There are only one or two men in Yale.
possibly three, who keep a horse. Young
whitney had one year ago, He was in
terested I'm polo then, and had a horse
10 ride that exciting game; but this year
his horse did not come pack with him.
There are a few such mild amusements
in Yale as keeping a dog, but even this
is not at all likely TO become common, for
the good reason that dogs must eat and
have a warm place TO SLEEP, and the fac
ulty frowns on the maintenance of ami
mails in the dormitories. once in while,
when good 'show'-and by the way,
1t is odd how the college men designate
as show" any sort Of theatrical per-
Torrance, from the lowest to the highest
forms Of dramatic art-comes TO town,
the students turn out en- masse. Then
ii is that, if they like the play. they will
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a reception into the phi Beta Kappa"
society, than which there is 10 higher
scholastic and social distinction In Yale
college. Outside the chapel door, l over
heard one student say to another:
"Oh. well. don't care; I'll go, even II
II is Sunday"
But how about fling the reportY'
'Fle nothing!'
As he said this, he cast aside small,
white card, which he had the moment
before been carefully considering picked
up the huttering bit Of paper, and read
thereon these words, which, | take IT, are
Gelf-explaDatary OF Yale Sabbath observ-
ance:
The undersigned was present at the
commencement Of divine service at --
church in the forenoon of Sunday the
day OF - 1S9 and remained in the
church until the close Of the exercises.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
OF the ........... Class.
Yale College. 1S9
Young Mr.. Vanderbilt, after he had
retired quietly from chapel, went down
the concrete walk, in the direction Of the
street. He is tall, slender youth, whom
you might pass a dozen times a day in
Yale. or out of il, for that matter, and
never know, by any outward token, that
uc - the son OF Ile great mouse OF VAN
derblt. In manners he is kindly, cOnside-
rate. and genuemanly; in bearing he is
dignihed, erect and straightforward; IN
disposition he is shy, nervous, and patient;
In dress he is modest and unassuming.
Although you see the boy this morning
face TO face the chances are that when
he is gone you cannot tell what he wore
the highest test of a well-dressed man.
The student moves among his friends
with a quick. swinging step; now and then
some one bows to him or stops TO ask
about recitations. The young man pauses
for a moment, near the street, and looks
at the workmen engaged in building the
memories to his deceased brother, young
William II. Vanderbilt, recently a Yale
man. whose untimely death led Cornelius
Vanderbilt to cause to be erected at Yale
a magnificent hospital. The structure is
Of grsyish cut stone; already 1t has been
pushed up three or four stories.
"Oh. Neelyl"
Vanderbilt turned and recognized a
friend Nicely is the nickname be-
slowed on young Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr., Yale. 80. The origin OF the peculiar
byword was not explained to me, al
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clap their hands and cry out Justify.
wood up wood upl" which, being inter-
preted, means that the actor IS being
accorded a big reception.
/ saw man going about, wearing on
his watch chain q tiny gold badge. He
was one Of the numerous editors Of the
yale Daily News" a paper circulated
in the interest OF the students, and one
so highly appreciated by the boys, that,
recently, the faculty had to interfere with
the distribution thereof, to the extent OF
not allowing it i'm the class rooms. To be
an editor Of the News" is a position
gained by competition; the man who sends
in the most acceptable items IN a year
is appointed on the board The sanctum
Of the News is a snug place, abound
ing in papers ink spatters and all the
traditional ear-marks Of journalism
Young Whitney is one of the board, as