The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-20
TOLD ON THE QUIET,
Things Social. Political and Some That
should Not Be.


have read very much of late about
Salt Lake society, and have watched
with considerable interest the course
Of some of our Four Hundred, who are
supposed to set the pace for those
both within and without the charmed
circle / take it that the ladies who
enjoy the distinction Of being classed
among the leaders of sets in the
social world are also anxious that they
should be checked just as high as
leaders of morals and character
Judge of my surprise, then, when a
few days age. there walked up Main
street, in the full glare of the after
noon. a couple of young married
women against whom even the breath
OF suspicion has never lodged, ana
between them debounair and chatty
to a degree, walked q. man who is we'll
known as the favorite of a woman
who belongs TO the shady side OF life
In this city, 1t was a spectacle that
caused no little comment.
faThe fellows who watched the pro
ceedings and membership roll of the
Afnorines in this city, were not at all
smart-not a little it,'-said we'll
known Chicago drummer in my hear
ing the other day 81 must tell you
how. the trick was turned in the
Windy city. There had been con-
slant watch on the lodge room of the
society. kept for some time, and 1t was
learned that every Saturday evening
a man who proved afterwards to be
the secretary of the concern would
drive in a buggy, enter the build
ing. and soon return with a heavy
fa1, ~
in the buggy and taken to his home.
The package was the record-the
minutes of the society. That was
soon discovered. How to get them
was the question. Weeks went on,
but no one ever thought of burglary.
Later it was learned that the secre-
tary kept his horse at a certain
stable; inquiry developed the fact that
there was a bill due and owing for
board. and lodging the horse. An at
tachment on the horse and buggy was
taken out, and one Saturday after
noon, as the secretary was driving
home with the precious documents it
was served on him. He expostulated,
but to nc effect. They could have the
buggy, but he insisted that he be al
lowed to take the package. This was
refused. The attachment sor, covers
tn bugg and every other dommed
thing in it,, said the son of the sod.
ITO make long story short, the
secretary was dragged out, and the
buggy taken to headquarters. The
secretary followed on foot, paid the
bill and costs, but was Mortified to
learn that the precious package had
vanished. High and low he hunted,
but to no purpose The only salts
faction he could get was that it must
have been lost on the way to the sta
ton
1.-The papers, however, were full of
the mysterious proceedings of the So
ciety a day or two afterwards, but
how the books reached the news
paper offices is still a mystery. 1t
takes Chicago people to turn trick, {"
and the knight of the grip smiled
pleasantly.
A writer who evidently knows
where he is at" says: If doctor
makes a mistake he buries it; if a
merchant makes mistake he never
tells it; if a lawyer makes a mistake
ne crawls out of it; but if an editor
makes a mistake he puts it on a large
sheet of paper for the world to look
at, and in every community there are
cranl1s who think they are models of
wisdom because they discover them,
and for weeks their jaws are wagging
about their greatness and astute wis
dom.-Weiser Signal.
In the parlance of the street, my
friend Lawson is "loo-loo.''
1.-The sweet singer of Michigan has
d dangerous rival in "Orlando, the
Poet-Politician of the Wasatch."
Is it another case of the swan sing
ing its sweetest ere it dies? 1 hope So
DIR. FELL.