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

this tranquil, quaint, old fashioned room
OF Morys's but a short time 10 fall under
the sweet spell Of the place: you would
not have that antique mahogany door
changed for the finest modern craftswork.
You like somehow. why. you cannot cay
the rare simplicity Of the room, with its
mnsty paper. It's bare. brownish floor,
It's polished tables and it's pleasant books
and papers; the odd little nook. Just a
slice in the wall. 1t seems, Is the most
unique little bar-room In the whole coun-
try; and, as you inspect It's wares with
curious eye. you see rows OF crockery
mugs. each bearing the smiling face OF
Toby; you know that this means-as do
those rows on rows OF pewter mugs with
their glass bottoms-good, Old nut-brown
English ale. At Moryss they know how
to serve English ale, rest assured OF that;
not drop OF beer ever defiles those Ia
bles; it is true, some of the Yale men may
take a nip OF this or that out ofs those
cut-glass bottles over I'm the corner, but
Oakley never serves beer. You hear birds
singing I'm gided cages. There are flowers
in pots, in the rear rooms. There is an
atmosphere Of home about the coy place,
under whose gentle influence you readily
fall. And then, there are those quantity
carved tables. On the wall you see a
strange ornament; but, I'm this free stu
dent life. readily do you grasp its signih-
canoe. Oakley says: For that table top
rich students have offered me large sums
Of money, from time 70 time but / must
refuse all offers. That top was used In
Morys's old place in Court street, and
then in this new student haunt, upwards
OF seventeen years How many names
are there carved on it's shining surface?
l should say maybe. three thousand
Young Mr. Vanderbilt who died-and here
Oakley lowered his voice-cut his Initials
there; see, there they are, w. II. ", en-
closed in a square. Yes, the boys are cut
ting their names on a new table now. No
more initials are permitted on this one.
at least. since it has been vanished and
hung up here. 1t is one Of the first things
old Yale men look at when they come
back TO town-to see If they can find the
place they carved their initials. where
they carved them in college Gays"
No wonder, then, seated before the
glowing fire, I now. for the first time
fully appreciated the motto. written in
German, on the big marble clock, on the
mantel The words so suggestive Of
care-free, merry college life sunk deep in
my heart, where their influence will
abide this many year TO come. On
Morys's clock, there is engraved on a
brass plate, these significant words:
"This clock does not strike for the
happy"
1t does not strike for these happy Yale
men, because they hear IL mott
Yale College is one Of the most Dem
ocratic institutions In the country. As
result Of reading those newspaper
writer's who value fiction more highly
than fact, 1 expected to find that the
sons of rich men went 10 and from classes
I'm private coupes. rode around town In
English stanhopes, and drove with the
girls In foUr-in-hands. Never was an
idol so ruthlessly shattered! IL there be
anything in this, surely young Mr.. Van
derbilt., who is just finishing his third
egg, as the representative Of a powerful
family, will have his share In a little
while we shall know all. The young man.
rising from the table, is handed a small
stub, or check blank, which he proceeds
TO fill out thus: