Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-30

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~, sYsn " one carayansary for thirty v.ees
hn ~ sseA on trip In order to forge, ~.
ssns,. y - 10 existence. and clncinnatI IL
nenthsH we Mecca where he Ands ne.
southern.. 2te me war he WAS a rich
an, csii WIN negroes galore at his beck
~, Seu. One day he free.l thhin an -,
, Tsnsher u was a New Year'e nrrss,, W. "
1m ! not kno'tn. As a retirsd han,,s.
A. ue@us an aurlieroua path AND nevo. "a.
hotel. 'el MN ny the big
h,ese1tNer rich and retired hermit. but nat a
,-s.eivr. u Pr. j. r. Nnrbertv vbo 49,
as,,t, many years In one hotel AM 49,
S no teil that he came originate NV,
nSs.on because he wears a sAawi ~
hs uen 'ne ilfai Of tho year comes he cole.
srs, by wearing two rhamls tSinsa
T. S r.si ~ Doiy like serape. The nectar
Ion ncca,. ana mas lena alaca las, his nos.
Harm ms m n picturesque hotel hermit is DR..
nehry uoidthwaite. who has IA 5tssrrs,
me cases o. the other herralr, Ma t $500
huw 70 doctor them to The oussn,a ts,,.
Nv teii Jolly Joke between pilly, Imas.
10y MS are always lowering near fba
nnsrnllA' and the metaphysical hunor az M
noelor, VINO, BY the BY, Is dis,lngnlsbs5
FuiA mem out Of thsr slough IN dss,,s,,i :
Iehoyi Life Tor 10 long among tho berr,iI.
PAS; q course, ruined him Tor HOLIDAYS ana
n y, l9oks at tongues and feels Of puisss ali
~, .ns yer round. One New Year many
.s-sn 800 No sat IN the corridor and IN 4
moment OF forgotfulness he related a s,otv
20 me herinits about how the dsv Va
generated In Mobile. Ala, the Doclor.a ol5
meme when he was a boy. Il was t5,,sh-
w heautlful picture he drew OF the GUS
totns ina, prevailed IN anta-brllufn flfne.
ana how each family wax oxnecte1 o. "a.
celve visits gu this holiday. Dut I'M her.
nlts were not moved because HOLIDAYS n,u
on ,neul and superinauce soien,ary habits
me famous orator, General Iio,scs por-
YER PRESIDENT o. tho Union League club
~ NV YORK, does not live IN hotel and
mas nothing In common with the holllsy
eharacteristies Of the "htrinlls." IiIs
Chauncey Depew he ondcayors an -.ueb ~
posAhle to Turkish up old Jokes Into new
ones and In the evening ho tries ,hn-, ~,
me members Of his club. They are FOOD
judges or post prandlai stories ana naf.
orally tho General ~ always anxious 10
secure their favorable verdict. He "a DO.
nestle, and IS he has great deal OF o,Ilce
work % DO every day In the week he fairly
tevels IN holiday. Many Of his frlends
Gan 70 sec him on this day but not IN tho
old conventional way. because the cuftor
has falleu Into iunocuous desuetude. But
10 Try 70 make popular orator. like the
General, rQmain qulescent, negative. mas.
sive ana indifferent on any holiday. would
pc Impossible. His social aud oratorical
engagements are enough Of themselves to
Keep him on the 80. All leisure time Is
sacred to oratory. aud this day OF all days
the General enjoys. because he can look
back and compare his trlumphs Of the dead
year with those long gone.
A
peaceful and soothing New Year IL en-
Joyed by George o. Jones, the last OF tho
Greenbaekers. During the week days he
atrolls into the corridor OF the hotels and
passes conventional Rublcon with the
hermlts. He breaches eloQuently the
doctrine that greentaeks, and greenbacks
alone, arc the salvation OF this country and
the Republic. No ono would imagine who
hears him on his favorite hobby that he
ever thought Of anything outside OF H.
Beneath his eloquent flow OF words in ad-
yocacy Of ereenbacks he has strong Ideas
about tho home circle. When this day
comes he Is not seen in the lobby. and his
rublcund. cherublc countenance. In strange
contrast to his snow-whito locks, can be
found among his lares and ponates, He
fnds happiness and rnngenlality with his
family and a few Intimate friends who al
ways call to aen him. Sometimes he recalls
the past. when he was the friend Of the
pritna donna Alhani and helped to send her
TO Europe 10 study. His "Reminiscences Of
other great men besides himself are usual
ly siyen on this occasion. and n published
would mako racy and Interesting reading,
Greenhacksr fnres IL q dreamer In many
things and OH holidays he Is a poet.
The author OF Society 40 Have Found
It," ward McAllister. has csrialn society
rules by which he does nearly everything.
even 10 the celebration Of this fast becom-
ing obsolete day. Tho rules forbid any
social calls, because Il Is supposed 10 DO
vulgar. Calls are well and good enough
for tho hol p0lloi, so Ward thinls1. but az
the colner Of the phrase "rour Hundred"
be Keeps himself In deep seciusl0n at his
home. whore he dimes en- famille and writes
a syndicate letter on some social toplc.
IL h said that he does not dare to yen-
ture forth FOR fear Of meeting tho pichlgua
who wear white satin ties and call on their
friends as II the -Four Hundrcd' dld not
exist at all. Mac "a from tho South and
has hosptable nature bu, TIL day q
not down In HID social calendar as issil-
val lie Is now ruled by the sooial canona
onarely. ana somehow. way deep down In
his heart he rather imegines that he "a
ono OF tho social afhters. Instead Of hAY-
ing a wlde-open, Jolly time. like Chatneey
DApew. who ia greater than any eocial
leader. Mr. McAlllrter makes hermit o.
hlmraii and practically Ignores the day like
the aatlated hotel hernlts.
Before the Lexow Committee began ~
iryesugation the big members Of Tam
many Hail. ilho Richard Croker Mayor
Gllroy. cx-Mayor Grant, Poliee Coniiiils-
slaner "Barney" Martin and others on vel
vel. had a kna Of utilization or sun dance
on thIs day. merely 10 celebrate the faot
thot all went well Tor the braves and the
inuuicipal teat belonged exclusively 20
their nrganlyation. They visited oua an
athsr ana made presents. In truth, ine
holiisys came too seldom, cyMayor Grant
mado Mr.. Cr0lter's liltle daughter hnsA'
III. Of $4,000 between times. y balmy,
Golden days. freghted w.ih spols. nsie
"a forever rei2 Nr Croker inftea9 OF
ye,s,v,nr royal Tammany homage IN bis
neiatiai resldence Will begin the nov year
XIV hooking 10 see whether any Of hii iae;
horser are spaylned or whether some ilNal
instey has fei thum With tallow' IN iAet
~, ,ba doors 81 ELL these noted Taiumans
,-,,ss crapo will be hung on THIS aAy'
Tho elory oi Ichahod has departed.
~ parkhurst and JOHN w. Con hsve
hitherto celebrated In a modest way .us
dawn Of q new era. They WI feiel,s ~
ss thcy mover have before ana s,isS sY.ss
s,,.,,t new era. And II invited 70
49, u.a,,o, they viii 70 and make speecnsq'
ps n. Naw Years nay everyone Is as qu,st
sisaninr lion. but the hotel hefllss
49,. Il nj the "Four Hundre9 49u.eH
knos rnoro lie peaceful ftiilueSi ana
~, n,i,fislsns keep uiil5t and ny pipes
~ ss ,bo sntnre. Ths day Is almost ooaoiese
as festival ----
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