The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-13
CHAR Warmers"

CHAR Warmers So
The "chair warmer is kind Of vermi-
form appendix in the body social He
may be of some use, on the principle that
nature does not create useless things.
But what his good offices are nobody has
yet found out. The CHAIR warmer, " it
is hardly necessary to explain, is the per-
son of leisure who sits with his fellows in
prominent places, views the process
sion OF less idle folks as
they pass, and passes his opinion
upon sucn individuals as are deemed
worthy of remark. He is indigenous
to all countries, fourishes every
where and everybody knows him.
In the country he sits on an
empty box or barrel and whites with a
knife, and has one or more companions
similarly engaged. In the cities he sits,
when permitted TO- on easy chairs in club
windows that face the street, in the lob
bies of hotels, on the shady side of the
sidewalk in front of the hotels, or else
where that offers coign of vantage, and
where chairs are to be had and there is
no police interference.
The CHAIR warmer" is a cosmopolite,
and merciless critic. He has been every
where, or knows somebody who has, and
who has told him all about it. He knows
the private history of everybody; knows
what is absolutely correct in fashions,
and is a connoisseur in feminine beauty.
He is wit and story teller, and is
skilled in the use of sarcasm. All of
these attachments and accomplishments
he puts to use as he views the passing
throngs, and, generally speaking, being
devoid Of a sense of refinement, it makes
no difference to him if his criticisms or
jokes are overheard by the subjects
thereof
All Of this is by way of considering
the chair warmer" in the abstract,
which is about the limit of scope of an
article like this. But the prospects are
that the courts at Augusta Ca, will get a
closer view of the genus. For the
"chair warmer" is the cause of war; in
a law suit in that city. 1t seems that a
| drug company leased certain store for a
term of six years. The company made a
speciality of fancy toilet articles, soda
and mineral waters and other things cal
culated to attract the patronage of the fair
sex. Near the pharmacy was a hanging
out place for "chair warmers" They
would congregate at the hang out" and
and pass remarks about the ladies going
to the pharmacy, or down the street, and
finally got so bold that they would move
! their chairs up in front of the pharmacy,
notwithstanding the placards in the show
windows warning them to keep off. Very
naturally this kind of thing had an adverse
| effect upon the pharmacy's trade. The
women wouldn't go there. They pre-
! ferred to deny themselves of caramels,
and swansdown, and peach and-cream, or
to get them elsewhere, than to run the
gauntlet of the CHAIR warmers"
When the women quit coming, the pro
| prietors looked for the cause. They were
not long in finding it, Complaints were
made to the owner of the building, but the
owner was powerless. Finally, the phar-
macy people concluded it was no use to
try to get along without female patronage
"a thing that beats woman suffrage out
of sight, in the opinion of storekeepers-
so they threw up the lease, while it had
yet several years to run. The owner of
the property will endeavor, through the
courts, to hold the pharmacy people to
the lease. The pharmacy people will
plead the "chair warmers" as an unto
ward circumstance justifying them in
throwing up the lease