Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-29
HAS PLENTY OF SAND
The Idlsf Drinking Mineral Water In
Which There is Weight.
DOE GERMAN AT BLUE RIDGE.
Got Boxes OF Huy1er's-Piensed With
the Ladies-MeIon Feast.
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| ciety correspondent, we had a delightful
| impromptu shower day before yesterday.
| and we have been having IL ever since.
| though its impromptu features are gradu-
! ally losing their effect. Tomorrow we
| hope TO have ice-cream for dinner, and
| next week we are all expected TO pay
our board-bills. though many OF US some
| times fan 10 come up to expectations. The
rainy weather to which started to allude
| has brought us all closer together, and
| 1t has likewise brought the flies on the
premises closer together TO us). We have
grown confidential, and, II as the
! Scriptures say, all flesh Is grass, the
hay crop will be fine. for we have also
| grown fatter. on evenings mild, when
the mistress moon doesn't look down
| through clouds OF ocean ether, We sit
upon the porches and verandas and dis
| cuss worldly matters and mineral-waters.
| while the basso- -profundo bull-frog in the
| pond below renders the choicest selections
| from "Tannhauser" and Faust" Speak
| ing about the mineral water here, | was
recently Informed that Mr. Brown had
some Of il anaiyzed. and found that
| every fiye gallons Of IL contains about a
|
| rated from the fluid, looks much like
sand. As 1 expect To stay here about six
| weeks. and as | drink about fifteen gal
| Ions OF the water day, | have been won
| derink what sort Of "A personal appear
, ance | will have when | get ready to
| depart. Being always provident for the
| future, | have ordered some of my
| clothes 10 be enlarged, and. being, fur
thermOrr, thoroughly conscientious about
business matters, ] expect TO pay the
Norfolk and Western railroad double
price for my transportation back 10 Rich
| mond. They brought me up here free. and
II ! double the price going home II really
wont make much difference, for nothing
multiplied by nothing leaves you right
where you were before. Yes, / expect to
stick to the mineral-waters. and though
my friends may have considered me timid
in former days. they will say that have
plenty Of sand when they see me again.
The girls up here are all thorough gen
tlemen, and none Of them think OF taking
liberties with me. l frequently 90 out
with them without a chaperOn and yes
terdsy evening / took a long, long walk
with dear little maid. We spent three
delightful hours among the frog-stools
and mountain ticks, and came back full
OF lichens and bright hopes about the
bill of fare for supper. She decorated
my hat with ferns and autumn leaves.
and | looked Ike a wOOd-nymph when 1
returned to the precincts Of civilization
They say / had kittenish air about me,
too. and that ! was exceptionally coy
after supper. But people up here viii
say anything-l even know one person
who said his prayers. though In justice
to him I must admit that ne never did 30
formed a combination against US men and
had doe-german, from which stays
were rigidly and heartlessy excluded.
The musicians were the only masculine
beings who dared to take part in the az
fair and they had TO play strictly temi-
nine selections. such as Misses Annie
Rooney" Daisy Bell Annie Laurie
sally In the Alley" Sweet Jennie. the
Flower of Kildare" etc. Ii was really
pitiful to see those girls whiring around
In each others arms, and the scene pre-
scntei hI' eNempliftcation OK the
empty pleasures OF life-that Is, the
empty pleasures OF a mans life. The
figures introduced by the leader Nlrs.
4. O. Parker, formerly OF R,chmond, and
now a resident OF Mashington) were ds
nought. and didn't afford as much sitis-
faction as the figures Of a multiplication
table. for what Is a german without Il
man? | never did care much to boast
about the stronger sex, and am III no
way responsible for being a man myself.
but all the same | must say there never
is time a woman needs US 50 much as
when she sees a mouse or IL seasick or
dances the german. Di. Caskie Harrison,
"a kind hearted gentleman from Brooklyn,
peepcd through the window at the ger
man. and he was so much impressed by The
pififul scene that he subsequently pre-
ssnted each Of the lady dancers with a
box OF Huyler's candy. This courtesy on
his part tand IL takes an awful lot OF
courtesy 10 furnish a ballroom full of Ia
dies with Huyler's) was great and uneN-
pected surprise To every one, and created
much embarrassment and quite a shock,
hut everybody survived IL except the
candy-that is only a memory, now.
Before / close this letter want To
throw a few more metaphorlcal bouquets
at our Biue-Ridge ladies. for they COM
mand my most profound respect. one hav-
ing loaned me some Of her tOOth-pOWders
and another having lent me clock 10
use while my watch spends It's vacation
at a Roanoke pawn-shOp. Never nave L
seen so genial company, despite the
fact that all Of them are reading the
Heavenly Twins" Other day the fair
ones had a spirited discussion about Os-
culation. ana the subject for debate was
whether they had kissed their husbands
before they were married. OF course. the
girls who didn't have husbands weren't
allowed much scope for their orGtory.
but they were accorded the privileges Of
the floor and allowed 10 say what they
would do If they were about TO get 4
husband. | can't reveal the proceedings
OF the caucus. but VIII say, however. that
judging from certain resolutions adopted,
! think there Is still some show for much
abused mankind. The debates brought
out the fact that Governor O'Ferrall and
Speaker Crisp were once sparkling the
same girl. ana that both the Executive
and the congressman had. in their youth
ful days. been deceived by a perfdiOus
woman. and by the same woman, too. II
was during the war. when Crisp was
stopping with his company in Page coun-
~, and when the handsome youngster
O'Ferrall used to ride about the Shendn-
dOah Valley on fast horses and have 4
Jolly time with the mountain ldSses.
Neither Of these great statesmen knew
the other at that time. The Speaker was
subsequently captured. and while he Ian
guished in prison. he received almost daily
letters from the valley nynph, while she
in turn received almost daily visits from
the prospective Governor. But neither the
future congressman nor the Executive
that-was-tO-b be got the girl. Years after
wards. when his Excellency and the
popular Georgian met In Washington, one
OF them asked the other If he had known
the maid in question.
why. she was my sweetheart said
Crisp.
Get out. mani She was my girl" re-
piled OFerrall.
IL used TO get letter from her almost
every day while | was in prison." said
the Georgian.
Eyes, and / used TO see her almost
every day, too" replied the Governor.
It strikes me the Virsinian rather had
the best of the bargain but gracious,
don't know that girl is mad with herself
nowadays when she thinks what she
missed-a Governor and congressman
at one clip.
Our office bulletin-board is a source OF
much interest TO me- and it excitcs my
curiosity more than the bulletin-board at
our Frog Gulch Club, where the names
Of applicants for membership are posted
In view OF the doe-german, our barber put
up sign stating that he would shampoo
ladies for 30 cents-or. rather, that he
would shampoo their cranlums for that
sum This barber h a clever fellow and
All his performances show head-work,
but he forgot to state In the advertise
ment what he would shave the ladies for.
IL.