Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-22
TALES OF THE TINES.



One Of tho distinguishing characteristics
Of New York IL It's largo number Of bach
elors. I dincd with New York man one
night last week. Two friends of his Joined
us L incidentally mentioned the fact that
Brooklyn was my home.
Have you any cbildrcnY' politely asked
one Of my new acquaintance.
"How did you know that i WAS mar
ricdf" said L.
"Because you live In IHooklyn," was his
matter of fact reply, and after be had cx-
planned IL and / had thought 10 over i
came 20 the conclusion that his guess was
logical one.
IL IL interesting considering the ties
that bind the two cities, % note the differ
enccs In their social pleasures. asked "a
New York woman II she had enjoyed tho
lecture course last winter. SbG DIDN'T un-
dcrstand 10 what referred. / learned lat
or that while New York does have "a few
lectures during the winter they are I'm no
sense OF the word social functions. Most
Of them are given In the evening schools
by volunteers. Elocutionists have not done
much In New York for ten years or more.
/ never have heard any Of my friends In
New York refer 10 surprise parties, and
ment Is not popular there. Bean bag so
cials and progressive euchos parties, too,
have apparently few supporters 1t Is GUS
tomary for a theatcr party to go TO one OF
the many good hotels or restaurants for
supper after the play. Frequently these
suppers last until IL 80 or / o'clock, and
they are not looked upon as improper. AL
though wine is usually served on these oc-
casions, have never heard them called
wine suppcrs.
1t has been my good fortune to attend
several social functions In New York, and
have observed among other things that
few of the men wore whito four-in- hand
ties with evening dress. / attended one
party that suggested Brooklyn. Napkins
were distributed to the guests and then
they seated themselves around the room,
and another waiter distributed ice cream
and cake. This party broke up early be-
cause the men had to go down town. One
meets many strangers at one Of these func-
tions. There arc frequently guests present
who represent dozen different churches.
Few OF the men carry home souvenirs OF
any kind for q memorabilia book.
Fifth avenue differs in many ways from
Marcy avenue. New York people do not
display artistic tastes In window dressing.
I have not seen a single group Of Taking
the Oath, Z" Getting the Rations' or any
OF the other Marcy avenue favorites in
Fifth avenue window.
Even in the park see no men pushing
baby carriages. 1t is said In Brooklyn
that New York men are not domestic in
their tastes.
New York men wear their hats i'm their
clubs very much as Brooklyn men do, but
their clubs are different. Men may be
found in all the large clubs after midnight.
New York Sun.
A Society Girls Joke on Senator Hill.
Senator Hill of New York has never
cared for the society Of women and has
rather shrunk from meeting them. Dur.
ing the winter he was invited to dinner at
the home of some well known people here
and after reflection accepted. The dinner
was large one, and besides the senator
there were several other distinguished peo.
pie with their wives. The senator was
presented to brilliant woman who was
one Of the guests. His manner was dis
tant, and she determined to arouse his in.
terest, and after they had sat down turned
to him and said, II beg your pardon, but
I did not hear your name"
Senator Hill opened his eyes in surprise
and said, II am Mr.. Hill"
His dinner partner showed no intelli
gence as to who "Mr. Hill'' was and said,
"You are visiting Washington, are your"
Senator Hill was little more surprised
and said, "Yes.''
"You did not say she said, "from
what state you came, Mr.-Hill."
The senator was abashed and said rather
quickly, 81 am from New York"
ooh, possibly you know some people
know in the CITY," And she mentioned the
names of some well known people in New
York city, whom, as they happened to be
society persons, Senator Hill did not know.
He looked at her for second to see
whether she was joking him or not, but
her face expressed no intelligence at all,
and said, "Oh, come from Albany"
The conversation between the society
woman and the senator by this time had
attracted the attention of the entire table,
much to Senator Hills disgust, and the
guests faces bore looks of amazement at
tho woman's audacity, mingled with q
great deal of curiosity. They were won.
dering what she would do next. She was
not in the least disturbed by the interest
that was manifested, and controlling hei
countenance admirably said:
ooh, am sorry do not know anybody
In Albany. have never been there" And
Senator Hill gave his hostess an appealing
glance, but she did not come to his rescue
ut ALL and the young woman kept up the
conversation until she had forced Senator
Hill into stating that he was David Is.
Hill, member of the senate from New
York.
A gleam Of intelligence and recognition
passed over his questioner's face, and she
seemed to be disturbed ut her apparent ig.
norance and told him that now of course
she knew all about him and who no was.