The herald., 1895-02-04
HERE AND THERE.

The Dreistein club is the latest feature OF life
in this city. The members refuse to explain
| the significance of the name; but there is rea
son for believing it means that each member
drinks three stems" of beer when ordinary
| men would drink one.
1t is the most exclusive club in town. No
| rich man is permitted to Join, and poo-
man can afford to; and, more than that, no
one is ever asked to become member until
after he is elected. A single black ball KNOCKS
out nominee, admittance is fairly good
test of q fellows popularity
There is only one rule and that prohibits
treating, The members wear a monks robe
and cowl, and rope girdle, and each time any
one is convicted of Setting 'em up" to
brother knot is tied in the girdle. Charlie
Sloanes girdle is one big Knot, am told
| The rooms are over the Farmers ana Mer-
! chants bank, and are provided with all the
| best appurteuances of CUISINE except the
cuisineer; each member fills that place There
is where these fashionable young bachelors are
going whom you see buying steaks and chops
and oysters and birds and the like Each man
draws up his own bill OF fare and cooks it, and
every member has his own sideboard and Sc
lects his own wines and corn juice.
So far Dr. Jauch is credited with producing
the best plats, but there several who are
close second Courage physical as well as
moral, is q feature we'll developed in tho mem
bers, for each eats the result OF his own cook
ing with sublime Indifference to the effect on
his stomach.
His coat had the olive green tint OF age and
exposure, the edges OF the sleeves were as
frayed deerepit too tn brush and the bot
toms of his shiny black trousers might have
been exhibited as piece OF rare tapestry. The
hat which he laid on the table OF the public
hall ffNn
other afternoon. was picturesqe ruin and his
linen had evidently been rough Numbered
at home. The man within these clothes was
tall and lank and the top story of the man was
a fine, partially bald head, with high narrow
forehead from which the gray hair had lons
ago fallen out in the march OF years. His eyes
were those OF thinker.
As he sat down he was all sglow with the
wild enthusiasm of genuine book man, for
there had been handed out to him an uncut
magazine-that cheerful cad airy periodical.
the Industrial journal OF Ethics-and as he
slid the broad ivory paperknife between the
leaves, there was twinkle OF satisfaction in
his eyes that would not have come ii he had
just been bowed TO by the richest and most
influential man in Los Angeles with him the
opening of those pages was the work ofliterary
sensualty, and when at last it was finished. he
laid the knife down with sigh. But in an
other moment he all aglow again, and
settling himself back III his chair; he propped
the magazine against his old hat, and plunged
into very long and closely packed article on
Luxury.
1t was truly a trimph of mind over matter.
which would have made bust of old Plato
pop off its pedestal for very joy, could it have
seen the enthusiasm of the book man.
Mr.. Cal Byrne has devised most ingenious
and effective method of discouraging sharp
practice on the part of builders and contractors.
Mr.. Byrne is not mason or u bricklayer; on the
contrary, he is a wealthy young man, who is as
much at home on Pail Mall, riding in the Bots,
shooting pigeons at Nice, walking up "the
avenue" on sunny afternoon, as he is on
Spring street, or the north side of Market
street But though he is a thorough man of
the world and rafting good fellow who finds
any quantity OF fun in life he knows thing
or two. and when he winks the other eye, you
may be sure in the language OF tomorrow, he
is right next to himself.
Mr.. Byrne has had considerable to do with
supervising new buildings recently and has
put in quantities of time, studying the proper
way to make mortar, the requisite resistant
power of brick, and similar problems. He can
jab stick into a lot of mortar and if the nee
essary amount of Portland cement is not there,
he Immediately detects the shortcoming.
One day last weak early in the afternoon he
appeared at bui ding he is interested in and
picked up brick or two from pile, broke
them and examined the grain. He walked
over to a bed OF mortar, jabbed few holes with
his cane, studied it few moments, and then
ascertained where the bricks and mortar were
to be used. Did he go to the contractor and
complain? No he. He knew much better
plan. He walked away, ordered an especially
good dinner at the club, made one of party
at the opera, and bright and early next morn
ing appeared at his building
He chucked as he saw that the objection
able mortar and bricks had been transformed
into an apparently massive part of wall He
called the foreman aud pointing to the work
said: "You will have to pull that down and
build it over, my friend. Why2 Because this
mortar here" and he scratched some out of it
out between the bricks with his pocket knife
and crumbled it in his hands, 'only contains
about one-quarter OF the cement it should, and
because these bricks are not up to specifca-
tons"
What the foreman said W Guild not be proper
matter to print in family newspaper like
THE HERALD. but he new Mr.. Byrne was
right and the wall came down. There has
been no more defective material found about
that building.
Col. Jack Haverly is still in town. Look out
for your blue chips