Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-01
SOUTHERN MEMORIES.
Bab and the Gracious Colonel Re-
CAL toe GOOD Oia Days
Of ChiValry.

YOU he stopped over very low and kissed
your hand. not with any intensity, but
In that light sort of a way rs ii a but
tert,y he'd dropped upon 1t and meant to
show respect TO its WhiteneSS and its
shane He belonged to the generation
that has passed If you invited him TO
dinner. he appeared III dress clothes that
might have made 4 foolish boy laugh,
but which demanded respect from men
who knew anything of the world. The
tails Of his evening coat were extra long,
and lis Waistc0at was OF claret-coiored
velvet, closed with buttons made OF gar
nets. set about with small diamonds. 1t
Is not the mode nowadays, but 1t was
the fashion to wear WalStcoatS or velvet
OF brocade when gentlemen kissed IadleS
hands. when duels were III fashion. and
when 4 lady'S name was always spoken
with reverence rs we'll as admiration.
Sometimes | feel as if | did not regret
the day of duels. Of course III a duel
there was = chance Of gentleman or
blackguard being killed. but If nine gen
tlemen had TO die to cause one black
guard to disappear, they had not lived
in vain.
He is IN cid friend of mine. is this ell
DERBY gentleman, and when he comes |
light the alcohol lamp under tie kettle
and watch it until it reaches the boiling
point. And then | take a tall glass. and
nut in it two Jumps OF sugar, the juice OF
half lemon, the slice of orange, a BRAN
died cherry; then, well. a spicy liquor
that comes out of a decanter, and. last
of ali, long-handled silver spoon. What
for? Oh. to keep the glass from break
ing when the boiling water is poured in
My gentleman of the Oiden time
doesn't care for tea. He is great on
recipes for dishes such as gourmets
love; he can tell how Mrs. Carter OF
Gainesville, she that was Sally Calvert,
used to make plum pudding, and how she
would never tell the secret of her won
II, l1.rlr+ tIII
but most indigestible of dishes. When l
present young Mr.. Millionaire to him,
he is polite, excessively polite, but after
the young man is gone, he says to me:
My dear girl, you know always feel
very near to you, because in lila one
of your cousins elOped with second
cousin of mine, and one cannot forget
family ties. So | can tell you what L
think. These young men must be en-
couraged to keep up the tone OF the
day. | remember when the father of
this special one used to come to the
kitchen door of our country house to
buy the skins of the COWS from the
darllies. 1t was the privilege Of
darkey who killed an old COW to sell
its skin, and this old Dutchman. an
honest but vulgar old man, used to trade
with them | was only a child then,
and. like all children, was curious about
what didn't concern me. The old man
ran one of those places, well. one
wouldn't mention them in the presence
Of ladies. because the odor is SO IN
pleasant but l believe he died very
rich man. Now his son is eager to be 4
gentleman. That is a desire to be en-
Outraged; but do you think. my dear
madam. that he is privileged to talk
about the value of blood until he has,
by behaving like a brave man and an
honest one. washed from our minds
the remembrance of his father butcher
shop?'
l mixed another glass of the liquid
that he liked, and answered him by
saying: "AIl things change with time,
and YOU and | have changed with them
We have to respect the honest trader
and we have to overlook the folly of
the generation that, new to money. new
to society, endeavors by foolish talk to
make the world forget the beginning Of
its fortune. Ny dear Colonel" | added
! could show You a young man whose
father made his fortune by running
stage before street cars were known,
and who now refuses to bow to anybody
who hasn't a brougham attached to his
establishment! [ could point out to
s2U & young WOMAN whose grandfather
made q fortune IN beer, ard wt50 says
IN languid way that she can't imagine
anybody drinking anything but dry
a
my dear Colonel, to a so-called gentle
man whose father made fortune, dur
ing the Civil war. in what was known
as ready-made clothes, and this gentle
man says that he can't understand how
anybody who has brains can buy his
clothes in New York. or wear anything
that hasn't the stamp of the London
tailor on it. And. my dear friend, the
shop still goes on. But this so-called
gentleman has taken his mothers name,
and on his yacht. or on his four-in-hand,
OR anything that could suggest it, there
isn't even a suggestion of the sign say
ing Go to Sellwelrs; you can get a suit
Of clothes worth $50 for $40! On this
day only Oh. Colonel. it is a case of
other times and other manners"
And the colonel muttered something
that sounded very much as if it begin
with q d and ended with n, but no
hostess with any tact ever hears every
there in the freight, thank goodness!
One can always have an open fire. the
colonel slipping out of his glass, and l
testing my tea and admiring the buckles
on my slippers, when he announced,
s"There are no beauties today. There are
are absolutely beautiful but there is no
special girl that we pride ourselves about,
to whom we all VOW allegiance, and
whose name is known far and wide.
Bdlt1InOTo uSeO TO De the nome Or the
beauty. There was Miss Moale. who
looked like a dream, and who could have
been anyone of Tennysons fair women.
Why men in Baltimore almost wept
when she married Robert Cutting and
came to New York. After she had gone
to enlist herself among the matrons,
there arose lovely Hetty Carey. 1 re-
member seeing a picture of her that
was on exhibition III a jewelers. shop.
All Baltimore crowded around it. There
was personal pride in her beauty. 1t
was felt as if the city itself owned her,
and she was everywhere called the
Belle Of Baltimore. She set the music to
My Maryland. delighted all the ro-
nance lovers in Baltimore by clipping
with Gen. Pegram of the Confederate
army land when the colonel said his
name. he stood up and bowed his head.
then sitting down again, added. taught
the Confederate soldiers My Maryland,
and came back to Baltimore still great
beauty. who was a widow, and who had
never been wife.
Then there were those lovely girls in
Richmond Why. my dear madam, the