Smyrna times., 1897-12-29
SKELETONS IN CLUBS.
me QUEER PERFORMANCES OF THE
TWO BLANKS OF NEW YORK.

lore! ne asked.
his face is familiar, and I am sire
? that have seen him somewhere. Int 7
can t place him. Who is he?"
: John Blank, said the broker. men.
tlonlng family name that was we'll
known. II am member of three GOOD
cIuDS' continued the broker, naming
, thrce that one would naturally place NJ
the head of the list Of New York climbs
ana III the course of q long experience
WIN inc management of them I have
seen some curious club skeletons. They
are unpleasant. Blank was skeleton in
me - club until we finally got rid
Oh MIN, and to this day none of the men
VINO knew the facts about his exnulsion
has ever had any explanation of them
80 far as family connections are
concerned, Blank is eligible to anv club
ia TINS city, and we always understood
thaG no had good income. 1t was about
HFo years ago, when was member Of
inc mousse committee, that my attention
was HrsG called to Blank. A member oF
inc cIuD came to me one day and said:
see here. I've got disagreeable
DUTY to perform. You know that re-.
1reshments are served at every repnIar
aneetlhg OF the club, and have noticed
ior several months back that John Blank
has slowed away lot of things in his
pockets ON every such occasion.
Why, that is absurd, 1 replied
ana suspect that he has been drinking
TOO much. You know that these MONTH
~ lunches arc free to the members
That was the view that took Of
IL the first time that noticed it. he
replied, but watched this man at the
last meeting very closely. He was NOT
intoxicated. He ate his lunch, and then
saw him wrap up piece Of chicken.
some lobster salad and a brick of ice
cream III separate packages, put them
unuer ms OvercOat and leave the club.
u an amazing proceeding, and think
that 1t IS high time that something was
done about it.
inns mans complaint interested me.
and L Investigated it. Some of the club
walters told me that Blank had occa-
slonally taken articles of small yalue
from tho club, and that he always car
Red away package after a free supper
1here seemed to be no reasonable ex- |
PLANTATION for his little steals. He was
ana IS lawyer i'll good practice, and. |
as you know, he lives very comfortably,
l consulted with some of the other |
mousse committeeman, and we decided !
to look out for Blank at the next SIM.
per- He turned up promptly, and. sure
enough, we saw him stealthily make M
a package from the lunch table and
walk out with it. There was nothing
left for US to do but to ask for an ex-
PLANTATION.
Charges were preferred against him
and formal notification was sent to
him. Blank paid no attention to it. We
thought that he might not have receiv-
ed 1t and we sent him another notifca-
tlon and made sure that it reached him.
Blank ignored it, and then we dropped
MIN for conduct unbecoming a gentle
man. Blank never came near the club.
house after his first notification, and so
Tar as know he has never given an in
dlcatlon of resenting our action in drop-
ping him. Now what do you suppose
was the explanation of his thefts? I
never have been ablo to find one that
was satisfactory. 1t has been asserted
That despite his large income he is nat
uraIIy a very misery fellow, but that is
merely gossip. meet him occasionally.
and he is always affable. 1t was disa- {
greeabIe affair, and to this day an in 8
explicable one"
A man who had listened attentively
to the brokers' story said:
L can equal that with an experience
in my own club. The man in question c
has recently died and it is only charita- a
Die to say that he was probably insane I
for several years before he died. He was
Arthur Blank a histor-
Ical name. about three years ago this
nan began towear very shabby clothes. I
DE had always been very careful in his :
lress, and this change was surprising. I
de came to the club and sat around, Il
ooklng like a tramp. His linen was y
aged, and even the walters looked
Iskance at his clothes. I knew that he
lad money, but it was not pleasant
ask to suggest to him that he should
Jet some new clothes. He was an old
'achelor, and he had rooms in an ex-
enslve bachelor apartment house. His
onditiOn was disgrace to the club
nd as a last resort half dozen of his
Id friends got up purse of 800 and
vent to his tailor and ordered q new
uit of clothes for him. They told the
alIor that 1t was i'll payment of a u
Eager. When the suit was made, they III
acked it in q box with q new hat W
hoes, collars, shirts and two scarfs and pi
INT it to Blank. A letter was inclosed
'hich read: !
DEAR BLANK-By express 1 send Won the
lttt that lost by my last election wager lO'
The signature was such that no one =
'uld read it. There was some specula-
ON as to how Blank would take this
int Two days later he turned up at
10 club in his new clothes, and when
was congratulated ON them he said
ley were the result of an election
ager. Tho new clothes were too much
him, however. He got drunk on the
rength Of them and staid drunk at the
ub for the next two weeks, when he
as dropped from membership. New
Ork Sun. WI
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70 of the fancies III dress trimming nd4
d is an old fashion revived. One pref
example of their use is in collar
nd of white satin made in two mar
W bands. with several rows of ma
inc stitching for finish, and put to-
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much more than half an inch long Nor
d little distance apart, forming an for
Ell insertion. This collar is shaped 10 0 Ssve,
re out little from the neck, but it get t
of the usual width and not at all a
yh collar. F,
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It.
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his eye looked up to his teachers VIM
Q and quietly said:
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