The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-02-26
NashYilIe,s Social Sensation.

Nashville Is going to have a Cen
tennial Exposition that will serve to
point moral and adorn a tale, but
the Centennial Exposition will be
eclipsed by the splendor OF a we'd
ding that is on the tapis in that city.
A Montreal dispatch says that Lord
and Lady Aberdeen, accompanied
by Lieut.-Col. Strathy, have left for
the Tennessee capital, to be present
at the marriage of Hon. Archibald
Maioribanks pronounced March
banks) and Miss Bessie Brown, one
of the bright aud beautiful young
girls of Nashville. The Hon. Archi-
bald Majoribanks pronounced
Marchbanks) is the brother of real
live lord, who is known as Lord
TweedmOuth. Miss Brown did not
exactly bring a lord into her family.
but she did the next best thing by
going into lords family. The
marriage promises to be Il social SEN
sation that will be the talk of the
town for months. The lion of the
occasion, after the groom elect, of
course. will be Lieut.-Col Strathy,
commander of the Fifth Royal Scots
of Montreal. The colonel is true
Highlander, and he will appear in
full regimentals, plumed bonnet, red
tunic and kits made Of Argyle
tartan. When the Highlander is in
full dress he is prepared to answer
John Wanamaker's query "Do you
wear pants?o in the negative.
When a Highlander desires to play
the exquisite at a swell" function,
the first thing he does is to take off
his trousers. From below the knee
to the bottom of his kilt the Draw
laddle must expose his honest flesh
to an admiriug universe or basely
confess that he is mot in the push. -
ThSs garbed, he is ready to dance
the Highland fling or otherwise
maintain the dignity and prestige
of his beloved Scotia. Col. Strathy
it will be seen, will be the Little
Egypt" of the entertainment, and
while he may not favor the COM
pany with anything that would be
pronounced hot stuff at IA Seeley
dinner, he can compromise by intro
ducing the masculine portion of the
party to the insidious influences of
shot Scotch" which will be rather
a good substitute. No doubt there
will be sort of family reunion on
the happy occasion, and that our
own Col. Clumb. Marchbanks, who
is Majoribanks in disguise, will be
present in national costume. Col.
Clumb. is an artist on the bagpipes,
and when he blows one of his cam
paign chestnuts into the greedy bel
lows of the instrument, he has ac-
quired a stock of wind sufficient to
keep the tubes dirling while he
MARBLES "Scots Wha Ha' Wi Wal
lace Bled," or who'll Be King But
Charlie?" to the eXcruciating agony
of the accompaniment. Moreover,
they do say that When Col. Clumb
goes in training for few weeks on
diet of oat cakes and bilgewater
that he can step you off Scotch
Reel in manner to defy De
Quincey's descriptive powers and
make Robin Hood turn in his grave
with envy. Out of consideration for
the distinguished guests we hope
Col. Gid. Baskette will see to it that
the police do not interfere. The eX-
plotting of bare legs by the High
landers is harmless relic of saw
agery and at the same time a naked
protest against the effeminacy and
degeneracy of this effete age. Be.
sides, it is a favorite style of undress
in East Tennessee, where the Re.
publicans send in the election re-
turns this week and take vote on
it next week.-Memphis CONNER.
cial-Appeal.