The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-22
RAMBLING THOUGHTS OF GALA
XEEk.
They Wouldn't Set 'Em Up Our Friends
Painted the Town.

the committee in charge Of the anu ements
deserve credit for the enterprise exhibited.
Clarendon was well represented at the les
tiyities and Manning in particular. We
took the rounds and on every side the Man
oincites showed up in all Of their glory; at
the theatres, hotels restaurants, fake shows,
races, and in fact everywhere we went the
clad smile of our home people ightenea up
our surroundings.
,h;, readers of the News and Courier
! have often read where Major Boyle, Char
leS..,Es new chief c. police. Was a holy ter
rov 20 biioi tigers and that he Was daily
rouncing down upon their lairS, and tie
! afternoon Post would protest against the
accusation and discaim the existence of
ibEnd tigers. Not knowing h;ch Of the
two papet, We're right, we determined to so
o.. Il little private Investigating tour our
self and tue Very first place we struck, ln-
usiae our surprise upon seeing bevy OF
lovely S;.iS seated at tables in oie Of the
lairs with tie tigers fitting to and fro over
thvi. beads We're these girls innocent OF
!neir sur oundiEgs? We cannot say Yes,
becauSe wine is slpped by tie fa!rest, aod
when We run across girls away from nome
il city that mas turned itself loose to SO
oa lark, the atmosphere becomes impreg-
mated with the spirit Of fun and those who
breathe it naturally become fun-Makers.
Nevertheless these girls were not to be
caught mapping. They must have had
some one or the Q,d uire to give them the
wink upon the approach CT acqUaintanceS,
because when We reached their table they
gave US the sweetest and most Innocent
smiles and not glass was N sight. Just
how they spirited away their glasses we
cannot say, but they were not IN sight, ana
all that we could see was plates, knives and
toyks and hungry look npoa the faces OF
cur friends We are accustomed to being
well received when we meet friends away
from home. bu: this set allowed Us 10 Stand
uc,t gaze upoa all :.@st our e.;es upon
/. i. i"aGti!.;;! faces without cace sayl2a
60; yo.I in u>? come. sit Gown; VIA:
vii! voH ;aN~: W. cnuiGi not stand Srlc1
S.igi.:S Us t&at, 50 we i3ok wings from such
:. c:.iliy Amos; he:e aId few upstairs al tue
risk OF being devturej By the tiger. An
otLst Sing that made Us wish we did not
know oar friends, we We're asked i We
'.knew those actresses" Now, that was the
straw which broke the came!S back, aid
not wishing to stake our reputation, We
preferred almost anything instead, even
| 70 become Daniel and enter the lions
den, bat as the upstairs Of this establish
ment contained nothing but tigers, we
rerved ourself up and faced the danger as
bravely as a thirsty man could, Considering
the fact that his friends and actresses
downstairs would not ask him to have
something with them.
Our friends had great time; they paint
ei the city most brilliant red, and on Sat
urday morning on their way home they
might have been taken for patty Of dele
gates returning from Sunday school con-
Yention. 1t will not Go to leave our
frierds to share the whole of the glory OF
their weeks fun, because mucn Of The
credit belongs to their chaperone, who was
the girliest girl of the set.
In the mass of humanity that was wit
Messing the street parade on Thursday
night, high above the din OF brass bands,
| bombs and rockets and tin horns we
thought we heard the musical laughter Of
our friends, aud when the Carolina Gro
Gerry Company's float came along ladened
with all the good things to make hungry
man forget the world and love his mother
in-law. there stood Mr. W. B. Wilson, the
handsome manager Of the popular institu-
ton, like king entering city under
triumphant arch with the populace on
either side greeting him with q royal vel
come. His throne was jeTelled with the
most delicious Magnolia hams and the
courts page Monster de Ross sang beau
t;ful song in lovely voice, entitled Chew
Prctzel Tobacco and Save Your Tags, and
the company;s solicitor, Col. c. E. Stubs,
was Oh hand greeting his host OF country
! friends down the whole line OF the parade.
The Carolina Grocery Company being ia
rorite IL these parts, our friends went
Wild with Joy over the handsome display It
made.
AS soon as the parade was over we went
to :, bum show in the Academy of Music,
and our friends like our poor kin. were
there also. The next night We thought IA
tigue at least would give US chance OF
missing these people, and to the Brownies
we hied ourself, aud at the first high kick
Of q shapely leg our attention was attracted
BY crimson light which lit up that part OF
the theatre, and surprising as it may seem,
1t was the blush of one of our fup-seeking
friends. She caught our eye and ct ones
she commenced looking, we suppose, for
pin she had dropped upon the floor aud
the glare of the electric lights affected ber
sight and her fan was used as protection,
| but the others had no time for blushlng;
they went to see the sights and besides they
lost no pins and they did not want q fan,
as tie lights were plenty soft for them. We
heard it said on our way home that one Of
these girls was so carried away with the
Brownies that she thought seriously of
inviting them home with her to spend
Christmas but we do not believe it. If al
| invitation was extended at all, it would be
to join her Sunday school class where theJ
would be taught that it was wrong to dress
50 sparing!y, and it was awfu!ly awful
Daughty to kick so high.
These gitls went on shoppins 3 expeditions
to-. and as was our luck, rney were our
snaGow. not even being able to get away
from them in a tobacco and segar store.
We saw some of their purchases, but as it
will spoil the pleasure they anticipate on
Christmas morning, We will not tell. only
| to mention that certain '.fellers" will not be
disappointed if they have their socks darn
ed in time to hang up Friday night. The
whole crowd came home last Saturday
morning worn out with fatigue and empty
pockets, with many jokes on each other
and longing desire to repeat their expert
erce next year.
Thou Shalt Not Hill.