The herald., 1898-12-28
DOWN the LINE
Peter Martins muffing bottle Of cham
pagne has disclosed a peculiar habit of high

PashS has uiseioseu pecuhai haoit "a nis.A
society in the, north
Pitching the which has at last
Bottle aroused the question
whether it is permis-
sible for one San Franciscan gentleman to
table to another when asked to pass the
wine. 1t seems that at the cotillion, where
Lieutenant Hobson missed the sensation of
his lite in not being kissed by California
girls, Peter, for change, became thirsty,
and asked Baron Alex. Won Schroeder to
pass bottle of champagne to him. The
baron, being accustomed to the usages OF
polite society, calmly gave the bottle pitch
across the table. Peter, it is claimed, made
vain attempt to catch it, but missed. The
bottle crashed to pieces, and the robes of
several of the women who happened to be
near were ruined, and this is what the story
brought out. The only point about the
AFFAIR that tends to make one suspicious
about its credibility is the assertion that
Peter missed the bottle.
According to some of the journals of the
north the incident is likely to cause race
row, for the Irish, of course, side with Peter,
who is recent descendant of one of the
kings OF Connaught, while Baron" Alex
ander has castles in Spain, or on the Rhine,
or some place. 1t is now question of
either the Irish or the Germans being
turned down in high circles in San Francisco.
The Germans hold that the whole thing
was Peters fault in not catching the bottle,
while the Irish claim that if German eti-
quette permits the chuckng of bottles across
tables, society should dispense with the
Ieuton, and there you are; a lovely social
row-but how in the world can we believe
that Peter really missed catching that
bottle?
She's Southern California girl, and is not
at all backward in expressing her approval
of herself at any op-
VI Uooo portunity that comes
Understanding up. l happened into
the office where -she
was clicking away at her type machine, and
ventured the hope that she had lound her
stocking well filled on Christmas morning.
"Yes, it was" she replied, "but that's not
odd; both OF them are usually well filled,
and the machine went on calmly clicking and
the office boy smiled his approval.
There are some SMILES that come on the
suit of some great
A Grip stress, that seem to be
Simile inspired, so well do
they suit the situa-
ton. One such / caught from j. j. Byrne
Yesterday. He was suffering from a ter
rife influenza, which he bravely refused to
call the grip How do you feel!" l
asked "Feel?" he replied. Il feel like
a bottle of muciage.'
Some one has been stuffing the Record of
this city with wild story that Mrs. Adina
Mitchell had a pic
A Silly ture of her house
Mistake painted on the drop
curtain of the stage at
the entertainment hall at the Whittier Re-
form school. The reporter who cannot tell
the difference between the Mitchell mansion
and the San Gabriel mission should be put
in dry dock for couple OF weeks.
Edward X. Blades, who was killed by an
accidental discharge of his fowling piece
on Christmas day at
All-round Long Beach, was a
Athlete man below the aver
age size, yet lie was
one of the best athletes in the athletic club
of this city. He was nothing but
muscle, and could do any kind OF an aero
batic turn with precision and without APP
parent effort. He was clever at all out
door sports, and won much renown about
this part of the state for his tennis playing.
He would undoubtedly have MADE his mark
at golf in a short time, for he had natural
ability at such things.
Miss Adelaide Hasse is in the city on
visit from New York, where she is valued
employe of the Astor
Progressive library. Miss Hasse
Librarian was formerly of the
library of this city,
but four years ago resigned and went east,
where she has since won national reputa-
ton as an able and progressive librarian.
Though all her life student and Bibio-
phie, she is far from the type of that sort
of woman physically, for one would have to
look far to find more healthy, robust, and
handsome girl. She is devotee of hard
exercise, and was one OF the best fencers in
Southern California. l have a suspicion
that she is not ignorant of the use OF boxing
gloves from her well poised person and
confident, graceful walk. She is realiza-
ton of the classic advice Of mems sana in
corpore sano, and consequently is remarE-
ably charming young woman.
THE GOSSIpER.
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