Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-23
aA.LAIE DJWl|ED.
From Tahoe by tn
Exac,ions Of Fashionable
Society
Society.

80 AiS
ping in this city for the past week, has
been a %sojourncr here because OF the
exaclions OF fashion at Lake Tahoe,
where he had intended to spend several
weeks with his wife and sister-in-law.
He came here a refugee from the Lake
d driven put by the dress requirements
Of that elevated section OF the earth.
When he arrived at one of the fash
ionable resorts of the Lake his idea
was that he could strike a spot where
he would De away from the newspapers,
and lounge about in the cool shade OF
the pines, and listen to the ripping
brooks while his heart and mind would
b. at peace. He labOred under the
idea hat he could do all this in his
common every day political clothes.
His wife, however. thought differently.
and struggled two suits of new tailor
made clothes into his trunk.
When he arrived he had on an old
hand-me-down attire and pauts that
distinctly bagged at the knees. Now,
when a man arrives at Lake Tahoe,
with a pretty " fe and handsome sister
iu-iaw, society will not allow him to go
about with baggy breeches and a hat
of the by-gOne days of the Stewart
campaign. OF course, his wife noticed
the Mortified looks of the hdut ton,
who occupied the veranda of the hotel,
but she made no protest knowing that
she would have a pleasant surprise in
the morning. Charlie said he proposed
to rise with the lark, when the
dew sparkled on the grass, and study
the ways of nature in the SYLVAN
shades. That night after he was asleep
she hid his old clothes and substituted
a genteel business suit in it's place. He
rose softly at four, and not wishing tC
disturb his wife (who was watching
him) he dressed in the dark and sailed
out not realizing how well he was look.
ing in his new suit.
He got back at nine, after a delight
l full trip through the forest, and meetin!
an acquaintance from San Francisco
said Good morning. in a Cheerful
= way, and the person addressed, no
recognizing Wallace in his new clothes
. gave no answer. He simply stared an
. passed on.
After breakfast his wife and sister-in
law were simply delighted when the
realized that he had not d~iscovers
/ that he was in such fashionable attir
and they watched him with CLOWN
y pride as he circulated over the grounds
He ran against at least twenty Of hi
old friends, notables of Nevada an
California, and no one recognlzln
: him, not one returned his salut,
When MIR. Wallace Was given the eel
81 stare and the CLASSY eye by men who
he considered owed much of their p
litical preferment in the world to b
deft manipulation of conventions ar
primaries, he began to get a little b.
in the collar, and his heat kept increa
ing as one man after another, who ha
always been glad to grasp his hand
Carson, Eureka or San Fraucisc,
turning away with a cold nod or
8 frigid Stare.
" There was going to be a lawn par
fthat afternoon and Mrs. Wallace, havil
OF such success with the tailor made Blu.
ness suit, now determined to array h
s. lord i'll the sember habiliments of tas
al ion, and the black broadcloth suit W
IL brought Out and together with a viii
tie and a high silk hat, the latest Mark
~ street go such as the fashionable bloc
W of the Golden state appear in, on M;
1h inee afte rnoons.
le. When Wallace saw the clothes he w
yo expected to put on he rebelled. Look
nv here my dear. This farce has gone
enough. | see you struggled me into
ar tailor made suit this morning and / ov
looked the indiscression because V
were up in the mountains where the
III Osphere is light and effects the bra
ms but this black broadcloth and plug hal
no part of the programe with me. I
is first thing you know Ill be mistak
.o- for Frank Newlands. Besides | do
like this atmosphere. Some of tn,
scrubs I put on horseback have Civ
vi me the dead shake when | met 'em h
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