The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-09-06

Mrs. Clarence Mackay and Her Newly
, Joke on Diamond Jim" Brady's
WaistcOat-Mystery of the Heavy
Twins-A Spartan Sacrifice.
Probably the only man in the world
ever fired" for getting to work too
soon in the morning is now driving an
unarmored cruiser, as the rickety
hacks that operate between the race
track and Broadway at Saratoga are
called.
You see," he recently explained to
a correspondent Of the New York
World, before l got this job driving l
was working in one of the springs.
/ The day the boss hired me he told me
never to come to work before Z o'clock
| in the morning. One morning
couldn't sleep and got there at $50.
Then he fired me- Why? Well, you
see, l ketched him doping the spring.
He was dumping two big bags of some
kinds of salts into it, and-hOly smoke!
but he got mad when he turned
! around and saw me-"
Joe Ullman, who, with Billy Mackin,
is running the Bridge Whist club,
where the biggest play of the season
at faro and roulette is nightly taking
place, got on the other side Of the
fence the other day and bet on horse
race. For twenty-five years Joe has
| been letting the other fellows bet,
which fact is sufficient answer to the
! question as to where he accumulated
the half million fortune with which he
| is credited.
THAT was my maiden attempt" he
said, when 1 put up $1,000 to win
! $500 on Colonial Girl. You may not
believe it, but l never before bet any
of my own money on horse. l usu-
! ally let the other fellows do the bet
ting. If some Of my friends get on to
| the fact that | have switched my sys-
tenn they will think that l am getting
old"
The society crOwd-that is, the real
haute ton, that look at the large and
Overdressed pretenders through disap-
proving lorgnettes-is enjoying a little
| joke at the expense of Mrs. Clarence
Mackay. Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt, jr.,
and some friends were sitting in the
clubhouse on a recent afternoon when
Mrs. MacBay passed by.
"Oh commissioner, called out Mrs.
Vanderbilt. Three betting commits
sioners Immediately rushed to her side,
thinking that she desired to wager
| some of her own and her husbands
| millions on a race.
ooh. | don't mean you" she said,
with a pout. Il mean Commissioner
Mackay. There she is now. Please
! ask her to come here"
! During the rest Of the day Mrs.
| Mackay was called commissioner by
the women of the clubhouse crowd and
| some of her men friends adopted that
| title in addressing her in the evening.
She seemed to enjoy the joke as much
as anybody else.
James r. Keene made a little joke,
too. the same afternoon at the expense
of Diamond Jim" Brady, whose Oiseau
recently ran second to Sysonby. There
was a little commotion under the club
| house veranda during the fourth race,
and inquiries were made as to the
cause Of it..
"Oh, that's nothing" said Mr.. Keene,
except Brady's vest kicking over the
result of the last race"
Diamond Jim" has contributed some
striking features in the waistcoat line,
and Mr.. Keene's sally brought roar
of understanding laughter. Brady's
waistcoat was ceriSe in tone, blocked
| out in purple square. Cerise, by the
| way. is the color that pred0minates In
! the combination which the jockey
! wears whenever he has the leg over
one of Diamond Jim's" thOroughbreds.
The Licorice sisters is the name OF
two women staying at the Grand I'm
ion hotel who are causing the other
women patrons considerable annoy
ance. They come from st. Louis and
are SO nearly alike that the rest of the
ladies are undecided whether they are
mother and daughter or really two sis
| tiers. as the register declares. The title
was obtained by their fondness for dull
yellowish gowns, which one of the fem
mime authorities says is the real thing
| in the licorice color. For the informa-
ton Of the ladies it can be said that
the two women are not only sisters,
but they are twins. Their combined
weight would be in the neighborhood
| Of $40 pounds.
There was an instance of Spartan
sacrifice the other night at the United
States hotel. A Boston woman who
arrived in the morning was separated
from. her trunk by some of the gentle
| manly freight handlers who serve as
baggagemen on the Delaware and
Hudson. She was in a quandary until
Louisville woman whom she had
never seen before placed at her dis