| Show AT GRAB CRAB ORCHARD SPRINGS chete and crave senators senator daack ail jn lackor with boyish zt Z t 1 I have just come from crab orchard springs ky said ralp i 1 Wa Iderson of boston 1 I go there for a brief spell not so bo much for the benefit of the water as to enjoy the charming society of the place it ii unlike any health or pleasure reso resort r t on the continent it is a verita veritable ble landmark in all its characteristics crab orchard is patronized nearly exclusively by Kentuck kentuckians ians and there you see the pretty bluegrass woman and the vi vigorous dorous bluegrass man at their best there are no frills or furbelows fur fr belows about them they represent all that is best and noblest in kentucky life and manners none of your insolence of wealth or arrogance of position do you see there everything is old fashioned without the least show of ostentation the class of Kentuck kentuckians ians who patronize the place belong to the old regime and the warmth of their hospitality imparts to every phase of life a genial glow that does not characterize another summer slimmer resort of this country 1 I was there one summer when senator vest of Ms missouri and justice harlan of tile the united states supreme court both kentuckians Kentuck ians visited tho the springs as is their custom every year the chief dance and one from which more genuine ale pleasure Is uro is extracted than from all your new New ports boston dips etc is old dan tucker everybody old and young indulges in it with a heartiness that is inspiring in now in old dan tucker there acre must always be one more ge gentleman nt than there are ladies arid and where the fun comes in at the end of the set there is a mighty rush and scramble by the men for a lady partner to escort off the floor one night MY mr justice harlan and senator vest were in the same set at the end of which they found themselves in a terrible predicament as things go in old dan tucker for the unlucky mau man who gets left by the ladies is in a sad plight 0 indeed when the last figure figurehead had been danced and the prompter called promenade to your seat the united states senator and the associate justice of the court found themselves rivals for the favor of the same lady a dolight delightfully light fully plump little creature in blue each without knowing of the others predicament made a profound bow to her majesty and when they straightened up the embarrassing situation was disclosed to them the lady with a grace indescribable declined to pass upon the point at issue P and it is positively against 0 the rules of old dan tucker for t two wo gentlemen to walk off the floor with one lady the situation grew more interesting 0 every second for the crowd was vas standing around tittering t i while vest and harlan blushed an and d stammered like country boys at a frolic finally the missouri senator grabbed the lady by both hands and bore her triumphantly from the room leaving t justice harlan stand standing ingin 0 in the middle of the room the picture of despair and embarrassment but harlan got even with vest the next evening a and nd the two distinguished sons of kentucky left crab orchard horse and horse in the matter of old dan tucker honors and penalties st louis globe democrat |
