Show TALES OF THE DAY A Graceful Act An incident happened some years ago In the cafe of a restaurant of rather good class in the city of Dublin which is an apt illustration of how a gentleman can place himself on a footing of equality with an Inferior In station without sacrificing1 his dignity At that time and probably the same narrowmnded spirit and ultra snobbishness exists there still it was the habit for tho proprietors of the better class barrooms to refuse to serve drinks to private soldiers relates the Philadelphia Philadel-phia Times On the occasion referred to two finely setup men of a dragoon regiment both wearing longservice stripes and the chevrons chev-rons Of troop sergeant entered his place and approaching the bar asked for drinks They were refused rather curtly They said nothing but turning on their heels prepared to leave The fine appearance appear-ance of the two men had attracted the attention at-tention of the guests among whom were three or four who were sitting together quietly smoking at one of the tables The men had almost reached the door when one of the smokers arose callinsr out sharply Halt The habit of obedience to the command caused the soldiers to stop although they did not acknowledge the right to be halted by any one in civilians ians clothes The man who had been smoking walked up to the bar and said to the attendant I can purchase what drinks I require here I suppose Yes sir replied the man Then immediately serve these two gentlemen emphasizing the word with whatever they demand Turning to the soldiers he said Gentlemen Gentle-men will you drink with me With pleasure sir said one replying for both They drank together and when the soldiers sol-diers were about to leave one of them turning to the man In civilians clothes said Excuse me sir but we should like to know the name sIt the gentleman to whom we owe this courtesy The man smiled Certainly My name is Wolseley Colonel Wolseley In a trice two pairs of heels came together to-gether with a clack and two loft arms were brought up with precision to a salute sa-lute which Wolseley as formally returned return-ed He turned away with a smile and as the two sergeants marched out an outburst out-burst of handclaps testified to the cordial appreciation of every witness of the scene Wolseley had a capital war record even then that happening a great many years aero but he has since seen much service and is now better known to the world as Viscount Wolspley commander in thief of the English army |