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THE TIMES, NEW BLOOM El ELI), 14 .. APRIL 15. 1879.
HOW I WAS TRAPPED.
H T'M BOItKY I can't go up to Lou-
JL don with you," wild Mr. llrldge
wortli, who hud Just crossed the Chan
nel with me, na we stood chatting at the
Dover railway station, whither he had
come to see me off.
Our brief acquaintance, struck up the
night before on the Caluls packet, had
been rendered so agreeable by Mr.
Brldgeworth's aftUblllty, that I wan
more that half prepared, If not to dis
pute the dogma that grufTness Is the pre
dominating feature of English manners,
at least to admit that It Is a rule not
without exception.
" It would afford me pleasure," he
added, " to act the pnrt or 1 guide, phi
losopher and friend,' on your first visit
lo the great metropolis; but since that
cannot be business before pleasure, you
know I've written a letter toachumof
mine in town, which you will do well
to present as soon as possible, and who
will see you suitably bestowed."
I thanked my new friend for his kind
ness, put his letter In my pocket, and
bidding him many warm adieux, hur
ried, at the call of the guard, to take my
place aboard the train.
I was followed up the step by a thick
set and rather coarse-featured man, who,
besides myself, was the Bole occupant of
I lie compartment. ThedoorAvas lock
ed, the bell rang, and the train set in
motion.
The stout gentleman busied himself,
for a time, with his newspaper, and
then threw It down with a grunt. The
next half hour he looked out of the
window, his face betokening anything
but pleasure at the prospect, the charms
of which were not heightened by the
effect of a dull autumn drizzle.
Turning about, with another grunt,
liis deep-set, groy eyed glanced me over
keenly.
" Do you know the the gentleman
you were talking with just before the
train started V" he asked, in a quick,
fharp voice.
" I do." I answered mentally ad
ding, "I nquisitiveness, I see, isn't ex
clusively a Yankee trait."
" Seems to me I've seen him before
what might lils name beV" was the next
question,
"Brldgeworth."
" And your own ?"
"Hanley."
I was more amused than annoyed at
this cross-examination.
" How long have you known Mr
Brldgeworth S"' continued my lnquisl
tor.
" Since we got on the Calais boat to
gether laBt evening," I replied.
" Humph 1"
I thought It was now my turn.
" Do you reside in London V"
"Yes."
" May I inquire your name V"
" MacQrumlie."
"Scotch extraction, I presume V"
"Can't say never saw the family
tree."
41 Nor need you wish to, if It's known
by its fruits," was the retort I had on
the tip of my tongue, but I left it there,
" By the way," I said, after a pause.
" Mr. Brldgeworth was kind enough to
give me a letter of Introduclon to a
friend of his ; perhaps, on our arrival,
you can direct me to the place mention
edin the address."
" What is it V"
I showed him the superscription.
With another of his "humphs!" he
handed the letter back.
Do you want to go there at onceV"
" I might as well," said I ; "I have
no acquaintances in London, and Mr,
Brldgeworth has assured roe of his
friend's kindly offices."
" I'll show you the way," Mr. Mac
Grumlte was kind enough to say. " It's
on my road borne. You can leave you r
luggage at the station, and we'll take a
cab together."
Thlo agreed to, the conversation flag
ged, in spite of all efforts on my part to
, revive it. I couldn't help contrasting
the hours so lately enlivened by Bridge
worth's wit and gayety,with those whose
tedium nad notning to relieve it save
MacQrumlie's ever-recuring solilloqules
of " humphs !" and grunts.
It was dark when he reached the city.
My companion hailed a cab, gave the
driver the direction, and jumping in my
side, we were soon ratttnng down a
shabby, ill-lighted street. .
" Here you are!" said MacQrumlie,
as we checked in front of a sombre-
looking building.
Few words were spent in leave-taking,
I got out, paid my share of the fare, aud
having, with difficulty distinguished the
number on the door, I rang the bell,
while the cab turned the next corner,
Several minutes elapsed, aqd I was
on the point of giving the knqb another
null, when I heard steps inside. The
door opened, and a not very preposses,
sing male servant growled :
" What do you want 1"
" I have a letter for Mr. Fitz Quagg, I
said ; "is he hi T'
"Gimme It, an' I'll see," said the
lackey, snatching rather than receiving
the letter from my hand.
Without inviting me to enter, he
slammed the door in my fuce, and I
heard his heavy tramp retreating.
After another delay, and a sound of
lighter footsteps, the door was again
opened, and a youngish-looking man,
In a garb, as revealed by the Imperfect
light, which appeared more flashy than
genteel, stood before me.
" Sorry to 've kept you waiting, Mr.
Hanley," he said, seizing my hand cor
dially. " Have read Brldg's letter
capital fellow, Brldg. Any friend of
his always welcome. Just going to dine
with a few friends. Must Join us. Good
way to Introduce you. Come, Dick,"
turning to his surly servant "run
ahead aud tell them to put another mime
in the pot."
Cutting Bhort my acknowledgements,
Mr. Fltz Quagg took piy ar m, aud we
sauntered leisurely along. As we turn
ed a corner to go down a street less 'in
viting, if anything, than the one we
had left, I caught a glimpse, I fancied,
of a form, on the opposite side of the
street, much resembling the burly figure
of MacUrumlle.
We stopped at length before a door at
which my companion knocked peculiar
ly. We were at once admitted, and Mr.
Fitz Quagg led the way to a room light
by a dim lamp, where, half invisible in
an atmosphere of smoke, sat three of
his familiar spirits, each with a pipe
in his mouth.
" I say, Dick," said Filz Quagg the
ceremony of introduction over" fill
us up the glasses while we're waiting
for the solids."
Soon each man had a tumbler of
punch before. him.
" Here's to our better acquaintance
no heeltaps, mind I" called out the hil
Iarious Fitz Quagg, rising and draining
hlsjoram in honor of the sentiment.
Out of sheer politeness I swallowed
the abomlnablo stuff, though the taste
half sickened me. In a few seconds my
head began to whirl Fitz Quagg and his
friends seemed to be spinning round the
room. The clouds of smoke thickened,
My temples throbbed. A dull heavl
ness settled on my brain, aud at last,
came the unconsciousness.
How long It was before my faculties
returned I know not ; but when they
did, my companions hud disappeared
I felt for my watch to note the time. It
was gone, aud my pocketbook and
money with it. The truth flushed upon
me.
"Drugged and robbed!" 1 exclaim
ed.
" l ou've hit It exactly," auswered a
voice which I had heard before; and
turning about, my eyes fell on the iui
pressive face of the gruff MacQrumlie.
JNever mind," he continued, " your
property and the robbers are both safe
at the station. liouse. The fellow you
parted with this morning is a noted
thief, whose face having grown too
familiar in London, he has been plying
his trade on the continent of late. As
certaining, probably, that you had a
large Bum of money about you, he came
across the channel in -your company,
but finding no safe chance to pick your
pocket by the way, aud not daring to
follow you further, he commended you
to the kind offices of his city friends,
trusting to their honor to remit him his
share of the spoil."
' As an old detective, 1 had little dlffl
culty In fathoming bis scheme, as soon
as I learned he had given you a letter.
So I kept a close watch on your move
ments from the moment you left the
cab, which I dismissed immediately
after. Then waiting till things had
gone far enough to insure tne rogues a
good term of penal servitude, I sum
moned assistance and pounced upon
them before they could make off with
their plunder.
APPLICATIONS OF CELLULOID.
"'HOUGH scarcely ten years have
passed since the Hyatt brothers
suspected that this compound might be
used profitably in the arts, and only five
years since they began to manufacture
it successfully, it has become the basis
of several thriving industries, and
novel applications of it are being made
almost daily.
As now made celluloid Is a composi
tion of fine tissue paper and gum cam
phor, treated with chemicals by a pat-
ened process. When crude it looks like
a transparent gum, and its color Is a
light yellow brown. It can be made as
hard as lvo'ry, but is always elastic, and
can be readily moulded in every con
ceivaoie iorm. v ltu equal ease It can
be colored in any tint desired, the dye
running through the entire substance,
and belug, therefore, ineffaceable.
A writer for the Evening J'ont has
taken pains to collect a large amount of
Information concerning the manufac
ture and uhb of this material ; and wide
as the range of Us application has be
came, the business of preparing the
crude material and shaping it into novel
and useful forms Is thought to be only
in Its Infancy.
According to the J'oxt writer, all the
celluloid used is made by a single com
pany, having factories at Newark, Is".
J., who sell the crude material to the
parties undertaking the production of
finished goods. No one can buy It un
less the producing company decides to
give him a license, which is granted on
ly for the purpose of making some new
article that will not interfere, with the
trade of the companies already licensed.
A number of large corporations are now
engaged in the various branches of
manufacture for which celluloid can be
employed. Most of these have their
factories in Newark, but there Is one
large establishment in Centre street,
New York.
The cost of the crude articles to the
buyers is regulated by the producing
company according to the use to be
made of it and the competlon met with
n other materials. For Instance, $4 or
$5 per pound are charged for celluloid
which is to le made Into jewelry, while
only $2 are charged if it is designed for
umbrella bundles, though there is no
difference lit the quality of the sub
stance. As a close Imitation of Ivory ,cellulold
has made great Inroads in the business
of the ivory manufactures. Its makers
assert that In durability it is much su
perior to Ivory, as it sustains hard
knocks without injury, and Is not dis
colored by age or use. Great quantities
of it are used for piano and organ keys,
to the manufacture of which one com
pany is devoted.
Billiard balls are made of celluloid at
half the price of ivory, and are said to
be equally elastic, while more du ruble.
Large amounts are used for combs,
for the backs of bushes and hand
mirrors, and toilet articles : a fine tooth
comb made of celluloid is twenty-five
per cent, cheaper than ivory, while ill
large pieces, such as the backs of hand
glasses, the difference lu price is enor
mous. Amone many other articles in
which celluloid takes the place of ivory
or fndia-rubher are whip, cane, and
umbrella handles, every kind of harness
trimmings, foot rules, chessmen, and
the handles of knives and forks. Its
use in cutlery 1b said to be especially de
sirable, as it is not cracked or discolored
by hot water.
India-rubber, as a general rule, holds
Its ground against celluloid, as the latter
cannot be sold so cheaply. The cellu
loid Is said to be much more durable,
however, and it is superior for pencil
cases, jewelry, etc., where gold mount
ings are used, as it does not tarnish the
metal, whereas the sulphur in India
rubber tarnishes gold which is less than
eighteen carats fine. The freedom of
celluloid from sulphur, and the natural
flesh color which can be Imparted to it,
have caused it to be extensively substi
tuted for India-rubber in the manufac
ture of dental blanks, or the gums und
other attachments of artificial teeth.
Celluloid can be mottled so as to imi
tate the finest tortoise shell, and its
elasticity renders it much less liable to
breakage. In this form it is used, like
the Imitation ivory, for combs, cigar
cases, match boxes, pocket book, nap
kin rings, Jewelry, and all sorts of fancy
articles. The substance is employed for
similar purposes as a good imitation of
malachite and also of amber. It is made
Into mouth pieces for pipes, cigar hold
ers, and, musical instruments, and Is
used as the material of flutes, flageolets,
and drumsticks. For drumheads it is
said to be superior to parchment, as it
is not affected by moisture in the atmos
phere. As a substitute for porcelain, celluloid
is used for the heads of dolls, which can
be hammered against a hard floor with
out danger of fracture. Beautiful jew
elry is made of It in Imitation of the
most elaborately carved coral, repro
ducing all the shades of the genuine
article.
One of the large manufacturing com
panies is employed exclusively lu the
making of optical goods, using celluloid
in place of tortoise shell, jet, etc., for
the frames of spectacles, eye glasses,and
opera glasses. The material is exten
sively used for the shoe tips, protecting
the toe as well as metal tips, and having
the appearance of patent leather. By
shoemakers it is also used for insoles.
Large quantities of thimbles are made
of it, and It is said to be the best ma
terial known for emery wheels and
knife sharpeners. As a ground for
paintings, celluloid has all the advan
tages of ivory, and photographs can be
taken on It which are alleged to be su
perior lo ivorytypes.
Within the last year and a half an,
other branch of celluloid manufacture
has been developed which promises to
reach enormous proportions. This is
the use of celluloid as a substitude for
linen or paper in the making of shirt
cuffs, collars, etc.
It has the appearance of well starch,
ed linen, is sufficiently light and flexl
ble, does not wrinkle, is not affected by
perspiration, and. can be worn for
months without Injury. It becomes
soiled much less readily than linen, and
when dirty is quickly cleaned by the
application of a little snap and water
with a sponge or rag.
For travelers and for wear In hot
weather this celluloid linen is especially
convenient. It has lately been improv
ed by the Introduction of real linen be
tween two thicknesses of celluloid.
Shirt fronts have been made of It, as
well as cups and collars, and it Is be
lleved that these will prove equally desirable.
Sham Men and Men who Wear Corsets.
THE male corset-wearers are those
who take their coats to the up
town tailor, whose advertisement may
be found almost any morning in the
Ledger. Tills ingenious fellow has an
arrangement which he puts Into coats
by which one's shoulders are made to
look as broad as a prize-fighter's. With
one of his Inventions, and a perfectly
constructed corset, the figure of man
becomes irresistible. It is a secret, that
the ladies know as well as ourselves,
that the shoulders of all our coats are
more or less padded, that frequently our
vests are ditto, so that with the excep
tion of the hair on our heads, which is
usually our own, there Is about the full
dressed man almost as much sham as
surrounds the full-dressed woman. But
our male-corset-wearers will talk. They
hide their corsets, figuratively as well as
actually, and would deny the whole
thing if they were asked about It. A
daily newspaper reporter Is the authori
ty for saying that the tailor who makes
heavy shoulders nut of slim ones keeps
quiet on the subject. Many attempts
have been made, but all in vain, to in
terview him. One must turn to Eng
land to discover how a man feels when
tightly laced. Here Is a gentleman who
wears ladles' shoes because he thinks
them more comfortable, and goes for
his corsets to a store where there are
lady attendants, as "I find them much
more obliging than male assistants
usually are." He is a connoisseur in
corsets for gentlemen. Listen to him
I strongly advise to have the corset
made to open up the back only as I find
it is much more comfortable to wear and
lighter than when made to open in front
in the now common mode. I can truly
affirm, from my own experience, that
moderately tight-lacing (say three to
four Inches less waist measure than the
natural size) Is not only not prejudicial
but, on the contrary, is very beneficial
to the health.
My occupation is mostly of a seden
tary nature, and I used to suffer much
from pains in my side and back and from
indigestion ; but about a year and a half
ago my sister persuaded me to try and
wear a corset and she altered one of her
own to suit me. I found it rather irk
some for the first few days, but that feel
ing soon passed, and on my next visit
to London I had a corset properly made
to my own measurement. Since then I
have had another one made, smaller in
the waist and wider at the chest, which
I am now wearing. The pains have
quite left me and my health is generally
much better than It used to be. Besides
this, the feeling of being tolerably well
laced is very comfortable. From my
own observation and Inquiries I find
the practice of corset-wearing by young
gentlemen is becoming much more
usual, but we don't make any display
of the fact."
in Jbranoe and Germany very many
more gentlemen affect corsets than in
England. Here at home it is impossi
ble the custom will ever become what
our English friend calls " usual." We
haven't the time for the Intricacies of
the corset. Even the suspender Is get
ting beyond the control of the American
man, and a fellow sufferer wrote not
long ago to a newspaper In New York,
asking it to request of suspender makers
to have pity on poor male humanity
and cease adding novel machinery to
this necessary part of our attire. No;
a people who are frightened at so simple
a thing as a pairof suspenders will never
undertake the management of corsets,
hedged about, as they are rumored to be,
with whalebones innumerable, strings
by the yard and holes by the dozens. It
has not been the purpose in this paper
to do more than mention as has been
done about the whipping and the
spurs. These are themes at which the
pen that did not falter at corsets for
gentlemen wisely stops.
f3rA little girl who was spending a few
days with a farmer uncle visiting the
barnyard, aud while looking at the
well-fed cows, temarked: "Why, uncle,
just see, all the cows are chewing gum,
ain't they y"
Given up by Doctors.
"Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by so simple a
teuiedy V"
"I assure vou it is true that he is
entirely cured, and with nothing but
Hop Bitters ; and only teu days ago his
doctors gave him up and suid he must
die!"
" Well-a-day ! That is remarkable ! I
will go this day aud get some for my
poor George I know hops are good."
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