The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1902, Page 11

" HIE SUNDAY CALL. 11 - CamouDescribeYourbDest iToend sothat 5 Here Is a Memory ’ | Test That Cannot | Fail to Interest. —— . “5—0 be in society and be the real L observant. I s pleasant oualities and originality cen’t sit in the boxes, sc to speak, ¢+ the observation act. rere are always a few in the ranks of the h display of wealth, compel thei —_— thirg, one need not necessarily be is much better fun to pose and let the others who Still, smart set, who by their in entertaining, if no? by their friends and acquaintances to re- member their personality. There are those, it is true, who will gossip concerning these fortunate leaders in the social world, but these same gossips are always to the fore in accepting invi cisco has not an alarmingly large quota of men who lead atters, perhaps because they do not have time, but the name i M. Greenway brought 2 jolly smile to the face of every one who attempted to describe him. Snciety hos known ! Certain it must be tha* he is regarded as an authority in San Fr social m Edw ir many moon matters social, play bedy in town said they didn’t know ingly acknowledges a non-acquain from the reluctance in describing him from a pla: ations. im as a leader for which some of the fairer sex dis- every day point of view. But no- him, which argues that nobody will- nce with a social favorite. When it came to describing Edward M. Greenway, so that any one might recognize him at a glance, it turned out to be rather a different matter, and but few were altogetier equal to it. However, he is one of the few whom society would not care to readily forget,-and every one agreed upon some things concerning his personal appearance. Make a picture of him in your mind’s eye, and then read what the rest of the world has to say in describing Edward M. Greenway. P | ‘1 AN pounds. 1S o1 3 ge.” He is 5 feet extremely up-to-date. business hours Iry he wears is used, however, it is 2 jewelry sk, and he alway 1 out. He is an American. EBEdward M. Greenway as He iieally Is. /& R. GREENWAY'’S full name, and correctly spelled, Edward McDonald Greenway, and he is 50 years 7 inches tall and weighs 200 His eyes are a very dark brown. black, but it is very gray now. Heis baid. He wears a mcd- erately heavy mustache with long curled ends. 1 '\e\'smnll and his nose is rather small but straight; face is jolly and good-natured. watch, which is rarely attached to a chain. When'a lways wears o single carnation, which takes the His hands are short, broad and piump. < < | | I | His hair was His face is His dress is He wears a sack suit of a quiet and evening dress after six. with the excep- a signet ring, heavy one with small links. s walks with his toes pointed | 2 a round smiling when he rs on that H { well propor- st of him and a voice of compiete his s well that ody dres belonge: Oh, ves, nee in a while. He has look out for a good when you see him coming.” ELEANOR MARTIN. way b MRS Mr al Gry s been a society & rancisco and life he s in the very best man- ed with nothing less. In entertainment after the fash- San social iness in ner. He whatever for his guests he d fon of & true cavalier. “But that is not to be wondered at, or he is comnected with some of the best familles of Maryland and Virginia end in Baltimore, his native city. “Wouldn't you say that he is 50 years old or not far from it? He is not so tall— say § feet 6—and his weight is about 1% pounds. When I first knew him his hair and mustache were jet black—now they are gray, and he is a little bald. “His face is & round, pleasant one, and you would not call his forehead a very high one. He has a pleasant voice in speaking, and he sings = little. His walk is & very determined one—you'd think he was going to some kind of an entertain- ment and wented to get there. In danc- ing he is ebsolutely correct and a great band at inventing new figures. In dress he is always remarkably neat and modish. He wears very little jewelry— perbaps & little pin, & family ring, or something of that kind. “Ed Greenway's appearance is not dis- figured by any scars. I think the most striking thing about him is his earnest- pess of manner.” HARRY HOLBROOK. “Let's see,” said Harry Holbrook, as he Jesned back in his chair and saw with his mind’s eye the face and figure that are so familiar to everybody who has been in society i the last decade or two. else, Harry Holbrook / Like everybody The very name of Ned Greenway smiled. seems to put people in good humor. by my own height I'd say feet 7 inches. I thin —and Mr. Hoibrook wn generously filled “He must be 4, I veigh 1 ed down his © comparing. mall, and I think you might say s two chins. He has a round, Bal- n nose; and his mustache is gray d turns up at the ends. Ned hasn’t hair, but right on top there is a eonic curi, that leans either to the jght or left according to the way he els. Ned always dresses in very good formi. For Dusiness he wears a sack coat, His es I know he gets’ from New York, for hey the touch of smartness our Vestern ties lack. He wears different sometimes bows, sometimes four- I don’t think he wears any jewelry except a seal ring with his fam- ily crest on his right hand. His hands are ebubby and small; his feet always well shod, with rather a round-toed shoe, n pointed or square. He wears a aight-up collar, a little open in front have sty i-hand. neck room. and many a time en poor Ned's collar wilt when he appears in evening d it's out- eous. He has decidedly the air of a bon vivant, of one who'is perfectly sure of himself. He has one mannerism that i 3 riy noticeable. When he sees > Knows el! he stops and gets res vt him the glad hand. There’ a regular ‘I re*you, Harry, old boy? in the way he brings himself to a hait with one arm a little in advance of the giv. —the very opposite of the ‘bunny which i pet aversion. “Ned's merican. He's from Balti- more, you know, , but I and comes of a very fine famil an’t tell you what the M in his name stands for.” R. PORTER ASHE. R. Porter A: emiled as he thought bow he would describe his friend Green- way to one who had never seen him. “Well, I'd say Ned was a short sort of a fellow. H about 5 feet 9. Ned's pulent—he must weigh 175. 1've known him for twenty-five years and I think ne must be *“Ned face? 1'd say Yorkshire—one of Chicago’s best. Small eyes, dark ard What hair is left is dark, igled with gray, and he wears a short mustache, and thas dark, too. “He dresses in a dark sack suit with a nigge: ‘vest’ for a swell feliow like that; you must say ‘waistcoat” Sometimes the walstcoat is figured with fleur-de-lis, sometimes horse. shoes, sometimes links running across, Ned’s ties are flashy, generally tied in a loose, flaring bow. “He wears a derby (pronounced with the broad a) hat. Overcoat? Oh, no, Ned doesn’t wear an overcoat; he's too ful- some, too full-blooded to need an over coat. “Ned’s hands are coarse and flabby— not a patrician hand. I've seen him wear several different rings, one a snake, with & diamond in the head, I think, on the lit- tle finger. He has a broad, flat foot, not & patriclan foot—water wouldn't run un. der 1t.” MRS. REDMOND PAYNE. “Oh, I should think Edward M. Green- way is anywhere from 45 years on, but nearer 50 years of age. “It’s pretty hard to judge of his weight, but I should say he weighed 10 pounds easy. I should think his height was about 5 feet 10 inches. As to his eyes, I haven't an idea what color they are. He wears & brown mustache, set in a round face, and his hair is brown, sprin- kled with gray. He has a bald spot and 2 medium-high forehead. “He is always well dressed, to such an extent that you never notice what he wears. He has no facial blemishes or scars. I don't know how to describe his voice, but it's pleasant and not a heavy one. He walks with short, quick steps. I don't know positively about his nation- ality, buf I think he's English. He has a most pleasant expression and Is a very genial man to meet.” REDICK M. DUPERU. “Ned's nice and fat; he’s bald and thinks his hair is growing, and it isn't He looks like Santa Claus. He has funny little eyes—blue, I think. “Ned usually wears a sack coat, and in the evening with dress clothes wears a white waistcoat and little white tie. He always wears a stand-up collar, open a little in front—one of those butterfly affairs. In daytime he wears coloreda shirts and gay tles, always gay ties, either bow or four-in-hand. “He doesn't wear any jewelry at all He carries an old tin watch—nickel I be- lieve it He has a gold watch that he uses sometimes, with a rather heavy gold chain with small links; but he nearly al- ways carries the tin watch. “He has little fat hands, with short fingers. His feet are not small and the particular thing about his shogs is that they always turn up at the toes. In sum. vest—only don’t say " though, 2 S = 7 //é/’,. N7 - — ~ — == Bdward McDonald Greenway. mer he wears tan shoes and hot socks, pink and lavender and pale blue. “I think Ned is about 55, but ¥ couldn’t tell you his full name for he never has it on his card and always signs himselt Edward M. Greenway.” GEORGE H. LENT. Ned Greenway—ha, ha,” laughed George H. Lent. “I had lunch with Ned yesterday d happened to notice when he opened his mouth that he has one back téoth missing. That would help to identify him. “I skould say he is 5 feet 8 and welghs 200. Between you and me, Ned's 68. He has a cherub face, with blue eyes, a straight nose and round chin—two of them, in fact. His mustache is gray, moderately heavy and the ends turn up. Ned has a habit of twisting his mustache and giving it an upward point. “As to his hair—he hasn’'t any. The mast noticeable thing is a lock that stands right up straight in the middle of his head. Around the edges the hair is very scarce, and what there is of it is gray. “He has small hands, fat fingers and dimples. He wears a seal ring, with his family crest, on the left hand. He car- ries a watch with a gold chain, “Ned is a rather quiet dresser. He usually wears a sack suit and colored shirts—his shirts have a good deal of color in them and very little white. He is prone to wearing neckties like his shirt, tied so that the loops and ends stand apart like an X. A particular style of collar? Well, yes—wilted. I think, though, it is a stand-up collar, open a lit- tle in front. “Ned's an American, don’'t know his full name, Edward M. Greenway."” A. B. COSTIGAN. “Ned has the face of a good liver,” said Mr. Costigan, confessing himself better at “stock broking’ than at giving descrip- tions of his friends. Mr. Costigan smiled as he pictured the jovial face. “It's a round face and his eyes are small and dark, eyebrows not very strong and lashes not strong. His mustache is short and gray, streaked with black, and he has a habit of petting i, turning the ends up. In fact, Ned's rather proud of his ‘mustache. “He hasn't much hair to talk about, but there's a little curl on top that gets worked up when he's excited. I think, I'd know him better from the back of his head, for there the hair is cut round, what there is of it, and it is gray, streaked with black. “What? You've never scen Ned? Well. I know, but T further than he doesn't look lke anybody else. If you'd ever seen him once you couldn’t mistake him. I should say he's 5 feet § and weighs 1%. I'm not sure whether he’s sensitive about his age, but he's about 52. “Ned looks swell when he's making the rounds. He's a good dresser for a stout man. He usually wears a black cutaway cut and a fancy vest, something on a brown. Ties? Well, his ties are rather Bay. At an afternoon tea I've even seen him wear Spanish red. His favorite is an Ascot tie and he sometimes wears a small pin. Yes, and he wears a particular style of collar, straight up and open a little in front to be comfortable for his fat neck. Of course, in evening dress he wears a black or white tle—and I tell you, Ned looks fine when he's stepping into a car- riage. Around town he wears a derby hat, but I like to see him in a silk hat, it builds him up so. “He has small hands for a man of his size, small and shapely and dimpled—a row of little dimples across the back. And on the tips of his fingers there are little cushions, like on hn artist'’s hands. He has attractive feet, too, and I think per- haps he wears a buttoned shoe. But he's an all-rourd good‘ dresser and one doesn’t notice details so much when they are cor- rect. 2 ‘“He wears a ring on the third finger of his left hand. It has a dark stone in it the size of that”"—and Mr. Costigan made the outline of a good-sized bean with his lead pencil. “I think he uses it as a seal. He carries a watch, I know—an open-face watch, but I can’t remember about the chain. I'm not sure but that he carries it in his trousers pocket. “Ned walks very straight—he can’t help it, you know—and he toes out decidedly. He hardly ever wears an overcoat. He doesn’t need to, because he's such a warm-hearted fellow. You can teéll what ind of a heart he has by looking at his olly, round face.” MRS. JOHN F. MERRILL, i § thlnlz the city in a social way is much indebted, to Edward Greenway. Many young people have received much pleasure through his efforts and the debutantes especlally remember with zest the entertainments in which he has been prominent. “His age, I should say, is about 50 years. Oh, I never could guess his weight, Well, I will try—say 191 pounds. In height he is rather decelving, but I should say Mr. Greenway was about the average height. “About his eyes? Oh, dear, I haven't the slightest idea. but I do know that what hair he has is gray—for if he is not bald he is fast approaching that state. He has a round face and a high forehead. A’s to his dress I could not say much, for my meetings with him have always been on occasions where he has worn evening dress. i “His feet and hands are both small, as I remember them, and he has a very sweet voice and a genial smile. No scars dis- figure him that I know of. I will call him a true born American and then you will not be surprised when I say that he has a very genial nature and Is in every way a courteous gentleman.” GEORGE B. JONES. ““He ought to have J. Pierpont Morgan's money, had Edward M. Greenway, and I tell you he'd give everybody high good times. He's a Southerner, and a genial, whole-souled kind of a man, and the first thing you notice about him is the pleas- ant, affable way he hags. “Mr. Greenway must be about 48 or 49 years old, and in height he must be about 5 fect 7% inches. He's a heavy man, you know, and that makes it hard to judge of his height. He must weigh at least 1% or 185 pounds. “His eyes are dark blue or gray. His hair, I should call brown, but it is get- ting gray, and he is bald. He has a round face with no scars on it and a high fore- head. He has small hands and feet. In walking he steps rather lively amd fis voice is clear and ringing and rather pleasing. He always dresses first rate. Some jewelry he wears, but not to dis- play it, rather to keep it in the back- ground. All choice flowers look good to him and he is fonder of them than most men. He is fond of wéaring a carnation. He is generous to a fault and likes to give people a good time.” LOUIS BOSIA, Head Waiter, Palace Hotel. “Yes, sare, 1 haf ze plaisir of knowing Mr., H'ed Greenvay—zat ees his full name —for ten years. I was zere w'en he was at ze Hotel Richelieu—my, ze fine parties we have zere! He ees a jolly man. Ze first sing he say w'en you meet him, ‘Come on, we go haf a drink.” “1 sink he mus’ be about feefty-two or feefty-t'ree years of age. .He is fat—he hat ze embonpoint—he mus’ weigh one hundred and ninety. He come up to about fife feet four inchees on ze wall His hair ees black an’ he ees bald in ze front. His mustache ees turning white in ze middle. He has ze round face, wiz a quegk look an’ a loud thin voice. “He always look fly an’ way up. W’'en he walk he swim himself—so—an’ he look down at ze floor. In generally he wear ze blue serge suit, but in ze efening he ees always in ze full dress. He wear one diamond sparkling ring. W’en he 'drink eet ees always Mumm, and zat ees wat he always ordares w’en he comes in here. T sink he ees an Americaine, for he does not spik ze French ver’ much.” J. R. HOWELL. “Belng in the police business I ought to be able to describe him, and I've been with Ned so much, too,” began . Police Commissioner Howell after he had had his laugh. “His name 1s Edward M. Greenway, but I don’t know what the M. stands for. I think he measures about 5 feet 8$%, and weighs 210. He’s about 50 years old. “Ned has a round, fat face. His eyes are dark brown, medium size, very clear and very bright. There Is a very distinct line between the iris and the white, and the white of his eyes is very clear. Under the eye and above it is very full. “He has a straight nose, dark mus- tache, slightly gray, and he's bald, but he says his hair is coming out again. He has a round, double chin. “He generally, wears a doubls or single breasted sack coat. He is very particular in his dress, is always neatly, correctly and simply dressed, and well groomed in every way. He wears quiet tles, mostly four-in-hand, and sometimes a simple scarf pin, but no other jewelry. “He wears a derby hat during the day and no overcoat. At night he wears an overcoat, and I've been out with him so much that I've seen him in many differ- ent ones.” RYLAND B. WALLACE. “I know Ned Greenway well, but I don’t believe I would ever have noticed that he was bald if it hadn’t been that the barber at the club told me he was trying to make Ned's halr grow. That shows how poorly I use my eyes. “I think Ned s about 5 feet 9%; he must weigh 22, and I should say he is 46. He has a round face, straight nose, black eyes of rather good size, a round chin, black mustache, quite heavy, and what hair he has is dark brown. I don't know what kind of hands he has, for I never saw him hold any, but he wears a ring on the third finger of his left hand. I think it is a seal ring, prob- ably his family crest. He carries a watch, but about the chain—let’s see—I know he doesn’t. show a chaln with his dress suit. I can swear to that, for he wouldn't wear * o Try a Description and See How Near Right You Come. | L a chain then anyhow, but I can't be sure about the chain at other times. “In the aftermoon he wears a Prince Albert coat. In the evening he often wears a white vest, but he 1ally wears a black one in the daytime. His ties are rather gay, sometimes bow and some- times four-in-hand, and he wears no jew- ry.” ‘ HARRISON BROOKS, Paying Teller Nevada Bank. Paying tellers always have keen eyes, and they make a specialty of noting faces. The paying teller of the Nevada Bank has done business w Ned Green- way for years, and this is the way he de- scribes hi “Mr. Green y is about 5 feet 8, short and stout, weighs about 200, and I should think is a man of 48. He a round face, is dark complected, with a black mustache, rather h with a gray streak that anybo notice—I think ‘it's on the left rather nice eyes, dark brown ht nose, and he's bald, I know, though, of course, I always see him wi s hat on. The hair that shows below He wears a derby hat. “He is not a flashy wears a double-bre: dark gray colors and sty y that I have noti He has short, fat hands, but I think the noticeable thing about him is his waddling walk.” C. CLINE, 7 Palace Hotel. “Why, everybody the Palace knows Edward M. Greenway—they call him Ned—with his debonair air. He must be about 50 years of age and in height 5 feet $ inches. he hat is dark He usually t and He wears different ties er. ed rk co trousers. of 1d no jew most around He can't weigh less than 185 pounds. His eyes are blue—he very bald, with just a little hair on the side. That little is good and gray. He has a short neck, a round fac nose, and looks like a man who has al- ways Iived well. One-half of his mus- tache is gray and it is curled. He does not wear glasses. His voice Is a light barytone in quality. I have never noticed any scars. “His usual dress is a blue sack coat, white vest and light trousers. I think he is an American and the most noticeable thing about the gentleman fs his superior finish."” ALLAN ST. JOEN BOWIE. “Ned's rather portly—yes, he's a man of quite generous proportion: was Mr., Bowie's first venture, and he laughed as he said it. “Of course, I know of the quest with a small the answers to some and I dom't know whether Ned would like have me give nim away. He's over 0 and he weighs about 206, and I think he is about 5 feet 8% inches. “There’s nothing flashy about Green- way's dress. He generally wears a box coat, dark in color, and his ties are mod- est, usually four-in-hand. He wears & standup collar—that is, it's a standup col- lar to begin with; but how it does wilt before an evening is over! “His hands are short and fat, and he wears a signet ring on the third finger of his right hand. His feet are rather small and he wears low shoes. He carries a watch, with a chain. “Ned's face Is round and chubby. His eyes are dark brown, not very big, but they are jolly eyes. His mustache fsn't very heavy and it turns up at the ends.”™ to THE WAY TO CARE FOR A WATCH. 3 Y watch had developed a most remarkable irregularity;” re- marked a very business like woman. “It lost and gained time by turns until I conceived the disagreeable impression of having paid a first-class price for a third-class article. Full of resentment, I posted off to the dealer In chronometers from whom the watch had been purchased and accuSed him of having treated me unfairly. “He opened my timeplece,” she con- tinued, “and having examined its internal economy very close, remarked, ‘It's simply a case of unconsclous cruelty to a falth- ful but sensitive friend.’ These littls workers that tirelessly tick along even when their owners are asleep are worthy of far better treatment than they receive. Fully 9 per cent of the people who carry ‘watches never give them a thought. “Take, for instance, the simple process of winding a watch. There Is a right and a wrong way of doing Jt. Whether it be by key or a stem, it should be wound in the morning. Turn slowly and aveld aill jerky movements. The watch will then work best during the day, as the spring will exert its strongest traction power, whereby thg external jostlings inflicted on the watch by your dally works and walks are fairly well counterbalanced. When a watch is wound at night it has only the weakened spring to offer as resistance to the jerks and jolts of the daytime. The morning winding also lessens the danger of breaking the mainspring, which, being no longer at full tension at night, can stand the cold better. “All watches keep better time as the result of regular habits. Don't lay it down one night and hang It up the next. Keep It in the same position as nearly as circumstances will permit. In second- class watches the rate of difference be- tween the horizontal and vertical position is often quite significant. Nor should you hang your watch on a nail where it can swing to and fro like a pendulum. Tt will either gain or lose a great deal while in that position. “The difference In temperature between your breast or a man’s waistcoat pocket and a wall, that may be nearly at the freezing point, is about 77 to 38 degrees Fahrenheit, and a watch should therefore never be suspended or laid against a cold surface. Sudden changes in t%e tempera- ture of the atmosphere are the causes of most mainsprings breaking. The watch wearer should clean his or her pockets frequently, carefully brushing out all dust and fiber, for there was never a jolning made tight enough to keep out all the dust. This gets into the ofl, which has thickened with time, and necessarily pro- ducey’ irregularities of rate. Even with the greatest care a watch should be cleaned once in eighteen months and every vear would be better. By this time the ofl dries up and mixes with metallic dust; it grinds away on the works like emery. ‘When I tell you that a watch ticks 388,- 800 times in one day you can compute the gigantic task it performs in a year, Treat your watch reasonably and it will appre~ clate such care and will serve you faith- fully as a friend In need.”—Washington Star.