WE TAKE HER ANY WAY.
We are often chidin’ woman ‘cause she's
makin’ of a stir
For the rights she thinks us men-folks is
a-holdin’ back from her;
But, to tell the truth we' ve nev er felt much
different to this——
, Whether she j ist suits or doesn‘t,
We will take her as she is.
She may win the rights she 51 after. she may
make us don her dress.
An’ ignore our lusty, kickin an our rantings
of distress;
An' although we swear and mutter. the re-
sult is always this—I
Ruthern we should do without her,
‘Ve will take her as she is.
—Memphis Commercial.
LISBETH’S VICTORY.
‘I Gegen Lieb, und lVeiberlist,
~ Allc Gewalt vergebens ist.
Nowadays, all that is requi1ed to get
married 15 a '11e’ and a “she” and the
necessary license. Any one authorized
by law can splice them with a few ques-
tions as to who and what they are,
whether they possess anything or by
what means they intend to support
themselves or their children.
In times gone by things were alto-
gether different and more care was ta-
ken. But then one may go too far in
his care for the well being of hymeneal
candidates, as the following narrative
shall demonstrate.
In“
Our tale begins on a. balmy morning
in May, 178—, such a. morning as is
seldom seen anywhere outside the Rhine
valleys in the Black Forest.
. The young and fair hostess of the inn
of the "Front Room,” the famous and
most popular hostelry in the ancient
ducal borough of B————, was seated
alone in the guest room. Her plump
figure was becomingly attired in a
gown of navy blue, profusely braided
and embroidered according to the fash-
ion of the dav, over which she wore a
'a black silk apron. The graceful out-
lines of her bust showed to perfection in
a velvet waist hung with silver chains,
and on a table beside her reposed a
magnificent lace cap.
Though a widow, Lisbeth was still
young and very fair to look upon and
almost all the eligible young men of
B— had done their be st to capture her
heart, hand and money and had failed
_ alike in all.
The truth was that she had already
lost her heart. About six months ago
the playfellow of her youth, Francois,
the son of neighbors in he1 native vil-
lage across the Alsatian border, had
some to B——- and found employment
in a butcher shop. The two had again
met, and though under the circumstan-
ces it cannotbe termed love at first
sight, it may have, just the same, been
something very like it.
At any rate, they loved, and had
agreed to get married as soon as the
year of mou1n11:_, r was over, and this
was the eventful any set for making ap-
plication at the City Hall to have the
banns published’
At last a creaking of the door hinges
roused Lisbeth from her reverie, and
the impatiently looked for lover made
his appea1ance. But his countenance
was not w reathed 1n smiles, neiti: er did
he look like an expectant bridegroom
whose dearest wish is about to be real-
ized. He frowned, and angrily throw-
ing his new- beaver hat on the floor,
took a distant seat without the pleasant
words of greeting she was always used
to hear from his lips. ’
Lisbeth felt deeply hurt,
_ nothing.
Finally the young man, as if ashamed
of his ill mannered behavior, exclaimed
in a. fitful tone;
"Oh, Lisbeth, we can never marry 1”
“No? and pray, why not?” she asked.
“Are you tired of me?”
“Tired of you, Lisbeth? You know
better than that. But haven‘t you
heard the news? The Council refused
to grant me citizen’s rights and the
marriage license. They are full of ani-
mosity toward you for refusing to wed
one of their sons and for giving me,
whom they are pleased to calla stranger
and a vagabond. the preference.”
"So that is it!”
The resolute Lisbeth jumped up, ex-
citedly, her lovely face crimson as a
June rose.
"Come! Let us to the City Hall at
once. We will see about it. If every-
thing else fails, I think my godfather,
the Abbot of R—-—-, will find a way to
make them pliable.”
The worthy Burgomaster of B——
and the members of the Council were
assembled at the City Hall \\ hen Lis-
beth appeared, dragging her bashful
Francois forcibly by the hand into their
august presenCe.
“With your permission, mighty sirs,”
she began, we appear before you to' in-
form you that we intend to marry, and,
what ismore, to marry as soon as pos-
sible, wherefore we most humbly and
dutifully pray the High and Mighty
Council to grant us the necessary pa-
pers, and to be quick about it, for we
have no desire to wait any longer than
is absolutely necessary. My homestead
but said
needs a master, as you all know. The.
young man by my side, abachelor of
good repute and law abiding, is my
choice, and is better fitted for the po-
si1ion as host at the‘ inn of the “Front
Room” than any one else I know. He
is a butcher by trade, young and strong
and what is more, his brother across
the border, over in Alsace, owes him 2:.
thousand gui’lders Rhenish, part of their ,
father's estate, which he can collect in
cash at any moment. The1efo1e I can
see neither morally nor legally anything
against my Francois, and I—well, why
make many words—~—I_ love him and I
want him 1”
‘1 A silence fell upon the assembled city
fathers after this strange speech‘of ”the
plucky little widow. At las't the worthy
Burgomaster, a member of the v. orship-
ful Tanner 3 Guild, broke the awkwa1d
pause, after deliberately helping him
self toa plentiful supply of snuff.
“Highly honored 11 lends and col
leagues. and thou. l: unmet} 1111;. '1 i1tuo1..
Mistrees Lisbethl T113 1.1131111) sfull 1
the Christi n spirit oi. relru'ror y 11...
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'hold thy tongue?
'a brisk trot.
w 141‘ EIiLY 9i
M11111
in fact. it is reasonable, yea, more than
that, it is necessary. Thou speakes t
truly. Thy establishment is sorely in
need of a master’s strong arm, and thou
needst a husband. But is it absolutely
necessary that it should be a stranger?
Are there no young men in our town,
sons of worthy citizens, who a1e as fit
to rule the destinies of the inn of the
‘ Front Room,” and thine own as well,
and who are but too willing to have
thee for their lawful wife?
"The inn has for long generations
been 1n possession of men who were cit-
izens of our borough and thus it shall
remain. Even thyself art but a strang-
er, having gained the inn by marriage.
Hence it is but just that nobody but the
son of‘one of our citizens should again
own it, and thou art forbidden to marry
you vagabond. Collectively and indi—
vidually, this Council formally protests
against it, and declines thy petition.
That ends it!”
Commendatory words rewarded the
Burgomaster at the end of this lucid
expatiation, and the prince’s snuffbox
again made the round of the Council
table.
Francois, the unfortunate groom, had
been thoroughly wrought up by the ex-
pression of “tramp” and “’vagabond’
hurled at him. He sudddenlyD sprang
forward, stopped short in front of the
Burgomaster, and, shaking his fist in his
face, he exclaimed: '
“And I say, you high and mighty cit-
izens of B———, I’ll marry her in spite of
you and all your thick headed and
or ooked- legged sons.’
The city fathers looked aghast at such
impudence. The Burgomaster threw
his snuffbox with such force on the
table that the dust 10se in clouds from
the official documents. .
’retch l" cried he. “Wilt tlrou
Thou ill- mannered
Alsatian cur, thou vagabond. Imme-
diately go and pay a fine of one guildar
Rhenish into the city treasury for thy
unparalleled insult ofiered to our citiz-
ens, and if thou tarriest here any longer
I will have thee put into the'dungeon
and tortured until thou wilt show bet-
ter manners 1”
This delivery was followed by general
applause. F1 an cois paid his fine and
left. while the prince s snuffbox once
11101e went f1 om hand to band.
011 the Saturday following the narra-
ted events a cabriolet and pair, driven
by Francois, stopped in front of the inn
of the “Front Room.” Lisbeth dressed
in her best Sunday finery, appeared,
smiling good-humoredly, and took her
seat in the vehicle. which stirted off at
But the trip did not re-
main a secret. Somehow or other,
pretty soon everybody seemed to know
that Mistress Lisbeth had gone to see
her godfather, the Abbot, to ask his in-
terference in her and her lover’s be-
half.
However, the Great Council was
wide awake, and up to the emergency.
As early as one o'clock on the same a1~
ternoon the City Hall bell called all the
citizens, more than a hundred men to-
gether in a mass meeting.
The Burgomaster presided. In a few
concise words he explained the great
danger that threatened all landed citi-
zens of B——— by Mistress Lisbeth’s trea-
son plan, and the impression he made
was so pronounced that a petition was
drawn up to the government at D.-——
setting forth Lisbeth’s sinfulness.
After the bulky document had been
dispatched quiet was restored in the bor-
ough, and the good citizens congregated
once more as usual in the guest room of
the inn, where shrewd mistress Lisbeth
had ordered a. “metzelsuppe” of gigantic
proportions to be served during her ab-
sence, which every ones—BurgOmaster
and Council not excepted—enjoyed so
hugely that on the following morning
when his Worship tried to help himself
to a pinch of snuff he had to send to the
inn for the princely box, having left it
there the night before, from sheer for-
getfulness, of course.
It would make interesting and profit-
able reading for jurists how the "High
and All Powerful” Government at l)——
disposed of the knotty question. To our
sorrow and regret we have to disap-
point them, for history has not handed-1
down this important decision.
And the resolute Lisbeth . and her-
Francois? How did they manage to en-
ter the blissful conjugal haven?
We doubt not the Abbot, her god-
father, was a shrewd man, who knew a
thing or tWo. Not far frdm the Abbot’s
cloistei, encircled by the silvery waters
of the beautiful Rhine, there is located
in the peaceful secl ion of the upper
Black Forest country. but in Swiss ter-
ritory, a small town, the very name of
which is a synonym for seclusion, and
many a love sick couple, having vainly
tried to overcome the obstame inter-
posed by p .11'cnts or guardians, has taken
refuge at .. the sheltering altar of its
church, \V'LUl'e many marriages have
been solen 11ized that otherwsc could
Lot have taken place.
To this church the Abbot sent his
godchild, and there she and Francois
were made one,w hwile the good citizens
of B—-— were indulging too freely 111 the
"metzelsuppe."
All this is made evident by the entry
in the book of the city treasury of B——,
stating that on July 1, 178—, Francois
——-—, a butcher and proprietor of the inn
of the Fiont Room, and ms 11111111 ~.'.'1.e
Lisbeth, had been fined 5 guildczs Rhea
ish for getting married at the Church
of -—— without having first secured the
consent of the Council of B——, their 1e-
gal abode. —«From the French.
_._—.‘-
They Like Poor \Vatc‘r.
. Arabs' in the desert have con tracled a
strange prejudice against running wa-
ter, and they will only drink what they
find in some stagnant pool. So much
has this become a matter of habit
with them that. while the mo$¥poison-
one looking water agrees with them ad-
mirably, pure running water will make
them violently sick. . '
Compensation is the law of nature, of
finance and trade—a deficiency of few-
1hought must be balanced by an excess
of 1111.. r. 11011.. 'th
e .
was"
45$?
'11va ”i
'0 gig
WOMEN ON GOVERNMENT LAND.
r
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Two Preemptors “’llo Preferred Not to
' Deal \Vith Rattlers.
On the public lands in Oklahoma Ter-
ritory are many women, all of whom
are willing to endure the hardships
and dangers of pioneer life, 'ather
than go down to old age in penuryfi
Some of their experiences are queer,
others startling, while not a few are
dangerous.
The law provides that any citizen
twenty-0110 years of age may settle on
160 acres of public land after taking
out the necessary papers. 111 these pa-
pers the homesteader must signify his '
intentions to use and occupy the land
himself. .
On driving thugugh the Territory :1
woman's claim is recognized by the
curtain at the window and the flowers
in front of the shanty cullcd 1101111}.
Two pioneer women, both town-bred
schoolma'ums, are holding down 111‘.-
joining claims. and for mutual safety
have made 11 compact to 11111 each
other.
One evening, as they came from the
spring with the pony, the one in 1111-
vancc, carrying the axe and picket-
pin, stopped to 11111111113 the gorgeous
sunset, when a sudden “whlrr” at her
feet caused her to (lccamp in short
order, calling us she left, “Here‘s a
snake.” The. owner of the claim 01'-
dered mhalt, arguing that if the snakes
were not killed they would take the
place. The snake discoverer thought
in her heart they were welcome to the
place. as far as she was concerned, for
she was afraid of snakes. But she
mcokly handed the axe to her fricnd.
who marched forward with an 1111' of
do 01' die. when :1 faint voice said. "It's
a rattler," and the doughty wui'rior rc-
treated.
As 1101' ardor cooled. she said the
snake was so long that could be killed
only with the 1100. Satin) timid‘onc.
brow-beaten and silenced. herded the
snake until the excited claim-holder 1'1:-
appcared, hoe in hand, and rushed at
the tho1'0ughly-fi'ighteucd snake. The
sentinel begun to breathe easier, only
to see the 1100 descend and hour in ac-
cents of terror. “It is a rattler 111111 as
long as the 11013 handle!"
The snake, doubtless understanding
the situation, began 11 graceful depart-
111'19; then in slicer disgust the one
who would not kill 11 snake threw the
axe, luckily striking the. reptile in the
back. The general then finished the
Work with the hoe, finally cutting off-
the rattles. which are kept as a mo-
mento of the snake they killed:—
“ omun's \\ 01'.111
Housewives of the Future.
Reviewing the housewifery of the
past, with its narrowness and limits-
tion, and that of the present, with its
privilege and opportunity it is no cxag
gerution to say that one-half of'the
vexations of housekeeping are due to
the kitchen fire, to the drudgery of
building and feeding, and finally rc-
movlng the ashes, and polishing.
But electricity has come in, and with
it the housewife of the future may
have all this labor and dirt abolished.
With the "electric stove you have but
to turn a screw and the teakcttle be-
comes another screw and the
broiler is ready for use, another screw
and the soapstone griddle awaits the
buckwheat batter to convert it into
cakes, and so on through the list of
cooking necessities.
Only simple coils of wire are needed
to convey heat in abundance. At
Niagara, since its power has been
used to generate electric force. the
workingmen's families use those
stoves.
heated.
“’omen Flake Splendid Sailors.
Norway and Sweden bear the dis-
tinction of being the only nations of
the world in the mercantile marine of
which the women enjoy the same pr iv-
110:: 1 sand 811:: 1'0 the same perils as the
m1:..
\\l11‘ii:1'l' the woman on board is the
wife of the captain or of the common-
est sailor, she is compelled by govern-
ment .to do the work of a man before
the must, and the women are even
compelled to perform lookout duty at
night.
Women pilot s a1e also a usual thing
in the navlcs cf both the Scandinavian
and Danish governments. They sail
far out to sea for the purpose of meet-
ing- the incoming ships, and conduct
'them to port as safely 'as do male pi-
lots.
Old and experienced Scandinavian
ship captains say that women make
good pilots, and are to be preferred to
men; in that they have more patience
than men, and are not so liable,
through drunkenness, to dash the ship
on the rocks.
Good Suggestions.
Often the window glass requires to
cleaned but it is so cold and the 1111' so
full of frost that it does not seem ad-
visable to wash the glass with water.
Try a flannel cloth; moisten it with
paraffin oil and rub the glass with it.
Have at hand a fresh flannel cloth to
rub over the glass with it. This 111e-
thod will give better results 111 1n scam,
and water.
Frequently one will be a'nnoy ed by
worms in the soil around the roots of
the window plants. The worms may be
disposed of by thoroughly wetting the
earth with lime water, using about
half a cup of lime to three quarts of
water. Let all the lime dissolve that
will, then pour ed the clear Water and
leave the sediment.
upon. the soil. . . .
A l4 Ii
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Use this water to many lig
TAILOR-1.1.5132 WOMEN
Fashions for t‘ I8. eons-on as They Are so
Far De\ 1: loped.
By Special Arrangement with the \. Y. Sun. \
.omen a1e anxious to know what
to purchase for the future-11nd how
they shall have their wardrobe made.
Although the new styles are very ele-
gant, thorn seems to be a tendency to-
ward simplicity of material. As for
color, 110 one need despair of her favor~
its color not being used. for every 11110
will show itself this season. In Paris
women are wearing red, 3. deep pink-
ish crimson, in which lingers a sus-
picion of geranium and cerisc. Many
of the cigar tints have acquired neW'
beauty this full, and will be‘very much
in evidence, and all browns, gl‘ays and
fuwns will 111‘ more used than any
other 51111110 forstrcct wear for the
early gowns. outside of the beautiful
mixtures that are shown in the
lwocds. The new woollcns have the
boucle effect introduced into :111110::t all
the. new fashions. Plain colors are
covered with geometrical designs
formed by the black curling threads,
and the principal nurtures are black
blended either with red. lavender,
brown, green, royal b11111, 111111 petunia.
Often two of these are combined
with no lulormixture of black. Sonic-
tin10s the bouclo effect is thrown on in
misty checks 01' shaded stripes, and in
most of these there is a suggestion of
1:111:11), and all of them are well cov-
ered with the black curl. This 110 101C
effect is also thrown over the tweeds
and on the mixed coatings. There are
also in the fall cloths many with large
checks, but most of them are softened
by the bouc‘le effect. Some have a
brocuded effect in two colors as .well as
the curled threads. The old knicker-
bocker style, in which the threads in
the stripes become every now and
then rough and coarse, is once more
seen in the speckled tweed.
Besides the pure woollen goods.
there are a great many mixtures of
silk and wool. Another novelty is the
thick basket work cloth in black and
colors. Bright colored metallic effects.
like beads 01' pin points, 111115111311 on
many of the black checks and “the
chine zibelines with flower effects: but
notwithstanding all this, a g1e.1t many
of the best dresses will be made in 1111-
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figured material.'= The Scotch twee-ls
show great variety in design, and
there are many diagonal tweeds wi' 11
a broad border of a distinct color, and
a shawl fringe. These the Parisiaus
are making 11p into dresses of 112.1113
kinds. They suggest the use of shawls.
so exactly do they resemble them
Tailor-made gowns will be most pop
ular among the very fashionable pco
pie for day wear, and they are nzon“
severely tailor made than ever. "11.
coat or jacket fits closely to the hips
and many of the bodices button up 11.
the throat,with a straight collar. Sam.
have a loose front with closely fitting
back and sides.
with these made of w hitc kid. suede 11-_
glace -, and they give ~-unwouic1l szyif
'1t- tinted gowns.
Gazer
Pretty vestsnrc won ,
.ugufi 1‘
QUACK GRASS
How One Farmer 1111.111 His Laud from
the Pestifei'ous “'eed.
I had two acres of good land badly
infested with quack, and thought by
planting beans and giving them thor-
ough cultivation and hoeing, the grass
would be subdued; but, after a faith-
ful use of cultivator and hoe, I abun-
doncd ,lhe attempt in despair. So I let
the grass and beans grow up together,
then I mowed the crop and found it
made very good fodder for the sheep.
But down in my heart I resolved to
kill that quack. 01: May 10 I Sowed
one bushel of buckwheat to the acre.
Neighbors said that frost would kill
it, but it came up and grew luxuriantly
and, when in blossom with some
seeds matured, the crop was ploughed
under. The buckwheat was nearly
shoulder-high, the grass half as tall,
so that it needed :1 heavy chain at-
tached to the plough to cover it under
the furrow. I felt there was matured
seed enough for another crop, so gave
the land a thorough harrowing, and
was gratified with another growth of
buckwheat with less grass than in the
first crop. This I ploughed under as
before. In September we drilled in
..nch and secled to timot113 and
clover. The following crops show ed the
good effects of the green manuring. I
uov c1 had a better piece of wheat, and
what u as best of all, the quack was
gone—forever! That was several years
ago, end we have not seen any here
since, :1 'nong hood 01' any other crop.—
(J. A. W.
Box for Feeding Clover to Fowls.
The value of cut clover as a winter
("0011 for fowls is bccmnlug quite. gen-
erally appreciated. The sketch shows
a convenient method of feeding the
clover, after it has been soaked or
steamed over night 'to rcndcr it soft.
The box has a sloping, slatted cover
and is hooked to the wall, making its
removal an easy matter. In this way
the hens can reach the clover at any
time, but cannot get onto it to soil it,
nor can they readily pull it out upon
the floor and waste it.
clover into a pail of boiling water and
let it remain closely covered overnight.
In—thc morning drain the water off and
use it for making the mash for the
fowls’ breakfast. The clover is then
ready to be put into the box upon the
wall.———American Agriculturist.
How Sailing Saves Land.
I have tried soiling in combination
with pasturing, and find it economical
of land, but the time and expense of
cultivating the soiling crops must be
taken into consideration. There is a
great saving of manure, and this, of
course, adds to the productiveness of
the land. Have kept four cows on
New-England rocky pasture, with the
aid of half an acre of alfalfa out three
and sometimes four times in the sea-
son; half—acre of oats and one acre
of cornfodder, fed during the latter
part of October, and during November
an acre of turnips. Considering the
extra number of cows that can be
kept and the increased pile of manure,
notwithstanding the extra work, it is
more economical than pasturing. The
best succession is first a piece of alfal-
fa, that can be out here early in May ,
then outs, to be cut in July, sown at
intervals also, so that they can be cut
green in August and the autumn
months. ' '
Oak or Apple Tree Pruner.
I lately received from Mr. B. Stuve
of Springfield, 111., a piece of branch or
trunk of a small apple tree, half an
inch inldiameter, the middle of which
has been neatly hollowed out by a
cylindrical burrow three-eights of an
inch in diameter, running lengthwise,
with occasional branches to the sur-
face. At one end this fragment bore
the mark of a jackknlfe, and at the
other it had been smoothly and square-
ly cut off by an insect known as the
oak pruner or apple-tree pruner (Eln-
phidion villosum).
The beetle pushes an egg into the
11in of a leaf, and the young grub
when it hatches, burrows thence into
the center of the twig or branch. It
continues it downward course in the
branch or trunk of the young tree un-
til about half grown, when, working
from the inside, it gnaws the branch
40 nearly off that it is presently broken
(111111 the tree by the wind, or by ac-
211143.111.
The Peacock as a Watchdog. ’
The place of a Watchdog on the farm
or country place,” said State’s At-
torney McGuire the other day, in mak-
ing some observations abéut mad dogs,
“might be very well taken by pea-
cocks and guinea fowls. 1 long since
adopted peacocks alone toyguard my
place, and nothing can come around
the premises night 01' day Without
causing an alarm from them. ThEy
are more watchful than any dog I ever
owned. My experience'with,,guineas
has not ,been so extensive, but I
believe they are also sure to give an
alarm, 01' rather a good many alarms,
lf ang1strange man or beast should
venture near them by night or day.
Perhaps the days of the watchdog
would be numbered if it were general-
ly known how well peacocks and
guinea fowls would take his— place.
Th 1. certainly, with fewer dogs there
won 11 not be so many casngol' 113-1111
Dhobl:1.“—-St. Louisf (.l.91.1-l}1~11;o1:1':: '1.
F11 ,
Put the cut ‘
OF" JEFFERSON
1.: 1314.3 THE LOTOS CLUB ABOUT
HIS CAREER. ‘
lie ~Made Bis Ap-
as a Pirate. Abraham. Lin-
coln II elped Jefferson’s Company in
the V'wsi.
The Lotos Club, of New York, gave
a di-nnei to Joseph Jefferson, the voter-
an actor. not long ago, and wined and
praised him generally. When the time
came for Jefferson to make an address,
the President of the Club, in warm
words ., of praise proposed his health,
which was drunk standing.
As the guest arose there was Wild ap-
plause which he stilled with one up-
raised hand, and began:
"If a theatrical audience could ap-
plaud like that,?’ he said, “how much
better the acting would be. While I
may have had some floating idea that.
my professional services may have been
appreciated, I had no idea that I was so
good a man until your president said
those words. It is almost embarrassing
to be so respectable.
"If I recollect aright. the lawyer in
‘The School for Scandal,’ upon being de-
tected in a good act, asks that it ,be kept
quiet. Sir Peter Teazle says, ‘Zounds,
man, are you ashamed of it?’ And the
lawyer replies, ‘N 0, but I live by the
badness of my reputation, and if this
got abroad it would ruin me.’ So I en-
treat you, don’t repeat what has been
said of me here by your president. If I
don’ t do some desperate act soon my
friends will suspect me.
“It will surprise you, perhaps, to
learn that my first experience in public
was nearly sixty years ago. I find that
by consulting the history of the stage
that in 1837 Master Joseph Jefferson——
I take it that was myself—then seven or
eighg, years old, appeared at a. benefit
tendered Master Titus, who was ten, in
the Franklin Theatre. We were an-
nounced to appear in a terrific broad-
sword combat. I was dressed as a
Spanish pirate. I may say it is surpris~
ing when I look back upon it that the
inhabitants permitted such a savage
spectacle. But, to resume. he was
dressed as an American citizen, and,
naturally I wasto be overcome by him.
I have no political feeling in this mat-
ter, purely professional, I assure you.”
Here the rising laughter forced him
to step. His hands had begun to move
unconsciously. His facial expression
was irresistibly humorous. He raised
his hand for silence and went on:
“As he put his boot on my chest and
waved the Star Spangled Banner. and
the curtain came down, it is tradition
that I came near cutting off the big toe
of little Titus.
“Wellp after that contest, as I was
saying, I find myself out West with my
father, a wandering manager, after
walking between towns, and not for ex-
ercise, I assure you. In Springfield,
111., .there was a religious revival in
progress and a prohibitive license was
demanded of us.
“A lawyer came forward, interested
himself, charged nothing for his ser-
vices, and by exercising his talents and
his humor succeeded in having the ex-
action of a license done away with. Af—
terward he moved into a great place in
the affairs of this nation. He now lies
buried near Springfield, beneath 3. mon-
ument recording the life and virtues of
Abraham Lincoln.
"Then I find myself in New Orleans
on some patriotic occasion. The mana—
ger, half patriotic, half cemmercial, ar-
ranged that ‘The Star Spangled Banner’
be sung by the entire company. I was
young then and had a fairly good voice.
I used to lead the chorus. Where I led
them to I haven’t the remotest idea.
Well, I was to sing the first voice. I had
studied it till I knew it backwards, and
I’m afraid that’s the way I sang it. My
poor mother, expecting great things of
her son, was in the wings. I was blind
with nervousness.
“I staggered forward and sang: ‘Oh,
say, can you see—--—-’ and there I stuck,
I began it again, and once more got
stuck. I don’t know if they could see.
I couldn’t anyway. I hope you never
will be hissed off the stage. I was, reg-
ularly, on that occasion. The mana-
ger, a German, kept saying, ‘Go on Yoe,
Go on, Y oe,’ but ‘Yoe’ cauldn’t do it. I
flung myself on my mother’s neck and
we cried it out together.
“I believe I am fairly patriotic. but
on that occasion I cursed our national
anthem up and down.” .
Continuing, Mr. Jefferson told how
he and Billy Florence, when they were
to appear together for the last time, re-
hearsed speeches, at Florence’s sugges-
tion, to be ready in case they were call-
ed before the curtain.
> “He was to say something,” said Mr.
Jefferson, “and I was to reply with sur-
prise on my face. The curtain went
down, the actors were in the wings
ready to hear us—and ,the audience
didn’t call us out at all. You see how
important preparation is on these occa-
sions.”
In conclus1on he said he would never
forget the honor done hini by the club.
He was cheered to the echo.
.-’1 t rl'l igli t
pearance
Yea rs
Camels for Coney island.
A caravan of eighteen camels, each
carrying a huge pack and attended by a
native Egyptian runner, wended its way
through New York recently. These
curious “ships of the desert" have cast
anchor at Coney Island, where they are
to remain throughout the summer. The ‘
community is the largest of its kind
ever seen in New York.
A Question of Relationship.
Visitor— Well, Freddy, how many
brothers have you?”
Freddy—I have one, but my sister
Stella has two. . .
“,Well how is that?” Who are they?"
“Me and my brother. ”——Ph11adelphia
Inquirer.
The Grammatical Clerk,
“Can you give me a room and a
bath?"
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Norwalk Chronicler